Athagarh Assembly constituency

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Athagarh
Constituency No. 89 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictCuttack
LS constituencyCuttack
Established1951
Total electors185,822[1][a]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Ranendra Pratap Swain
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2019

Athagarh (Sl. No.: 89) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Cuttack district, Odisha.[2]

This constituency includes Athagad NAC, Athagarh Block, Tigiria Block and 6 Gram panchayats (Kakhadi, Sankarpur, Badasamantarapur, Mangarajpur, Mahisalanda and Brahmapur) of Tangi-Chowdwar Block.

Nearby villages & towns of Tigiria Nizigarh are Baliput, Baneswarpada, Bindhanima, Biriput, Godarabandha, Bhiruda, Godijharia, achalkot, Haridapasi, Sanapatna.

Tigiria is the smallest princely state in Odisha and famous for many historical reasons. Even though as per revenue department it is a village but all facilities available within just one square kilometre.There are 2 Government High schools, two colleges, one head post office, Court, Police station, hospital everything available here. Places of Tourist attraction like Ansupa Lake (12 km), Bhatarika Temple (21 km), Dhabaleswar Temple (25 km) are nearby Tigiria.

Elected Members[edit]

Vote share of winning candidates[3]
2019
60.39%
2014
69.70%
2012 (bypoll)
65.88%
2009
54.70%
2004
52.40%
2000
65.87%
1995
50.82%
1990
56.48%
1985
84.39%
1980
59.68%
1977
44.60%

Since its formation in 1951, 20 elections were held till date including 3 By elections in 1967, 1980 and 2012.[4]

List of members elected from Athagarh constituency are:[5]

Year Member Party
2024
2019 Ranendra Pratap Swain[6] BJD
2014 Ranendra Pratap Swain BJD
2012 (bypoll)[b] Ranendra Pratap Swain[7] BJD
2009 Ramesh Jena Independent
2004 Ranendra Pratap Swain BJD
2000 Ranendra Pratap Swain BJD
1995 Ranendra Pratap Swain JD
1990 Ranendra Pratap Swain JD
1985 Janaki Ballabh Patnaik INC
1980 (bypoll)[c] Janaki Ballabh Patnaik[8] INC
1980 Rasananda Sahu INC
1977 Rasamanjari Devi JP
1974 Radhanath Rath Independent
1971 Radhanath Rath Independent
1967 (bypoll)[d] Radhanath Rath Independent
1967 Pabitra Mohan Pradhan Jana Congress
1961 Achyutananda Das INC
1957 Radhanath Rath INC
1951 Radhanath Rath INC

Election Results[edit]

2024[edit]

Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[9]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Athagarh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Ranendra Pratap Swain
BJP Abhaya Kumar Barik
INC Sudarshan Sahoo
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
gain from Swing

2019[edit]

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ranendra Pratap Swain defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Brajendra Kumar Ray by a margin of 57,995 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athagarh[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Ranendra Pratap Swain 98,114 60.39
BJP Brajendra Kumar Ray 40119 24.69
INC Uma Ballav Rath 10945 6.74
NOTA None of the above 896 0.55
Majority 57995 35.7
Turnout 162475 79.73
BJD hold

2014[edit]

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ranendra Pratap Swain defeated Indian National Congress candidate Bichitrananda Muduli by a margin of 68487 votes.

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athagarh[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Ranendra Pratap Swain 102,605 69.70 -
INC Bichitrananda Muduli 34118 23.18 -
BJP Biswa Sundar Mishra 7132 4.84 -
NOTA None of the above 1572 1.07 -
Majority 68487 46.52
Turnout 147212 79.84
BJD hold

2012 (bypoll)[edit]

In 2012 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ranendra Pratap Swain defeated Indian National Congress candidate Suresh Mohapatra by a margin of 47,390 votes.[12]

2012 Vidhan Sabha Bye-Election, Athagarh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Ranendra Pratap Swain 87,604 65.88 -
INC Suresh Mohapatra 40,214 30.24 -
BJP Bikram Das 2,452 1.79 -
Majority 47,390 35.64 -
Turnout 1,25,949 72.26 -
BJD gain from Independent

2009[edit]

In 2009 election, Independent candidate Ramesh Rout defeated Independent candidate Bichitrananda Muduli by a margin of 30,351 votes.[13]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athagarh[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ramesh Rout 68,881 54.70 -
Independent Bichitrananda Muduli 43,371 34.44 -
INC Subas Mohanty 7,376 5.86 -
BJP Rama Narayan Mohanty 3,355 2.66 -
Independent politician Anama Charan Mohapatra 1,220 0.97 -
Independent politician Bijay Kumar Biswal 1,027 0.82 -
Kalinga Sena Janaki Rout 686 0.54 -
Majority 25,590 20.32[e] -
Turnout 1,25,949 72.26 -
Registered electors 1,74,301
Independent gain from BJD

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ as on 1 January 2014
  2. ^ Supreme Court had declared the Athagarh assembly election of 2009 null and void.
  3. ^ Resignation of Rasananda Sahu
  4. ^ Resignation of Pabitra Mohan Pradhan
  5. ^ %of total valid votes

References[edit]

  1. ^ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 14 April 2014. Constituency: Athagarh (89) District: Cuttack
  3. ^ "47 - Athagarh Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 19 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  4. ^ "BY-ELECTIONS OF ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY" (PDF). Retrieved 23 March 2014.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  7. ^ archive, From our online (16 May 2012). "Raja wins Athgarh by-poll". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Details of Assembly By- Elections since 1952 (Year-Wise)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  9. ^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
  10. ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Athagarh Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  12. ^ "Biju Janata Dal wins Odisha by-poll". Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  13. ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 30351
  14. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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