Rourkela (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Rourkela
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Sundargarh
Blocks	Bisra
Electorate	1,79,140
Major settlements	Rourkela
Current constituency
Created	1967
Party	BJD
MLA	Sarada Prasad Nayak
Const. No.	12
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Sundargarh

Rourkela (Sl. No.: 12) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sundergarh district. ^[1] Area of this constituency include Rourkela, Kulunga (O.G) and two Gram panchayats of Bisra block. ^{[2] [3]}

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [4]
2019			47.29%
2014			48.37%
2009			53.25%
2004			58.51%
2000			52.86%
1995			43.64%
1990			77.22%
1985			45.48%
1980			34.13%
1977			62.39%

Thirteen elections held during 1967 to 2019. List of members elected from Rourkela constituency are: ^[5]

• 2019: (12): Sarada Prasad Nayak (BJD)
• 2014: (12): Dilip Ray (BJP)
• 2009: (12): Sarada Prasad Nayak (BJD)
• 2004: (139): Sarada Prasad Nayak (BJD)
• 2000: (139): Ajit Das (BJD)
• 1995: (139): Prabhat Mohapatra (Congress)
• 1990: (139): Dilip Ray (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (139): Dilip Ray (Janata Party)
• 1980: (139): Gurupada Nanda (Congress-I)
• 1977: (139): Brajakishore Mohanty (Janata Party)
• 1974: (139): Dhananja Mohanty (Congress)
• 1971: (125): Shyama Sundar Mahapatra (Orissa Jana Congress)
• 1967: (125): Rajkishore Samantray (Praja Socialist Party)

2019 Election Result

In 2019 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarada Prasad Nayak, defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nihar Ray by a margin of 10,460 votes. ^[6]

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Rourkela ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sarada Prasad Nayak	60,877	47.29	7.78
	BJP	Nihar Ray	50,417	39.17	9.2
	Congress	Biren Senapaty	13,977	10.86	2.43
	AAP	Lambodar Mohanta	326	0.25	0.58
	BSP	Bishnu Charan Mahanta	611	0.47	0.02
	KJD	Surama Mishra	341	0.26	-
	Independent	Dharmendra Mohapatra	204	0.16	-
	Independent	Pitabasa Mishra	250	0.19	-
	Independent	Bikash Mansingh	614	0.48	-
	Independent	Mahammad Rizwan Rahi	209	0.16	-
	NOTA	None of the above	895	0.7	-
Majority			10,460	7.96
Turnout			1,31,375	63.75
	BJD gain from BJP		Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dilip Ray, defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarada Prasad Nayak by a margin of 10,929 votes. ^[8]

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Rourkela ^{[9] [10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dilip Ray	59,653	48.37	24.74
	BJD	Sarada Prasad Nayak	48,724	39.51	13.74
	Congress	Pravat Mohapatra	10,397	8.43	8.59
	AAP	Binay Kumar Tiwari	1,022	0.83	-
	CPI(M)	Salomi Minz	612	0.5	-
	BSP	Richard Anand Kujur	553	0.45	0.65
	Independent	Biswanath Lakra	444	0.36	-
	Independent	Mahipal Singh	233	0.19	-
	Independent	Papu Kumar Ray	203	0.16	-
	KOKD	Hrudananda Behera	150	0.12	0.25
	Kalinga Sena	Gokulananda Mohanty	129	0.1	-
	Independent	Tapan Kumar Panda	109	0.09	-
	NOTA	None of the above	1,091	0.88	-
Majority			10,929	8.86
Turnout			1,23,320	68.84	21.05
Registered electors			1,79,140
	BJP gain from BJD

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarada Prasad Nayak, defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ramesh Kumar Agrawal 25,596 votes. ^[12]

2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Rourkela ^{[13] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sarada Prasad Nayak	46,020	53.25	-
	BJP	Ramesh Kumar Agrawal	20,424	23.63	-
	Congress	Prashanta Kumar Behera	14,707	17.02	-
	JMM	Paschal Barla	1,981	2.29	-
	BSP	Rasid Aslam	947	1.10	-
	SP	Gadadhar Mishra	394	0.46	-
	Independent	Kamal Majhi	393	0.45	-
	Independent	Hitendra Nag	359	0.42	-
	KOKD	Jaysingh Singh	324	0.37	-
	Independent	Birajananda Singh	309	0.36	-
	Kalinga Sena	Jnana Ranjan Nayak	228	0.26	-
	Independent	Mahipal Singh	205	0.24	-
	Independent	Nihar Mohanty	139	0.16	-
Majority			25,596	29.61 [lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			86,488	47.79	-
	BJD hold

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

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