Talsara Assembly constituency
| Talsara | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 8 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| Division | Northen Division |
| District | Sundargarh |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Sundargarh |
| Established | 1961 |
| Total electors | 2,16,981[a][b] |
| Reservation | ST |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Talsara is a Assembly constituency of sundargarh district in Odisha State.[1] It was established in 1961.[2]
Extent of Assembly Constituencies
Elected members
Since its formation in 1961, 15 elections have been held till date including one bypoll in 2006.
List of members elected from Talsara constituency are:[6]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024[7] | Bhabani Shankar Bhoi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2019[8][9] | |||
| 2014[10] | Prafulla Majhi | Indian National Congress | |
| 2009[11] | |||
| 2006 (bypoll)[c][12] | |||
| 2004 | Gajadhar Majhi | Indian National Congress | |
| 2000 | |||
| 1995 | |||
| 1990 | Ranjeet Bhitria | Janata Dal | |
| 1985 | Gajadhar Majhi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1980 | |||
| 1977 | Ignace Majhi | Janata Party | |
| 1974 | Premananda Kalo | Indian National Congress | |
| 1971 | Gangadhar Pradhan | Swatantra Party | |
| 1967 | |||
| 1961 | |||
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.[13] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bhabani Shankar Bhoi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Binay Kumar Toppo by a margin of 17,189 votes.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Bhabani Shankar Bhoi | 68,928 | 42.67 | ||
| BJD | Binay Kumar Toppo | 51,739 | 32.03 | ||
| INC | Devendra Bhitaria | 35,262 | 21.83 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1885 | 1.17 | ||
| Majority | 17,189 | 10.64 | |||
| Turnout | 1,61,533 | 74.45 | |||
| BJP hold | |||||
2019
In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bhabani Shankar Bhoi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Stephen Wilson Soreng by 16,188 votes.[9]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Bhabani Shankar Bhoi | 60,264 | 39.31 |  9.63 | |
| BJD | Stephen Wilson Soreng | 44,076 | 28.75 |  3.08 | |
| INC | Prafulla Majhi | 41,111 | 26.82 | 6.04 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1456 | 0.95 | − | |
| Majority | 16188 | 10.56 | |||
| Turnout | 153290 | 74.1 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | |||||
2014
In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Prafulla Majhi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Binay Kumar Toppo by 1,438 votes.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Prafulla Majhi | 45,689 | 32.86 | 6.99 | |
| BJD | Binaya Kumar Toppo | 44,251 | 31.83 | − | |
| BJP | Santosh Kumar Amat | 41,272 | 29.68 | 7.68 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,716 | 1.95 | − | |
| Majority | 1,438 | 1.03 | |||
| Turnout | 1,39,035 | 72.21 | 7.21 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,92,545 | ||||
| INC hold | |||||
2009
In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Prafulla Majhi defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sahadeva Xaxa by 19,741 votes.[11]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Prafulla Majhi | 44,082 | 39.85 | − | |
| BJP | Sahadeva Xaxa | 24,341 | 22.00 | − | |
| NCP | Purna Chandra Minz | 16,105 | 14.56 | − | |
| Majority | 19,741 | 17.85[d] | |||
| Turnout | 1,10,619 | 65.00 | |||
| INC hold | |||||
Notes
References
- ↑ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
Constituency: Talsara (9) District : Sundargarh
- ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 March 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ↑ "Assembly Constituencies and their Extent" (PDF).
- ↑ "Seats of Odisha".
- ↑ "136 - Talsara Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
List Of Winning Candidates
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 "Talsara Assembly Election Results 2024: Talsara Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday". India Today. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ↑ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- 1 2 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 2 "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- 1 2 "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
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- ↑ "IndiaVotes AC Bye Election: Talsara 2006". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ↑ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
- ↑ "Talsara (ST) Assembly Constituency". Business Standard. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ↑ "Assembly Election 2019 - Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ↑ "Odisha - Talsara". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ↑ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Talsara (8)". EmpoweringIndia.org.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help)CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.