Brahmagiri (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Brahmagiri
Odisha Legislative Assembly constituency
District Puri
Blocks Bramhagiri, Krushnaprasad, Puri Sadar
Electorate 1,94,024 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Current constituency
Created 1951
Party BJD
MLA Sanjay Kumar Das Burma
Const. No. 108
Lok Sabha Constituencies Puri

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

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]
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]

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 4,886 votes.[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Brahmagiri[9][10]
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.[11]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Brahmagiri[12]
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". 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
  5. ↑ "57 - Brahmagiri Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 14 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  6. ↑ http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
  7. ↑ "Brahmagiri Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  8. ↑ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  9. ↑ "Odisha - Bramhagiri". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  10. ↑ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Brahmagiri (108)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  11. ↑ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 12 April 2014. 4886
  12. ↑ http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf