Brahmagiri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Brahmagiri (Sl. No.: 108) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Puri district, Odisha, India.[2]

Brahmagiri
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Puri
Blocks	Bramhagiri, Krushnaprasad, Puri Sadar
Electorate	1,94,024 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	BJP
MLA	Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra
Const. No.	108
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Puri

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.[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
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%

Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014. Elected member from the Brahmagiri constituency are:[6][7]

• 2019: (108): Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra (BJP)
• 2014: (108): Sanjay Kumar Das Burma (BJD)
• 2009: (108): Sanjay Kumar Das Burma (BJD)
• 2004: (57): Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra (Congress)
• 2000: (57): Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra (Congress)
• 1995: (57): Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra (Congress)
• 1990: (57): Ajay Kumar Jena (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (57): Gangadhar Mohapatra (Congress)
• 1980: (57): Gangadhar Mohapatra (Congress-I)
• 1977: (57): Ajaya Kumar Jena (Janata Party)
• 1974: (57): Siddheswar Panigrahi (CPM)
• 1971: (53): Gopabandhu Patra (Congress)
• 1967: (53): Braja Mohan Mohanty (Congress)
• 1961: (90): Gopabandhu Patra (Independent)
• 1957: (62): Padma Charan Samanta Sinhar (Congress)
• 1951: (87): Biswanath Parida (Independent)

2019 Election Result

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Brahmagiri[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sanjay Kumar Das Burma	86126	48.
	BJP	Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra	88256	49.41
	INC	Umakanta Baral	2504	1.4%
	BSP	Bihari Bandhu Palai	980	0.55
	NOTA	None of the above	760	0.43
Majority
Turnout
	BJP gain from BJD		Swing

2014 Election Result

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.[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Brahmagiri[10][11]

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 Election Result

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.[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Brahmagiri[13]

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[lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,45,338	78.61	4.96[lower-alpha 3]
	BJD gain from INC

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 73.65%

References

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8. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
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13. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf