# Tirtol Assembly constituency

Tirtol is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha.
This constituency includes Biridi block and Raghunathpur block and 20 Gram panchayats (Biritol, Bishunpur, Dainlo, Garam, Gobindapur, Gopalpur, Gopalpur (Sankheswar), Ibrisingh, Jagannathpur, Kanakpur, Kanimula, Katara, Kostimallikapur, Krushnanandpur, Mulisingh, Patilo, Sanara, Tarajanga, Tirtol and Tulanga) of Tirtol block.

## Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates :
| 2024 | 2024 | 45.48% | 45.48% |
| 2020 (bypoll) | 2020 (bypoll) | 52.91% | 52.91% |
| 2019 | 2019 | 54.18% | 54.18% |
| 2014 | 2014 | 55.20% | 55.20% |
| 2009 | 2009 | 50.64% | 50.64% |
| 2004 | 2004 | 50.50% | 50.50% |
| 2000 | 2000 | 51.20% | 51.20% |
| 1995 | 1995 | 58.31% | 58.31% |
| 1990 | 1990 | 50.30% | 50.30% |
| 1985 | 1985 | 71.38% | 71.38% |
| 1980 | 1980 | 52.87% | 52.87% |
| 1977 | 1977 | 67.05% | 67.05% |
Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 2020.
List of members elected from Tirtol constituency are:
| Year | Member | Party |
| 2024 | Ramakant Bhoi | BJD |
| 2020 (bypoll) | Bijaya Shankar Das | BJD |
| 2019 | Bishnu Charan Das | BJD |
| 2014 | Rajashree Mallick | BJD |
| 2009 | Rabindranath Bhoi | BJD |
| 2004 | Chiranjib Biswal | INC |
| 2000 | Debashish Samantaray | BJD |
| 1995 | Basant Kumar Biswal | INC |
| 1990 | Basant Kumar Biswal | INC |
| 1985 | Nityananda Samntaray | INC |
| 1980 | Basant Kumar Biswal | INC |
| 1977 | Pratap Chandra Mohanty | JP |
| 1974 | Pratap Chandra Mohanty | Utkal Congress |
| 1971 | Pratap Chandra Mohanty | Utkal Congress |
| 1967 | Nishamani Khuntia | PSP |
| 1961 | Pratap Chandra Mohanty | INC |
| 1957 | Nishamani Khuntia | PSP |
| 1951 | Nishamani Khuntia | Socialist |

## Election Results
### 2024

Voting were held on 1 June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024. Biju Janata Dal candidate Ramakanta Bhoi defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rajkishore Behera by 28,495 votes. Indian National Congress candidate Himanshu Bhushan Mallick had the highest increase in vote percentage among all the candidates of this constituency.
2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Tirtol :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJD | Ramakanta Bhoi | 83,740 | 45.48 | 7.43 |
| | BJP | Rajkishore Behera | 55,245 | 30.01 | 2.09 |
| | INC | Himanshu Bhusan Mallick | 42,852 | 23.27 | 6.03 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 649 | 0.35 | 0.08 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 28,495 | 15.48 | 9.51 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 184,113 | 74.65 | 3.72 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,46,622 | | |
| | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold |

### 2020 Bypoll

In 2020 bye-election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bijaya Shankar Das defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rajkishore Behera by 41,703 votes.
2020 Odisha Legislative Assembly by-election: Tirtol :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJD | Bijaya Shankar Das | 88,310 | 52.91 | 2.27 |
| | BJP | Rajkishore Behera | 46,607 | 27.92 | 2.98 |
| | INC | Himanshu Bhusan Mallick | 28,778 | 17.24 | 3.51 |
| | CPI | Bijay Kumar Bhoi | 1,109 | 0.66 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 700 | 0.43 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 41,703 | 24.99 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,68,603 | 70.93 | |
| | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold |

### 2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bishnu Charan Das defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ramakanta Bhoi by 40,386 votes.
2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Tirtol :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJD | Bishnu Charan Das | 93,967 | 54.18 | |
| | BJP | Ramakanta Bhoi | 53,581 | 30.90 | |
| | INC | Debi Prasad Mallick | 23,809 | 13.73 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,109 | 0.66 | |
| | BSP | Rabindra Nath Sethy | 923 | 0.53 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 40,386 | 23.28 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,73,423 | 73 | |
| | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold |

### 2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajashree Mallick defeated Indian National Congress candidate Rajkishore Behera by a margin of 35,448 votes.
2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Tirtol :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 35,448 | 21.99 | −2.41 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,61,135 | 75.48 | 9.37 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,13,483 | | |
| | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold |

### 2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rabindra Nath Bhoi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Rajkishore Das by a margin of 34,182 votes.
2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Tirtol :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 34,182 | 24.40 | − |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,40,137 | 66.11 | − |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,11,982 | | |
| | BJD gain from INC | BJD gain from INC | Swing | -6.47 | |