Rairakhol
Constituency No. 18 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictSambalpur
LS constituencySambalpur
Established1951
Total electors1,99,137
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2019

Rairakhol is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sambalpur district, Odisha.[1]

This constituency includes Rairakhol, Rairakhol block, Jujomura block, Naktideul block and 7GPs (Deogaon, Dakara, Dhama, Huma, Bargaon, Sahaspur and Baduapali) of Maneswar block.[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [4]
2019
 
 37.94%
2014
 
 39.96%
2009
 
 35.07%
2004
 
 38.55%
2000
 
 31.00%
1995
 
 40.86%
1990
 
 60.80%
1985
 
 58.72%
1980
 
 62.82%
1977
 
 54.99%

Fifteen elections held during 1967 to 2019. List of members elected from Rairakhol constituency are:[5][6]

Year Member Party
2019 Rohit Pujari[7] Biju Janata Dal

Election results

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rohit Pujari defeated Indian National Congress candidate Assaf Ali Khan by a margin of 14,632 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Rairakhol[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Rohit Pujari 57,111 37.94 Decrease2.02
INC Assaf Ali Khan 42,479 28.22 Decrease2.90
BJP Debendra Mohapatra 42,027 27.92 Increase6.00
Independent Samar Kumar Pradhan 2714 1.8 -
Independent Jayalal Behera 1715 1.14 -
AAP Anand Kumar Samal 1359 0.9 -
BSP Sanket Bahidar 938 0.62 -
PVP Janakram Rana 456 0.3 -
NOTA None of the above 1725 1.15
Majority 14,632 9.72
Turnout 150524 70.59
BJD hold

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rohit Pujari defeated Indian National Congress candidate Assaf Ali Khan by a margin of 11,909 votes.[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Rairakholl[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Rohit Pujari 53,849 39.96 Increase4.89
INC Assaf Ali Khan 41,940 31.12 Increase5.13
BJP Pratap Kumar Pradhan 29,544 21.92 Increase4.05
AOP Manabodha Bhoi 1,627 1.21 -
BSP Debdulal Bakshi 1,271 0.94 Decrease0.08
SKD Gitanjali Pradhan 1,060 0.79 -
AAP Laxmidhar Naik 968 0.72 -
Independent Swadhin Panda 928 0.69 -
API Aparna Bagh 817 0.61 -
Independent Manis Kumar Deheri 658 0.49 -
PVP Laxman Kumar Bhoi 555 0.41 -
OJM Bholanath Dehury 249 0.18 -
NOTA None of the above 1,298 0.96 -
Majority 11,909 8.83
Turnout 1,34,764 77.22 13.47
Registered electors 1,74,526
BJD hold

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Prasanna Acharya, defeated Indian National Congress candidate Asaf Ali Khan by a margin of 9,764 votes.[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Rairakhol[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Prasanna Acharya 37,718 35.07 -
INC Assaf Ali Khan 27,954 25.99 -
BJP Sarat Chandra Sahu 19,217 17.87 -
Independent Geetanjali Pradhan 9,094 8.46 -
Independent Chittaranjan Pradhan 6,960 6.47 -
Independent Tarani Bhoi 1,442 1.34 -
Independent Hamid Prasad Luha 1,427 1.33 -
BSP Prahallada Prusti 1,098 1.02 -
RPI Apurna Bagh 954 0.89 -
KOKD Upendra Mohapatra 902 0.84 -
SAMO Pramod Kumar Sahoo 786 0.73 -
Majority 9,764 9.08[a]
Turnout 1,07,573 63.75
BJD hold

Notes

  1. ^ %of total valid votes

References

  1. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 9 January 2014. Constituency: Rairakhol (18) District : Sambalpur
  2. ^ "Assembly Constituencies and their Extent" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Seats of Odisha".
  4. ^ "133 - Rairakhol (SC) Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 15 June 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  5. ^ "128 - Sambalpur Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 5 January 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. ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  8. ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  10. ^ "Odisha - Rairakhol". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  11. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Rairakhol (18)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  12. ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2014. 9764
  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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