Titlagarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Titilagarh (Sl. No.: 69) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balangir district, Odisha.[2]

Titilagarh
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Balangir
Blocks	Titilagarh, Saintala, Tentulikhunti
Electorate	2,25,713 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Titilagarh
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	Biju Janata Dal
MLA	Tukuni Sahu
Const. No.	69
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Balangir

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

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Surendra Singh Bhoi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Jogendra Behera by a margin of 4,838 votes.[5]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [6]
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%

Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014. Elected members from the Titlagarh constituency are:[7][8]

• 2014: (69): Tukuni Sahu, Biju Janata Dal
• 2009: (69): Surendra Singh Bhoi, Indian National Congress
• 2004: (106): Jogendra Behera, Biju Janata Dal
• 2000: (106): Jogendra Behera, Biju Janata Dal
• 1995: (106): Jogendra Behera, Janata Dal
• 1990: (106): Jogendra Behera, Janata Dal
• 1985: (106): Purna Chandra Mahananda, Indian National Congress
• 1980: (106): Lalit Mohan Gandhi, Congress-I
• 1977: (106): Lalit Mohan Gandhi, Indian National Congress
• 1974: (106): Tapi Jal, Swatantra Party
• 1971: (107): Tapi Jal, Swatantra Party
• 1967: (107): Achyutananda Mahananda, Swatantra Party
• 1961: (42): Achyutananda Mahananda, Ganatantra Parishad
• 1957: (30): Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo, Ganatantra Parishad and Achyutananda Mahananda, Ganatantra Parishad
• 1951: (22): Ramesh Chandra Bhoi, Ganatantra Parishad and Muralidhar Panda, Ganatantra Parishad

2019 Election Result

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Titlagarh [9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Tukuni Sahu
	INC	Surendra Sing Bhoi
	BJP	Ashok Dora
	BSP	Bibhisan Nag
	API	Madhusudan Barik
	Independent	Hifzul Rahman
	Independent	Khemraj Agrawal
	Independent	Satya Narayan Bohidar
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	TBA gain from TBA		Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Tukuni Sahu defeated Indian National Congress candidate Surendra Singh Bhoi by a margin of 14,022 votes.[10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Titlagarh [11][12]

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

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Titlagarh [13]

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[lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,47,520	73.13	-
	INC gain from BJD		Swing	8.02 [lower-alpha 3]

Notes

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

References

1. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
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3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
4. Seats of Odisha
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6. "106 - Titilagarh (SC) Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 17 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
7. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
8. "Titlagarh Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
9. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
10. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". leadtech.in. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
11. "Odisha - Titlagarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
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13. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf