# Brajarajnagar Assembly constituency

Brajarajnagar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jharsuguda district, Odisha.
Area of this constituency includes Brajarajnagar, Belpahar, Lakhanpur block and Jharsuguda block.

## Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates :
| 2024 | 2024 | 48.85% | 48.85% |
| 2022 Bypoll | 2022 Bypoll | 61.25% | 61.25% |
| 2019 | 2019 | 48.7% | 48.7% |
| 2014 | 2014 | 37.34% | 37.34% |
| 2009 | 2009 | 43.46% | 43.46% |
| 2004 | 2004 | 39.13% | 39.13% |
| 2000 | 2000 | 40.81% | 40.81% |
| 1995 | 1995 | 32.40% | 32.40% |
| 1990 | 1990 | 60.76% | 60.76% |
| 1985 | 1985 | 50.65% | 50.65% |
| 1980 | 1980 | 54.60% | 54.60% |
| 1977 | 1977 | 32.64% | 32.64% |
Since its formation in 1961, 16 elections were held till date including two bypolls in 1997 & 2022.
List of members elected from Brajarajnagar constituency are:
| Year | Member | Party |
| 2024 | Suresh Pujari | BJP |
| 2022 (bypoll) | Alka Mohanty | BJD |
| 2019 | Kishore Kumar Mohanty | BJD |
| 2014 | Radharani Panda | BJP |
| 2009 | Anup Kumar Sai | INC |
| 2004 | Anup Kumar Sai | INC |
| 2000 | Anup Kumar Sai | INC |
| 1997 (bypoll) | Keshab Sahoo | INC |
| 1995 | Prasanna Kumar Panda | CPI |
| 1990 | Prasanna Kumar Panda | CPI |
| 1985 | Prasanna Kumar Panda | CPI |
| 1980 | Upendra Dikshit | INC |
| 1977 | Upendra Dikshit | INC |
| 1974 | Prasanna Kumar Panda | CPI |
| 1971 | Upendra Dikshit | Congress (R) |
| 1967 | Prasanna Kumar Panda | CPI |
| 1961 | Prasanna Kumar Panda | CPI |

## Election Results
### 2024

Voting were held on 20th May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.
2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Brajarajnagar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Suresh Pujari | 82,199 | 48.85 | |
| | BJD | Alka Mohanty | 55,410 | 32.93 | |
| | INC | Kishore Chandra Patel | 21,809 | 12.96 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1384 | 0.82 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 26,789 | 15.92 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,68,268 | | |
| | BJP gain from BJD | BJP gain from BJD | BJP gain from BJD | BJP gain from BJD | BJP gain from BJD |

### 2022 Bypoll

In 2022 bye-election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Alka Mohanty defeated Indian National Congress candidate Kishore Chandra Patel by 66,122 votes.
2022 By-election: Brajarajnagar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJD | Alka Mohanty | 93,953 | 61.25 | 12.55 |
| | INC | Kishore Chandra Patel | 27,831 | 18.14 | |
| | BJP | Radharani Panda | 22,630 | 14.75 | 26.88 |
| | CPI | Ramesh Kumar Tripathy | 3,105 | 2.02 | 3.66 |
| | Independent | Aditya Padhan | 1,884 | 1.23 | − |
| | None of the Above | None of the Above | 4,000 | 2.60 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 66,122 | 43.11 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,54,048 | 71.62 | |
| | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold |

### 2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Kishore Kumar Mohanty defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Radharani Panda by 11,634 votes.
2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Brajarajnagar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJD | Kishore Kumar Mohanty | 80,152 | 48.7 | 23.25 |
| | BJP | Radharani Panda | 68,153 | 41.63 | 14.79 |
| | CPI | Ramesh Tripathi | 9,350 | 5.68 | 2.28 |
| | BSP | Sitaram Rohidas | 2,018 | 1.23 | 0.56 |
| | OPD | Rajani Bhue | 941 | 0.57 | − |
| | PSP (Lohia) | Subas Behera | 488 | 0.3 | − |
| | SKD | Haraprasad Meher | 612 | 0.37 | − |
| | Independent | Ajay Prasad Mandal | 506 | 0.31 | − |
| | Independent | Mithila Chhuria | 573 | 0.35 | − |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,429 | 0.87 | − |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11634 | 7.05 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 164587 | 77.9 | |
| | BJD gain from BJP | BJD gain from BJP | BJD gain from BJP | BJD gain from BJP | BJD gain from BJP |

### 2014

In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Radharani Panda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Anup Kumar Sai by 6,790 votes.
2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Brajarajnagar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Radharani Panda | 50,736 | 26.84 | 15.12 |
| | BJD | Anup Kumar Sai | 43,946 | 23.25 | − |
| | INC | Kishore Chandra Patel | 38,175 | 20.19 | 23.27 |
| | CPI | Gajanan Sahu | 6,436 | 3.40 | 3.4 |
| | BSP | Ranjit Kumar | 1,282 | 0.67 | − |
| | AAP | Jayaram Barik | 1,216 | 0.64 | − |
| | KOKD | Narayan Mohapatra | 718 | 0.37 | 1.93 |
| | Independent | Jogindra Majhi | 521 | 0.27 | − |
| | LGGP | Chaitanya Kanta | 609 | 0.32 | − |
| | Independent | Bishwa Lochan Bhoi | 477 | 0.25 | − |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,635 | 0.86 | − |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,790 | 3.59 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 145851 | 76.52 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,89,012 | | |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC |

### 2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Anup Kumar Sai defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Suresh Pujari by 1,742 votes.
2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Brajarajnagar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Anup Kumar Sai | 50,585 | 43.46 | − |
| | BJP | Suresh Pujari | 48,843 | 41.96 | − |
| | CPI | Ramsahay Panda | 7,911 | 6.80 | − |
| | KOKD | Dilip Kumar Badhai | 2,673 | 2.30 | − |
| | BSP | Bhaskar Gadia | 2,382 | 2.05 | − |
| | Independent | Sanjay Kumar Ray | 1,286 | 1.10 | − |
| | Independent | Johan Kumar Nayak | 1,030 | 0.88 | − |
| | Independent | Tarani Sahu | 856 | 0.74 | − |
| | SP | Mohammad Akhtar | 830 | 0.71 | − |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,742 | 1.50 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,16,402 | 63.62 | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | INC hold | INC hold | INC hold |