Brahmagiri Assembly constituency

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

Brahmagiri
Constituency No. 108 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictPuri
LS constituencyPuri
Established1951
Total electors194,024[1][a]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Upasna Mohapatra
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2024

Brahmagiri is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Puri district, Odisha, India.[2]

This constituency includes Bramhagiri block, Krushnapraad block and 11 Gram panchayats (Kanheibidyadharpur, Gaudakera, Bijaya Ramachandrapur, Pratapramchandrapur, Biranarasinghapur, Birabalabhadrapur, Pratappurusottampur, Hantuka, Basudevpur, Kerandipur and Bhailipur) of Puri sadar block.[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[5]
2019
 
 49.41%
2014
 
 48.67%
2009
 
 48.57%
2004
 
 50.01%
2000
 
 57.77%
1995
 
 37.76%
1990
 
 54.15%
1985
 
 46.78%
1980
 
 36.90%
1977
 
 41.64%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Brahmagiri constituency are:[6][7]

Year Member Party
2024 Upasna Mohapatra BJP
2019 Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra[8] BJP
2014 Sanjay Kumar Das Burma BJD
2009 BJD
2004 Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra INC
2000 INC
1995 INC
1990 Ajaya Kumar Jena JD
1985 Gangadhar Mohapatra INC
1980 Gangadhar Mohapatra INC
1977 Ajaya Kumar Jena JP
1974 Sidheswar Panigrahi CPI(M)
1971 Gopabandhu Patra INC(R)
1967 Brajamohan Mohanty INC
1961 Gopabandhu Patra INC
1957 Padma Charan Samantasinghar INC
1951 Biswanath Parida Independent

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[9]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Brahmagiri
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Upasna Mohapatra 95,783
BJD Umakanta Samantaray 85,953
INC Mitrabhanu Mohapatra 1,910
NOTA None of the above 395
Majority 9830
Turnout
BJP hold

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Sanjay Kumar Das Burma by a margin of 2130 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Brahmagiri[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra 88,256 49.41
BJD Sanjay Kumar Das Burma 86,126 48.22
INC Umakanta Baral 2,504 1.40
NOTA None of the above 760 0.43
Majority 2,130 1.19
Turnout 1,78,626 81.52
BJP gain from BJD

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sanjay Kumar Das Burma defeated Indian National Congress candidate Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra by a margin of 1,341 votes.[11]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Brahmagiri[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Sanjay Kumar Das Burma 78,675 48.67 0.1
INC Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra 77,334 47.84 2.64
BJP Debendranath Tarei 3,277 2.03 −2.36
BSP Mangaraj Das 736 0.46 −0.46
OJM Subhashree Biswal 511 0.32 −
Independent Sanjay Das 315 0.19 −
Independent Susanta Kumar Das 249 0.15 −
NOTA None 546 0.34 −
Majority 1,341 0.82 −
Turnout 1,61,643 83.31 4.7
Registered electors 1,94,024
BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sanjay Kumar Das Burma defeated Indian National Congress candidate Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra by a margin of 4,886 votes.[14]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Brahmagiri[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Sanjay Kumar Das Burma 70,533 48.57 2.3
INC Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra 65,647 45.20 −7.51
BJP Amrut Kumar Jena 6,382 4.39 −
BSP Laxmipriya Mallik 1,386 0.92 −
SP Sakuntala Mishra 442 0.38 −
Independent Biharibandhu Palai 422 0.29 −
Independent Pramod Parida 309 0.21 −
SAMO Saroj Kumar Pradhan 290 0.20 −
Independent Niranjan Biswal 223 0.15 −
Majority 4,886 3.36[b] −
Turnout 1,45,338 78.61 4.96'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000020−QINU`"'
BJD gain from INC

Notes

  1. ^ as on 1 January 2014
  2. ^ %of total valid votes
  3. ^ 2004 Voter turnout was 73.65%

References

  1. ^ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
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  3. ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. ^ Seats of Odisha
  5. ^ "57 - Brahmagiri Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 14 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  6. ^ "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)
  7. ^ "Brahmagiri Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  8. ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  9. ^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
  10. ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  12. ^ "Odisha - Bramhagiri". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  13. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Brahmagiri (108)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 13 November 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  14. ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2014. 4886
  15. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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