Sundargarh Assembly constituency

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

Sundargarh is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sundergarh district.^[1] Area of this constituency includes Sundargarh, Sundargarh block, Tangarpali block, Hemgiri block and seven Gram panchayats of Lephripada block.^[2][3]

Sundargarh
Constituency No. 9 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Northen Division
District	Sundargarh
Lok Sabha constituency	Sundargarh
Established	1951
Total electors	2,30,729[a][b]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Jogesh Kumar Singh
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			48.15%
2019			47.67%
2014			41.77%
2009			43.92%
2005 (bypoll)			47.76%
2004			50.12%
2000			54.89%
1995			45.43%
1990			67.04%
1985			56.03%
1980			73.52%
1977			55.87%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including in one bypoll in 2005. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952 & 1957.

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

Year	Member	Party
2024[6]	Jogesh Kumar Singh		Biju Janata Dal
2019[7]	Kusum Tete		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014[8]	Jogesh Kumar Singh		Indian National Congress
2009[9]
2005 (bypoll)[c][10]	Sushama Patel		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	Shankarsan Naik
2000
1995	Kishore Chandra Patel		Indian National Congress
1990	Bharatendra Sekhar Deo		Janata Dal
1985			Janata Party
1980	Kishore Chandra Patel		Indian National Congress (I)
1977			Indian National Congress
1974	Dibyalochan Shekhar Deo
1971			Indian National Congress (R)
1967	Harihar Patel		Swatantra Party
1961
1957[d]	Gangadhar Pradhan		Ganatantra Parishad
	Udit Pratap Sekhar Deo
1951[e]	Dwarikanath Kusum
	Krupanidhi Naik		Indian National Congress
1946[f]	Ram Charan Patel		Independent politician
	Shib Narayan Singh Mohapatra

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 20 May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.^[11] In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Jogesh Kumar Singh defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Kusum Tete by a margin of 10,066 votes.^[6]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Sundargarh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Jogesh Kumar Singh	86,398	48.15	4.70
	BJP	Kusum Tete	77,276	43.07	4.60
	INC	Sudharani Raudia	8,301	4.63	2.30
	NOTA	None of the above	1,755	0.98	0.15
Majority			9,122
Turnout			1,79,440	75.7
	BJD gain from BJP		Swing

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Kusum Tete defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Jogesh Kumar Singh by a margin of 7364 votes.^[7]

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Sundargarh^[12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kusum Tete	83,118	47.67	30.03
	BJD	Jogesh Kumar Singh	75,754	43.45	9.63
	INC	Amita Biswal	12,087	6.93	34.84
	NOTA	None of the above	1,967	1.13	−
Majority			7364	4.22
Turnout			174346	75.14
	BJP gain from INC

2014

In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Jogesh Kumar Singh defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Kusum Tete by a margin of 12584 votes.^[8]

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jogesh Kumar Singh	66,138	41.77	2.15
	BJD	Kusum Tete	53,554	33.82	6.56
	BJP	Sahadev Xaxa	27,935	17.64	2.45
	NOTA	None of the above	2,358	1.49	−
Majority			12,584	7.95
Turnout			1,58,356	73.26	7.71
Registered electors			2,16,152
	INC hold

2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Jogesh Kumar Singh defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Sunil Kumar Singh Deo by 20,930 votes.^[9]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Sundargarh^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jogesh Kumar Singh	55,183	43.92	−
	BJD	Sunil Kumar Singh Deo	34,253	27.26	−
	BJP	Prem Sagar Oram	25,245	20.09	−
Majority			20,930	16.66[g]
Turnout			1,26,076	65.55
	INC gain from BJP

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. Death of Shankarsan Naik
4. It was a 2 member constituency
5. It was a 2 member constituency
6. It was a 2 member constituency
7. % of total valid votes