Rayagada Assembly constituency

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

Rayagada (ST)
Constituency No. 140 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictRayagada
LS constituencyKoraput
Established1951
Total electors2,13,044[1][a]
ReservationST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Kadraka Appala Swamy
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2024

Rayagada is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Rayagada district, Odisha.[2]

Map of Rayagada Constituency

This constituency includes Rayagada, Rayagada block and Kashipur block.[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[5]
2024
 
 45.81%
2019
 
 30.21%
2014
 
 41.45%
2009
 
 44.45%
2004
 
 53.00%
2000
 
 48.03%
1995
 
 69.01%
1990
 
 58.30%
1985
 
 75.44%
1980
 
 85.37%
1977
 
 63.95%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections have been held in the constituency till date.

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

Year Member Party
2024 Kadraka Appala Swamy INC
2019 Makaranda Muduli[8][9][10] Independent
2014 Lal Bihari Himirika BJD
2009
2004 Ulaka Rama Chandra INC
2000 Lal Bihari Himirika BJD
1995 Ulaka Rama Chandra INC
1990
1985
1980
1977
1974
1971 Himirika Raghunath INC(R)
1967 Anantaram Majhi INC
1961 Mandangi Kamaya
1957
1951

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 13th May 2024 in 1st phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[11] In 2024 election, Indian National Congress candidate Kadraka Appala Swamy defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Anusaya Majhi by a margin of 29,186 votes.

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Rayagada
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kadraka Appala Swamy 87,482 45.81 Increase23.14
BJD Anusaya Majhi 58,296 30.52 Increase3.10
BJP Basanta Kumar Ullaka 24,548 12.85 Decrease1.11
NOTA None of the above 4,676 2.45
Majority 29,186 15.29
Turnout 1,90,986 72.91 Decrease0.82
INC gain from Independent

2019

In 2019 election, Independent candidate Makaranda Muduli defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Lal Bihari Himirika by a margin of 4,870 votes.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Rayagada[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Makaranda Muduli 52,844 30.21
BJD Lal Bihari Himirika 47974 27.42
INC Kadraka Appala swamy 39657 22.67
BJP Basanta Kumar Ullaka 24425 13.96
BSP Purnabati Majhi 4077 2.33
NOTA None of the above 5965 3.41
Majority 4,870 2.79
Turnout 174942 73.73
Independent gain from BJD

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Lal Bihari Himirika defeated Indian National Congress candidate Makaranda Muduli by a margin of 8,286 votes.[13]

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Rayagada[14][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Lal Bihari Himirika 69,629 41.45 −3.0
INC Makaranda Muduli 61,343 36.52 5.24
BJP Kaliram Majhi 17,356 10.33 3.69
BSP Bhaskar Mutuka 6,037 3.59 4.16
NCP Sankar Bidika 3,880 2.31
Independent Krishna Huika 2,827 1.68
NOTA None of the above 6,900 4.11 −
Majority 8,286 4.93 −
Turnout 1,67,972 78.84 17.8
Registered electors 2,13,044
BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Lal Bihari Himirika defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ulaka Rama Chandra by a margin of 15,661 votes.[16]

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Rayagada[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Lal Bihari Himirika 52,847 44.45 8.95
INC Ulaka Rama Chandra 37,186 31.28 −21.72
BSP Bhaskar Mutuka 9,213 7.75 −
BJP Kaliram Majhi 7,890 6.64 −
Independent Sankar Bidika 4,214 3.54 −
LJP Pidika Siri Majhi 2,160 1.82 −
CPI(ML)L Sambara Sabara 1,860 1.56 −
Independent Krishna Huika 1,816 1.53 −
RSP Rama Muduli 1,710 1.44 −
Majority 15,661 13.17[b] −
Turnout 1,19,480 61.04 2.2'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000022−QINU`"'
BJD gain from INC

Notes

  1. ^ as on 1 January 2014
  2. ^ % of total valid votes
  3. ^ 2004 Voter turnout was 63.24%

References

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  3. ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. ^ Seats of Odisha
  5. ^ "82 - Rayagada Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 23 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  6. ^ "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
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  8. ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
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  11. ^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
  12. ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) (AC/ PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  13. ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  14. ^ "Odisha - Rayagada". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  15. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Rayagada (140)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  16. ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2014. 15661
  17. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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