Rengali Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Rengali.

Rengali
Constituency No. 16 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Northen Division
District	Sambalpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Sambalpur
Established	2009
Total electors	1,96,975 [a] [b]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sudarshan Haripal
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

Rengali is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sambalpur district, Odisha. ^[1]

This constituency includes Rengali block, Dhankauda block and 10 Gram panchayats (Gunderpur, Batemura, Bhikampur, Maneswar, Mathpali, Nuatihura, Parmanpur, Sindurpank, Tabala and Themra) of Maneswar block. ^{[2] [3]}

The constituency was formed in the 2008 Delimitation ^[4] and went for polls in 2009 election.

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates
2024			45.45%
2019			47.56%
2014			35.78%
2009			31.45%

Since its formation in 2009, 4 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Rengali constituency are: ^[5]

Year	Member	Party
2024 [6]	Sudarshan Haripal		Biju Janata Dal
2019 [7] [8]	Nauri Nayak		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 [9]	Ramesh Patua		Biju Janata Dal
2009 [10]	Duryodhan Gardia		Indian National Congress

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 25 May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024. ^[11] In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sudarshan Haripal defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nauri Nayak by a margin of 3,212 votes. ^[6]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Rengali

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sudarshan Haripal	73,420	45.45	2.22
	BJP	Nauri Nayak	70,208	43.46	4.10
	INC	Dillip Kumar Duria	9,365	5.80	0.49
	NOTA	None of the above	1,820	1.13	0.47
Majority			3,212
Turnout			1,61,528	82
	BJD gain from BJP

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nauri Nayak defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Reena Tanty by a margin of 6,743 votes. ^[8]

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Rengali ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nauri Nayak	74,077	47.56	13.16
	BJD	Reena Tanty	67334	43.23	7.45
	INC	Balakrushna Rohidas	9799	6.29	17.46
	Independent	Bidyadhar Pandav	1154	0.74	−
	Independent	Subal Singh	888	0.57	−
	NOTA	None of the above	2497	1.6	0.06
Majority			6743	4.33
Turnout			155749	80.24
	BJP gain from BJD

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ramesh Patua defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nauri Nayak by a margin of 1,830 votes. ^[13]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Rengali ^{[14] [15]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Ramesh Patua	47,210	35.78	20.67
	BJP	Nauri Nayak	45,380	34.4	22.8
	INC	Duryodhan Gardia	31,335	23.75	7.7
	NOTA	None of the above	2,191	1.66	−
Majority			1,830	1.38	−
Turnout			1,31,935	78.11	14.61
Registered electors			1,68,910
	BJD gain from INC

2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Duryodhan Gardia defeated Independent candidate M. B. Pyariraj by a margin of 13,784 votes. ^[16]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Rengali ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Duryodhan Gardia	32,656	31.45	−
	Independent	M. B. Pyariraj	18,872	18.17	−
	BJD	Sanatan Bisi	15,694	15.11	−
	Independent	Nauri Nayak	12,321	11.86	−
	BJP	Debanand Bhusagar	12,044	11.60	−
Majority			13,784	13.27 [c]
Turnout			1,03,896	63.50
	INC win (new seat)

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. % of total valid votes

References

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