Rourkela Assembly constituency

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

Rourkela
Constituency No. 12 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictSundargarh
LS constituencySundargarh
Established1967
Total electors1,79,140
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2024

Rourkela is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sundergarh district.[1] The area of this constituency includes Rourkela, Kulunga (O.G) and two Gram panchayats of Bisra block.[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024
 
 46.46%
2019
 
 47.29%
2014
 
 48.37%
2009
 
 53.25%
2004
 
 58.51%
2000
 
 52.86%
1995
 
 43.64%
1990
 
 77.22%
1985
 
 45.48%
1980
 
 34.13%
1977
 
 62.39%

Since its formation in 1967, 15 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1971.

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

Year Member Party
2024 Sarada Prashad Nayak BJD
2019 Sarada Prashad Nayak[6]
2014 Dilip Kumar Ray BJP
2009 Sarada Prashad Nayak BJD
2004
2000 Ajit Das BJD
1995 Prabhat Mohapatra INC
1990 Dilip Kumar Ray JD
1985
1980 Gurupada Nanda INC
1977 Braja Kishore Mohanty
1974 Dhananjaya Mohanty
1971 (bypoll)[a] Bishwanath Das Independent
1971 Shyamsundar Mohapatra INC
1967 Rajkishore Samantarai PSP

Election results

2024

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.[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Rourkela
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Sarada Prashad Nayak 64,660 46.46 Decrease0.83
BJP Dilip Ray 61,108 43.91 Increase4.74
INC Birendra Nath Pattnaik 8,751 6.29 Decrease4.57
Independent Nihar Ray 2,522 1.81
NOTA None of the above 837 0.6 Decrease0.10
Majority 3,552
Turnout 139,170
BJD hold Swing

2019

In 2019 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarada Prasad Nayak, defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nihar Ray by a margin of 10,460 votes.[8]

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Rourkela[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Sarada Prashad Nayak 60,877 47.29 Increase7.78
BJP Nihar Ray 50,417 39.17 Decrease9.2
INC Biren Senapaty 13,977 10.86 Increase2.43
AAP Lambodar Mohanta 326 0.25 Decrease0.58
BSP Bishnu Charan Mahanta 611 0.47 Increase0.02
KJD Surama Mishra 341 0.26 −
Independent Dharmendra Mohapatra 204 0.16 −
Independent Pitabasa Mishra 250 0.19 −
Independent Bikash Mansingh 614 0.48 −
Independent Mahammad Rizwan Rahi 209 0.16 −
NOTA None of the above 895 0.7 −
Majority 10,460 7.96
Turnout 1,31,375 63.75
BJD gain from BJP Swing

2014

In 2014 election Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dilip Ray, defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarada Prasad Nayak by a margin of 10,929 votes.[10]

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Rourkela[11][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dilip Ray 59,653 48.37 Increase24.74
BJD Sarada Prashad Nayak 48,724 39.51 Decrease13.74
INC Pravat Mohapatra 10,397 8.43 Decrease8.59
AAP Binay Kumar Tiwari 1,022 0.83 −
CPI(M) Salomi Minz 612 0.5 −
BSP Richard Anand Kujur 553 0.45 Decrease0.65
Independent Biswanath Lakra 444 0.36 −
Independent Mahipal Singh 233 0.19 −
Independent Papu Kumar Ray 203 0.16 −
KOKD Hrudananda Behera 150 0.12 Decrease0.25
Kalinga Sena Gokulananda Mohanty 129 0.1 −
Independent Tapan Kumar Panda 109 0.09 −
NOTA None of the above 1,091 0.88 −
Majority 10,929 8.86
Turnout 1,23,320 68.84 21.05
Registered electors 1,79,140
BJP gain from BJD

2009

In 2009 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarada Prasad Nayak, defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ramesh Kumar Agrawal 25,596 votes.[14]

2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Rourkela[15][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Sarada Prashad Nayak 46,020 53.25 −
BJP Ramesh Kumar Agrawal 20,424 23.63 −
INC Prashanta Kumar Behera 14,707 17.02 −
JMM Paschal Barla 1,981 2.29 −
BSP Rasid Aslam 947 1.10 −
SP Gadadhar Mishra 394 0.46 −
Independent Kamal Majhi 393 0.45 −
Independent Hitendra Nag 359 0.42 −
KOKD Jaysingh Singh 324 0.37 −
Independent Birajananda Singh 309 0.36 −
Kalinga Sena Jnana Ranjan Nayak 228 0.26 −
Independent Mahipal Singh 205 0.24 −
Independent Nihar Mohanty 139 0.16 −
Majority 25,596 29.61[b]
Turnout 86,488 47.79
BJD hold

Notes

  1. ^ Resignation of Shyamsundar Mohapatra
  2. ^ % of total valid votes

References

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