# Rourkela Assembly constituency

Rourkela is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sundergarh district. The area of this constituency includes Rourkela, Kulunga (O.G) and two Gram panchayats of Bisra block.

## Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates :
| 2024 | 2024 | 46.46% | 46.46% |
| 2019 | 2019 | 47.29% | 47.29% |
| 2014 | 2014 | 48.37% | 48.37% |
| 2009 | 2009 | 53.25% | 53.25% |
| 2004 | 2004 | 58.51% | 58.51% |
| 2000 | 2000 | 52.86% | 52.86% |
| 1995 | 1995 | 43.64% | 43.64% |
| 1990 | 1990 | 77.22% | 77.22% |
| 1985 | 1985 | 45.48% | 45.48% |
| 1980 | 1980 | 34.13% | 34.13% |
| 1977 | 1977 | 62.39% | 62.39% |
Since its formation in 1967, 15 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1971.
List of members elected from Rourkela constituency are:
| Year | Member | Party |
| 2024 | Sarada Prashad Nayak | BJD |
| 2019 | Sarada Prashad Nayak | BJD |
| 2014 | Dilip Kumar Ray | BJP |
| 2009 | Sarada Prashad Nayak | BJD |
| 2004 | Sarada Prashad Nayak | BJD |
| 2000 | Ajit Das | BJD |
| 1995 | Prabhat Mohapatra | INC |
| 1990 | Dilip Kumar Ray | JD |
| 1985 | Dilip Kumar Ray | JD |
| 1980 | Gurupada Nanda | INC |
| 1977 | Braja Kishore Mohanty | INC |
| 1974 | Dhananjaya Mohanty | INC |
| 1971 (bypoll) | Bishwanath Das | Independent |
| 1971 | Shyamsundar Mohapatra | INC |
| 1967 | Rajkishore Samantarai | PSP |

## 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,Rourkela :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJD | Sarada Prashad Nayak | 64,660 | 46.46 | 0.83 |
| | BJP | Dilip Ray | 61,108 | 43.91 | 4.74 |
| | INC | Birendra Nath Pattnaik | 8,751 | 6.29 | 4.57 |
| | Independent | Nihar Ray | 2,522 | 1.81 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 837 | 0.6 | 0.10 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,552 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 139,170 | | |
| | BJD hold | BJD hold | Swing | | |

### 2019

In 2019 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarada Prasad Nayak, defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nihar Ray by a margin of 10,460 votes.
2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Rourkela :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJD | Sarada Prashad Nayak | 60,877 | 47.29 | 7.78 |
| | BJP | Nihar Ray | 50,417 | 39.17 | 9.2 |
| | INC | Biren Senapaty | 13,977 | 10.86 | 2.43 |
| | AAP | Lambodar Mohanta | 326 | 0.25 | 0.58 |
| | BSP | Bishnu Charan Mahanta | 611 | 0.47 | 0.02 |
| | KJD | Surama Mishra | 341 | 0.26 | − |
| | Independent | Dharmendra Mohapatra | 204 | 0.16 | − |
| | Independent | Pitabasa Mishra | 250 | 0.19 | − |
| | Independent | Bikash Mansingh | 614 | 0.48 | − |
| | Independent | Mahammad Rizwan Rahi | 209 | 0.16 | − |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 895 | 0.7 | − |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,460 | 7.96 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,31,375 | 63.75 | |
| | BJD gain from BJP | BJD gain from BJP | Swing | | |

### 2014

In 2014 election Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dilip Ray, defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarada Prasad Nayak by a margin of 10,929 votes.
2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Rourkela :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Dilip Ray | 59,653 | 48.37 | 24.74 |
| | BJD | Sarada Prashad Nayak | 48,724 | 39.51 | 13.74 |
| | INC | Pravat Mohapatra | 10,397 | 8.43 | 8.59 |
| | AAP | Binay Kumar Tiwari | 1,022 | 0.83 | − |
| | CPI(M) | Salomi Minz | 612 | 0.5 | − |
| | BSP | Richard Anand Kujur | 553 | 0.45 | 0.65 |
| | Independent | Biswanath Lakra | 444 | 0.36 | − |
| | Independent | Mahipal Singh | 233 | 0.19 | − |
| | Independent | Papu Kumar Ray | 203 | 0.16 | − |
| | KOKD | Hrudananda Behera | 150 | 0.12 | 0.25 |
| | Kalinga Sena | Gokulananda Mohanty | 129 | 0.1 | − |
| | Independent | Tapan Kumar Panda | 109 | 0.09 | − |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,091 | 0.88 | − |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,929 | 8.86 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,23,320 | 68.84 | 21.05 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,79,140 | | |
| | BJP gain from BJD | BJP gain from BJD | BJP gain from BJD | BJP gain from BJD | BJP gain from BJD |

### 2009

In 2009 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarada Prasad Nayak, defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ramesh Kumar Agrawal 25,596 votes.
2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Rourkela :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJD | Sarada Prashad Nayak | 46,020 | 53.25 | − |
| | BJP | Ramesh Kumar Agrawal | 20,424 | 23.63 | − |
| | INC | Prashanta Kumar Behera | 14,707 | 17.02 | − |
| | JMM | Paschal Barla | 1,981 | 2.29 | − |
| | BSP | Rasid Aslam | 947 | 1.10 | − |
| | SP | Gadadhar Mishra | 394 | 0.46 | − |
| | Independent | Kamal Majhi | 393 | 0.45 | − |
| | Independent | Hitendra Nag | 359 | 0.42 | − |
| | KOKD | Jaysingh Singh | 324 | 0.37 | − |
| | Independent | Birajananda Singh | 309 | 0.36 | − |
| | Kalinga Sena | Jnana Ranjan Nayak | 228 | 0.26 | − |
| | Independent | Mahipal Singh | 205 | 0.24 | − |
| | Independent | Nihar Mohanty | 139 | 0.16 | − |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 25,596 | 29.61 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 86,488 | 47.79 | |
| | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold |