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Rairakhol is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sambalpur district, Odisha.

This constituency includes Rairakhol, Rairakhol block, Jujomura block, Naktideul block and 7GPs (Deogaon, Dakara, Dhama, Huma, Bargaon, Sahaspur and Baduapali) of Maneswar block.

Elected Members

Since its formation in 1961, 16 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 2001.

List of members elected from Rairakhol constituency are:

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.

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Rairakhol

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Prasanna Acharya	61,716	38.23	0.29
	BJP	Debendra Mohapatra	56,756	35.16	7.24
	INC	Assaf Ali Khan	37,579	23.28	4.94
	NOTA	None of the above	1,826	1.13	0.17
Majority			4,960
Turnout			161,424
	BJD hold		Swing

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rohit Pujari defeated Indian National Congress candidate Assaf Ali Khan by a margin of 14,632 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Rairakhol

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rohit Pujari	57,111	37.94	2.02
	INC	Assaf Ali Khan	42,479	28.22	2.90
	BJP	Debendra Mohapatra	42,027	27.92	6.00
	Independent	Samar Kumar Pradhan	2714	1.8
	Independent	Jayalal Behera	1715	1.14
	AAP	Anand Kumar Samal	1359	0.9
	BSP	Sanket Bahidar	938	0.62
	PVP	Janakram Rana	456	0.3
	NOTA	None of the above	1725	1.15
Majority			14,632	9.72
Turnout			150524	70.59
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rohit Pujari defeated Indian National Congress candidate Assaf Ali Khan by a margin of 11,909 votes.

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Rairakholl

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rohit Pujari	53,849	39.96	4.89
	INC	Assaf Ali Khan	41,940	31.12	5.13
	BJP	Pratap Kumar Pradhan	29,544	21.92	4.05
	AOP	Manabodha Bhoi	1,627	1.21	−
	BSP	Debdulal Bakshi	1,271	0.94	0.08
	SKD	Gitanjali Pradhan	1,060	0.79	−
	AAP	Laxmidhar Naik	968	0.72	−
	Independent	Swadhin Panda	928	0.69	−
	API	Aparna Bagh	817	0.61	−
	Independent	Manis Kumar Deheri	658	0.49	−
	PVP	Laxman Kumar Bhoi	555	0.41	−
	OJM	Bholanath Dehury	249	0.18	−
	NOTA	None of the above	1,298	0.96	−
Majority			11,909	8.83
Turnout			1,34,764	77.22	13.47
Registered electors			1,74,526
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prasanna Acharya defeated Indian National Congress candidate Asaf Ali Khan by a margin of 9,764 votes.

Notes

1. Death of Durjodhan Sohela
2. % of total valid votes

References

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• Sambalpur district
• Assembly constituencies of Odisha
• Politics of Odisha
• Constituencies established in 1951
• 1951 establishments in Orissa