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He won the seat in the 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election with 75,275 votes. Check his verified record below and rate his performance on NetaSampark.\n\n## Who is Rupu Bhatra?\n\nRupu Bhatra represents the Kotpad Assembly constituency, which is reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ECI), in the Odisha Legislative Assembly as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was elected in the 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election (results declared 2024-06-04).\n\n## Rate Rupu Bhatra: Neta Trust Score\n\n Rupu Bhatra has not been rated yet. Be the first citizen to rate this MLA.\n\nThe Neta Trust Score is a score out of 100 built from citizen ratings on NetaSampark across 10 factors: leadership, transparency, accessibility, communication, responsiveness, development work, integrity & ethics, public engagement, citizen confidence and problem resolution. It reflects the opinions of NetaSampark users and is not an official government rating.\n\n## Kotpad election result (2024)\n\n- Winner: Rupu Bhatra (BJP) – 75,275 votes (42.93% of valid votes)\n- Runner-up: Chandra Sekhar Majhi (BJD) – 49,011 votes\n- Margin: 26,264 votes\n- Total electors: 2,09,003\n- Source: Election Commission of India, General Election to the Odisha Legislative Assembly 2024 – Detailed Results.\n\n## Political career\n\n- 2024: Elected MLA from Kotpad (ST), Odisha Legislative Assembly general election – BJP, 75,275 votes (42.93%), margin 26,264 over Chandra Sekhar Majhi (BJD) [ECI]\n- Note: career events beyond official records (ECI results, official ministers list) are not included.\n- This section uses official records only (ECI results, official council of ministers lists); other career events are not included.\n\n## Rupu Bhatra's education and profession\n\nEducation: 10th Pass (10th Pass from Govt Boys High School Kotpad Board of Secondary Education Odisha 2019), as declared in his 2024 election affidavit.\nProfession: Assam Rifile Ex Serive Man and Social Service (self-declared in affidavit).\n\n## Rupu Bhatra's assets and affidavit\n\nAs declared in his 2024 election affidavit (compiled by ADR\u002FMyNeta):\n\n- Total assets: Rs 27,04,374 (about Rs 27.0 lakh)\n- Total liabilities: Nil\n- Criminal cases declared: 0\n\nThese figures are self-declared and reflect the position at the time of filing.\n\n## Neta Updates from Rupu Bhatra\n\nRupu Bhatra has not yet started posting updates on NetaSampark. When his office joins NetaSampark Leader, citizens following this profile will see his announcements, work and event updates here.\n\n · Are you Rupu Bhatra or his office?\n\n## Sources\n\nElection Commission of India statistical reports (2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election), ADR\u002FMyNeta affidavit data (2024). 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