Titlagarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Titilagarh
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Balangir
Blocks	Titilagarh, Saintala, Tentulikhunti
Electorate	2,25,713 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Titilagarh
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	Biju Janata Dal
MLA	Tukuni Sahu
Const. No.	69
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Balangir

Titilagarh (Sl. No.: 69) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balangir district, Odisha. ^[2]

This constituency includes Titlagarh, Titilagarh block, Saintala block and Tentulikhunti (Gudvella) block. ^{[3] [4]}

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Surendra Singh Bhoi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Jogendra Behera by a margin of 4,838 votes. ^[5]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [6]
2019			39.79%
2014			42.07%
2009			39.16%
2004			55.78%
2000			64.96%
1995			62.21%
1990			43.67%
1985			43.05%
1980			55.43%
1977			55.91%

Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014. Elected members from the Titlagarh constituency are: ^{[7] [8]}

• 2019: (69): Tukuni Sahu, Biju Janata Dal
• 2014: (69): Tukuni Sahu, Biju Janata Dal
• 2009: (69): Surendra Singh Bhoi, Indian National Congress
• 2004: (106): Jogendra Behera, Biju Janata Dal
• 2000: (106): Jogendra Behera, Biju Janata Dal
• 1995: (106): Jogendra Behera, Janata Dal
• 1990: (106): Jogendra Behera, Janata Dal
• 1985: (106): Purna Chandra Mahananda, Indian National Congress
• 1980: (106): Lalit Mohan Gandhi, Congress-I
• 1977: (106): Lalit Mohan Gandhi, Indian National Congress
• 1974: (106): Tapi Jal, Swatantra Party
• 1971: (107): Tapi Jal, Swatantra Party
• 1967: (107): Achyutananda Mahananda, Swatantra Party
• 1961: (42): Achyutananda Mahananda, Ganatantra Parishad
• 1957: (30): Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo, Ganatantra Parishad and Achyutananda Mahananda, Ganatantra Parishad
• 1951: (22): Ramesh Chandra Bhoi, Ganatantra Parishad and Muralidhar Panda, Ganatantra Parishad

2019 Election Result

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Titlagarh ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Tukuni Sahu	73,172	39.79	2.28
	Congress	Surendra Sing Bhoi	53,585	29.14	4.72
	BJP	Ashok Dora	47,341	25.75	10.75
	BSP	Bibhisan Nag	2,555	1.39	0.06
	API	Madhusudan Barik	2,065	1.12
	NOTA	None of the above	2,025	1.10
		Rest of the Candidates	3,136	1.70
Majority			19,587	10.65
Turnout
	BJD hold		Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Tukuni Sahu defeated Indian National Congress candidate Surendra Singh Bhoi by a margin of 14,022 votes. ^[10]

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Tukuni Sahu	71,858	42.07	6.19
	Congress	Surendra Singh Bhoi	57,836	33.86	5.3
	BJP	Mahendra Kumar Thakur	25,617	15.0	2.61
	OJM	Jagneswar	3,805	2.23
	BSP	Satya Narayan Behera	2,265	1.33	1.85
	Independent	Ranju Raiman	1,987	1.16
	NCP	Loknath Jal	1,229	0.72
	Independent	Chairman Bag	1,025	0.6
	API	Lalit Mohan Tandi	956	0.56
	Kalinga Sena	Sudam Nag	855	0.5
	KMM	Devendra Kumar Jain	828	0.48
	SKD	Sitaram Satpathy	814	0.48
	NOTA	None of the above	1,748	1.02	-
Majority			14,022	8.21	4.93
Turnout			1,70,823	75.68	2.55
Registered electors			2,25,713
	BJD gain from Congress

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Titlagarh ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Congress	Surendra Singh Bhoi	57,753	39.16	-1.25
	BJD	Jogendra Behera	52,915	35,88	-
	BJP	Santanu Kumar Naik	25,976	17.61	-
	BSP	Debendra Kumar Jain	4,697	3.18	-
	Independent	Sarat Kumar Sahu	2,635	1.79	-
	SAMO	Ghanashyama Pradhani	2,282	1.55	-
	SP	Chairman Bag	1,238	0.84	-
Majority			4,838	3.28 [lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,47,520	73.13	-
	Congress gain from BJD		Swing	8.02 [lower-alpha 3]

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 65.11%

References

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