Birmaharajpur Assembly constituency

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

Birmaharajpur is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Subarnapur district, Odisha.^[2]

Birmaharajpur (SC)
Constituency No. 64 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Subarnapur
LS constituency	Bolangir
Established	1951
Total electors	184,923[1][lower-alpha 1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Raghunath Jagadala
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes Binika NAC, Birmaharajpur block, Ullunda block and 13 GPs (Babupalli, Bankigirdi, Bausuni, Bhandar, Charda, Kaintara, Mahadevpalli, Meghala, Seledi, Shankara, Silati, Sindurpur and Singhijuba) of Binika block.^[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[5]
2024			48.19%
2019			39.07%
2014			46.01%
2009			48.67%
2003 (bypoll)			53.62%
2004			54.04%
2000			36.12%
1995			37.56%
1990			68.55%
1985			38.54%
1980			48.29%
1977			64.56%

Since its formation in 1951, 14 elections were held till date including in one bypoll in 2006.^[6] The constituency didn't exist from 1957 to 1971.

Elected members from the Birmaharajpur constituency are:^[7][8]

Year	Member	Party
2024	Raghunath Jagadala		BJP
2019	Padmanabh Behera[9]		BJD
2014	Padmanabh Behera		BJD
2009	Padmanabh Behera		BJD
2004	Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo		BJD
2003 (Bypoll)[lower-alpha 2]	Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo		BJD
2000	Baishnaba Pradhan		BJD
1995	Rama Chandra Pradhan		INC
1990	Rabinarayan Panigrahi		JD
1985	Kartika Prasad Taria		INC
1980	Hrushikesh Hota		INC
1977	Surendra Pradhan		JP
1974	Hrushikesh Hota		INC
1957-1971 : Constituency did not exist
1951	Achutananda Mahakur		AIGP

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.^[10]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Birmaharajpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Padmanabh Behera	63734	35.84	3.23
	BJP	Raghunath Jagdala	85680	48.19	16.94
	INC	Pradip Kumar Sethy	22576	12.7	11.71
	NOTA	None of the above	1559	0.88	0.24
Majority			21946
Turnout
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Padmanabh Behera defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Raghunath Jagdala by a margin of 13,057 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Birmaharajpur^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Padmanabha Behera	65,202	39.07	6.94
	BJP	Raghunath Jagadala	52,145	31.25	6.48
	INC	Binod Patra	40,735	24.41	0.93
	Independent	Ananda Barik	3,043	1.82
	BSP	Brajendra Luha	1,935	1.16	0.12
	NOTA	None of the above	1,074	0.64
		Rest of the Candidates	2,749	1.65
Majority			13,057	7.82
Turnout
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Padmanabh Behera defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ananda Barik by a margin of 31,290 votes.^[12]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Birmaharajpur^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Padmanabha Behera	67,774	46.01	2.66
	BJP	Ananda Barik	36,484	24.77	8.96
	INC	Kartik Prasad Taria	34,589	23.48	8.34
	API	Jyotirmoya Nag	1,992	1.35
	AOP	Bholanath Sagar	1,669	1.13
	BSP	Sadanand Mahanand	1,527	1.04	0.65
	Independent	Ashraya Mahananda	1,069	0.73
	NOTA	None of the above	2,201	1.49	−
Majority			31,290	21.24
Turnout			1,47,305	79.66	7.14
Registered electors			1,84,923
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Padmanabh Behera defeated Indian National Congress candidate Binod Patra by a margin of 21,401 votes.^[15]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Birmaharajpur ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Padmanabh Behera	61,803	48.67	−5.37
	INC	Binod Patra	40,402	31.82	−
	BJP	Damayanti Barik	20,075	15.81	−
	BSP	Biranchi Nag	2,149	1.69	−
	RPI(A)	Bimala Naik	1,535	1.21	−
	IJP	Karunakar Haripal	1,021	0.80	−
Majority			21,401	16.85[lower-alpha 3]	−
Turnout			1,27,013	72.52	−
	BJD hold

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. Death of Baishnaba Pradhan
3. %of total valid votes

References

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