| Tirtol (SC) | |
| Type: | SLA |
| State: | Odisha |
| District: | Jagatsinghpur |
| Constituency No: | 102 |
| Established: | 1951 |
| Loksabha Cons: | Jagatsinghpur |
| Reservation: | SC |
| Mla: | Ramakant Bhoi |
| Party: | Biju Janata Dal |
| Latest Election Year: | 2024 |
| Electors: | 2,66,980[1] |
Tirtol is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha.[2]
This constituency includes Biridi block and Raghunathpur block and 20 Gram panchayats (Biritol, Bishunpur, Dainlo, Garam, Gobindapur, Gopalpur, Gopalpur (Sankheswar), Ibrisingh, Jagannathpur, Kanakpur, Kanimula, Katara, Kostimallikapur, Krushnanandpur, Mulisingh, Patilo, Sanara, Tarajanga, Tirtol and Tulanga) of Tirtol block.[3] [4]
Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 2020.
List of members elected from Tirtol constituency are:[5] [6]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ramakant Bhoi | ||
| 2020 (bypoll) | Bijaya Shankar Das | ||
| 2019 | Bishnu Charan Das[7] | ||
| 2014 | Rajashree Mallick | ||
| 2009 | Rabindranath Bhoi | ||
| 2004 | Chiranjib Biswal | ||
| 2000 | Debashish Samantaray | ||
| 1995 | Basant Kumar Biswal | ||
| 1990 | Basant Kumar Biswal | ||
| 1985 | Nityananda Samntaray | ||
| 1980 | Basant Kumar Biswal | ||
| 1977 | Pratap Chandra Mohanty | ||
| 1974 | Pratap Chandra Mohanty | ||
| 1971 | Pratap Chandra Mohanty | ||
| 1967 | Nishamani Khuntia | ||
| 1961 | Pratap Chandra Mohanty | ||
| 1957 | Nishamani Khuntia | ||
| 1951 | Nishamani Khuntia | ||
Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[8] Biju Janata Dal candidate Ramakanta Bhoi defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rajkishore Behera by 28,495 votes. Indian National Congress candidate Himanshu Bhushan Mallick had the highest increase in vote percentage among all the candidates of this constituency.
In 2020 bye-election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bijaya Shankar Das defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rajkishore Behera by 41,703 votes.
In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bishnu Charan Das defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ramakanta Bhoi by 40,386 votes.
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajashree Mallick defeated Indian National Congress candidate Rajkishore Behera by a margin of 35,448 votes.[9]
In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rabindra Nath Bhoi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Rajkishore Das by a margin of 34,182 votes.[10]