Tirtol Assembly constituency

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

Tirtol (SC)
Constituency No. 102 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Jagatsinghpur
LS constituency	Jagatsinghpur
Established	1951
Total electors	2,66,980 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ramakant Bhoi
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

Tirtol is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha. ^[2]

This constituency includes Biridi block and Raghunathpur block and 20 Gram panchayats (Biritol, Bishunpur, Dainlo, Garam, Gobindapur, Gopalpur, Gopalpur (Sankheswar), Ibrisingh, Jagannathpur, Kanakpur, Kanimula, Katara, Kostimallikapur, Krushnanandpur, Mulisingh, Patilo, Sanara, Tarajanga, Tirtol and Tulanga) of Tirtol block. ^{[3] [4]}

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [5]
2024			45.48%
2020 (bypoll)			52.91%
2019			54.18%
2014			55.20%
2009			50.64%
2004			50.50%
2000			51.20%
1995			58.31%
1990			50.30%
1985			71.38%
1980			52.87%
1977			67.05%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 2020.

List of members elected from Tirtol constituency are: ^{[6] [7]}

Year	Member	Party
2024	Ramakant Bhoi		BJD
2020 (bypoll) [lower-alpha 2]	Bijaya Shankar Das		BJD
2019	Bishnu Charan Das [8]		BJD
2014	Rajashree Mallick		BJD
2009	Rabindranath Bhoi		BJD
2004	Chiranjib Biswal		INC
2000	Debashish Samantaray		BJD
1995	Basant Kumar Biswal		INC
1990	Basant Kumar Biswal		INC
1985	Nityananda Samntaray		INC
1980	Basant Kumar Biswal		INC
1977	Pratap Chandra Mohanty		JP
1974	Pratap Chandra Mohanty		Utkal Congress
1971	Pratap Chandra Mohanty		Utkal Congress
1967	Nishamani Khuntia		PSP
1961	Pratap Chandra Mohanty		INC
1957	Nishamani Khuntia		PSP
1951	Nishamani Khuntia		Socialist

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. ^[9] Biju Janata Dal candidate Ramakanta Bhoi defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rajkishore Behera by 28,495 votes. Indian National Congress candidate Himanshu Bhushan Mallick had the highest increase in vote percentage among all the candidates of this constituency.

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Tirtol

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Ramakanta Bhoi	83,740	45.48	7.43
	BJP	Rajkishore Behera	55,245	30.01	2.09
	INC	Himanshu Bhusan Mallick	42,852	23.27	6.03
	NOTA	None of the above	649	0.35	0.08
Majority			28,495	15.48	9.51
Turnout			184,113	74.65	3.72
Registered electors			2,46,622
	BJD hold

2020 Bypoll

In 2020 bye-election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bijaya Shankar Das defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rajkishore Behera by 41,703 votes.

2020 Odisha Legislative Assembly by-election: Tirtol

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bijaya Shankar Das	88,310	52.91	2.27
	BJP	Rajkishore Behera	46,607	27.92	2.98
	INC	Himanshu Bhusan Mallick	28,778	17.24	3.51
	CPI	Bijay Kumar Bhoi	1,109	0.66
	NOTA	None of the above	700	0.43
Majority			41,703	24.99
Turnout			1,68,603	70.93
	BJD hold

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bishnu Charan Das defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ramakanta Bhoi by 40,386 votes.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Tirtol

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bishnu Charan Das	93,967	54.18
	BJP	Ramakanta Bhoi	53,581	30.90
	INC	Debi Prasad Mallick	23,809	13.73
	NOTA	None of the above	1,109	0.66
	BSP	Rabindra Nath Sethy	923	0.53
Majority			40,386	23.28
Turnout			1,73,423	73
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajashree Mallick defeated Indian National Congress candidate Rajkishore Behera by a margin of 35,448 votes. ^[10]

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Tirtol ^{[11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rajashree Mallick	88,953	55.2	4.56
	INC	Rajkishore Behera	53,505	33.21	−1.12
	BJP	Ramakanta Bhoi	14,516	9.01	5.79
	BSP	Sukanta Kumar Bhoi	1,071	0.66	−
	AAP	Pramodini Sethy	978	0.61	−
	Kalinga Sena	Bijaya Kumar Sethi	505	0.31	−
	OJM	Jasobanta Bhoi	404	0.25	−
	NOTA	None	1,203	0.75	−
Majority			35,448	21.99	−2.41
Turnout			1,61,135	75.48	9.37
Registered electors			2,13,483
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rabindra Nath Bhoi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Rajkishore Das by a margin of 34,182 votes. ^[13]

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Tirtol ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rabindra Nath Bhoi	82,282	50.64	5.07
	INC	Rajkishore Behera	48,100	34.33	−16.17
	BJP	Latamani Das	4,514	3.22	−
	Independent	Pratima Mallick	2,565	1.83	−
	SP	Mitanjali Das	1,834	1.31	−
	Kalinga Sena	Jugal Kishore Mallick	815	0.58	−
Majority			34,182	24.40 [lower-alpha 3]	−
Turnout			1,40,137	66.11	−
Registered electors			2,11,982
	BJD gain from INC		Swing	-6.47 [lower-alpha 4]

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. Death of Bishnu Charan Das
3. % of total valid votes
4. 2004 Voter turnout was 72.58%

References

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