Talcher Assembly constituency

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

Talcher is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of the city Talcher in Angul district, Odisha.^[2]

Talcher
Constituency No. 60 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Angul
Lok Sabha constituency	Dhenkanal
Established	1951
Total electors	1,57,963[1][a]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Braja Kishore Pradhan
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes Talcher, Talcher block and 7 GPs (Kaniha, Kamarei, Badatribida, Santribida, Bijigol, Badagunduri and Jarada) of Kaniha block.^[3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			58.82%
2019			54.89%
2014			46.95%
2009			36.21%
2004			45.95%
2000			52.44%
1995			36.88%
1990			44.47%
1985			57.59%
1980			50.06%
1977			71.06%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1961.

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

Year	Member	Party
1952	Pabitra Mohan Pradhan		Indian National Congress
1957
1961
1961^	Madan Mohan Pradhan
1967	Kumar Chandra Behera		Orissa Jana Congress
1971	Brundaban Behera
1974
1977			Janata Party
1980
1985	Bhajaman Behera		Indian National Congress
1990	Brundaban Behera		Independent
1995	Mahesh Sahoo		Bharatiya Janata Party
2000
2004
2009	Braja Kishore Pradhan		Independent
2014			Biju Janata Dal
2019
2024

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.^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Talcher

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Braja Kishore Pradhan	75,621	58.82
	BJP	Kalandi Charan Samal	43,499	33.83
	INC	Prafula Chandra Das	6189	4.81
	NOTA	None of the above	976	0.76
Majority			32,122	25
Turnout			128,565
	BJD hold

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Braja Kishore Pradhan defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Kalandi Charan Samal by a margin of 24,102 votes.^[8]

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Talcher^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Braja Kishore Pradhan	70,044	54.87
	BJP	Kalandi Charan Samal	45942	35.99
	INC	Suresh Chandra Behera	4621	3.62
	BSP	Uchhan Chandra Pattanayak	427	0.33
	SUCI(C)	Prahlada Chandra Sahoo	386	0.30
	API	Krushna Chandra Naik	795	0.62
	Independent	Kandarp Sahoo	267	0.20
	Independent politician	Manoj Kumar Pradhan	4343	3.40
	NOTA	None of the above	780	0.61
Majority			24102	18.88
Turnout			127634	72.59%
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Braja Kishore Pradhan defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Kalandi Charan Samal by a margin of 14,322 votes.^[10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Talcher^[11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Braja Kishore Pradhan	56,465	46.95
	BJP	Kalandi Samal	43 ,143	35.04
	INC	Sashmita Behera	14,396	11.97
	AAP	Bishnu Mohan Rath	1,866	1.55
	BSP	Uchhan Chandra Pattanayak	1,085	0.9
	AOP	Keshab Bhutia	941	0.78
	Independent	Parsuram Barik	802	0.67
	SUCI(C)	Prahalad Chandra Sahoo	606	0.5
	API	Ranjit Kumar Sahoo	404	0.34
	SKD	Aren Kumar Pani	386	0.32
	Independent politician	Anita Mohanty	292	0.24
	NOTA	None of the above	882	0.73	−
Majority			14,322	11.90	3.45
Turnout			1,20,268	76.14	8.36
Registered electors			1,57,963
	BJD gain from Independent

2009

In 2009 election, Independent candidate Braja Kishore Pradhan defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Mahesh Sahoo by a margin of 8,642 votes.^[13]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Talcher^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Braja Kishore Pradhan	37,048	36.21	−
	BJD	Mahesh Sahoo	28,406	27.77	−
	BJP	Kalandi Samal	17,415	17.02	−
	INC	Khirod Sahu	7,636	7.46	−
	RPI	Dileswar Naik	6,483	6.34	−
	SAMO	Ritarani Das	1,227	1.20	−
	Independent politician	Manasi Swain	862	0.84	−
	BSP	Uchhan Chandra Pattanayak	847	0.83	−
	Independent politician	Prafulla Kumar Naik	782	0.76	−
	JMM	Jugal Kishor Nanda	514	0.50	−
	Independent politician	Mayadhar Samal	447	0.44	−
	JD(U)	Aren Kumar Pani	369	0.36	−
	Kalinga Sena	Srihari Sethi	271	0.26	−
Majority			8,642	8.45[b]	−
Turnout			1,02,309	67.78	−
	Independent gain from BJP

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. % of total valid votes