Koraput Assembly constituency

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

Koraput is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Koraput district, Odisha, India.^[2]

Koraput
Constituency No. 144 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Koraput
Lok Sabha constituency	Koraput
Established	1951
Total electors	1,66,404[1][a]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Raghuram Machha
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Map of Koraput Constituency

The constituency includes Koraput, Sunabeda Lamptaput block, 15 Gram panchayats (Badasuku, Deoghati, Kendar, Kerenga, Lankaput, Mahadeiput, Manbar, Mastiput, Padmapur and Umuri) of Koraput block and 8 Gram panchayats (Bodaput, Boipariguda, Chandrapada, Chipakur, Dasamanthapur, Doraguda, Kenduguda, Kollar and Mahuli) of Boipariguda block.^[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[5]
2024			31.82%
2019			35.19%
2014			40.65%
2009			34.97%
2004			47.34%
2000			55.80%
1995			57.03%
1990			55.74%
1985			54.24%
1980			47.54%
1977			66.50%

Since its formation in 1951, 15 elections were held till date.

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

Year	Member	Party
2024	Raghuram Machha		BJP
2019	Raghuram Padal[8][9]		BJD
2014	Krishna Chandra Sagaria		INC
2009	Raghuram Padal		BJD
2004	Tara Prasad Bahinipati		INC
2000
1995	Gupta Prasad Das
1990	Harish Chandra Buxipatra		JD
1985	Nrushinha Nanda Brahma		INC
1980
1977	Harish Chandra Buxipatra		JP
1974			Utkal Congress
1967-1971 : Constituency did not exist
1961	Toyaka Sangana		INC
1957	Laxmana Pujari		AIGP
1951	Ganga Muduli

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.^[10] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Raghuram Machha defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Raghuram Padal by a margin of 2,524 votes.

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Koraput

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Raghuram Machha	46,805	31.82	6.45
	BJD	Raghuram Padal	44,281	30.11	5.06
	INC	Krushna Kuldip	42,256	28.73	1.86
	NOTA	None of the above	3,263	2.22
Majority			2,524	1.71
Turnout			1,47,073	76.28	4.32
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Raghuram Padal defeated Indian National Congress candidate Krushna Kuldip by a margin of 6,285 votes.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Koraput^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Raghuram Padal	48,171	35.19
	INC	Krushna Kuldip	41886	30.59
	BJP	Tripurary Gorada	33994	24.83
	NOTA	None of the above	3235	2.36
	BSP	Bhagirathi Patnia	2489	1.82
	Independent	Naba Kishore Bagh	1890	1.38
	SUCI(C)	Rama Barik	1814	1.33
	AIFB	Dhanurjaya Hantal	1715	1.25
	Independent	Khagapati Khosla	1711	1.25
Majority			6,285	4.60
Turnout			136905	71.96
	BJD gain from INC

2014

In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Krushna Chandra Sagaria defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Raghuram Machha by a margin of 4,976 votes.^[12]

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Koraput^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Krushna Chandra Sagaria	50,672	40.65	6.85
	BJD	Raghuram Machha	45,696	36.66	1.69
	BJP	Jairam Garada	13,665	10.96	1.58
	BSP	Balabhadra Mandi	2,091	1.68	−4.0
	API	Rekhit Kuldip	1,185	0.95
	SUCI(C)	Ram Barik	1,182	0.95
	AAP	Mangaldana Khosla	1,120	0.9
	AOP	Manjulata Khemundu	1,075	0.86
	CPI(ML) Red Star	Bibek Ranjan Sethi	962	0.77
	Independent	Khagapati Khosla	942	0.76
	SAMO	Kasti Turuk	870	0.7
	Independent	Purna Chandra Pangi	861	0.69
	Independent	Rohidas Nayak	844	0.68
	ICP	Dhanurjya Hantala	719	0.58
	SKD	Dama Suna	574	0.46
	NOTA	None of the above	2,204	1.77	−
Majority			4,976	3.99
Turnout			1,24,662	74.92
Registered electors			1,66,404
	INC gain from BJD

2009

In the 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Raghuram Padal defeated Indian National Congress candidate Krishna Chandra Sagaria by a margin of 1,114 votes.^[14]

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Koraput^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Raghuram Padal	33,235	34.97	3.34
	INC	Krishna Chandra Sagaria	32,121	33.80	13.54
	BJP	Jayaram Garda	8,917	9.38	−
	BSP	Somanath Khora	5,398	5.68	−
	Independent	Ananda Chandra Patika	4,117	4.33	−
	Independent	Surendra Patnia	3,197	3.36	−
	SAMO	Siba Shankar Khemundu	1,685	1.77	−
	SP	Sridhar Gantha	1,544	1.62	−
	CPI(ML)L	Bibek Ranjan Sethi	1,414	1.49	−
	Independent	Iswar Chandra Suna	1,346	1.42	−
	RSP	Rama Chandra Benia	1,035	1.09	−
	Independent	Nrupendra Narayan Bagh	1,034	1.09	−
Majority			1,114	1.17[b]	−
Turnout			95,083	58.77	3.79'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000037−QINU`"'
	BJD gain from INC

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. % of total valid votes