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Brajarajnagar Assembly constituency

Coordinates: 21°50′N 83°55′E / 21.84°N 83.92°E / 21.84; 83.92
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This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Brajarajnagar.

Brajarajnagar
Constituency No. 6 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DivisionNorthen Division
DistrictJharsuguda
Lok Sabha constituencyBargarh
Established1961
Total electors2,17,251[a][b]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2024

Brajarajnagar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jharsuguda district, Odisha.[1]

Area of this constituency includes Brajarajnagar, Belpahar, Lakhanpur block and Jharsuguda block.[2][3]

Elected Members

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Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024
 
 48.85%
2022 (bypoll)
 
 61.25%
2019
 
 48.7%
2014
 
 37.34%
2009
 
 43.46%
2004
 
 39.13%
2000
 
 40.81%
1995
 
 32.40%
1990
 
 60.76%
1985
 
 50.65%
1980
 
 54.60%
1977
 
 32.64%

Since its formation in 1961, 16 elections were held till date including two bypolls in 1997 & 2022.

List of members elected from Brajarajnagar constituency are:[5]

Year Member Party
2024[6] Suresh Pujari Bharatiya Janata Party
2022 (bypoll)[c][7] Alka Mohanty Biju Janata Dal
2019[8] Kishore Kumar Mohanty
2014[9] Radharani Panda Bharatiya Janata Party
2009[10] Anup Kumar Sai Indian National Congress
2004
2000
1997 (bypoll)[d] Keshab Sahoo
1995 Prasanna Kumar Panda Communist Party of India
1990
1985
1980 Upendra Dikshit Indian National Congress (I)
1977 Indian National Congress
1974 Prasanna Kumar Panda Communist Party of India
1971 Upendra Dikshit Indian National Congress (R)
1967 Prasanna Kumar Panda Communist Party of India
1961

Election Results

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2024

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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.[11] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Suresh Pujari defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Alka Mohanty by a margin of 26,789 votes.[6]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Brajarajnagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Suresh Pujari 82,199 48.85
BJD Alka Mohanty 55,410 32.93
INC Kishore Chandra Patel 21,809 12.96
NOTA None of the above 1384 0.82
Majority 26,789 15.92
Turnout 1,68,268 77.45
BJP gain from BJD

2022 Bypoll

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In 2022 bye-election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Alka Mohanty defeated Indian National Congress candidate Kishore Chandra Patel by 66,122 votes.[7]

2022 By-election: Brajarajnagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Alka Mohanty 93,953 61.25 Increase12.55
INC Kishore Chandra Patel 27,831 18.14
BJP Radharani Panda 22,630 14.75 Decrease26.88
CPI Ramesh Kumar Tripathy 3,105 2.02 Decrease3.66
Independent Aditya Padhan 1,884 1.23 −
None of the Above None of the Above 4,000[e] 2.60
Majority 66,122 43.11
Turnout 1,54,048 71.62
BJD hold

2019

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In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Kishore Kumar Mohanty defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Radharani Panda by 11,634 votes.[8]

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Brajarajnagar[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Kishore Kumar Mohanty 80,152 48.7 Increase23.25
BJP Radharani Panda 68,153 41.63 Increase14.79
CPI Ramesh Tripathi 9,350 5.68 Increase2.28
NOTA None of the above 1,429 0.87 −
Majority 11634 7.05
Turnout 164587 77.9
BJD gain from BJP

2014

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In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Radharani Panda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Anup Kumar Sai by 6,790 votes.[9]

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Brajarajnagar[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Radharani Panda 50,736 26.84 Decrease15.12
BJD Anup Kumar Sai 43,946 23.25 −
INC Kishore Chandra Patel 38,175 20.19 Decrease23.27
CPI Gajanan Sahu 6,436 3.40 Decrease3.4
NOTA None of the above 1,635 0.86 −
Majority 6,790 3.59
Turnout 145851 76.52
Registered electors 1,89,012
BJP gain from INC

2009

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In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Anup Kumar Sai defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Suresh Pujari by 1,742 votes.[10]

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Brajarajnagar[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Anup Kumar Sai 50,585 43.46 −
BJP Suresh Pujari 48,843 41.96 −
CPI Ramsahay Panda 7,911 6.80 −
Majority 1,742 1.50[f]
Turnout 1,16,402 63.62
INC hold

Notes

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  1. ^ as on 2024
  2. ^ as data published by election commission
  3. ^ Death of Kishore Kumar Mohanty
  4. ^ Death of Prasanna Kumar Panda
  5. ^ Non of the Above+rest of the above
  6. ^ %of total valid votes

References

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  1. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014. Constituency: Brajarajnagar (6)District : Jharsuguda
  2. ^ "Assembly Constituencies and their Extent" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Seats of Odisha".
  4. ^ "129 - Brajarajnagar Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ a b "Brajarajnagar Assembly Election Results 2024: Brajarajnagar Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday". India Today. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  7. ^ a b India Today (4 June 2022). "Odisha: BJD candidate Alaka Mohanty records landslide victory in Brajrajnagar bypoll". Archived from the original on 19 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  8. ^ a b Zee News (24 May 2019). "Odisha Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners". Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  10. ^ a b "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2014. 1742
  11. ^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
  12. ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  13. ^ "Odisha - Brajarajnagar". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  14. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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