Rourkela | |
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Constituency No. 12 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
![]() Rourkela Assembly constituency in Sundargarh district | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | Odisha |
Division | Northen Division |
District | Sundargarh |
Lok Sabha constituency | Sundargarh |
Established | 1967 |
Total electors | 2,15,294 [a] [b] |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
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Incumbent | |
Party | Biju Janata Dal |
Elected year | 2024 |
Rourkela is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sundergarh district. [1] The area of this constituency includes Rourkela, Kulunga (O.G) and two Gram panchayats of Bisra block. [2] [3]
Since its formation in 1967, 15 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1971.
List of members elected from Rourkela constituency are: [5]
Year | Member | Party | |
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2024 [6] | Sarada Prashad Nayak | Biju Janata Dal | |
2019 [7] [8] [9] | |||
2014 [10] | Dilip Kumar Ray | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
2009 [11] | Sarada Prashad Nayak | Biju Janata Dal | |
2004 | |||
2000 | Ajit Das | ||
1995 | Prabhat Mohapatra | Indian National Congress | |
1990 | Dilip Kumar Ray | Janata Dal | |
1985 | |||
1980 | Gurupada Nanda | Indian National Congress (I) | |
1977 | Braja Kishore Mohanty | Indian National Congress | |
1974 | Dhananjaya Mohanty | ||
1971 (bypoll) [c] | Bishwanath Das | Independent politician | |
1971 | Shyamsundar Mohapatra | Indian National Congress | |
1967 | Rajkishore Samantarai | Praja Socialist Party |
Voting were held on 20th May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. [12] In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarada Prasad Nayak defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dilip Kumar Ray by a margin of 3,552 votes. [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJD | Sarada Prashad Nayak | 64,660 | 46.46 | ![]() | |
BJP | Dilip Kumar Ray | 61,108 | 43.91 | ![]() | |
INC | Birendra Nath Pattnaik | 8,751 | 6.29 | ![]() | |
Independent | Nihar Ray | 2,522 | 1.81 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 837 | 0.6 | ![]() | |
Majority | 3,552 | ||||
Turnout | 139,170 | 64.64 | |||
BJD hold | Swing |
In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarada Prasad Nayak defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nihar Ray by a margin of 10,460 votes. [8] [9]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJD | Sarada Prashad Nayak | 60,877 | 47.29 | ![]() | |
BJP | Nihar Ray | 50,417 | 39.17 | ![]() | |
INC | Biren Senapaty | 13,977 | 10.86 | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the above | 895 | 0.7 | − | |
Majority | 10,460 | 7.96 | |||
Turnout | 1,31,375 | 63.75 | |||
BJD gain from BJP | Swing |
In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dilip Kumar Ray defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarada Prasad Nayak by a margin of 10,929 votes. [10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Dilip Kumar Ray | 59,653 | 48.37 | ![]() | |
BJD | Sarada Prashad Nayak | 48,724 | 39.51 | ![]() | |
INC | Pravat Mohapatra | 10,397 | 8.43 | ![]() | |
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 |
In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarada Prashad Nayak defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ramesh Kumar Agrawal 25,596 votes. [11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJD | Sarada Prashad Nayak | 46,020 | 53.25 | − | |
BJP | Ramesh Kumar Agrawal | 20,424 | 23.63 | − | |
INC | Prashanta Kumar Behera | 14,707 | 17.02 | − | |
Majority | 25,596 | 29.61 [d] | |||
Turnout | 86,488 | 47.79 | |||
BJD hold |
Constituency: Rourkela (12) District : Sundargarh
List Of Winning Candidates
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