Biramitrapur (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Biramitrapur
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Sundargarh
Blocks	Kuarmunda, Nuagaon, Bisra
Electorate	2,10,077
Major settlements	Biramitrapur
Current constituency
Created	1974
Party	SKD
MLA	George Tirkey
Const. No.	10
Reserved for	Scheduled Tribes
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Sundargarh

Biramitrapur (Sl. No.: 10) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sundergarh district, Odisha.^[1] Area of this constituency include Biramitrapur, Kuarmunda block, Nuagaon blcok and part of Bisra block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [4]
2014			28.41%
2009			36.38%
2004			43.01%
2000			47.05%
1995			48.59%
1990			42.61%
1985			52.98%
1980			32.92%
1977			36.46%

Ten elections held during 1974 to 2014. List of members elected from Biramitrapur constituency are:^[5]

• 2014: (10): George Tirkey (SKD)
• 2009: (10): George Tirkey (Independent)
• 2004: (138): Nihar Surin (JMM)
• 2000: (138): George Tirkey (JMM)
• 1995: (138): George Tirkey (JMM)
• 1990: (138): Satya Narayan Pradhan (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (138): Remis Kerketa (Congress)
• 1980: (138): Junas Bilung (Congress-I)
• 1977: (138): Prem Chand Bhagat (Janata Party)
• 1974: (138): Christodas Lugun (Independent)

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election Samata Kranti Dal candidate George Tirkey, defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Shankar Oram by a margin of 11,947 votes.^[6]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Biramitrapur[7][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SKD	George Tirkey	46,114	28.41
	BJP	Shankar Oram	34,167	21.05	10.78
	JMM	Sebeyan Aind	27,849	17.16	-2.44
	BJD	Magdali Kongadi	25,158	15.5	-0.35
	INC	Rajesh Kerketta	13,006	8.01	-2.01
	Independent	Peter Topno	2,922	1.8
	BSP	Devananda Oram	2,158	1.33	-0.71
	AOP	Lalit Singh Munda	2,140	1.32
	Independent	Deme Oram	1,697	1.05
	JDP	Chandra Mohan Majhi	1,509	0.93
	KOKD	Ram Chandra Amat	1,161	0.72
	Independent	Rohidas Mundary	1,134	0.7
	Independent	Sohan Mundari	995	0.61
	AAP	Laxmidhar Sa	809	0.5
	NOTA	None	1,496	0.92	-
Majority			11,947	7.36	-
Turnout			1,62,315	77.26	8.51
Registered electors			2,10,077
	SKD gain from Independent

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election Independent candidate George Tirkey, defeated Jharkhand Mukti Morcha candidate Nihar Soren by a margin of 20,811 votes.^[9]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Biramitrapur[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	George Tirkey	45,132	36.38	-
	JMM	Nihar Soren	24,321	19.60	-
	BJD	Sanjib Pratab Singhdeo	19,665	15.85	-
	BJP	Raisan Tirkey	12,748	10.27	-
	INC	Serophina Tapno	12,431	10.02	-
	Jharkhand Party	Thiophil Tirkey	2,552	2.06	-
	BSP	Gandru Barla	2,535	2.04	-
	Independent	Sahan Mundari	1,911	1.54	-
	KOKD	Ramchandra Amat	974	0.79	-
	Independent	Pradip Minj	917	0.74	-
	Independent	Albert George Tirkey	885	0.71	-
Majority			20,811	16.77[lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,24,116	68.75	-
	Independent gain from JMM

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

1. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 5 January 2014. Constituency: Biramitrapur (10) District : Sundargarh
2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
3. Seats of Odisha
4. "138 - Biramitrapur Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
5. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
6. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
7. "Odisha - Biramitrapur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
8. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Biramitrapur (10)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
9. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 5 January 2014. 20811
10. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf