Talcher Assembly constituency

Talcher (Sl. No.: 60) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of the town Talcher in Angul district, Odisha.[2]

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

Talcher
Odisha Legislative Assembly constituency
DistrictAngul
BlocksTalcher, Kaniha
Electorate1,57,963 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Major settlementsTalcher
Current constituency
Created1951
PartyBJD
MLABraja Kishore Pradhan
Const. No.60
Lok Sabha ConstituenciesDhenkanal

This constituency includes Talcher, Talcher block and 7 GPs (Kaniha, Kamarei, Badatribida, Santribida, Bijigol, Badagunduri and Jarada) of Kaniha block.[3]

In 2009 election, Independent candidate Braja Kishore Pradhan defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Mahesh Sahoo by a margin of 8,642 votes.[4]

Elected Members
Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014
 
 46.95%
2009
 
 36.21%
2004
 
 45.95%
2000
 
 52.44%
1995
 
 36.88%
1990
 
 44.47%
1985
 
 57.59%
1980
 
 50.06%
1977
 
 71.06%

Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014. Elected members from the Talcher constituency are:[6][7]

  • 2014: (60): Braja Kishore Pradhan (Biju Janata Dal)
  • 2009: (60): Braja Kishore Pradhan (Independent)
  • 2004: (122): Mahesh Sahoo (BJP)
  • 2000: (122): Mahesh Sahoo (BJP)
  • 1995: (122): Mahesh Sahoo (BJP)
  • 1990: (122): Brundaban Behera (Independent)
  • 1985: (122): Bhajaman Behera (Congress)
  • 1980: (122): Brundaban Behera (JNP-JP)
  • 1977: (122): Brundaban Behera (Janata Party)
  • 1974: (122): Brundaban Behera (Orissa Jana Congress)
  • 1971: (137): Brundaban Behera (Orissa Jana Congress )
  • 1967: (137): Kumar Chandra Behera (Orissa Jana Congress )
  • 1961: (74): Pabitra Mohan Pradhan (Congress)
  • 1957: (50): Pabitra Mohan Pradhan (Congress)
  • 1951: (15): Pabitra Mohan Pradhan (Congress)
Year Member Party
2019 Braja Kishore Pradhan[8] Biju Janata Dal

Election results

2019
2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Talcher [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Brajakishore Pradhan 70044 54.87
BJP Kalandi Charan Samal 45942 35.99
INC Suresh Chandra Behera 4621 3.62
BSP Uchhan Chandra Pattanayak 427 0.33
SUCI(C) Prahlada Chandra Sahoo 386 0.30
API Krushna Chandra Naik 795 0.62
Independent Kandarp Sahoo 267 0.20
Independent Manoj Kumar Pradhan 4343 3.40
NOTA None of the above
Majority 24102 18.88
Turnout 127634 72.59%
Brajakishore Pradhan gain from Kalandi Charan Samal Swing

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Brajakishore Pradhan defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Kalandi Samal by a margin of 14,322 votes.[10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Talcher [11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Brajakishore Pradhan 56,465 46.95
BJP Kalandi Samal 43 ,143 35.04
INC Sashmita Behera 14,396 11.97
AAP Bishnu Mohan Rath 1,866 1.55
BSP Uchhan Chandra Pattanayak 1,085 0.9
AOP Keshab Bhutia 941 0.78
Independent Parsuram Barik 802 0.67
SUCI(C) Prahalad Chandra Sahoo 606 0.5
API Ranjit Kumar Sahoo 404 0.34
SKD Aren Kumar Pani 386 0.32
Independent Anita Mohanty 292 0.24
NOTA None of the above 882 0.73 -
Majority 14,322 11.90 3.45
Turnout 1,20,268 76.14 8.36
Registered electors 1,57,963
BJD gain from Independent

2009
2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Talcher[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Braja Kishore Pradhan 37,048 36.21 -
BJD Mahesh Sahoo 28,406 27.77 -
BJP Kalandi Samal 17,415 17.02 -
INC Khirod Sahu 7,636 7.46 -
RPI Dileswar Naik 6,483 6.34 -
SAMO Ritarani Das 1,227 1.20 -
Independent Manasi Swain 862 0.84 -
BSP Uchhan Chandra Pattanayak 847 0.83 -
Independent Prafulla Kumar Naik 782 0.76 -
JMM Jugal Kishor Nanda 514 0.50 -
Independent Mayadhar Samal 447 0.44 -
JD(U) Aren Kumar Pani 369 0.36 -
Kalinga Sena Srihari Sethi 271 0.26 -
Majority 8,642 8.45[lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 1,02,309 67.78 -

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

References
  1. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  2. "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  3. Seats of Odisha
  4. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2014. 8642
  5. "122 - Talcher (SC) Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 10 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  6. "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  7. "Talcher Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  8. "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  9. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  10. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  11. "Odisha - Talcher". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  12. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Talcher (60)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  13. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
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