Bijepur Assembly constituency
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| Bijepur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 2 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Bargarh |
| LS constituency | Bargarh |
| Established | 1961 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Biju Janata Dal |
| Elected year | 2019 |
Bijepur is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Odisha. This constituency includes Bijepur block, Gaisilat block and Barpali block.[1]
Elected Members[edit]
17 elections held during 1961 to 2019 including By-Elections. List of members elected from this constituency are:[3]
- 2019 (By-Election): Rita Sahu (BJD)[4]
- 2018 (By-Election): Rita Sahu (BJD)
- 2014: Subal Sahu (Congress)
- 2009: Subal Sahu (Congress)
- 2004: Subal Sahu (Congress)
- 2000: Ashok Kumar Panigrahy (BJD)
- 1995: Ripunath Setha (Congress)
- 1991: (By-Election): Kishorimani Singh (Janata Dal)
- 1990: Nikunja Bihari Singh (Janata Dal)
- 1985: Nikunja Bihari Singh (Janata Dal)
- 1980: Rajib Lochan Hota (Congress)
- 1977: Nityananda Gadatia (Janata Party)
- 1974: Gananatha Pradhan (Utkal Congress)
- 1971: Tribikram Malik, (Congress (J))
- 1967: Mohan Nag (Congress)
- 1961: Mohan Nag (Congress)
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Naveen Patnaik[5] | Biju Janata Dal | |
Election results[edit]
2019 By-election[edit]
In 2019 By-Election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rita Sahu defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sanat Kumar Gartia by a margin of 97,990 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Rita Sahu | 135,957 | 73.86 |  14.08
| |
| BJP | Sanat Kumar Gartia | 37,967 | 20.62 |  8.29
| |
| INC | Dillip Kumar Panda | 5,873 | 3.2 | 4.55
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,982 | 1.07 | 0.16 | |
| Majority | 97,990 | 53.23 | |||
| Turnout | 1,84,059 | 79.32 | |||
| BJD hold | Swing | ||||
2019[edit]
In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Naveen Patnaik defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sanat Kumar Gartia by a margin of 57,122 votes. Later Naveen Patnaik has resigned as MLA from the Bijepur Assembly Constituency.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Naveen Patnaik | 1,10,604 | 59.78 | 27.90
| |
| BJP | Sanat Kumar Gartia | 53,482 | 28.91 | 10.81
| |
| INC | Ripunath Seth | 14,344 | 7.75 | 24.4
| |
| BSP | Ashok Kalet | 1,200 | 0.65 | 0.21
| |
| Independent | Birendra Kumar Bag | 887 | 0.48 | - | |
| Independent | Purna Chandra Panda | 2,832 | 1.53 | - | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,675 | 0.91 | - | |
| Majority | 57,122 | 30.87 | |||
| Turnout | 1,85,024 | 79.69 | |||
| BJD gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2014[edit]
In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Subal Sahu defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Prasanna Acharya by a margin of 458 votes.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Subal Sahu | 53,290 | 32.15 | 8.76
| |
| BJD | Prasanna Acharya | 52,832 | 31.88 | 2.57
| |
| BJP | Jayshankar Pattanaik | 30,001 | 18.1 | 4.08
| |
| Independent | Ashok Kumar Panigrahi | 18,232 | 11.0 | - | |
| OJM | Kishor Daphadar | 2,931 | 1.77 | - | |
| AAP | Suresh Tripathy | 1,659 | 1.0 | - | |
| API | Purna Chandra Paik | 1,561 | 0.94 | - | |
| BSP | Jayram Bag | 1,429 | 0.86 | 3.2
| |
| AITC | Rohita Kumar Sahu | 935 | 0.56 | - | |
| RPI (D) | Kumar Nanda | 838 | 0.51 | - | |
| AOP | Sachidananda Patra | 754 | 0.45 | - | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,285 | 0.78 | - | |
| Majority | 458 | 0.28 | 6.17 | ||
| Turnout | 1,65,747 | 80.29 | 10.06 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,06,436 | ||||
| INC hold | |||||
2009[edit]
In 2009 election Indian National Congress candidate Subal Sahu, defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Prabhat Aditya Mishra by 18,066 votes.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Subal Sahu | 56,864 | 40.91 | - | |
| BJD | Prabhat Aditya Mishra | 47,893 | 34.45 | - | |
| BJP | Mohammad Rafique | 19,493 | 14.02 | - | |
| BSP | Milan Mahattam | 5,644 | 4.06 | - | |
| Independent | Sakuntala Mahapatra | 5,124 | 3.69 | - | |
| KOKD | Narendra Kumar Hota | 2,257 | 1.62 | - | |
| JD(U) | Kuber Jal Yadav | 1,738 | 1.25 | - | |
| Majority | 8,971 | 6.45 | |||
| Turnout | 1,39,018 | 70.23 | |||
| INC hold | |||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ "125 - Bijepur Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
List Of Winning Candidates
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ The Hindu (24 October 2019). "BJD's Rita Sahu secures impressive victory in Bijepur bypoll". Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
- ^ "Odisha - Bijepur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Bijepur (2)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
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- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
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