Rairakhol (Odisha Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Rairakhol is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sambalpur district, Odisha.
This constituency includes Rairakhol, Rairakhol block, Jujomura block, Naktideul block and 7GPs (Deogaon, Dakara, Dhama, Huma, Bargaon, Sahaspur and Baduapali) of Maneswar block.
Elected Members
Since its formation in 1961, 16 elections were held till date including in one bypoll in 2001.
List of members elected from Rairakhol constituency are:
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Prasanna Acharya | BJD | |
| 2019 | Rohit Pujari | BJD | |
| 2014 | Rohit Pujari | BJD | |
| 2009 | Prasanna Acharya | BJD | |
| 2004 | Sanatan Bisi | BJD | |
| 2001 (bypoll) | Sanatan Bisi | BJD | |
| 2000 | Durjodhan Sohela | BJD | |
| 1995 | Abhimanyu Kumar (Kumbhar) | INC | |
| 1990 | Basanta Kumar Mahananda | JD | |
| 1985 | Abhimanyu Kumar (Kumbhar) | INC | |
| 1980 | Abhimanyu Kumar (Kumbhar) | INC | |
| 1977 | Basanta Kumar Mahananda | JP | |
| 1974 | Basanta Kumar Mahananda | Utkal Congress | |
| 1971 | Abhimanyu Kumar (Kumbhar) | Congress (R) | |
| 1967 | Bhikhari Suna | SWA | |
| 1961 | Bhanuganga Tribhuban Deb | SWA | |
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.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Prasanna Acharya | 61,716 | 38.23 |  0.29
| |
| BJP | Debendra Mohapatra | 56,756 | 35.16 | 7.24
| |
| INC | Assaf Ali Khan | 37,579 | 23.28 |  4.94
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,826 | 1.13 | 0.17
| |
| Majority | 4,960 | ||||
| Turnout | 161,424 | ||||
| BJD hold | Swing | ||||
2019
In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rohit Pujari defeated Indian National Congress candidate Assaf Ali Khan by a margin of 14,632 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Rohit Pujari | 57,111 | 37.94 | 2.02
| |
| INC | Assaf Ali Khan | 42,479 | 28.22 | 2.90
| |
| BJP | Debendra Mohapatra | 42,027 | 27.92 | 6.00
| |
| Independent | Samar Kumar Pradhan | 2714 | 1.8 | ||
| Independent | Jayalal Behera | 1715 | 1.14 | ||
| AAP | Anand Kumar Samal | 1359 | 0.9 | ||
| BSP | Sanket Bahidar | 938 | 0.62 | ||
| PVP | Janakram Rana | 456 | 0.3 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1725 | 1.15 | ||
| Majority | 14,632 | 9.72 | |||
| Turnout | 150524 | 70.59 | |||
| BJD hold | |||||
2014
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rohit Pujari defeated Indian National Congress candidate Assaf Ali Khan by a margin of 11,909 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Rohit Pujari | 53,849 | 39.96 | 4.89
| |
| INC | Assaf Ali Khan | 41,940 | 31.12 | 5.13
| |
| BJP | Pratap Kumar Pradhan | 29,544 | 21.92 | 4.05
| |
| AOP | Manabodha Bhoi | 1,627 | 1.21 | − | |
| BSP | Debdulal Bakshi | 1,271 | 0.94 | 0.08
| |
| SKD | Gitanjali Pradhan | 1,060 | 0.79 | − | |
| AAP | Laxmidhar Naik | 968 | 0.72 | − | |
| Independent | Swadhin Panda | 928 | 0.69 | − | |
| API | Aparna Bagh | 817 | 0.61 | − | |
| Independent | Manis Kumar Deheri | 658 | 0.49 | − | |
| PVP | Laxman Kumar Bhoi | 555 | 0.41 | − | |
| OJM | Bholanath Dehury | 249 | 0.18 | − | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,298 | 0.96 | − | |
| Majority | 11,909 | 8.83 | |||
| Turnout | 1,34,764 | 77.22 | 13.47 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,74,526 | ||||
| BJD hold | |||||
2009
In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prasanna Acharya defeated Indian National Congress candidate Asaf Ali Khan by a margin of 9,764 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Prasanna Acharya | 37,718 | 35.07 | − | |
| INC | Assaf Ali Khan | 27,954 | 25.99 | − | |
| BJP | Sarat Chandra Sahu | 19,217 | 17.87 | − | |
| Independent | Geetanjali Pradhan | 9,094 | 8.46 | − | |
| Independent | Chittaranjan Pradhan | 6,960 | 6.47 | − | |
| Independent | Tarani Bhoi | 1,442 | 1.34 | − | |
| Independent | Hamid Prasad Luha | 1,427 | 1.33 | − | |
| BSP | Prahallada Prusti | 1,098 | 1.02 | − | |
| RPI | Apurna Bagh | 954 | 0.89 | − | |
| KOKD | Upendra Mohapatra | 902 | 0.84 | − | |
| SAMO | Pramod Kumar Sahoo | 786 | 0.73 | − | |
| Majority | 9,764 | 9.08 | |||
| Turnout | 1,07,573 | 63.75 | |||
| BJD hold | |||||
Notes
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