Brahmagiri Assembly constituency

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Brahmagiri
Constituency No. 108 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictPuri
LS constituencyPuri
Established1951
Total electors194,024[1][a]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2019

Brahmagiri is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Puri district, Odisha, India.[2]

This constituency includes Bramhagiri block, Krushnapraad block and 11 Gram panchayats (Kanheibidyadharpur, Gaudakera, Bijaya Ramachandrapur, Pratapramchandrapur, Biranarasinghapur, Birabalabhadrapur, Pratappurusottampur, Hantuka, Basudevpur, Kerandipur and Bhailipur) of Puri sadar block.[3][4]

Elected Members[edit]

Vote share of winning candidates[5]
2019
49.41%
2014
48.67%
2009
48.57%
2004
50.01%
2000
57.77%
1995
37.76%
1990
54.15%
1985
46.78%
1980
36.90%
1977
41.64%

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

  • 2014: (108): Sanjay Kumar Das Burma (BJD)
  • 2009: (108): Sanjay Kumar Das Burma (BJD)
  • 2004: (57): Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra (Congress)
  • 2000: (57): Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra (Congress)
  • 1995: (57): Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra (Congress)
  • 1990: (57): Ajay Kumar Jena (Janata Dal)
  • 1985: (57): Gangadhar Mohapatra (Congress)
  • 1980: (57): Gangadhar Mohapatra (Congress-I)
  • 1977: (57): Ajaya Kumar Jena (Janata Party)
  • 1974: (57): Siddheswar Panigrahi (CPM)
  • 1971: (53): Gopabandhu Patra (Congress)
  • 1967: (53): Braja Mohan Mohanty (Congress)
  • 1961: (90): Gopabandhu Patra (Independent)
  • 1957: (62): Padma Charan Samanta Sinhar (Congress)
  • 1951: (87): Biswanath Parida (Independent)
Year Member Party
2019 Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra[8] Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results[edit]

2019[edit]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Brahmagiri[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Sanjay Kumar Das Burma 86,126 48.
BJP Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra 88256 49.41
INC Umakanta Baral 2504 1.4%
BSP Bihari Bandhu Palai 980 0.55
NOTA None of the above 760 0.43
Majority
Turnout
BJP gain from BJD Swing

2014[edit]

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sanjay Kumar Das Burma defeated Indian National Congress candidate Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra by a margin of 1,341 votes.[10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Brahmagiri[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Sanjay Kumar Das Burma 78,675 48.67 0.1
INC Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra 77,334 47.84 2.64
BJP Debendranath Tarei 3,277 2.03 -2.36
BSP Mangaraj Das 736 0.46 -0.46
OJM Subhashree Biswal 511 0.32 -
Independent Sanjay Das 315 0.19 -
Independent Susanta Kumar Das 249 0.15 -
NOTA None 546 0.34 -
Majority 1,341 0.82 -
Turnout 1,61,643 83.31 4.7
Registered electors 1,94,024
BJD hold

2009[edit]

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sanjay Kumar Das Burma defeated Indian National Congress candidate Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra by a margin of 4,886 votes.[13]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Brahmagiri[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Sanjay Kumar Das Burma 70,533 48.57 2.3
INC Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra 65,647 45.20 -7.51
BJP Amrut Kumar Jena 6,382 4.39 -
BSP Laxmipriya Mallik 1,386 0.92 -
SP Sakuntala Mishra 442 0.38 -
Independent Biharibandhu Palai 422 0.29 -
Independent Pramod Parida 309 0.21 -
SAMO Saroj Kumar Pradhan 290 0.20 -
Independent Niranjan Biswal 223 0.15 -
Majority 4,886 3.36[b] -
Turnout 1,45,338 78.61 4.96[c]
BJD gain from INC

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ as on 1 January 2014
  2. ^ %of total valid votes
  3. ^ 2004 Voter turnout was 73.65%

References[edit]

  1. ^ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 5 April 2014. Constituency: Brahmagiri (108) District: Puri
  3. ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. ^ Seats of Odisha
  5. ^ "57 - Brahmagiri Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 14 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  6. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Brahmagiri Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 14 April 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 20 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  11. ^ "Odisha - Bramhagiri". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  12. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Brahmagiri (108)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  13. ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2014. 4886
  14. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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