Rairakhol Assembly constituency

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

Rairakhol is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sambalpur district, Odisha.^[1]

Rairakhol
Constituency No. 18 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Sambalpur
LS constituency	Sambalpur
Established	1961
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Prasanna Acharya
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes Rairakhol, Rairakhol block, Jujomura block, Naktideul block and 7GPs (Deogaon, Dakara, Dhama, Huma, Bargaon, Sahaspur and Baduapali) of Maneswar block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			38.23%
2019			37.94%
2014			39.96%
2009			35.07%
2004			38.55%
2000			31.00%
1995			40.86%
1990			60.80%
1985			58.72%
1980			62.82%
1977			54.99%

Since its formation in 1961, 16 elections were held till date including in one bypoll in 2001.

List of members elected from Rairakhol constituency are:^[5][6]

Year	Member	Party
2024	Prasanna Acharya		BJD
2019	Rohit Pujari[7]		BJD
2014	Rohit Pujari		BJD
2009	Prasanna Acharya		BJD
2004	Sanatan Bisi		BJD
2001 (bypoll)[lower-alpha 1]	Sanatan Bisi		BJD
2000	Durjodhan Sohela		BJD
1995	Abhimanyu Kumar (Kumbhar)		INC
1990	Basanta Kumar Mahananda		JD
1985	Abhimanyu Kumar (Kumbhar)		INC
1980	Abhimanyu Kumar (Kumbhar)		INC
1977	Basanta Kumar Mahananda		JP
1974	Basanta Kumar Mahananda		Utkal Congress
1971	Abhimanyu Kumar (Kumbhar)		Congress (R)
1967	Bhikhari Suna		SWA
1961	Bhanuganga Tribhuban Deb		SWA

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[8]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Rairakhol

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Prasanna Acharya	61,716	38.23	0.29
	BJP	Debendra Mohapatra	56,756	35.16	7.24
	INC	Assaf Ali Khan	37,579	23.28	4.94
	NOTA	None of the above	1,826	1.13	0.17
Majority			4,960
Turnout			161,424
	BJD hold		Swing

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rohit Pujari defeated Indian National Congress candidate Assaf Ali Khan by a margin of 14,632 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Rairakhol^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rohit Pujari	57,111	37.94	2.02
	INC	Assaf Ali Khan	42,479	28.22	2.90
	BJP	Debendra Mohapatra	42,027	27.92	6.00
	Independent	Samar Kumar Pradhan	2714	1.8
	Independent	Jayalal Behera	1715	1.14
	AAP	Anand Kumar Samal	1359	0.9
	BSP	Sanket Bahidar	938	0.62
	PVP	Janakram Rana	456	0.3
	NOTA	None of the above	1725	1.15
Majority			14,632	9.72
Turnout			150524	70.59
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rohit Pujari defeated Indian National Congress candidate Assaf Ali Khan by a margin of 11,909 votes.^[10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Rairakholl^[11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rohit Pujari	53,849	39.96	4.89
	INC	Assaf Ali Khan	41,940	31.12	5.13
	BJP	Pratap Kumar Pradhan	29,544	21.92	4.05
	AOP	Manabodha Bhoi	1,627	1.21	−
	BSP	Debdulal Bakshi	1,271	0.94	0.08
	SKD	Gitanjali Pradhan	1,060	0.79	−
	AAP	Laxmidhar Naik	968	0.72	−
	Independent	Swadhin Panda	928	0.69	−
	API	Aparna Bagh	817	0.61	−
	Independent	Manis Kumar Deheri	658	0.49	−
	PVP	Laxman Kumar Bhoi	555	0.41	−
	OJM	Bholanath Dehury	249	0.18	−
	NOTA	None of the above	1,298	0.96	−
Majority			11,909	8.83
Turnout			1,34,764	77.22	13.47
Registered electors			1,74,526
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prasanna Acharya defeated Indian National Congress candidate Asaf Ali Khan by a margin of 9,764 votes.^[13]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Rairakhol^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Prasanna Acharya	37,718	35.07	−
	INC	Assaf Ali Khan	27,954	25.99	−
	BJP	Sarat Chandra Sahu	19,217	17.87	−
	Independent	Geetanjali Pradhan	9,094	8.46	−
	Independent	Chittaranjan Pradhan	6,960	6.47	−
	Independent	Tarani Bhoi	1,442	1.34	−
	Independent	Hamid Prasad Luha	1,427	1.33	−
	BSP	Prahallada Prusti	1,098	1.02	−
	RPI	Apurna Bagh	954	0.89	−
	KOKD	Upendra Mohapatra	902	0.84	−
	SAMO	Pramod Kumar Sahoo	786	0.73	−
Majority			9,764	9.08[lower-alpha 2]
Turnout			1,07,573	63.75
	BJD hold

Notes

1. Death of Durjodhan Sohela
2. % of total valid votes

References

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