Sundargarh (Sl. No.: 9) 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
Sundargarh, Sundargarh block, Tangarpali block, Hemgiri block and seven
Gram panchayat
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s of Lephripada block.
Elected Members
16 elections held during 1951 to 2019. List of members elected from this constituency are:
* 2019: Kusum Tete
(BJP)
* 2014 (9): Jogesh Kumar Singh (
Congress
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)
* 2009 (9): Jogesh Kumar Singh (
Congress
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)
* 2004 (135): Sushama Patel (
BJP
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, By election)
* 2000: Sankarsan Naik (
BJP
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)
* 1995: Kishore Chandra Patel (
Congress
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)
* 1990: Bharatendra Sekhar Deo (
Janata Dal
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)
* 1985: Bharatendra Sekhar Deo (
Janata Party
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)
* 1980: Kishore Chandra Patel (
Congress
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)
* 1977: Kishore Chandra Patel (
Congress
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)
* 1974: Dibyalochan Sekhar Deo (
Congress
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* 1971: Dibyalochan Sekhar Deo (
Orissa Jana Congress
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)
* 1967: Harihar Patel (
Swatantra Party
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)
* 1961: Harihar Patel (
Ganatantra Parishad
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)
* 1957 (36): Udit Pratapsekhar Deo (Ganatantra Parisad), Gangadhar Pradhan (Ganatantra Parisad)
* 1951: Krupanidhi Nayak (
Congress
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), Harihar Patel (Ganatantra Parisad)
2019 Election Result
In 2019 election,
Bharatiya Janata Party
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candidate Kusum Tete defeated
Biju Janata Dal
The Biju Janata Dal (; BJD) is a regional political party in the Indian state of Odisha founded and led by Naveen Patnaik, the current Chief Minister of Odisha and the son of former Chief Minister of Odisha Biju Patnaik, after whom the party i ...
candidate Jogesh Kumar Singh by a margin of 7364 votes.
2014 Election Result
In 2014 election,
Indian National Congress
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candidate Jogesh Kumar Singh defeated
Biju Janata Dal
The Biju Janata Dal (; BJD) is a regional political party in the Indian state of Odisha founded and led by Naveen Patnaik, the current Chief Minister of Odisha and the son of former Chief Minister of Odisha Biju Patnaik, after whom the party i ...
candidate Kusum Tete by a margin of 12584 votes.
2009 Election Result
In 2009 election
Indian National Congress
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candidate Jogesh Kumar Singh, defeated
Biju Janata Dal
The Biju Janata Dal (; BJD) is a regional political party in the Indian state of Odisha founded and led by Naveen Patnaik, the current Chief Minister of Odisha and the son of former Chief Minister of Odisha Biju Patnaik, after whom the party i ...
candidate Sunil Kumar Singh Deo by 20,930 votes.
Notes
References
{{Odisha elections
Sundergarh district
Assembly constituencies of Odisha