Titlagarh Assembly constituency

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

Titilagarh is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balangir district, Odisha.^[2]

Titilagarh
Constituency No. 69 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Balangir
Lok Sabha constituency	Balangir
Established	1951
Total electors	2,25,713[1][a]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Nabin Kumar Jain
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes Titlagarh, Titilagarh block, Saintala block and Tentulikhunti (Gudvella) block.^[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[5]
2024			48.3%
2019			39.79%
2014			42.07%
2009			39.16%
2004			55.78%
2000			64.96%
1995			62.21%
1990			43.67%
1985			43.05%
1980			55.43%
1977			55.91%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952 & 1957.

Elected members from the Titlagarh constituency are:^[6][7]

Year	Member	Party
2024	Nabin Kumar Jain		BJP
2019	Tukuni Sahu[8]		BJD
2014	Tukuni Sahu		BJD
2009	Surendra Singh Bhoi		INC
2004	Jogendra Behera		BJD
2000	Jogendra Behera		BJD
1995	Jogendra Behera		JD
1990	Jogendra Behera		JD
1985	Purna Chandra Mahananda		INC
1980	Lalit Mohan Gandhi		INC
1977	Lalit Mohan Gandhi		INC
1974	Tapi Jal		SWA
1971	Tapi Jal		SWA
1967	Achyutananda Mahananda		SWA
1961	Achyutananda Mahananda		SWA
1957	Achyutananda Mahananda		AIGP
1957	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo		AIGP
1951	Ramesh Chandra Singh Bhoi		AIGP
1951	Muralidhar Panda		AIGP

Election results

2024

Voting was held on 20 May 2024 in the 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election and the 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was completed on 4 June 2024.^[9]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Titlagarh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Tukuni Sahu	80455	39.72	0.07
	BJP	Nabin Kumar Jain	97854	48.3	22.55
	INC	Birendra Bag	18097	8.93	20.21
	NOTA	None of the above	2290	1.13	0.03
Majority			17399
Turnout			202578
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Tukuni Sahu defeated Indian National Congress candidate Surendra Singh Bhoi by a margin of 19,587 votes.

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Titlagarh^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Tukuni Sahu	73,172	39.79	2.28
	INC	Surendra Singh Bhoi	53,585	29.14	4.72
	BJP	Ashok Dora	47,341	25.75	10.75
	BSP	Bibhisan Nag	2,555	1.39	0.06
	API	Madhusudan Barik	2,065	1.12
	NOTA	None of the above	2,025	1.10
		Rest of the Candidates	3,136	1.70
Majority			19,587	10.65
Turnout			184197	72.68
	BJD hold		Swing

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Tukuni Sahu defeated Indian National Congress candidate Surendra Singh Bhoi by a margin of 14,022 votes.^[11]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Titlagarh^[12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Tukuni Sahu	71,858	42.07	6.19
	INC	Surendra Singh Bhoi	57,836	33.86	5.3
	BJP	Mahendra Kumar Thakur	25,617	15.0	2.61
	OJM	Jagneswar	3,805	2.23
	BSP	Satya Narayan Behera	2,265	1.33	1.85
	Independent	Ranju Raiman	1,987	1.16
	NCP	Loknath Jal	1,229	0.72
	Independent	Chairman Bag	1,025	0.6
	API	Lalit Mohan Tandi	956	0.56
	Kalinga Sena	Sudam Nag	855	0.5
	KMM	Devendra Kumar Jain	828	0.48
	SKD	Sitaram Satpathy	814	0.48
	NOTA	None of the above	1,748	1.02	−
Majority			14,022	8.21	4.93
Turnout			1,70,823	75.68	2.55
Registered electors			2,25,713
	BJD gain from INC

2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Surendra Singh Bhoi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Jogendra Behera by a margin of 4,838 votes.^[14]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Titlagarh^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Surendra Singh Bhoi	57,753	39.16	−1.25
	BJD	Jogendra Behera	52,915	35,88	−
	BJP	Santanu Kumar Naik	25,976	17.61	−
	BSP	Debendra Kumar Jain	4,697	3.18	−
	Independent	Sarat Kumar Sahu	2,635	1.79	−
	SAMO	Ghanashyama Pradhani	2,282	1.55	−
	SP	Chairman Bag	1,238	0.84	−
Majority			4,838	3.28[b]	−
Turnout			1,47,520	73.13	−
	INC gain from BJD		Swing	8.02 [c]

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. % of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 65.11%