Brahmagiri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Brahmagiri (Sl. No.: 108) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Puri district, Odisha, India.[2]

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Brahmagiri.

Brahmagiri
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
DistrictPuri
BlocksBramhagiri, Krushnaprasad, Puri Sadar
Electorate1,94,024 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Current constituency
Created1951
PartyBJP
MLALalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra
Const. No.108
Lok Sabha ConstituenciesPuri

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]

Elected Members
Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2019
 
 49.41%
2014
 
 48.67%
2009
 
 48.57%
2004
 
 50.01%
2000
 
 57.77%
1995
 
 37.76%
1990
 
 54.15%
1985
 
 46.78%
1980
 
 36.90%
1977
 
 41.64%

Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014. Elected member from the Brahmagiri constituency are:[6][7]

  • 2019: (108): Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra (BJP)
  • 2014: (108): Sanjay Kumar Das Burma (BJD)
  • 2009: (108): Sanjay Kumar Das Burma (BJD)
  • 2004: (57): Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra (Congress)
  • 2000: (57): Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra (Congress)
  • 1995: (57): Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra (Congress)
  • 1990: (57): Ajay Kumar Jena (Janata Dal)
  • 1985: (57): Gangadhar Mohapatra (Congress)
  • 1980: (57): Gangadhar Mohapatra (Congress-I)
  • 1977: (57): Ajaya Kumar Jena (Janata Party)
  • 1974: (57): Siddheswar Panigrahi (CPM)
  • 1971: (53): Gopabandhu Patra (Congress)
  • 1967: (53): Braja Mohan Mohanty (Congress)
  • 1961: (90): Gopabandhu Patra (Independent)
  • 1957: (62): Padma Charan Samanta Sinhar (Congress)
  • 1951: (87): Biswanath Parida (Independent)

2019 Election Result
2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Brahmagiri[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Sanjay Kumar Das Burma 86126 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

2014 Election Result

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.[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Brahmagiri[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

2009 Election Result

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.[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Brahmagiri[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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[lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 1,45,338 78.61 4.96[lower-alpha 3]
BJD gain from INC

Notes
  1. as on 1 January 2014
  2. %of total valid votes
  3. 2004 Voter turnout was 73.65%

References
  1. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 5 April 2014. Constituency: Brahmagiri (108) District: Puri
  3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. Seats of Odisha
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  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Brahmagiri Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  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 16 June 2014.
  10. "Odisha - Bramhagiri". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  11. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Brahmagiri (108)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  12. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2014. 4886
  13. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf
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