Rairakhol Assembly constituency

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

Rairakhol is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sambalpur district, Odisha.^[1]

Rairakhol
Constituency No. 18 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Northen Division
District	Sambalpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Sambalpur
Established	1961
Total electors	2,02,639[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Prasanna Acharya
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

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

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			38.23%
2019			37.94%
2014			39.96%
2009			35.07%
2004			38.55%
2001 (bypoll)			50.48%
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 one bypoll in 2001.

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

Year	Member	Party
2024[7]	Prasanna Acharya		Biju Janata Dal
2019[8]	Rohit Pujari
2014[9]
2009[10]	Prasanna Acharya
2004	Sanatan Bisi
2001 (bypoll)[c][11]
2000	Durjodhan Sohela
1995	Abhimanyu Kumar (Kumbhar)		Indian National Congress
1990	Basanta Kumar Mahananda		Janata Dal
1985	Abhimanyu Kumar (Kumbhar)		Indian National Congress
1980			Indian National Congress (I)
1977	Basanta Kumar Mahananda		Janata Party
1974			Utkal Congress
1971	Abhimanyu Kumar (Kumbhar)		Indian National Congress (R)
1967	Bhikhari Suna		Swatantra Party
1961	Bhanuganga Tribhuban Deb

Election Results

2024

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.^[12] In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prasanna Acharya defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Debendra Mohapatra by a margin of 10,993 votes.^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Rairakhol

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Prasanna Acharya	61,716	38.23	0.29
	BJP	Debendra Mohapatra	56,756	35.16	7.24
	INC	Assaf Ali Khan	37,579	23.28	4.94
	NOTA	None of the above	1,826	1.13	0.17
Majority			4,960
Turnout			1,61,424	79.66
	BJD hold

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rohit Pujari defeated Indian National Congress candidate Assaf Ali Khan by a margin of 14,632 votes.^[8]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Rairakhol^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rohit Pujari	57,111	37.94	2.02
	INC	Assaf Ali Khan	42,479	28.22	2.90
	BJP	Debendra Mohapatra	42,027	27.92	6.00
	NOTA	None of the above	1725	1.15
Majority			14,632	9.72
Turnout			150524	70.59
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rohit Pujari defeated Indian National Congress candidate Assaf Ali Khan by a margin of 11,909 votes.^[9]

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rohit Pujari	53,849	39.96	4.89
	INC	Assaf Ali Khan	41,940	31.12	5.13
	BJP	Pratap Kumar Pradhan	29,544	21.92	4.05
	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

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prasanna Acharya defeated Indian National Congress candidate Assaf Ali Khan by a margin of 9,764 votes.^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Rairakhol^[16]

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	−
Majority			9,764	9.08[d]
Turnout			1,07,573	63.75
	BJD hold

Notes

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