Rourkela (Sl. No.: 12) is a
Vidhan Sabha
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constituency
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of
Sundergarh district
Sundargarh District is a district in the northwestern part of Odisha state in eastern India.
Sundargarh district is bounded by Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh in the west, Jashpur district of Chhattisgarh in the North-West, Simdega district o ...
.
Area of this constituency includes
Rourkela
Rourkela is a planned city located in the northern district Sundargarh of Odisha, India. It is the third-largest Urban Agglomeration in Odisha after Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. It is situated about west of state capital Bhubaneswar and is surro ...
, Kulunga (O.G) and two
Gram panchayat
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s of Bisra block.
Elected Members
Thirteen elections held during 1967 to 2019. List of members elected from Rourkela constituency are:
*2019: (12): Sarada Prasad Nayak (
BJD)
*2014: (12):
Dilip Ray
Dilip Ray (born 9 January 1954) is an Indian politician and hotelier from the state of Odisha. He was formerly Union Minister of Steel, Coal and Parliamentary Affairs. Ray is the only Odia parliamentarian to be part of the Ministry of three Pri ...
(
BJP
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)
*2009: (12): Sarada Prasad Nayak (BJD)
*2004: (139): Sarada Prasad Nayak (BJD)
*2000: (139): Ajit Das (BJD)
*1995: (139): Prabhat Mohapatra (
Congress
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)
*1990: (139): Dilip Ray (
Janata Dal
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)
*1985: (139): Dilip Ray (
Janata Party
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)
*1980: (139): Gurupada Nanda (Congress-I)
*1977: (139): Brajakishore Mohanty (Janata Party)
*1974: (139): Dhananja Mohanty (Congress)
*1971: (125): Shyama Sundar Mahapatra (
Orissa Jana Congress
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)
*1967: (125): Rajkishore Samantray (
Praja Socialist Party
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)
2019 Election Result
In 2019 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarada Prasad Nayak, defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nihar Ray by a margin of 10,460 votes.
2014 Election Result
In 2014 election Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dilip Ray, defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarada Prasad Nayak by a margin of 10,929 votes.
2009 Election Result
In 2009 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarada Prasad Nayak, defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ramesh Kumar Agrawal 25,596 votes.
Notes
References
{{Odisha elections
Sundergarh district
Assembly constituencies of Odisha
Rourkela