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{{short description|Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India}}
{{About| the assembly constituency|its eponymous town|Brajarajnagar}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Brajarajnagar
| state = [[Odisha]]
| constituency_no = 6
| type = SLA
| map_image =
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| division = Northen Division
| district = [[Jharsuguda district|Jharsuguda]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Bargarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bargarh]]
| established = 1961
| reservation = None
| incumbent_image = Suresh Pujari 2024.jpg
| mla = [[Suresh Pujari]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
| electors = 2,17,251{{efn|as on 2024}}{{efn|as data published by election commission}}
}}

'''Brajarajnagar''' is a [[Odisha Legislative Assembly|Assembly]] [[List of constituencies of the Odisha Legislative Assembly|constituency]] of [[Jharsuguda district]], in [[Odisha]] [[States and union territories of India|State]]. It was established in 1961.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3931-delimitation-of-parliamentary-assembly-constituencies-order-2008/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317193120/https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3931-delimitation-of-parliamentary-assembly-constituencies-order-2008/ |archive-date=2024-03-17 |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=Election Commission of India |language=en-IN}}</ref>

== Extent of Assembly Constituencies ==
* Lakhanpur Block
* Jharsuguda Block: Chandnimal, Gourmal, Loisingh, Rajpur and Kudopali GPs
* Belpahar NAC
* Brajarajnagar Municipalty<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Orissa/orissa.pdf|title=Assembly Constituencies and their Extent}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/delim/paper1to7/Orissa.xls|title=Seats of Odisha|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Elected members==

{{bar box
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|title= Vote share of winning candidates<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S18/partycomp129.htm|title= 129 - Brajarajnagar Assembly Constituency|work=eci.nic.in |year=2006 |quote=List Of Winning Candidates |accessdate= 27 March 2014}}</ref>
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{{bar percent|2024|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|48.85}}
{{bar percent|2022 (bypoll)|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|61.25}}
{{bar percent|2019|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|48.7}}
{{bar percent|2014|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|37.34}}
{{bar percent|2009|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|43.46}}
{{bar percent|2004|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|39.13}}
{{bar percent|2000|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|40.81}}
{{bar percent|1998 (bypoll)|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|31.22}}
{{bar percent|1995|{{party color|Communist Party of India}}|32.40}}
{{bar percent|1990|{{party color|Communist Party of India}}|60.76}}
{{bar percent|1985|{{party color|Communist Party of India}}|50.65}}
{{bar percent|1980|{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}|54.60}}
{{bar percent|1977|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|32.64}}
}}

Since its formation in 1961, 16 elections were held till date including two bypolls in 1998 & 2022.

List of members elected from Brajarajnagar 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>
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Member
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Brajarajnagar Assembly Election Results 2024: Brajarajnagar Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/odisha/brajarajnagar-constituency-result-18006 |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Suresh Pujari]]
|{{full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2022 elections in India#Odisha|2022 (bypoll)]]{{efn|Death of [[Kishore Kumar Mohanty]]}}<ref name="Odisha: BJD candidate Alaka Mohanty records landslide victory in Brajrajnagar bypoll">{{cite news |last1=India Today |date=4 June 2022 |title=Odisha: BJD candidate Alaka Mohanty records landslide victory in Brajrajnagar bypoll |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/odisha-bjd-candidate-alaka-mohanty-records-landslide-victory-brajrajnagar-bypoll-1958172-2022-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119171711/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/odisha-bjd-candidate-alaka-mohanty-records-landslide-victory-brajrajnagar-bypoll-1958172-2022-06-03 |archive-date=19 November 2022 |access-date=19 November 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Alka Mohanty]]
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=2|Biju Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019]]<ref name="Odisha Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners">{{cite news |last1=Zee News |date=24 May 2019 |title=Odisha Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://zeenews.india.com/assembly-elections/odisha-assembly-election-results-2019-full-list-of-winners-2205899.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108183944/https://zeenews.india.com/assembly-elections/odisha-assembly-election-results-2019-full-list-of-winners-2205899.html |archivedate=8 November 2022 |accessdate=8 November 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Kishore Kumar Mohanty]]
|-
|[[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<ref name=":1" />
|[[Radharani Panda]]
|{{full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009]]<ref name=":2" />
|rowspan=3|Anup Kumar Sai
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=4|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[2004 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2004]]
|-
|[[2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
|-
|1998 (bypoll){{efn|Death of Prasanna Kumar Panda}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=IndiaVotes AC Bye Election: Brajrajnagar 1998 |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/ac/byeDetail/www.indiavotes.com/ac/byeDetail/452 |access-date=2025-07-06 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|Keshab Sahoo
|-
||[[1995 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|rowspan=3|Prasanna Kumar Panda
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=3|Communist Party of India}}
|-
||[[1990 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|-
||[[1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|-
||[[1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|rowspan=2|Upendra Dikshit
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I) |dab=yes}}
|-
||[[1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||[[1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1974]]
|Prasanna Kumar Panda
|{{full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
||[[1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|Upendra Dikshit
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
||[[1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|rowspan=2|Prasanna Kumar Panda
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=2|Communist Party of India}}
|-
||[[1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1961]]
|}

== 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.<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 [[Suresh Pujari]] defeated [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Alka Mohanty]] by a margin of 26,789 votes.<ref name=":0" />

{{Election box begin
|title = [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election]], Brajarajnagar}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Suresh Pujari]]
|votes = 82,199
|percentage = 48.85
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Alka Mohanty]]
|votes = 55,410
|percentage = 32.93
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Kishore Chandra Patel
|votes = 21,809
|percentage = 12.96
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 1384
|percentage = 0.82
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 26,789
|percentage = 15.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,68,268
|percentage = 77.45
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2022 Bypoll===
In 2022 bye-election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Alka Mohanty]] defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate Kishore Chandra Patel by 66,122 votes.<ref name="Odisha: BJD candidate Alaka Mohanty records landslide victory in Brajrajnagar bypoll" />

{{Election box begin|
|title = [[2022 elections in India|2022 By-election]]: Brajarajnagar}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Alka Mohanty]]
|votes = 93,953
|percentage = 61.25
|change = {{increase}}12.55
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Kishore Chandra Patel
|votes = 27,831
|percentage = 18.14
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Radharani Panda]]
|votes = 22,630
|percentage = 14.75
|change = {{decrease}}26.88
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Ramesh Kumar Tripathy
|votes = 3,105
|percentage = 2.02
|change = {{decrease}}3.66
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Aditya Padhan
|votes = 1,884
|percentage = 1.23
|change =''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the Above
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes = 4,000{{efn|Non of the Above+rest of the above}}
|percentage = 2.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 66,122
|percentage = 43.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,54,048
|percentage = 71.62
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2019===
In 2019 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Kishore Kumar Mohanty]] defeated [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate [[Radharani Panda]] by 11,634 votes.<ref name="Odisha Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners" />

{{Election box begin
|title = [[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election]]: Brajarajnagar<ref name="SP Ass Cand">{{cite web |title=List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC) |url=http://www.ceoorissa.nic.in/docs/Election/2019/Form7A/Phase2/List%20of%20Contesting%20Candidates%20%282nd%20Phase-AC%20Wise%29.pdf |website=ceoorissa.nic.in |publisher=Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha |accessdate=17 April 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Kishore Kumar Mohanty]]
|votes = 80,152
|percentage = 48.7
|change = {{increase}}23.25
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Radharani Panda]]
|votes = 68,153
|percentage = 41.63
|change = {{increase}}14.79
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Ramesh Tripathi
|votes = 9,350
|percentage = 5.68
|change = {{increase}}2.28
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 1,429
|percentage = 0.87
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11634
|percentage = 7.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 164587
|percentage = 77.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2014===
In 2014 election, [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate [[Radharani Panda]] defeated [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate Anup Kumar Sai by 6,790 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=5 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=2014-08-18|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{Election box begin|
|title = [[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election]]: Brajarajnagar<ref>{{cite web|title=Odisha - Brajarajnagar|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/AC/ConstituencywiseS186.htm?ac=6|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=5 June 2014}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Radharani Panda]]
|votes = 50,736
|percentage = 26.84
|change = {{decrease}}15.12
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = Anup Kumar Sai
|votes = 43,946
|percentage = 23.25
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Kishore Chandra Patel
|votes = 38,175
|percentage = 20.19
|change = {{decrease}}23.27
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Gajanan Sahu
|votes = 6,436
|percentage = 3.40
|change = {{decrease}}3.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 1,635
|percentage = 0.86
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 6,790
|percentage = 3.59
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 145851
|percentage = 76.52
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,89,012
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2009===
In 2009 election, [[Indian National Congress]] candidate Anup Kumar Sai defeated [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate [[Suresh Pujari]] by 1,742 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=1742 |accessdate=2 January 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=2013-05-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{Election box begin |
|title = [[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election]]: Brajarajnagar<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 = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Anup Kumar Sai
|votes = 50,585
|percentage = 43.46
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Suresh Pujari]]
|votes = 48,843
|percentage = 41.96
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Ramsahay Panda
|votes = 7,911
|percentage = 6.80
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,742
|percentage = 1.50{{efn|%of total valid votes}}
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,16,402
|percentage = 63.62
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Indian National Congress
}}
{{Election box end}}

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

{{Jharsuguda district}}
{{Assembly constituencies of Odisha}}
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[[Category:Jharsuguda district]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Odisha]]
[[Category:Politics of Odisha]]
[[Category:Constituencies established in 1961]]
[[Category:1961 establishments in Orissa]]

Brajarajnagar Assembly constituency - Revision history

Mohammedsajib at 05:09, 20 October 2025