Bisra Assembly constituency

Bisra was a constituency of the Odisha Legislative Assembly of Sundergarh district, Odisha state in India. It was formed in 1952, and was abolished in 1973.[1][2][3][4] It was replaced by the constituencies of Biramitrapur and Raghunathpali. It was reserved for the Scheduled Tribes.

Bisra
Former constituency for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictSundargarh
LS constituencySundargarh
Established1952
Abolished1973
Total electors62,845
ReservationST

Historical Extent
  • 1964: Bisra and Birmitrapur police stations in Panposh subdivision.[5][6]
  • 1961: Panposh sub-division (excluding Raghunathpali and Rourkela police stations).[7]
  • 1951: Panposh sub-division (excluding Raghunathpalli police station).[1][2][3]

Elected Members
Vote share of Winning candidates
1971
 
 38.00%
1967
 
 37.67%
1961
 
 26.97%
1957
 
 41.18%
1951
 
 64.59%

Five elections were held between 1951 and 1971. List of members elected from this constituency are[8]

Year Con. No. Member Party
1952 38 Madan Mohan Amat Indian National Congress
1957 44 Nirmal Munda Independent
1961 65 Premchand Bhagat Ganatantra Parishad
1967 124 Krushna Chandra Nayak Swatantra Party
1971 Kullan Bagf All India Jharkhand Party

Election results

1971
1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Bisra[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
All India Jharkhand Party Kullan Bagf 8,709 38.00% New
INC Patras Oram 5,942 25.93% Increase 5.09
SWA Krushna Chandra Nayak 4,408 19.23% Decrease 18.4
Utkal Congress Sourendra P. Singhdeo 1,996 8.71% New
PSP Tarkan Oram 764 3.33% New
Independent Aibinus Xess 488 2.13% New
Independent Christopal Purty 332 1.45% New
SSP Aijub Oram 280 1.22% New
Total valid votes 22,919
Rejected ballots 1,765
Turnout 24,684 39.28% Decrease 9.86
Registered electors 62,845 Increase
Margin of victory 2,767 12.7% Neutral decrease 4.12
All India Jharkhand Party gain from SWA

1967
1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Bisra[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SWA K. C. Nayak 9,672 37.67% New
INC M. Bage 5,352 20.84% Decrease 3.8
Independent C. Purty 3,977 15.49% New
Independent T. Xess 3,933 15.32% Decrease 3.9
ABJS I. Munda 1,841 7.17% New
Independent Y. Khalkho 902 3.51% New
Total valid votes 25,677
Rejected ballots 2,862
Turnout 28,539 49.14% Increase 8.61
Registered electors 58,075 Decrease
Margin of victory 4,320 16.82% Neutral increase 14.5
SWA gain from AIGP

1961
1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Bisra[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIGP Bhagat Premchand 6,783 26.97% New
INC Kharia Junas 6,199 24.64% Decrease 10.0
Independent Xess Theophile 4,837 19.23% New
Jharkhand Party Munda Prabhusahaya 4,722 18.77% New
Independent Munda Nirmal 2,613 10.39% Decrease 30.7
Total valid votes 25,154
Rejected ballots 2,317
Turnout 27,471 40.53% Decrease 11.3
Registered electors 67,777 Increase
Margin of victory 584 2.32% Neutral decrease 4.19
AIGP gain from Independent

1957
1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Bisra[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Munda Nirmal (ST) 13,402 41.18% Increase 19.0
INC Rangaballav Amat (ST) 11,282 34.66% Decrease 29.9
Independent Naik Krushna Chandra (ST) 5,296 16.27% New
PSP Oram Tadkan (ST) 2,566 7.88% Increase 3.37
Turnout 32,546 51.90% Decrease 10.9
Registered electors 62,706 Increase
Margin of victory 2,120 6.51% Neutral decrease 35.5
Independent gain from INC

1951
1952 Orissa Legislative Assembly election: Bisra[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIGP Madan Mohan Amat 25,756 64.59%
Independent Nirmala Munda 8,833 22.15%
Independent Sibasahai Bhagat 3,488 8.75%
Socialist Tadkan Uram 1,800 4.51%
Turnout 39,877 68.20%
Registered electors 58,473
Margin of victory 16,923 42.44% Steady
INC win (new seat)

References
  1. "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Orissa) Order (1951)". p. 8 (214).
  2. "S.R.O. 2827. Notification of the Delimitation Commission of India". New Delhi. 30 August 1954. p. 359 (369).
  3. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order 1956". p. 534 (541).
  4. "S.O. 801(E) Notification of the Delimitation Commission of India". New Delhi. 31 December 1973. p. 2983 (282).
  5. "S.O. 2813 Notification of the Delimitation Commission of India". New Delhi. 17 August 1964. p. 709 (454).
  6. "S.O. 2916 Notification of the Delimitation Commission of India". New Delhi. 16 September 1965. p. 871 (345).
  7. "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order (1961)". p. 10 (411).
  8. "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013.
  9. "Orissa 1971". Election Commission of India. August 16, 2018. pp. 6, 134, 171.
  10. "Orissa 1967". Election Commission of India. August 16, 2018. pp. 6, 134, 168.
  11. "Orissa 1961". Election Commission of India. August 16, 2018. pp. 5, 75, 159.
  12. "Orissa 1957". Election Commission of India. August 16, 2018.
  13. "Orissa 1951". Election Commission of India. August 16, 2018.
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