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

Rairakhol
Constituency No. 18 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictSambalpur
LS constituencySambalpur
Established1961
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[edit]

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%

Since its formation in 1961, 16 elections were held till date including in one bypoll in 2001.

List of members elected from Rairakhol constituency are:[5][6]

Year Member Party
2024
2019 Rohit Pujari[7] BJD
2014 Rohit Pujari BJD
2009 Prasanna Acharya BJD
2004 Sanatan Bisi BJD
2001 (bypoll)[a] Sanatan Bisi BJD
2000 Durjodhan Sohela BJD
1995 Abhimanyu Kumar (Kumbhar) INC
1990 Basanta Kumar Mahananda JD
1985 Abhimanyu Kumar (Kumbhar) INC
1980 Abhimanyu Kumar (Kumbhar) INC
1977 Basanta Kumar Mahananda JP
1974 Basanta Kumar Mahananda Utkal Congress
1971 Abhimanyu Kumar (Kumbhar) Congress (R)
1967 Bhikhari Suna SWA
1961 Bhanuganga Tribhuban Deb SWA

Election Results[edit]

2024[edit]

Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[8]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Rairakhol
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Prasanna Acharya
BJP Debendra Mohapatra
INC Assaf Ali Khan
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
gain from

2019[edit]

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[9]
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[edit]

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rohit Pujari defeated Indian National Congress candidate Assaf Ali Khan by a margin of 11,909 votes.[10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Rairakholl[11][12]
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[edit]

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prasanna Acharya defeated Indian National Congress candidate Asaf Ali Khan by a margin of 9,764 votes.[13]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Rairakhol[14]
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[b]
Turnout 1,07,573 63.75
BJD hold

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Death of Durjodhan Sohela
  2. ^ % of total valid votes

References[edit]

  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. ^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
  9. ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  11. ^ "Odisha - Rairakhol". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  12. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Rairakhol (18)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  13. ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2014. 9764
  14. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rairakhol_Assembly_constituency