Brahmagiri | |
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Constituency No. 108 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | Odisha |
District | Puri |
LS constituency | Puri |
Established | 1951 |
Total electors | 194,024[1][a] |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra | |
Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Elected year | 2019 |
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]
Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014. Elected members from the Brahmagiri constituency are:[6][7]
Year | Member | Party | |
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2019 | Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra[8] | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |