| Athagarh | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 89 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Cuttack |
| LS constituency | Cuttack |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 185,822[1][a] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Ranendra Pratap Swain | |
| Party | Biju Janata Dal |
| Elected year | 2019 |
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
Eighteen elections were held between 1951 and 2012 including three By elections in 1967, 1980 and 2012.[4] Elected members from the Athagarh constituency are:[5]
- 2014: (89): Ranendra Pratap Swain (BJD)
- 2012: (Bye Poll): Ranendra Pratap Swain (BJD)
- 2009: (89): Ramesh Rout (Independent)
- 2004: (47): Ranendra Pratap Swain (BJD)
- 2000: (47): Ranendra Pratap Swain (BJD)
- 1995: (47): Ranendra Pratap Swain (Janata Dal)
- 1990: (47): Ranendra Pratap Swain (Janata Dal)
- 1985: (47): Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (Congress)
- 1980: (By Poll): Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (Congress-I)[6]
- 1980: (47): Rasananda Sahu (Congress-I)
- 1977: (47): Rasamanjari Devi (JNP)
- 1974: (47): Radhanath Rath (Independent)
- 1971: (44): Radhanath Rath (Independent)
- 1967: (Bye Poll): Radhanath Rath (Independent)
- 1967: (44): Pabitra Mohan Pradhan (Orissa Jana Congress)
- 1961: (98): Achyutananda Das (Independent)
- 1957: (69): Radhanath Rath (Congress)
- 1951: (82): Radhanath Rath (Congress)
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Ranendra Pratap Swain[7] | Biju Janata Dal | |
Election results
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Ranendra Pratap Swain | ||||
| BJP | Brajendra Kumar Ray | ||||
| INC | Uma Ballav Rath | ||||
| BSP | Subas Kumar Sahoo | ||||
| ANC | Mahamad Mustak Hussain | ||||
| Krupaa Party | Biswajit Sahoo | ||||
| Independent | Abhaya Kumar Barik | ||||
| Independent | Abhaya Kumar Rout | ||||
| Independent | Rashmi Ranjan Parida | ||||
| Independent | Hrudananda Mohapatra | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| TBA gain from TBA | Swing | ||||
2014
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ranendra Pratap Swain defeated Indian National Congress candidate Bichitrananda Muduli by a margin of 68,420 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AOP | Bikash Chandra Panda | - | |||
| BJD | Ranendra Pratap Swain | - | |||
| BJP | Biswa Sundar Mishra | - | |||
| INC | Bichitrananda Muduli | - | |||
| OJM | Shankarshan Mohanty | - | |||
| NOTA | None of the above | - | |||
| Registered electors | 1,85,822 | ||||
2012
In 2012 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ranendra Pratap Swain defeated Indian National Congress candidate Suresh Mohapatra by a margin of 47,390 votes.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Ranendra Pratap Swain | 87,604 | - | ||
| INC | Suresh Mohapatra | 40,214 | - | ||
| BJP | Bikram Das | 2,452 | - | ||
| Majority | 47,390 | - | |||
2009
In 2009 election, Independent candidate Ramesh Rout defeated Independent candidate Bichitrananda Muduli by a margin of 30,351 votes.[11]
| 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 | Anama Charan Mohapatra | 1,220 | 0.97 | - | |
| Independent | Bijay Kumar Biswal | 1,027 | 0.82 | - | |
| Kalinga Sena | Janaki Rout | 686 | 0.54 | - | |
| Majority | 25,590 | 20.32[b] | - | ||
| Turnout | 1,25,949 | 72.26 | - | ||
| Registered electors | 1,74,301 | ||||
Notes
References
- ^ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
Constituency: Athagarh (89) District: Cuttack
- ^ "47 - Athagarh Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
List Of Winning Candidates
- ^ "BY-ELECTIONS OF ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY" (PDF). Retrieved 23 March 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Details of Assembly By- Elections since 1952 (Year-Wise)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ "Athagarh Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- ^ "Biju Janata Dal wins Odisha by-poll". Retrieved 19 April 2014.
- ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
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- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
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