Rourkela Assembly constituency

Rourkela
Rourkela
Constituency No. 12 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Sundargarh
LS constituency	Sundargarh
Established	1967
Total electors	1,79,140
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Sarada Prashad Nayak
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

Rourkela 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]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates^[4]

2024			46.46%
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%

Since its formation in 1967, 15 elections were held till date including in one bypoll in 1971.

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

Year	Member
2024	Sarada Prashad Nayak	BJD
2019	Sarada Prashad Nayak^[6]	BJD
2014	Dilip Kumar Ray	BJP
2009	Sarada Prashad Nayak	BJD
2004	Sarada Prashad Nayak	BJD
2000	Ajit Das	BJD
1995	Prabhat Mohapatra	INC
1990	Dilip Kumar Ray	JD
1985	Dilip Kumar Ray	JD
1980	Gurupada Nanda	INC
1977	Braja Kishore Mohanty
1974	Dhananjaya Mohanty
1971 (bypoll)^[a]	Bishwanath Das	Independent
1971	Shyamsundar Mohapatra	INC
1967	Rajkishore Samantarai	PSP

Election results

2024

Voting were held on 20th May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Rourkela
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sarada Prashad Nayak	64,660	46.46	0.83
	BJP	Dilip Ray	61,108	43.91	4.74
	INC	Birendra Nath Pattnaik	8,751	6.29	4.57
	Independent	Nihar Ray	2,522	1.81
	NOTA	None of the above	837	0.6	0.10
Majority			3,552
Turnout			139,170
	BJD hold		Swing

2019

In 2019 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarada Prasad Nayak, defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nihar Ray by a margin of 10,460 votes.^[8]

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Rourkela^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sarada Prashad Nayak	60,877	47.29	7.78
	BJP	Nihar Ray	50,417	39.17	9.2
	INC	Biren Senapaty	13,977	10.86	2.43
	AAP	Lambodar Mohanta	326	0.25	0.58
	BSP	Bishnu Charan Mahanta	611	0.47	0.02
	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

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

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Rourkela^[11]^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dilip Ray	59,653	48.37	24.74
	BJD	Sarada Prashad Nayak	48,724	39.51	13.74
	INC	Pravat Mohapatra	10,397	8.43	8.59
	AAP	Binay Kumar Tiwari	1,022	0.83	−
	CPI(M)	Salomi Minz	612	0.5	−
	BSP	Richard Anand Kujur	553	0.45	0.65
	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	0.25
	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

In 2009 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarada Prasad Nayak, defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ramesh Kumar Agrawal 25,596 votes.^[14]

2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Rourkela^[15]^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sarada Prashad 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^[b]
Turnout			86,488	47.79
	BJD hold

Notes

^ Resignation of Shyamsundar Mohapatra
^ % of total valid votes

References

^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 5 January 2014. Constituency: Rourkela (12) District : Sundargarh
^ "Assembly Constituencies and their Extent" (PDF).
^ "Seats of Odisha".
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^ "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.
^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
^ "Assembly Election 2019 - Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
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[7] Resignation of Shyamsundar Mohapatra

[18] % of total valid votes

[1] "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 5 January 2014. Constituency: Rourkela (12) District : Sundargarh

[2] "Assembly Constituencies and their Extent" (PDF).

[3] "Seats of Odisha".

[4] "139 - Rourkela Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates

[prevMLAs-5] "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.

[election2019-6] "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

[8] "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.

[9] "Assembly Election 2019 - Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 22 June 2019.

[SP_Ass_Cand-10] "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.

[11] "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.

[12] "Odisha - Rourkela". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 June 2014.

[13] "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Rourkela (12)". Empowering India.org. Retrieved 5 June 2014.

[14] "Rourkela Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 22 June 2019.

[15] "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2014. 25596

[election2009-16] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

[17] "Rourkela Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 22 June 2019.

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