Brahmagiri Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Brahmagiri, Odisha.
Brahmagiri
Constituency No. 108 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Odisha
District Puri
LS constituency Puri
Established 1951
Total electors 194,024
Reservation None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year 2019

Brahmagiri is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Puri district, Odisha, India.

This constituency includes Bramhagiri block, Krushnapraad block and 11 Gram panchayats (Kanheibidyadharpur, Gaudakera, Bijaya Ramachandrapur, Pratapramchandrapur, Biranarasinghapur, Birabalabhadrapur, Pratappurusottampur, Hantuka, Basudevpur, Kerandipur and Bhailipur) of Puri sadar block.

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates
2019
 
 49.41%
2014
 
 48.67%
2009
 
 48.57%
2004
 
 50.01%
2000
 
 57.77%
1995
 
 37.76%
1990
 
 54.15%
1985
 
 46.78%
1980
 
 36.90%
1977
 
 41.64%

Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014. Elected members from the Brahmagiri constituency are:

  • 2014: (108): Sanjay Kumar Das Burma (BJD)
  • 2009: (108): Sanjay Kumar Das Burma (BJD)
  • 2004: (57): Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra (Congress)
  • 2000: (57): Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra (Congress)
  • 1995: (57): Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra (Congress)
  • 1990: (57): Ajay Kumar Jena (Janata Dal)
  • 1985: (57): Gangadhar Mohapatra (Congress)
  • 1980: (57): Gangadhar Mohapatra (Congress-I)
  • 1977: (57): Ajaya Kumar Jena (Janata Party)
  • 1974: (57): Siddheswar Panigrahi (CPM)
  • 1971: (53): Gopabandhu Patra (Congress)
  • 1967: (53): Braja Mohan Mohanty (Congress)
  • 1961: (90): Gopabandhu Patra (Independent)
  • 1957: (62): Padma Charan Samanta Sinhar (Congress)
  • 1951: (87): Biswanath Parida (Independent)
Year Member Party
2019 Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2019

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Brahmagiri
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Sanjay Kumar Das Burma 86,126 48.
BJP Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra 88256 49.41
INC Umakanta Baral 2504 1.4%
BSP Bihari Bandhu Palai 980 0.55
NOTA None of the above 760 0.43
Majority
Turnout
BJP gain from BJD Swing

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sanjay Kumar Das Burma defeated Indian National Congress candidate Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra by a margin of 1,341 votes.

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Brahmagiri
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Sanjay Kumar Das Burma 78,675 48.67 0.1
INC Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra 77,334 47.84 2.64
BJP Debendranath Tarei 3,277 2.03 -2.36
BSP Mangaraj Das 736 0.46 -0.46
OJM Subhashree Biswal 511 0.32 -
Independent Sanjay Das 315 0.19 -
Independent Susanta Kumar Das 249 0.15 -
NOTA None 546 0.34 -
Majority 1,341 0.82 -
Turnout 1,61,643 83.31 4.7
Registered electors 1,94,024
BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sanjay Kumar Das Burma defeated Indian National Congress candidate Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra by a margin of 4,886 votes.

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Brahmagiri
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Sanjay Kumar Das Burma 70,533 48.57 2.3
INC Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra 65,647 45.20 -7.51
BJP Amrut Kumar Jena 6,382 4.39 -
BSP Laxmipriya Mallik 1,386 0.92 -
SP Sakuntala Mishra 442 0.38 -
Independent Biharibandhu Palai 422 0.29 -
Independent Pramod Parida 309 0.21 -
SAMO Saroj Kumar Pradhan 290 0.20 -
Independent Niranjan Biswal 223 0.15 -
Majority 4,886 3.36 -
Turnout 1,45,338 78.61 4.96
BJD gain from INC