Bisra Assembly constituency

Bisra was a constituency of the Odisha Legislative Assembly of Sundergarh district, Odisha state in India. It was formed in 1952, and was abolished in 1973.^[1][2][3][4] It was replaced by the constituencies of Biramitrapur and Raghunathpali. It was reserved for the Scheduled Tribes.

Bisra
Former constituency for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Sundargarh
Lok Sabha constituency	Sundargarh
Established	1951
Abolished	1973
Total electors	62,845
Reservation	ST

Historical Extent

• 1964: Bisra and Birmitrapur police stations in Panposh subdivision.^[5][6]
• 1961: Panposh sub-division (excluding Raghunathpali and Rourkela police stations).^[7]
• 1951: Panposh sub-division (excluding Raghunathpalli police station).^[1][2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates
1971			38.00%
1967			37.67%
1961			26.97%
1957			41.18%
1951			64.59%

Five elections were held between 1951 and 1971. List of members elected from this constituency are^[8]

Year	Con. No.	Member	Party
1952	38	Madan Mohan Amat		Indian National Congress
1957	44	Nirmal Munda		Independent
1961	65	Premchand Bhagat		Ganatantra Parishad
1967	124	Krushna Chandra Nayak		Swatantra Party
1971		Kullan Bagf		All India Jharkhand Party

Election results

1971

1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Bisra^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	All India Jharkhand Party	Kullan Bagf	8,709	38.00%	New
	INC	Patras Oram	5,942	25.93%	5.09
	SWA	Krushna Chandra Nayak	4,408	19.23%	18.4
	Utkal Congress	Sourendra P. Singhdeo	1,996	8.71%	New
	PSP	Tarkan Oram	764	3.33%	New
	Independent	Aibinus Xess	488	2.13%	New
	Independent	Christopal Purty	332	1.45%	New
	SSP	Aijub Oram	280	1.22%	New
Total valid votes			22,919
Rejected ballots			1,765
Turnout			24,684	39.28%	9.86
Registered electors			62,845
Margin of victory			2,767	12.7%	4.12
	All India Jharkhand Party gain from SWA

1967

1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Bisra^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	K. C. Nayak	9,672	37.67%	New
	INC	M. Bage	5,352	20.84%	3.8
	Independent	C. Purty	3,977	15.49%	New
	Independent	T. Xess	3,933	15.32%	3.9
	ABJS	I. Munda	1,841	7.17%	New
	Independent	Y. Khalkho	902	3.51%	New
Total valid votes			25,677
Rejected ballots			2,862
Turnout			28,539	49.14%	8.61
Registered electors			58,075
Margin of victory			4,320	16.82%	14.5
	SWA gain from AIGP

1961

1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Bisra^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIGP	Bhagat Premchand	6,783	26.97%	New
	INC	Kharia Junas	6,199	24.64%	10.0
	Independent	Xess Theophile	4,837	19.23%	New
	Jharkhand Party	Munda Prabhusahaya	4,722	18.77%	New
	Independent	Munda Nirmal	2,613	10.39%	30.7
Total valid votes			25,154
Rejected ballots			2,317
Turnout			27,471	40.53%	11.3
Registered electors			67,777
Margin of victory			584	2.32%	4.19
	AIGP gain from Independent

1957

1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Bisra^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Munda Nirmal (ST)	13,402	41.18%	19.0
	INC	Rangaballav Amat (ST)	11,282	34.66%	29.9
	Independent	Naik Krushna Chandra (ST)	5,296	16.27%	New
	PSP	Oram Tadkan (ST)	2,566	7.88%	3.37
Turnout			32,546	51.90%	10.9
Registered electors			62,706
Margin of victory			2,120	6.51%	35.5
	Independent gain from INC

1951

1952 Orissa Legislative Assembly election: Bisra^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIGP	Madan Mohan Amat	25,756	64.59%
	Independent	Nirmala Munda	8,833	22.15%
	Independent	Sibasahai Bhagat	3,488	8.75%
	Socialist	Tadkan Uram	1,800	4.51%
Turnout			39,877	68.20%
Registered electors			58,473
Margin of victory			16,923	42.44%
	INC win (new seat)