Rourkela Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India
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Rourkela is a Assembly constituency of Sundergarh district in Odisha State.[1] It was established in 1967.[2]
| Rourkela | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 12 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
Rourkela Assembly constituency in Sundargarh district | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| Division | Northen Division |
| District | Sundargarh |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Sundargarh |
| Established | 1967 |
| Total electors | 2,15,294[a][b] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Biju Janata Dal |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Extent of Assembly Constituencies
Elected members
Since its formation in 1967, 15 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1971.
List of members elected from Rourkela constituency are:[6]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024[7] | Sarada Prashad Nayak | Biju Janata Dal | |
| 2019[8][9][10] | |||
| 2014[11] | Dilip Kumar Ray | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2009[12] | Sarada Prashad Nayak | Biju Janata Dal | |
| 2004 | |||
| 2000 | Ajit Das | ||
| 1995 | Prabhat Mohapatra | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | Dilip Kumar Ray | Janata Dal | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1980 | Gurupada Nanda | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1977 | Braja Kishore Mohanty | Indian National Congress | |
| 1974 | Dhananjaya Mohanty | ||
| 1971 (bypoll)[c] | Bishwanath Das | Independent politician | |
| 1971 | Shyamsundar Mohapatra | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Rajkishore Samantarai | Praja Socialist Party | |
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.[13] In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarada Prasad Nayak defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dilip Kumar Ray by a margin of 3,552 votes.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Sarada Prashad Nayak | 64,660 | 46.46 |  0.83 | |
| BJP | Dilip Kumar 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 | 64.64 | |||
| 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.[9][10]
2014
In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dilip Kumar Ray defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarada Prasad Nayak by a margin of 10,929 votes.[11]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dilip Kumar 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 | |
| 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 Prashad Nayak defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ramesh Kumar Agrawal 25,596 votes.[12]