Birmaharajpur Assembly constituency

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

Birmaharajpur is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Subarnapur district, Odisha.^[1]

Birmaharajpur
Constituency No. 64 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Northern Division
District	Subarnapur
Lok Sabha constituency	Bolangir
Established	1951
Total electors	2,16,088[a][b]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Raghunath Jagadala
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes Binika NAC, Birmaharajpur block, Ullunda block and 13 GPs (Babupalli, Bankigirdi, Bausuni, Bhandar, Charda, Kaintara, Mahadevpalli, Meghala, Seledi, Shankara, Silati, Sindurpur and Singhijuba) of Binika block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			48.19%
2019			39.07%
2014			46.01%
2009			48.67%
2003 (bypoll)			53.62%
2004			54.04%
2000			36.12%
1995			37.56%
1990			68.55%
1985			38.54%
1980			48.29%
1977			64.56%

Since its formation in 1951, 14 elections were held till date including in one bypoll in 2006.^[5] The constituency didn't exist from 1957 to 1971.

Elected members from the Birmaharajpur constituency are:^[6][7]

Year	Member	Party
2024[8]	Raghunath Jagadala		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019[9]	Padmanabha Behera		Biju Janata Dal
2014[10]
2009[11]
2004	Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo
2003 (Bypoll)[c]
2000	Baishnaba Pradhan
1995	Rama Chandra Pradhan		Indian National Congress
1990	Rabinarayan Panigrahi		Janata Dal
1985	Kartika Prasad Taria		Indian National Congress
1980	Hrushikesh Hota		Indian National Congress (I)
1977	Surendra Pradhan		Janata Party
1974	Hrushikesh Hota		Indian National Congress
1957-1971 : Constituency did not exist
1951	Achutananda Mahakur		Ganatantra Parishad

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.^[12] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Raghunath Jagadala defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Padmanabh Behera by a margin of 21,946 votes.^[8]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Birmaharajpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Raghunath Jagadala	85,680	48.19	16.94
	BJD	Padmanabha Behera	63,734	35.84	3.23
	INC	Pradip Kumar Sethy	22,576	12.7	11.71
	NOTA	None of the above	1,559	0.88	0.24
Majority			21,946	12.35
Turnout			1,77,809	82.29
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Padmanabha Behera defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Raghunath Jagdala by a margin of 13,057 votes.^[9]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Birmaharajpur^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Padmanabha Behera	65,202	39.07	6.94
	BJP	Raghunath Jagadala	52,145	31.25	6.48
	INC	Binod Patra	40,735	24.41	0.93
	NOTA	None of the above	1,074	0.64
Majority			13,057	7.82
Turnout			1,66,883	79.83
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Padmanabha Behera defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ananda Barik by a margin of 31,290 votes.^[10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Birmaharajpur^[14][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Padmanabha Behera	67,774	46.01	2.66
	BJP	Ananda Barik	36,484	24.77	8.96
	INC	Kartik Prasad Taria	34,589	23.48	8.34
	NOTA	None of the above	2,201	1.49	−
Majority			31,290	21.24
Turnout			1,47,305	79.66	7.14
Registered electors			1,84,923
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Padmanabha Behera defeated Indian National Congress candidate Binod Patra by a margin of 21,401 votes.^[11]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Birmaharajpur ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Padmanabha Behera	61,803	48.67	5.37
	INC	Binod Patra	40,402	31.82	−
	BJP	Damayanti Barik	20,075	15.81	−
Majority			21,401	16.85[d]	−
Turnout			1,27,013	72.52	−
	BJD hold

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. Death of Baishnaba Pradhan
4. %of total valid votes