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Brahmagiri Assembly Constituency

Brahmagiri is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Puri district, Odisha, India.

This constituency includes Bramhagiri block, Krushnapraad block and 11 Gram panchayats (Kanheibidyadharpur, Gaudakera, Bijaya Ramachandrapur, Pratapramchandrapur, Biranarasinghapur, Birabalabhadrapur, Pratappurusottampur, Hantuka, Basudevpur, Kerandipur and Bhailipur) of Puri sadar block.

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates
2019
49.41%
2014
48.67%
2009
48.57%
2004
50.01%
2000
57.77%
1995
37.76%
1990
54.15%
1985
46.78%
1980
36.90%
1977
41.64%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Brahmagiri constituency are:

Year Member Party
2024 Upasna Mohapatra BJP
2019 Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra BJP
2014 Sanjay Kumar Das Burma BJD
2009 Sanjay Kumar Das Burma BJD
2004 Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra INC
2000 Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra INC
1995 Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra INC
1990 Ajaya Kumar Jena JD
1985 Gangadhar Mohapatra INC
1980 Gangadhar Mohapatra INC
1977 Ajaya Kumar Jena JP
1974 Sidheswar Panigrahi CPI(M)
1971 Gopabandhu Patra Congress (R)
1967 Brajamohan Mohanty INC
1961 Gopabandhu Patra INC
1957 Padma Charan Samantasinghar INC
1951 Biswanath Parida Independent

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.

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Brahmagiri
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Upasna Mohapatra 95,783
BJD Umakanta Samantaray 85,953
INC Mitrabhanu Mohapatra 1,910
NOTA None of the above 395
Majority 9830
Turnout
BJP hold

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Sanjay Kumar Das Burma by a margin of 2130 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Brahmagiri
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra 88,256 49.41
BJD Sanjay Kumar Das Burma 86,126 48.22
INC Umakanta Baral 2,504 1.40
NOTA None of the above 760 0.43
Majority 2,130 1.19
Turnout 1,78,626 81.52
BJP gain from BJD

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sanjay Kumar Das Burma defeated Indian National Congress candidate Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra by a margin of 1,341 votes.

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Brahmagiri
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Sanjay Kumar Das Burma 78,675 48.67 0.1
INC Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra 77,334 47.84 2.64
BJP Debendranath Tarei 3,277 2.03 -2.36
BSP Mangaraj Das 736 0.46 -0.46
OJM Subhashree Biswal 511 0.32 -
Independent Sanjay Das 315 0.19 -
Independent Susanta Kumar Das 249 0.15 -
NOTA None 546 0.34 -
Majority 1,341 0.82 -
Turnout 1,61,643 83.31 4.7
Registered electors 1,94,024
BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sanjay Kumar Das Burma defeated Indian National Congress candidate Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra by a margin of 4,886 votes.

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Brahmagiri
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Sanjay Kumar Das Burma 70,533 48.57 2.3
INC Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra 65,647 45.20 -7.51
BJP Amrut Kumar Jena 6,382 4.39 -
BSP Laxmipriya Mallik 1,386 0.92 -
SP Sakuntala Mishra 442 0.38 -
Independent Biharibandhu Palai 422 0.29 -
Independent Pramod Parida 309 0.21 -
SAMO Saroj Kumar Pradhan 290 0.20 -
Independent Niranjan Biswal 223 0.15 -
Majority 4,886 3.36 -
Turnout 1,45,338 78.61 4.96
BJD gain from INC