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{{Short description|Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India}}
{{About| the assembly constituency|its eponymous town|Brahmagiri, Odisha}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Brahmagiri
| state = [[Odisha]]
| constituency_no = 108
| type = SLA
| map_image = 108-Brahmagiri.svg
| map_caption = Brahmagiri Assembly constituency in [[Puri district]]
| map_alt =
| division = Central division
| district = [[Puri district|Puri]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Puri Lok Sabha constituency|Puri]]
| established = 1951
| reservation = None
| incumbent_image = Upasna Mohapatra Odisha.jpg
| mla = [[Upasna Mohapatra]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
| electors = 2,29,367{{efn|as on 2024}}{{efn|as data published by election commission}}
}}

'''Brahmagiri''' is a [[Odisha Legislative Assembly|Vidhan Sabha]] [[List of constituencies of Odisha Legislative Assembly|constituency]] of [[Puri district]], [[Odisha]], India.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=108|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415002702/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=108|url-status=usurped|archive-date=15 April 2014|title= Orissa Assembly Election 2009 |work=empoweringindia.org |quote= Constituency: Brahmagiri (108) District: Puri|accessdate= 5 April 2014}}</ref>

This constituency includes Bramhagiri block, Krushnapraad block and 11 [[Gram panchayat]]s (Kanheibidyadharpur, Gaudakera, Bijaya Ramachandrapur, Pratapramchandrapur, Biranarasinghapur, Birabalabhadrapur, Pratappurusottampur, Hantuka, Basudevpur, Kerandipur and Bhailipur) of Puri sadar block.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Orissa/orissa.pdf Assembly Constituencies and their Extent]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/delim/paper1to7/Orissa.xls Seats of Odisha]</ref>

==Elected members==
{{bar box
|float=right
|title= Vote share of winning candidates<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S18/partycomp57.htm|title= 57 - Brahmagiri Assembly Constituency|work=eci.nic.in |quote=List Of Winning Candidates |accessdate= 14 April 2014}}</ref>|titlebar=#ddd
|width=300px
|barwidth=275px
|bars=
{{bar percent|2024|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|51.53}}
{{bar percent|2019|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|49.41}}
{{bar percent|2014|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|48.67}}
{{bar percent|2009|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|48.57}}
{{bar percent|2004|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|50.01}}
{{bar percent|2000|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|57.77}}
{{bar percent|1995|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|37.76}}
{{bar percent|1990|{{party color|Janata Dal}}|54.15}}
{{bar percent|1985|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|46.78}}
{{bar percent|1980|{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}|36.90}}
{{bar percent|1977|{{party color|Janata Party}}|41.64}}
}}

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Brahmagiri constituency are:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf |title=Odisha Reference Annual – 2011: List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly (1951–2004) |accessdate=2014-02-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217121136/http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf |archivedate=2013-12-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Brahmagiri Assembly Constituency, Orissa|url=http://www.elections.in/orissa/assembly-constituencies/brahmagiri.html|publisher=Compare Infobase Limited|accessdate= 14 April 2014}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Member
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Bramhagiri Assembly Election Results 2024: Bramhagiri Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/odisha/bramhagiri-constituency-result-18108 |access-date=2025-06-23 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Upasna Mohapatra]]
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=2|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019]]<ref name="election2019">{{cite web |title=State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/11679-odisha-legislative-assembly-election-2019/ |accessdate=7 October 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
|[[Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra]]
|-
|[[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<ref name=":1" />
|rowspan=2 |[[Sanjay Kumar Das Burma]]
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=2|Biju Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009]]<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[2004 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2004]]
|rowspan=3|[[Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra]]
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=3|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
|-
|[[1995 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|-
|[[1990 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|Ajaya Kumar Jena
|{{full party name with color|Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
| rowspan="2" |Gangadhar Mohapatra
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|Ajaya Kumar Jena
|{{full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1974]]
|Sidheswar Panigrahi
|{{full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
|[[1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|Gopabandhu Patra
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|[[Brajamohan Mohanty]]
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=3|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1961]]
|Gopabandhu Patra
|-
|[[1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Padma Charan Samantasinghar
|-
|[[1951 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|Biswanath Parida
|{{full party name with color|Independent}}
|}

==Election results==

=== 2024 ===
Voting were held on 25 May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024 |url=https://elections24.eci.gov.in/election-details-odisa.html |website=[[Election Commission of India|ECI]]}}</ref> In 2024 election, [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate [[Upasna Mohapatra]] defeated [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Umakanta Samantaray]] by a margin of 9,830 votes.<ref name=":0" />

{{Election box begin |
|title= [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election]], Brahmagiri}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party=Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate=[[Upasna Mohapatra]]
|votes=95,783
|percentage=51.53
|change=
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Biju Janata Dal
|candidate=[[Umakanta Samantaray]]
|votes=85,953
|percentage=46.25
|change=
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Indian National Congress
|candidate=Mitrabhanu Mohapatra
|votes=1,910
|percentage=1.03
|change=
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=None of the above
|candidate=None of the above
|votes=395
|percentage=0.21
|change=
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes=9,830
|percentage=5.28
|change=
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes=1,85,862
|percentage=81.03
|change=
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2019 ===
In 2019 election, [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate [[Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra]] defeated [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Sanjay Kumar Das Burma]] by a margin of 2,130 votes.<ref name="election2019" />
{{Election box begin|
| title=[[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Brahmagiri<ref name="TP Ass Cand">{{cite web |title=List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC) |url=http://www.ceoorissa.nic.in/docs/Election/2019/Form7A/Phase3/List%20of%20Contesting%20Candidates%20%283rd%20Phase-AC%20Wise%29.pdf|website=ceoorissa.nic.in |publisher=Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha |accessdate=20 April 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra]]
|votes = 88,256
|percentage = 49.41
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Sanjay Kumar Das Burma]]
|votes = 86,126
|percentage = 48.22
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Umakanta Baral
|votes = 2,504
|percentage = 1.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 760
|percentage = 0.43
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,130
|percentage = 1.19
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,78,626
|percentage = 81.52
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 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.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014|url=http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/2604-constituency-wise-odisha-assembly-election-result.html|publisher=Leadtech.in|accessdate=16 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818230907/http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/2604-constituency-wise-odisha-assembly-election-result.html|archive-date=18 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{Election box begin |
| title=[[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Brahmagiri<ref>{{cite web|title=Odisha - Bramhagiri|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/AC/ConstituencywiseS18108.htm?ac=108|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=16 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Brahmagiri (108)|url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=108|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113100110/https://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=108|url-status=usurped|archive-date=13 November 2023|publisher=EmpoweringIndia.org|accessdate=16 June 2014}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Sanjay Kumar Das Burma]]
|votes = 78,675
|percentage = 48.67
|change = {{up}}0.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra]]
|votes = 77,334
|percentage = 47.84
|change = {{up}}2.64
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Debendranath Tarei
|votes = 3,277
|percentage = 2.03
|change = {{down}}2.36
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 546
|percentage = 0.34
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,341
|percentage = 0.82
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,61,643
|percentage = 83.31
|change = {{up}}4.7
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,94,024
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

===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.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |url=http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/431-odisha-election-result-2009-votemargin.html |title=Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin |work=leadtech.in |quote=4886 |accessdate=12 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527163949/http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/431-odisha-election-result-2009-votemargin.html |archive-date=27 May 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{Election box begin |
|title= [[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Brahmagiri<ref name=election2009>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3630-orissa-2009/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 6 October 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Sanjay Kumar Das Burma]]
|votes = 70,533
|percentage = 48.57
|change = {{up}}2.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra]]
|votes = 65,647
|percentage = 45.20
|change = {{down}}7.51
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Amrut Kumar Jena
|votes = 6,382
|percentage = 4.39
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,886
|percentage = 3.36{{efn|%of total valid votes}}
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,45,338
|percentage = 78.61
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
|loser = Indian National Congress
}}
{{Election box end}}

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Puri district}}
{{Assembly constituencies of Odisha}}
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Odisha]]
[[Category:Puri district]]
[[Category:Politics of Odisha]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Orissa]]

Brahmagiri Assembly constituency - Revision history

Md.Rishad at 03:20, 14 April 2026