Tirtol (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Tirtol (Sl. No.: 102) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha.[2]

Tirtol
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Jagatsinghpur
Blocks	Biridi, Raghunathpur, Tirtol
Electorate	2,13,483 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Jagatsinghpur
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	BJD
MLA	Rajashree Mallick
Const. No.	102
Reserved for	Scheduled Castes
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Jagatsinghpur

This constituency includes Biridi block and Raghunathpur block and 20 Gram panchayats (Biritol, Bishunpur, Dainlo, Garam, Gobindapur, Gopalpur, Gopalpur (S), Ibrisingh, Jagannathpur, Kanakpur, Kanimula, Katara, Kostimallikapur, Krushnanandpur, Mulisingh, Patilo, Sanara, Tarajanga, Tirtol and Tulanga) of Tirtol block.[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014			55.2%
2009			50.64%
2004			50.50%
2000			51.20%
1995			58.31%
1990			50.30%
1985			71.38%
1980			52.87%
1977			67.05%

Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2019. Elected member from the Tirtol constituency are:[6][7]

• 2019: (102): Bishnu Charan Das (BJD)
• 2014: (102): Rajashree Mallick (BJD)
• 2009: (102): Rabindra Nath Bhoi (BJD)
• 2004: (35): Chiranjib Biswal (Congress)
• 2000: (35): Debashish Samantaray (BJD)
• 1995: (35): Basanta Kumar Biswal (Congress)
• 1990: (35): Basanta Kumar Biswal (Congress)
• 1985: (35): Nityananda Samanaray (Congress)
• 1980: (35): Basanta Kumar Biswal (Congress-I)
• 1977: (35): Pratap Chandra Mohanty (Janata Party)
• 1974: (35): Pratap Chandra Mohanty (UTC)
• 1971: (33): Pratap Chandra Mohanty (UTC)
• 1967: (33): Nishamani Khuntia (PSP)
• 1961: (108): Pratap Chandra Mohanty (Congress)
• 1957: (76): Nishamani Khuntia (PSP)
• 1951: (71): Nishamani Khuntia (Congress)

2020 By-election

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Bye-election, 2020: Tirtol

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bijaya Shankar Das	88,310	52.91
	BJP	Rajkishore Behera	46,607	27.92
	INC	Himanshu Bhusan Mallick	28,778	17.24
	CPI	Bijay Kumar Bhoi	1,109	0.66
	NOTA	None of the above	700	0.43
Majority			41,703
Turnout			1,68,603	70.93
	BJD hold

2014 Election Candidates

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajashree Mallick defeated Indian National Congress candidate Rajkishore Behera by a margin of 35,448 votes.[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Tirtol[9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rajashree Mallick	88,953	55.2	4.56
	INC	Rajkishore Behera	53,505	33.21	-1.12
	BJP	Ramakanta Bhoi	14,516	9.01	5.79
	BSP	Sukanta Kumar Bhoi	1,071	0.66	-
	AAP	Pramodini Sethy	978	0.61	-
	Kalinga Sena	Bijaya Kumar Sethi	505	0.31	-
	OJM	Jasobanta Bhoi	404	0.25	-
	NOTA	None	1,203	0.75	-
Majority			35,448	21.99	-2.41
Turnout			1,61,135	75.48	9.37
Registered electors			2,13,483
	BJD hold

2009 Election Results

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rabindra Nath Bhoi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Rajkishore Das by a margin of 34,182 votes.[11]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Tirtol[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rabindra Nath Bhoi	82,282	50.64	5.07
	INC	Rajkishore Behera	48,100	34.33	-16.17
	BJP	Latamani Das	4,514	3.22	-
	Independent	Pratima Mallick	2,565	1.83	-
	SP	Mitanjali Das	1,834	1.31	-
	Kalinga Sena	Jugal Kishore Mallick	815	0.58	-
Majority			34,182	24.40[lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,40,137	66.11	-
Registered electors			2,11,982
	BJD gain from INC		Swing	-6.47[lower-alpha 3]

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 72.58%

References

1. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
2. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 14 April 2014. Constituency: Tirtol (102) District: Jagatsinghpur
3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
4. Seats of Odisha
5. "35 - Tirtol Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 18 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
6. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
7. "Tirtol Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
8. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
9. "Odisha - Tirtol". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
10. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Tirtol (102)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
11. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 34182
12. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf