Rayagada Assembly constituency

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

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

Rayagada
Constituency No. 140 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Southern Division
District	Rayagada
Lok Sabha constituency	Koraput
Established	1951
Total electors	2,55,053[a][b]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kadraka Appala Swamy
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

Map of Rayagada Constituency

This constituency includes Rayagada, Rayagada block and Kashipur block.^[2][3]

Elected members

Vote share of winning candidates^[4]

2024			45.81%
2019			30.21%
2014			41.45%
2009			44.45%
2004			53.00%
2000			48.03%
1995			69.01%
1990			58.30%
1985			75.44%
1980			85.37%
1977			63.95%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections have been held in the constituency till date.

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

Year	Member	Party
2024[7]	Kadraka Appala Swamy		Indian National Congress
2019[8]	Makaranda Muduli		Independent politician
2014[9]	Lal Bihari Himirika		Biju Janata Dal
2009[10]
2004	Ulaka Rama Chandra		Indian National Congress
2000	Lal Bihari Himirika		Biju Janata Dal
1995	Ulaka Rama Chandra		Indian National Congress
1990
1985
1980			Indian National Congress (I)
1977			Indian National Congress
1974
1971	Himirika Raghunath		Indian National Congress (R)
1967	Anantaram Majhi		Indian National Congress
1961	Mandangi Kamaya
1957
1951

Election results

2024

Voting were held on 13th May 2024 in 1st phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[11] In 2024 election, Indian National Congress candidate Kadraka Appala Swamy defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Anusaya Majhi by a margin of 29,186 votes.^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Rayagada

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kadraka Appala Swamy	87,482	45.81	23.14
	BJD	Anusaya Majhi	58,296	30.52	3.10
	BJP	Basanta Kumar Ullaka	24,548	12.85	1.11
	NOTA	None of the above	4,676	2.45	0.96
Majority			29,186	15.29	12.50
Turnout			1,90,986	72.91	0.82
	INC gain from Independent

2019

In 2019 election, Independent candidate Makaranda Muduli defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Lal Bihari Himirika by a margin of 4,870 votes.^[8]

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Rayagada^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Makaranda Muduli	52,844	30.21
	BJD	Lal Bihari Himirika	47,974	27.42
	INC	Kadraka Appala Swamy	39,657	22.67
	BJP	Basanta Kumar Ullaka	24,425	13.96
	NOTA	None of the above	5,965	3.41
Majority			4,870	2.79
Turnout			1,74,942	73.73
	Independent gain from BJD

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Lal Bihari Himirika defeated Indian National Congress candidate Makaranda Muduli by a margin of 8,286 votes.^[9]

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Rayagada^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Lal Bihari Himirika	69,629	41.45	3.0
	INC	Makaranda Muduli	61,343	36.52	5.24
	BJP	Kaliram Majhi	17,356	10.33	3.69
	NOTA	None of the above	6,900	4.11	−
Majority			8,286	4.93	8.24
Turnout			1,67,972	78.84	17.8
Registered electors			2,13,044
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Lal Bihari Himirika defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ulaka Rama Chandra by a margin of 15,661 votes.^[10]

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Rayagada^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Lal Bihari Himirika	52,847	44.45	8.95
	INC	Ulaka Rama Chandra	37,186	31.28	21.72
	BSP	Bhaskar Mutuka	9,213	7.75	−
	BJP	Kaliram Majhi	7,890	6.64	−
Majority			15,661	13.17[c]	−
Turnout			1,19,480	61.04[d]	2.2
	BJD gain from INC

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. % of total valid votes
4. 2004 Voter turnout was 63.24%