Sundargarh Assembly constituency

Sundargarh
Sundargarh
Constituency No. 9 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Northen Division
District	Sundargarh
Lok Sabha constituency	Sundargarh
Established	1951
Total electors	2,30,729
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Jogesh Kumar Singh
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

Sundargarh is a Assembly constituency of Sundergarh district in Odisha State.^[1] It was established in 1951.^[2]

Extent of Assembly Constituencies

Tangarpali Block
Hemgiri Block
Lephripara Block : Badbanga, Chhatenpali, Darlipali, Jhurimal, Raibaga, Raidihi and Sargipali GPs
Sundargarh Block
Sundargarh Muncipalty.^[3]^[4]

Elected members

Vote share of winning candidates^[5]

2024			48.15%
2019			47.67%
2014			41.77%
2009			43.92%
2005 (bypoll)			47.76%
2004			50.12%
2000			54.89%
1995			45.43%
1990			67.04%
1985			56.03%
1980			73.52%
1977			55.87%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including in one bypoll in 2005. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952 & 1957.

List of members elected from Sundargarh constituency are:^[6]

Year	Member
2024^[7]	Jogesh Kumar Singh	Biju Janata Dal
2019^[8]	Kusum Tete	Bharatiya Janata Party
2014^[9]	Jogesh Kumar Singh	Indian National Congress
2009^[10]	Jogesh Kumar Singh	Indian National Congress
2005 (bypoll)^[c]^[11]	Sushama Patel	Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	Shankarsan Naik
2000	Shankarsan Naik
1995	Kishore Chandra Patel	Indian National Congress
1990	Bharatendra Sekhar Deo	Janata Dal
1985	Bharatendra Sekhar Deo	Janata Party
1980	Kishore Chandra Patel	Indian National Congress (I)
1977	Kishore Chandra Patel	Indian National Congress
1974	Dibyalochan Shekhar Deo	Indian National Congress
1971	Dibyalochan Shekhar Deo	Indian National Congress (R)
1967	Harihar Patel	Swatantra Party
1961	Harihar Patel	Swatantra Party
1957^[d]	Gangadhar Pradhan	Ganatantra Parishad
1957^[d]	Udit Pratap Sekhar Deo
1951^[e]	Dwarikanath Kusum
1951^[e]	Krupanidhi Naik	Indian National Congress
1946^[f]	Ram Charan Patel	Independent politician
1946^[f]	Shib Narayan Singh Mohapatra	Independent politician

Election results

2024

Voting were held on 20 May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.^[12] In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Jogesh Kumar Singh defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Kusum Tete by a margin of 10,066 votes.^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Sundargarh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Jogesh Kumar Singh	86,398	48.15	4.70
	BJP	Kusum Tete	77,276	43.07	4.60
	INC	Sudharani Raudia	8,301	4.63	2.30
	NOTA	None of the above	1,755	0.98	0.15
Majority			9,122
Turnout			1,79,440	75.7
	BJD gain from BJP		Swing

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Kusum Tete defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Jogesh Kumar Singh by a margin of 7364 votes.^[8]

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Sundargarh^[13]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kusum Tete	83,118	47.67	30.03
	BJD	Jogesh Kumar Singh	75,754	43.45	9.63
	INC	Amita Biswal	12,087	6.93	34.84
	NOTA	None of the above	1,967	1.13	−
Majority			7364	4.22
Turnout			174346	75.14
	BJP gain from INC

2014

In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Jogesh Kumar Singh defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Kusum Tete by a margin of 12584 votes.^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Sundargarh^[15]^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jogesh Kumar Singh	66,138	41.77	2.15
	BJD	Kusum Tete	53,554	33.82	6.56
	BJP	Sahadev Xaxa	27,935	17.64	2.45
	NOTA	None of the above	2,358	1.49	−
Majority			12,584	7.95
Turnout			1,58,356	73.26	7.71
Registered electors			2,16,152
	INC hold

2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Jogesh Kumar Singh defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Sunil Kumar Singh Deo by 20,930 votes.^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Sundargarh^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jogesh Kumar Singh	55,183	*43.92*	−
	BJD	Sunil Kumar Singh Deo	34,253	27.26	−
	BJP	Prem Sagar Oram	25,245	20.09	−
Majority			20,930	16.66^[g]
Turnout			1,26,076	65.55
	INC gain from BJP

Notes

^ as on 2024
^ as data published by election commission
^ Death of Shankarsan Naik
^ It was a 2 member constituency
^ It was a 2 member constituency
^ It was a 2 member constituency
^ % of total valid votes

References

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^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 March 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
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^ ^a ^b Zee News (24 May 2019). "Odisha Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners". Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
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^ ^a ^b "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2014. 20930
^ "IndiaVotes AC Bye Election: Sundargarh 2005". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
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[1] s on 2024

[2] s data published by election commission

[13] Death of Shankarsan Naik

[15] It was a 2 member constituency

[16] It was a 2 member constituency

[17] It was a 2 member constituency

[24] % of total valid votes

[3] "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014. Constituency: Sundargarh (9) District : Sundargarh

[4] "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 March 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2025.

[5] "Assembly Constituencies and their Extent" (PDF).

[6] "Seats of Odisha".

[7] "135 - Sundergarh Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates

[prevMLAs-8] "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

[:0-9] "Sundargarh Assembly Election Results 2024: Sundargarh Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday". India Today. Retrieved 17 June 2025.

[Odisha_Assembly_election_results_2019:_Full_list_of_winners-10] Zee News (24 May 2019). "Odisha Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners". Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.

[:1-11] "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.

[:2-12] "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2014. 20930

[14] "IndiaVotes AC Bye Election: Sundargarh 2005". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 6 July 2025.

[18] "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.

[SP_Ass_Cand-19] "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.

[20] "Assembly Election 2019 - Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 10 June 2019.

[21] "Odisha - Sundargarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 June 2014.

[22] "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Sundargarh (9)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.

[election2009-23] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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