Rajgangpur_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)

Rajgangpur Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Rajgangpur.

Rajgangpur is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sundargarh district, Odisha.^[1] Area of this constituency includes Rajgangpur, Rajgangpur block, Lathikata block and part of Kutra block.^[2]^[3]

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Rajgangpur (ST)
Constituency No. 13 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Sundargarh
LS constituency	Sundargarh
Established	1951
Total electors	1,89,380
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly

Incumbent C S Raazen Ekka
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2019

Elected Members

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Vote share of winning candidates^[4]

2019			30.98%
2014			34.19%
2009			30.91%
2004			50.79%
2000			45.69%
1995			37.93%
1990			64.26%
1985			52.37%
1980			33.03%
1977			49.39%

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

List of members elected from Rajgangpur constituency are:^[5]

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Year	Member
2024
2019	C S Raazen Ekka^[6]	INC
2014	Mangala Kisan	BJD
2009	Gregory Minz	INC
2004	Gregory Minz	INC
2000	Mangala Kisan	BJD
1995	Mangala Kisan	JD
1990	Mangala Kisan	JD
1985	Mangala Kisan	JP
1980	Mukharam Naik	INC
1977	Brajamohan Kisan	JP
1974	Christopher Ekka	INC
1971	Ignace Majhi	Jharkhand Party
1967	Premchand Bhagat	SWA
1961	Rangaballabh Amat	INC
1957	Santi Prakash Oram	Independent
1951	Agapit Lakra	INC

Election results

2024

Voting were held on 20th May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[7]

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2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Rajgangpur
Party		Candidate
	BJD	Anil Baraa
	BJP	Narasingha Minz
	INC	C. S. Raazen Ekka
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from

2019

In 2019 election Indian National Congress candidate C S Raazen Ekka, defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Mangala Kisan by 946 votes.

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2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Rajgangpur^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	C S Raazen Ekka	53,918	30.98	3.07
	BJD	Mangala Kisan	52,972	30.44	3.75
	BJP	Narasingha Minz	52,896	30.39	12.42
	AAP	Anand Ekka	1085	0.62	0.22
	KJD	Parua Ekka	635	0.36	-
	Independent	Arthar Soreng	482	0.28	-
	Independent	Dasarathi Lakra	571	0.33	-
	Independent	Patras Tete	516	0.3	-
	Independent	Nishben Samad	1497	0.86	-
	Independent	Gregory Minz	3019	1.73	-
	Independent	Priyadarshini Bhoi	1615	0.93	-
	Independent	Siprian William Kiro	2749	1.58	-
	Independent	Sushil Kumar Lakra	1080	0.62	-
	NOTA	None of the above	995	0.57	-
Majority			946	0.54
Turnout			174030	68.79
	INC gain from BJD		Swing

2014

In 2014 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Mangala Kisan, defeated Indian National Congress candidate Gregory Minz by 10,036 votes.^[9]

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2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Rajgangpur^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Mangala Kisan	54,596	34.19	6.85
	INC	Gregory Minz	44,560	27.91	3.0
	BJP	Upendra Pradhan	28,694	17.97	3.51
	Independent	Bikram Toppo	12,091	7.57	-
	JMM	Dhaneswar Xalxo	7,829	4.9	10.47
	BSP	Anmol Kindo	2,706	1.69	0.68
	AOP	Mohanlal Kishan	1,652	1.03	-
	AAP	Pramod Ekka	1,341	0.84	-
	Independent	Marcel Kindo	862	0.54	-
	Independent	Clement Lakra	781	0.49	-
	KOKD	Philman Toppo	777	0.49	0.74
	Independent	Rajendra Kumar Lakra	769	0.48	-
	OJM	Augustine Minz	755	0.47	-
	JDP	Rubsen Horo	650	0.41	-
	SKD	Lawrence Kerketta	507	0.32	-
	NOTA	None of the above	1,105	0.69	-
Majority			10,036	6.28
Turnout			1,59,675	70.83
Registered electors			2,25,420
	BJD gain from INC

2009

In 2009 election Indian National Congress candidate Gregori Minj, defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Benedikt Tirkey by 4,115 votes.^[12]

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2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Rajgangpur^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gregori Minj	35,592	*30.91*	-
	BJD	Benedikt Tirkey	31,477	27.34	-
	JMM	Halu Mundari	17,693	15.37	-
	BJP	Mahendra Kumar Majhi	16,654	14.46	-
	Independent (politician)	Narayan Debasa	2,137	1.86	-
	Independent	Suraj Kishore Kujur	1,571	1.36	-
	Independent	William Xes	1,532	1.33	-
	Independent	Mohanlal Kisan	1,449	1.26	-
	KOKD	Santosh Minj	1,415	1.23	-
	BSP	Sanik Oram	1,162	1.01	-
	Jharkhand Disom Party	Dipak Kumar Soreng	980	0.85	-
	Independent	Jeram Ekka	883	0.77	-
	Independent	Bijay Oram	832	0.72	-
	Independent	Sachindra Barawa	812	0.71	-
	Independent	Padmini Nayak	523	0.45	-
	Independent	Raghupati Lakra	435	0.38	-
Majority			4,115	3.57^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Turnout			1,15,501	60.99
	INC hold

Notes

% of total valid votes

References

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