Sundargarh Assembly constituency

Sundargarh (ST)
Sundargarh (ST)
Constituency No. 9 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Sundargarh
LS constituency	Sundargarh
Established	1951
Total electors	1,92,345
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Jogesh Kumar Singh
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

Sundargarh is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sundergarh district.^[1] Area of this constituency includes Sundargarh, Sundargarh block, Tangarpali block, Hemgiri block and seven Gram panchayats of Lephripada block.^[2]^[3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates^[4]

2024			48.15%
2019			47.67%
2014			41.77%
2009			43.92%
2005 (bypoll)			47.76%
2004			50.12%
2000			54.89%
1995			45.43%
1990			67.04%
1985			56.03%
1980			73.52%
1977			55.87%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including in one bypoll in 2005. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952 & 1957.

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

Year	Member
2024	Jogesh Kumar Singh	BJD
2019	Kusum Tete^[6]^[7]	BJP
2014	Jogesh Kumar Singh	INC
2009	Jogesh Kumar Singh	INC
2005 (Bypoll)^[a]	Sushama Patel	BJP
2004	Shankarsan Naik	BJP
2000	Shankarsan Naik	BJP
1995	Kishore Chandra Patel	INC
1990	Bharatendra Sekhar Deo	JD
1985	Bharatendra Sekhar Deo	JP
1980	Kishore Chandra Patel	INC
1977	Kishore Chandra Patel	INC
1974	Dibyalochan Shekhar Deo	INC
1971	Dibyalochan Shekhar Deo	Congress (R)
1967	Harihar Patel	SWA
1961	Harihar Patel	SWA
1957^[b]	Gangadhar Pradhan	AIGP
1957^[b]	Udit Pratap Sekhar Deo	AIGP
1951^[c]	Dwarikanath Kusum	AIGP
1951^[c]	Krupanidhi Naik	INC

Election results

2024

Voting were held on 20 May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.^[8]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Sundargarh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Jogesh Kumar Singh	86,398	48.15	4.70
	BJP	Kusum Tete	77,276	43.07	4.60
	INC	Sudharani Raudia	8,301	4.63	2.30
	BSP	Babulu Kishan	1,141	0.64
	NOTA	None of the above	1,755	0.98	0.15
Majority			9,122
Turnout			179,440
	BJD gain from BJP		Swing

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Kusum Tete defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Jogesh Kumar Singh by a margin of 7364 votes.

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Sundargarh^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kusum Tete	83,118	47.67	30.03
	BJD	Jogesh Kumar Singh	75,754	43.45	9.63
	INC	Amita Biswal	12,087	6.93	34.84
	HND	Govinda Chandra Bhoi	1,420	0.81	−
	NOTA	None of the above	1,967	1.13	−
Majority			7364	4.22
Turnout			174346	75.14
	BJP gain from INC

2014

In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Jogesh Kumar Singh defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Kusum Tete by a margin of 12584 votes.^[11]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Sundargarh^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jogesh Kumar Singh	66,138	41.77	2.15
	BJD	Kusum Tete	53,554	33.82	6.56
	BJP	Sahadev Xaxa	27,935	17.64	2.45
	CPI	Durjodhan Bhoi	3,238	2.04	−
	KOKD	Prafulla Chandra Bipra	1,610	1.02	0.85
	AAP	Jalandhar Pradhan	1,111	0.7	−
	Independent	Sulagan Bhoe	938	0.59	−
	BSP	Mariam Guria	812	0.51	1.42
	Independent	Mitrabhanu Kisan	662	0.42	−
	NOTA	None of the above	2,358	1.49	−
Majority			12,584	7.95
Turnout			1,58,356	73.26	7.71
Registered electors			2,16,152
	INC hold

2009

In 2009 election Indian National Congress candidate Jogesh Kumar Singh, defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Sunil Kumar Singh Deo by 20,930 votes.^[14]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Sundargarh^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jogesh Kumar Singh	55,183	*43.92*	−
	BJD	Sunil Kumar Singh Deo	34,253	27.26	−
	BJP	Prem Sagar Oram	25,245	20.09	−
	Independent	Anna Kujur	3,284	2.61	−
	JMM	Dilip Tete	2,918	2.32	−
	BSP	Harsha Bardhan Chhatria	2,426	1.93	−
	KOKD	Parkhit Bhitria	2,345	1.87	−
Majority			20,930	16.66^[d]
Turnout			1,26,076	65.55
	INC gain from BJP

Notes

^ Death of Shankarsan Naik
^ It was a 2 member constituency
^ It was a 2 member constituency
^ % of total valid votes

References

^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014. Constituency: Sundargarh (9) District : Sundargarh{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Assembly Constituencies and their Extent" (PDF).
^ "Seats of Odisha".
^ "135 - Sundergarh Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
^ "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
^ Zee News (24 May 2019). "Odisha Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners". Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
^ "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 10 June 2019.
^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
^ "Odisha - Sundargarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Sundargarh (9)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2014. 20930
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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[8] Death of Shankarsan Naik

[9] It was a 2 member constituency

[10] It was a 2 member constituency

[19] % of total valid votes

[1] "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014. Constituency: Sundargarh (9) District : Sundargarh{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[2] "Assembly Constituencies and their Extent" (PDF).

[3] "Seats of Odisha".

[4] "135 - Sundergarh Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates

[prevMLAs-5] "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

[election2019-6] "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

[Odisha_Assembly_election_results_2019:_Full_list_of_winners-7] Zee News (24 May 2019). "Odisha Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners". Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.

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

[SP_Ass_Cand-12] "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.

[13] "Assembly Election 2019 - Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 10 June 2019.

[14] "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.

[15] "Odisha - Sundargarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 June 2014.

[16] "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Sundargarh (9)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[17] "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2014. 20930

[election2009-18] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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