Tirtol Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India
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Tirtol is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha.[1]
| Tirtol | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 102 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
Tirtol Assembly constituency in Jagatsinghpur district | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| Division | Central Division |
| District | Jagatsinghpur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jagatsinghpur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 2,49,910[a][b] |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Biju Janata Dal |
| Elected year | 2024 |
This constituency includes Biridi block and Raghunathpur block and 20 Gram panchayats (Biritol, Bishunpur, Dainlo, Garam, Gobindapur, Gopalpur, Gopalpur (Sankheswar), Ibrisingh, Jagannathpur, Kanakpur, Kanimula, Katara, Kostimallikapur, Krushnanandpur, Mulisingh, Patilo, Sanara, Tarajanga, Tirtol and Tulanga) of Tirtol block.[2][3]
Elected members
Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 2020.
List of members elected from Tirtol constituency are:[4][5]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024[6] | Ramakanta Bhoi | Biju Janata Dal | |
| 2020 (bypoll)[c][7] | Bijaya Shankar Das | ||
| 2019[8] | Bishnu Charan Das | ||
| 2014[9] | Rajashree Mallick | ||
| 2009[10] | Rabindranath Bhoi | ||
| 2004 | Chiranjib Biswal | Indian National Congress | |
| 2000 | Debashish Samantaray | Biju Janata Dal | |
| 1995 | Basant Kumar Biswal | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | |||
| 1985 | Nityananda Samntaray | ||
| 1980 | Basant Kumar Biswal | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1977 | Pratap Chandra Mohanty | Janata Party | |
| 1974 | Utkal Congress | ||
| 1971 | |||
| 1967 | Nishamani Khuntia | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1961 | Pratap Chandra Mohanty | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Nishamani Khuntia | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1951 | Socialist Party | ||
Election results
2024
Voting were held on 1 June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.[12] In 2024 election,Biju Janata Dal candidate Ramakanta Bhoi defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rajkishore Behera by a margin of 28,495 votes.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Ramakanta Bhoi | 83,740 | 42.91 |  7.43 | |
| BJP | Rajkishore Behera | 55,245 | 28.18 |  2.09 | |
| INC | Himanshu Bhusan Mallick | 52,852 | 27.25 | 10.03 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 649 | 0.35 | 0.08 | |
| Majority | 28,495 | 15.48 | 9.51 | ||
| Turnout | 1,94,113 | 73.67 | 2.73 | ||
| BJD hold | |||||
2020 Bypoll
In 2020 bye-election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bijaya Shankar Das defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rajkishore Behera by 41,703 votes.[7]
2019
In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bishnu Charan Das defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ramakanta Bhoi by 40,386 votes.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Bishnu Charan Das | 93,967 | 54.18 | ||
| BJP | Ramakanta Bhoi | 53,581 | 30.90 | ||
| INC | Debi Prasad Mallick | 23,809 | 13.73 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,109 | 0.66 | ||
| Majority | 40,386 | 23.28 | |||
| Turnout | 1,73,423 | 73 | |||
| BJD hold | |||||
2014
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajashree Mallick defeated Indian National Congress candidate Rajkishore Behera by a margin of 35,448 votes.[9]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Rajashree Mallick | 88,953 | 55.2 | 4.56 | |
| INC | Rajkishore Behera | 53,505 | 33.21 | 1.12 | |
| BJP | Ramakanta Bhoi | 14,516 | 9.01 | 5.79 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,203 | 0.75 | − | |
| Majority | 35,448 | 21.99 | 2.41 | ||
| Turnout | 1,61,135 | 75.48 | 9.37 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,13,483 | ||||
| BJD hold | |||||
2009
In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rabindra Nath Bhoi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Rajkishore Das by a margin of 34,182 votes.[10]