Sundargarh Lok Sabha constituency

Sundargarh Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha Constituencies representing Sundergarh district of Odisha state in Eastern India.

Sundargarh (ST) OD-2
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Sundargarh Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Assembly constituencies	Talsara Sundargarh Biramitrapur Raghunathpali Rourkela Rajgangpur Bonai
Established	1952
Total electors	15,79,096[a][b]
Reservation	ST
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Jual Oram
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Assembly Segments

Assembly segments which constitute this parliamentary constituency are:^[1]

#	Name	District	Member	Party		Leading (in 2024)
8	Talsara (ST)	Sundargarh	Bhabani Shankar Bhoi		BJP		BJP
9	Sundargarh (ST)		Jogesh Kumar Singh		BJD		BJP
10	Biramitrapur (ST)		Rohit Joseph Tirkey		BJD		BJP
11	Raghunathpali (SC)		Durga Charan Tanti		BJP		BJP
12	Rourkela		Sarada Prashad Nayak		BJD		BJP
13	Rajgangpur (ST)		C. S. Raazen Ekka		INC		INC
14	Bonai (ST)		Laxman Munda		CPI(M)		BJD

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates
2024			42.77%
2019			45.42%
2014			24.14%
2009			22.42%
2004			45.96%
1999			52.85%
1998			47.71%
1996			28.44%
1991			37.23%
1989			54.37%
1984			56.99%
1980			41.27%
1977			53.24%
1971			35.03%

Since its formation in 1952, 18 elections have been held till date.

List of members elected from Sundargarh constituency are:

Year	Member	Party
2024[2]	Jual Oram		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019[3]
2014[4]
2009[5]	Hemananda Biswal		Indian National Congress
2004	Jual Oram		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
1998
1996	Frida Topno		Indian National Congress
1991
1989	Debananda Amat		Janata Dal
1984	Maurice Kujur		Indian National Congress
1980	Christopher Ekka		Indian National Congress (I)
1977	Debananda Amat		Bharatiya Lok Dal
1971	Gajadhar Majhi		Indian National Congress
1967	Debananda Amat		Swatantra Party
1962	Yagnyanarayan Singh		Ganatantra Parishad
1957	Kalo Chandramani
1951	Sibnarayan Singh Mahapatra		Indian National Congress

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 20 May 2024 in 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.^[6] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jual Oram defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Dilip Kumar Tirkey by 1,38,808 votes.^[2]

2024 Indian general election: Sundargarh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jual Oram	494,282	42.77
	BJD	Dilip Kumar Tirkey	3,55,474	30.76
	INC	Janardan Dehury	2,61,986	22.67
	NOTA	None of the above	17,801	1.51
Majority			1,38,808	12.01
Turnout			11,59,760	73.44
	BJP hold

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jual Oram defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Sunita Biswal by 2,23,065 votes.^[3]

2019 Indian general elections: Sundargarh^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jual Oram	500,056	45.45	11.76
	BJD	Sunita Biswal	2,76,991	25.18	6.65
	INC	George Tirkey	2,68,218	24.38	2.30
	Independent	Miss Juspin Lakra	14,790	1.34
	NOTA	None of the above	13,675	1.24	0.33
	SUCI(C)	Jastin Lugun	9,524	0.87	0.07
Majority			2,23,065	20.27	18.41
Turnout			11,01,049	71.89	1.21
	BJP hold		Swing	9.21

2014

In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jual Oram defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Dilip Tirkey by a margin of 18,829 votes.^[4]

2014 Indian general elections: Sundargarh^[8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jual Oram	340,508	33.69
	BJD	Dilip Tirkey	3,21,679	31.83
	INC	Hemananda Biswal	2,69,335	26.65
	NOTA	None of the above	15,835	1.57	−
	SUCI(C)	Jastin Lugun	9,472	0.94
	BSP	Bagi Lakra	9,460	0.94
Majority			18,829	1.86	−
Turnout			10,10,723	71.66
	BJP gain from INC

2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Hemananda Biswal defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jual Oram by a margin of 11,624 votes.^[5]

2009 Indian general elections: Sundargarh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Hemananda Biswal	280,054	36.47
	BJP	Jual Oram	2,68,430	34.96
	JMM	Livinus Kindo	74,558	9.71
	CPI(M)	Salomi Minz	71,582	9.32
Majority			11,624	1.52
Turnout			7,67,284	61.43
	INC gain from BJP

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission