Talcher Assembly constituency

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

Talcher is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of the town Talcher in Angul district, Odisha.^[2]

Talcher
Constituency No. 60 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Angul
LS constituency	Dhenkanal
Established	1951
Total electors	1,57,963^[1]^[a]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Braja Kishore Pradhan
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2019

This constituency includes Talcher, Talcher block and 7 GPs (Kaniha, Kamarei, Badatribida, Santribida, Bijigol, Badagunduri and Jarada) of Kaniha block.^[3]

In 2009 election, Independent candidate Braja Kishore Pradhan defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Mahesh Sahoo by a margin of 8,642 votes.^[4]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates^[5]
2014			46.95%
2009			36.21%
2004			45.95%
2000			52.44%
1995			36.88%
1990			44.47%
1985			57.59%
1980			50.06%
1977			71.06%

Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014. Elected members from the Talcher constituency are:^[6][7]

• 2014: (60): Braja Kishore Pradhan (Biju Janata Dal)
• 2009: (60): Braja Kishore Pradhan (Independent)
• 2004: (122): Mahesh Sahoo (BJP)
• 2000: (122): Mahesh Sahoo (BJP)
• 1995: (122): Mahesh Sahoo (BJP)
• 1990: (122): Brundaban Behera (Independent)
• 1985: (122): Bhajaman Behera (Congress)
• 1980: (122): Brundaban Behera (JNP-JP)
• 1977: (122): Brundaban Behera (Janata Party)
• 1974: (122): Brundaban Behera (Orissa Jana Congress)
• 1971: (137): Brundaban Behera (Orissa Jana Congress )
• 1967: (137): Kumar Chandra Behera (Orissa Jana Congress )
• 1961: (74): Pabitra Mohan Pradhan (Congress)
• 1957: (50): Pabitra Mohan Pradhan (Congress)
• 1951: (15): Pabitra Mohan Pradhan (Congress)

Year	Member	Party
2019	Braja Kishore Pradhan^[8]		Biju Janata Dal

Election results

2019

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Talcher^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Brajakishore Pradhan	70,044	54.87
	BJP	Kalandi Charan Samal	45942	35.99
	INC	Suresh Chandra Behera	4621	3.62
	BSP	Uchhan Chandra Pattanayak	427	0.33
	SUCI(C)	Prahlada Chandra Sahoo	386	0.30
	API	Krushna Chandra Naik	795	0.62
	Independent	Kandarp Sahoo	267	0.20
	Independent	Manoj Kumar Pradhan	4343	3.40
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority			24102	18.88
Turnout			127634	72.59%
	Brajakishore Pradhan gain from Kalandi Charan Samal		Swing

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Brajakishore Pradhan defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Kalandi Samal by a margin of 14,322 votes.^[10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Talcher^[11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Brajakishore Pradhan	56,465	46.95
	BJP	Kalandi Samal	43 ,143	35.04
	INC	Sashmita Behera	14,396	11.97
	AAP	Bishnu Mohan Rath	1,866	1.55
	BSP	Uchhan Chandra Pattanayak	1,085	0.9
	AOP	Keshab Bhutia	941	0.78
	Independent	Parsuram Barik	802	0.67
	SUCI(C)	Prahalad Chandra Sahoo	606	0.5
	API	Ranjit Kumar Sahoo	404	0.34
	SKD	Aren Kumar Pani	386	0.32
	Independent	Anita Mohanty	292	0.24
	NOTA	None of the above	882	0.73	-
Majority			14,322	11.90	3.45
Turnout			1,20,268	76.14	8.36
Registered electors			1,57,963
	BJD gain from Independent

2009

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Talcher^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Braja Kishore Pradhan	37,048	36.21	-
	BJD	Mahesh Sahoo	28,406	27.77	-
	BJP	Kalandi Samal	17,415	17.02	-
	INC	Khirod Sahu	7,636	7.46	-
	RPI	Dileswar Naik	6,483	6.34	-
	SAMO	Ritarani Das	1,227	1.20	-
	Independent	Manasi Swain	862	0.84	-
	BSP	Uchhan Chandra Pattanayak	847	0.83	-
	Independent	Prafulla Kumar Naik	782	0.76	-
	JMM	Jugal Kishor Nanda	514	0.50	-
	Independent	Mayadhar Samal	447	0.44	-
	JD(U)	Aren Kumar Pani	369	0.36	-
	Kalinga Sena	Srihari Sethi	271	0.26	-
Majority			8,642	8.45^[b]	-
Turnout			1,02,309	67.78	-

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. % of total valid votes

References

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