Raghunathpali Assembly constituency

Raghunathpali is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sundergarh district, Odisha.[1] Area of this constituency includes Rourkela Township and six Gram panchayats of Lathikata block.[2][3]

Raghunathpali
Constituency No. 11 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictSundargarh
LS constituencySundargarh
Established1974
Total electors1,60,138
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2019

Elected Members edit

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2019
40.99%
2014
46.45%
2009
45.19%
2004
33.07%
2000
43.98%
1995
32.81%
1990
51.34%
1985
48.43%
1980
45.52%
1977
54.60%

Eleven elections held during 1974 to 2019. List of members elected from Raghunathpali constituency are:[5]

  • 2014: (11): Subrat Tarai (BJD)
  • 2009: (11): Subrat Tarai (BJD)
  • 2004: (140): Halu Mundari (JMM)
  • 2004: (140): Shankar Oram (BJP)
  • 1995: (140): Mansid Ekka (JMM)
  • 1990: (140): Rabi Dehuri (Janata Dal)
  • 1985: (140): Frida Topno (Congress)
  • 1980: (140): Nelson Sorengi (Congress-1)
  • 1977: (140): Rabi Dehuri (Janata Party)
  • 1974: (140): Agapit Lakra (Congress)
Year Member Party
2019 Subrat Tarai[6] Biju Janata Dal

Election results edit

2019 edit

In 2019 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Subrat Tarai defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jagabandhu Behera by 4,684 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Raghunathpali[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Subrat Tarai 44,815 40.99  5.46
BJP Jagabandhu Behera 40,131 36.71  5.44
INC Prasanta Kumar Sethi 20,026 18.32  4.53
BSP Sunil Karua 1,149 1.05  0.26
AAP Anjali Bankra 436 0.4 -
KJD Biswakarma Bag 399 0.36 -
Independent Jaya Krishna Mahanandia 331 0.3 -
Independent Mahendra Kumbhar 547 0.5 -
Independent Khetra Mohan Masant 535 0.49 -
NOTA None of the above 955 0.87 -
Majority 4684 4.28
Turnout 109324 61.4
BJD hold

2014 Election Result edit

In 2014 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Subrat Tarai defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jagabandhu Behera by 16,041 votes.[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Raghunathpali[10][11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Subrat Tarai 49,074 46.45  1.26
BJP Jagabandhu Behera 33,033 31.27  9.53
INC Gajendra Tanty 14,566 13.79  7.95
SKD Gopal Das 3,177 3.01 -
Independent Raj Kishore Bhanja 1,639 1.55 -
BSP Lalman Suna 1,385 1.31  2.66
KOKD Ugresan Patra 363 0.34  0.41
Independent Babulal Badaik 345 0.33 -
AOP Krishna Chandra Swain 268 0.25 -
Hindusthan Nirman Dal Bidyadhar Pandav 267 0.25 -
NOTA None 1,523 1.44 -
Majority 16,041 15.18
Turnout 1,05,640 65.97
Registered electors 160,138
BJD hold

2009 Election Result edit

In 2009 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Subrat Tarai, defeated Indian National Congress candidate Prafulla Kumar Sunyani by a margin of 18,171 votes.[13][14]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Raghunathpali[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Subrat Tarai 35,023 45.19 -
INC Prafulla Kumar Sunyani 16,852 21.74 -
BJP Santosh Kumar Behera 11,398 14.71 -
JMM Shyam Sundar Badaik 4,744 6.12 -
BSP Shukru Bibhar 3,074 3.97 -
Independent Gopal Das 1,841 2.38 -
Independent Anand Sagar Tanti 1,757 2.27 -
Independent Satya Narayan Sethi 604 0.78 -
KOKD Mansukh Samsi 579 0.75 -
Independent Barun Kumar Sethi 549 0.71 -
Jharkhand Disom Party Duryodhan Kalet 426 0.55 -
Independent Krushnachandra Swain 338 0.44 -
Independent Bairagi Tanti 316 0.41 -
Majority 18,171 23.45[a]
Turnout 77,536 51.42
BJD gain from JMM

Notes edit

  1. ^ % of total valid votes

References edit

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  2. ^ "Assembly Constituencies and their Extent" (PDF). Eci.nic.in. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Seats of Odisha" (XLS). Eci.nic.in. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  4. ^ "140 - Raghunathpali Assembly Constituency". Eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  7. ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Assembly Election 2019 - Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  10. ^ "Odisha - Raghunathpali". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  11. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Raghunathpali (11)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  12. ^ "Raghunathpali Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  13. ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2014. 18171
  14. ^ "Raghunathpali Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  15. ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2009 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ORISSA" (PDF). Eci.nic.in. Retrieved 30 June 2018.

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