Rourkela Assembly constituency

Rourkela (Sl. No.: 12) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sundergarh district.[1] Area of this constituency includes Rourkela, Kulunga (O.G) and two Gram panchayats of Bisra block.[2][3]

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

Rourkela
Odisha Legislative Assembly constituency
DistrictSundargarh
BlocksBisra
Electorate1,79,140
Major settlementsRourkela
Current constituency
Created1967
PartyBJD
MLASarada Prasad Nayak
Const. No.12
Lok Sabha ConstituenciesSundargarh

Elected Members
Vote share of Winning candidates [4]
2019
 
 47.29%
2014
 
 48.37%
2009
 
 53.25%
2004
 
 58.51%
2000
 
 52.86%
1995
 
 43.64%
1990
 
 77.22%
1985
 
 45.48%
1980
 
 34.13%
1977
 
 62.39%

Thirteen elections held during 1967 to 2019. List of members elected from Rourkela constituency are:[5]

  • 2019: (12): Sarada Prasad Nayak (BJD)
  • 2014: (12): Dilip Ray (BJP)
  • 2009: (12): Sarada Prasad Nayak (BJD)
  • 2004: (139): Sarada Prasad Nayak (BJD)
  • 2000: (139): Ajit Das (BJD)
  • 1995: (139): Prabhat Mohapatra (Congress)
  • 1990: (139): Dilip Ray (Janata Dal)
  • 1985: (139): Dilip Ray (Janata Party)
  • 1980: (139): Gurupada Nanda (Congress-I)
  • 1977: (139): Brajakishore Mohanty (Janata Party)
  • 1974: (139): Dhananja Mohanty (Congress)
  • 1971: (125): Shyama Sundar Mahapatra (Orissa Jana Congress)
  • 1967: (125): Rajkishore Samantray (Praja Socialist Party)

2019 Election Result

In 2019 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarada Prasad Nayak, defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nihar Ray by a margin of 10,460 votes.[6]

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Rourkela [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Sarada Prasad Nayak 60,877 47.29 Increase7.78
BJP Nihar Ray 50,417 39.17 Decrease9.2
INC Biren Senapaty 13,977 10.86 Increase2.43
AAP Lambodar Mohanta 326 0.25 Decrease0.58
BSP Bishnu Charan Mahanta 611 0.47 Increase0.02
KJD Surama Mishra 341 0.26 -
Independent Dharmendra Mohapatra 204 0.16 -
Independent Pitabasa Mishra 250 0.19 -
Independent Bikash Mansingh 614 0.48 -
Independent Mahammad Rizwan Rahi 209 0.16 -
NOTA None of the above 895 0.7 -
Majority 10,460 7.96
Turnout 1,31,375 63.75
BJD gain from BJP Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dilip Ray, defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarada Prasad Nayak by a margin of 10,929 votes.[8]

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Rourkela[9][10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dilip Ray 59,653 48.37 Increase24.74
BJD Sarada Prasad Nayak 48,724 39.51 Decrease13.74
INC Pravat Mohapatra 10,397 8.43 Decrease8.59
AAP Binay Kumar Tiwari 1,022 0.83 -
CPI(M) Salomi Minz 612 0.5 -
BSP Richard Anand Kujur 553 0.45 Decrease0.65
Independent Biswanath Lakra 444 0.36 -
Independent Mahipal Singh 233 0.19 -
Independent Papu Kumar Ray 203 0.16 -
KOKD Hrudananda Behera 150 0.12 Decrease0.25
Kalinga Sena Gokulananda Mohanty 129 0.1 -
Independent Tapan Kumar Panda 109 0.09 -
NOTA None of the above 1,091 0.88 -
Majority 10,929 8.86
Turnout 1,23,320 68.84 21.05
Registered electors 1,79,140
BJP gain from BJD

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarada Prasad Nayak, defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ramesh Kumar Agrawal 25,596 votes.[12]

2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Rourkela[13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Sarada Prasad Nayak 46,020 53.25 -
BJP Ramesh Kumar Agrawal 20,424 23.63 -
INC Prashanta Kumar Behera 14,707 17.02 -
JMM Paschal Barla 1,981 2.29 -
BSP Rasid Aslam 947 1.10 -
SP Gadadhar Mishra 394 0.46 -
Independent Kamal Majhi 393 0.45 -
Independent Hitendra Nag 359 0.42 -
KOKD Jaysingh Singh 324 0.37 -
Independent Birajananda Singh 309 0.36 -
Kalinga Sena Jnana Ranjan Nayak 228 0.26 -
Independent Mahipal Singh 205 0.24 -
Independent Nihar Mohanty 139 0.16 -
Majority 25,596 29.61[lower-alpha 1]
Turnout 86,488 47.79
BJD hold

Notes
  1. %of total valid votes

References
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