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Bisra was a constituency of the Odisha Legislative Assembly of Sundergarh district, Odisha state in India. It was formed in 1952, and was abolished in 1973. It was replaced by the constituencies of Biramitrapur and Raghunathpali. It was reserved for the Scheduled Tribes.

Historical Extent

• 1964: Bisra and Birmitrapur police stations in Panposh subdivision.
• 1961: Panposh sub-division (excluding Raghunathpali and Rourkela police stations).
• 1951: Panposh sub-division (excluding Raghunathpalli police station).

Elected Members

Five elections were held between 1951 and 1971. List of members elected from this constituency are

Election results

1971

1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Bisra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	All India Jharkhand Party	Kullan Bagf	8,709	38.00%	New
	INC	Patras Oram	5,942	25.93%	5.09
	SWA	Krushna Chandra Nayak	4,408	19.23%	18.4
	Utkal Congress	Sourendra P. Singhdeo	1,996	8.71%	New
	PSP	Tarkan Oram	764	3.33%	New
	Independent	Aibinus Xess	488	2.13%	New
	Independent	Christopal Purty	332	1.45%	New
	SSP	Aijub Oram	280	1.22%	New
Total valid votes			22,919
Rejected ballots			1,765
Turnout			24,684	39.28%	9.86
Registered electors			62,845
Margin of victory			2,767	12.7%	4.12
	All India Jharkhand Party gain from SWA

1967

1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Bisra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	K. C. Nayak	9,672	37.67%	New
	INC	M. Bage	5,352	20.84%	3.8
	Independent	C. Purty	3,977	15.49%	New
	Independent	T. Xess	3,933	15.32%	3.9
	ABJS	I. Munda	1,841	7.17%	New
	Independent	Y. Khalkho	902	3.51%	New
Total valid votes			25,677
Rejected ballots			2,862
Turnout			28,539	49.14%	8.61
Registered electors			58,075
Margin of victory			4,320	16.82%	14.5
	SWA gain from AIGP

1961

1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Bisra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIGP	Bhagat Premchand	6,783	26.97%	New
	INC	Kharia Junas	6,199	24.64%	10.0
	Independent	Xess Theophile	4,837	19.23%	New
	Jharkhand Party	Munda Prabhusahaya	4,722	18.77%	New
	Independent	Munda Nirmal	2,613	10.39%	30.7
Total valid votes			25,154
Rejected ballots			2,317
Turnout			27,471	40.53%	11.3
Registered electors			67,777
Margin of victory			584	2.32%	4.19
	AIGP gain from Independent

1957

1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Bisra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Munda Nirmal (ST)	13,402	41.18%	19.0
	INC	Rangaballav Amat (ST)	11,282	34.66%	29.9
	Independent	Naik Krushna Chandra (ST)	5,296	16.27%	New
	PSP	Oram Tadkan (ST)	2,566	7.88%	3.37
Turnout			32,546	51.90%	10.9
Registered electors			62,706
Margin of victory			2,120	6.51%	35.5
	Independent gain from INC

1951

1952 Orissa Legislative Assembly election: Bisra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIGP	Madan Mohan Amat	25,756	64.59%
	Independent	Nirmala Munda	8,833	22.15%
	Independent	Sibasahai Bhagat	3,488	8.75%
	Socialist	Tadkan Uram	1,800	4.51%
Turnout			39,877	68.20%
Registered electors			58,473
Margin of victory			16,923	42.44%
	INC win (new seat)

References

1. ^ "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Orissa) Order (1951)". p. 8 (214).
2. ^ "S.R.O. 2827. Notification of the Delimitation Commission of India". New Delhi. 30 August 1954. p. 359 (369).
3. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order 1956". p. 534 (541).
4. "S.O. 801(E) Notification of the Delimitation Commission of India". New Delhi. 31 December 1973. p. 2983 (282).
5. "S.O. 2813 Notification of the Delimitation Commission of India". New Delhi. 17 August 1964. p. 709 (454).
6. "S.O. 2916 Notification of the Delimitation Commission of India". New Delhi. 16 September 1965. p. 871 (345).
7. "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order (1961)". p. 10 (411).
8. "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013.
9. "Orissa 1971". Election Commission of India. August 16, 2018. pp. 6, 134, 171.
10. "Orissa 1967". Election Commission of India. August 16, 2018. pp. 6, 134, 168.
11. "Orissa 1961". Election Commission of India. August 16, 2018. pp. 5, 75, 159.
12. "Orissa 1957". Election Commission of India. August 16, 2018.
13. "Orissa 1951". Election Commission of India. August 16, 2018.

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• Sundergarh district
• Former assembly constituencies of Odisha
• Politics of Odisha
• Constituencies established in 1951
• 1951 establishments in Orissa
• Constituencies disestablished in 1973
• 1973 disestablishments in India