Rourkela Assembly constituency

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

Rourkela is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sundergarh district.^[1] The area of this constituency includes Rourkela, Kulunga (O.G) and two Gram panchayats of Bisra block.^[2][3]

Rourkela
Constituency No. 12 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Rourkela Assembly constituency in Sundargarh district
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Sundargarh
Lok Sabha constituency	Sundargarh
Established	1967
Total electors	2,15,294[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sarada Prashad Nayak
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			46.46%
2019			47.29%
2014			48.37%
2009			53.25%
2004			58.51%
2000			52.86%
1995			43.64%
1990			77.22%
1985			45.48%
1980			34.13%
1977			62.39%

Since its formation in 1967, 15 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1971.

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

Year	Member	Party
2024[6]	Sarada Prashad Nayak[7]		Biju Janata Dal
2019[7][8][9]
2014[10]	Dilip Kumar Ray		Bharatiya Janata Party
2009[11]	Sarada Prashad Nayak		Biju Janata Dal
2004
2000	Ajit Das
1995	Prabhat Mohapatra		Indian National Congress
1990	Dilip Kumar Ray		Janata Dal
1985
1980	Gurupada Nanda		Indian National Congress (I)
1977	Braja Kishore Mohanty		Indian National Congress
1974	Dhananjaya Mohanty
1971 (bypoll)[c]	Bishwanath Das		Independent politician
1971	Shyamsundar Mohapatra		Indian National Congress
1967	Rajkishore Samantarai		Praja Socialist Party

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, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarada Prasad Nayak defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dilip Kumar Ray by a margin of 3,552 votes.^[6]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Rourkela

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sarada Prashad Nayak	64,660	46.46	0.83
	BJP	Dilip Kumar Ray	61,108	43.91	4.74
	INC	Birendra Nath Pattnaik	8,751	6.29	4.57
	Independent	Nihar Ray	2,522	1.81
	NOTA	None of the above	837	0.6	0.10
Majority			3,552
Turnout			139,170	64.64
	BJD hold		Swing

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarada Prasad Nayak defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nihar Ray by a margin of 10,460 votes.^[8][9]

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Rourkela^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sarada Prashad Nayak	60,877	47.29	7.78
	BJP	Nihar Ray	50,417	39.17	9.2
	INC	Biren Senapaty	13,977	10.86	2.43
	NOTA	None of the above	895	0.7	−
Majority			10,460	7.96
Turnout			1,31,375	63.75
	BJD gain from BJP		Swing

2014

In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dilip Kumar Ray defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarada Prasad Nayak by a margin of 10,929 votes.^[10]

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Rourkela^[14][15][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dilip Kumar Ray	59,653	48.37	24.74
	BJD	Sarada Prashad Nayak	48,724	39.51	13.74
	INC	Pravat Mohapatra	10,397	8.43	8.59
	NOTA	None of the above	1,091	0.88	−
Majority			10,929	8.86
Turnout			1,23,320	68.84	21.05
Registered electors			1,79,140
	BJP gain from BJD

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarada Prashad Nayak defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ramesh Kumar Agrawal 25,596 votes.^[11]

2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Rourkela^[17][18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sarada Prashad Nayak	46,020	53.25	−
	BJP	Ramesh Kumar Agrawal	20,424	23.63	−
	INC	Prashanta Kumar Behera	14,707	17.02	−
Majority			25,596	29.61[d]
Turnout			86,488	47.79
	BJD hold

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. Resignation of Shyamsundar Mohapatra
4. % of total valid votes