Raghunathpali Assembly constituency

Raghunathpali (SC)
Raghunathpali (SC)
Constituency No. 11 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Sundargarh
LS constituency	Sundargarh
Established	1974
Total electors	1,60,138
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Durga Charan Tanti
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Raghunathpali is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sundergarh district, Odisha.^[1]

Area of this constituency includes Rourkela Township and six Gram panchayats of Lathikata block.^[2]^[3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates^[4]

2024			43.72%
2019			40.99%
2014			46.45%
2009			45.19%
2004			33.07%
2000			43.98%
1995			32.81%
1990			51.34%
1985			48.43%
1980			45.52%
1977			54.60%

Since its formation in 1974, 12 elections have been held till date.

List of members elected from Raghunathpali constituency are:^[5]

Year	Member
1974	Agapit Lakra	Indian National Congress
1977	Rabi Dehury	Janata Party
1980	Nelson Soreng	Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Frida Topno	Indian National Congress
1990	Rabi Dehury	Janata Dal
1995	Mansid Ekka	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2000	Shankar Oram	Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	Halu Mundari	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2009	Subrat Tarai	Biju Janata Dal
2014
2019
2024	Durga Charan Tanti	Bharatiya Janata Party

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.^[6] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Durga Charan Tanti defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Archana Rekha Behara by a margin of 5,774 votes.

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Raghunathpali
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Durga Charan Tanti	51,189	43.72
	BJD	Archana Rekha Behara	45,415	38.79
	INC	Gopal Das	17,038	14.55
	NOTA	None of the above	1,203	1.03
Majority			5,774	4.93
Turnout			1,17,091
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Subrat Tarai defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jagabandhu Behera by 4,684 votes.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Raghunathpali^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Subrat Tarai	44,815	40.99	5.46
	BJP	Jagabandhu Behera	40,131	36.71	5.44
	INC	Prasanta Kumar Sethi	20,026	18.32	4.53
	BSP	Sunil Karua	1,149	1.05	0.26
	AAP	Anjali Bankra	436	0.4	−
	KJD	Biswakarma Bag	399	0.36	−
	Independent	Jaya Krishna Mahanandia	331	0.3	−
	Independent	Mahendra Kumbhar	547	0.5	−
	Independent	Khetra Mohan Masant	535	0.49	−
	NOTA	None of the above	955	0.87	−
Majority			4,684	4.28
Turnout			109324	61.4
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Subrat Tarai defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jagabandhu Behera by 16,041 votes.^[9]

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Raghunathpali^[10]^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Subrat Tarai	49,074	46.45	1.26
	BJP	Jagabandhu Behera	33,033	31.27	9.53
	INC	Gajendra Tanty	14,566	13.79	7.95
	SKD	Gopal Das	3,177	3.01	−
	Independent	Raj Kishore Bhanja	1,639	1.55	−
	BSP	Lalman Suna	1,385	1.31	2.66
	KOKD	Ugresan Patra	363	0.34	0.41
	Independent	Babulal Badaik	345	0.33	−
	AOP	Krishna Chandra Swain	268	0.25	−
	HND	Bidyadhar Pandav	267	0.25	−
	NOTA	None of the above	1,523	1.44	−
Majority			16,041	15.18
Turnout			1,05,640	65.97
Registered electors			160,138
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Subrat Tarai defeated Indian National Congress candidate Prafulla Kumar Sunyani by a margin of 18,171 votes.^[13]^[14]

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Raghunathpali^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Subrat Tarai	35,023	45.19	−
	INC	Prafulla Kumar Sunyani	16,852	21.74	−
	BJP	Santosh Kumar Behera	11,398	14.71	−
	JMM	Shyam Sundar Badaik	4,744	6.12	−
	BSP	Shukru Bibhar	3,074	3.97	−
	Independent	Gopal Das	1,841	2.38	−
	Independent	Anand Sagar Tanti	1,757	2.27	−
	Independent	Satya Narayan Sethi	604	0.78	−
	KOKD	Mansukh Samsi	579	0.75	−
	Independent	Barun Kumar Sethi	549	0.71	−
	JDP	Duryodhan Kalet	426	0.55	−
	Independent	Krushnachandra Swain	338	0.44	−
	Independent	Bairagi Tanti	316	0.41	−
Majority			18,171	23.45^[a]
Turnout			77,536	51.42
	BJD gain from JMM

Notes

^ % of total valid votes

References

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^ "Assembly Constituencies and their Extent" (PDF). Eci.nic.in. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
^ "Seats of Odisha" (XLS). Eci.nic.in. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
^ "140 - Raghunathpali Assembly Constituency". Eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
^ "Assembly Election 2019 - Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
^ "Odisha - Raghunathpali". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
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^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2009 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ORISSA" (PDF). Eci.nic.in. Retrieved 30 June 2018.

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[16] % of total valid votes

[1] "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014. Constituency: Raghunathpali (11) District : Sundargarh{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[2] "Assembly Constituencies and their Extent" (PDF). Eci.nic.in. Retrieved 30 June 2018.

[3] "Seats of Odisha" (XLS). Eci.nic.in. Retrieved 30 June 2018.

[4] "140 - Raghunathpali Assembly Constituency". Eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates

[5] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[6] "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.

[SP_Ass_Cand-7] "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.

[8] "Assembly Election 2019 - Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 12 June 2019.

[9] "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.

[10] "Odisha - Raghunathpali". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 June 2014.

[11] "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Raghunathpali (11)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[12] "Raghunathpali Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 12 June 2019.

[13] "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2014. 18171

[14] "Raghunathpali Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 12 June 2019.

[15] "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2009 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ORISSA" (PDF). Eci.nic.in. Retrieved 30 June 2018.

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