Brahmagiri Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India}}

{{About| the assembly constituency|its eponymous town|Brahmagiri, Odisha}}

{{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

| loksabha_cons = Puri

| established = 1951

| reservation = None

| incumbent_image = Upasna Mohapatra Odisha.jpg

| mla = Upasna Mohapatra

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| latest_election_year = 2024

| electors = 2,29,367{{efn|as on 2024}}{{efn|as data published by election commission}}

}}

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

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.[http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Orissa/orissa.pdf Assembly Constituencies and their Extent][http://eci.nic.in/delim/paper1to7/Orissa.xls Seats of Odisha]

Elected Members

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{{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}}

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

List of members elected from Brahmagiri constituency are:{{cite web|url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf |title=Archived copy |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 }}{{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}}

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!Year

!Member

!colspan=2|Party

2024{{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}}

|Upasna Mohapatra

|{{full party name with color|rowspan=2|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

2019{{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}}

|Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra

2014

|rowspan=2 |Sanjay Kumar Das Burma

|{{full party name with color|rowspan=2|Biju Janata Dal}}

2009

2004

|rowspan=3|Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra

|{{full party name with color|rowspan=3|Indian National Congress}}

2000

1995

1990

|Ajaya Kumar Jena

|{{full party name with color|Janata Dal}}

1985

| rowspan="2" |Gangadhar Mohapatra

|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

1980

|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}}

1977

|Ajaya Kumar Jena

|{{full party name with color|Janata Party}}

1974

|Sidheswar Panigrahi

|{{full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}

1971

|Gopabandhu Patra

|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}

1967

|Brajamohan Mohanty

|{{full party name with color|rowspan=3|Indian National Congress}}

1961

|Gopabandhu Patra

1957

|Padma Charan Samantasinghar

1951

|Biswanath Parida

|{{full party name with color|Independent}}

Election Results

= 2024 =

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

{{Election box begin |

|title= 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

}}

= 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.

{{Election box begin|

| title=2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Brahmagiri{{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}}}}

{{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

}}

= 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.{{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}}

{{Election box begin |

| title=2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Brahmagiri{{cite web|title=Odisha - Bramhagiri|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/AC/ConstituencywiseS18108.htm?ac=108|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=16 June 2014}}{{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}}

}}

{{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

}}

=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.{{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 }}

{{Election box begin |

|title= 2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Brahmagiri{{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}}}}

{{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