Athagarh Assembly constituency

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

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Athagarh.

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

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
Vote share of Winning candidates[3]
2009
 
 54.70%
2004
 
 52.40%
2000
 
 65.87%
1995
 
 50.82%
1990
 
 56.48%
1985
 
 84.39%
1980
 
 59.68%
1977
 
 44.60%

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
2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athagarh[8]
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.

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athagarh[9]
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]

2012 Vidhan Sabha Bye-Election, Athagarh
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]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athagarh[12]
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[lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 1,25,949 72.26 -
Registered electors 1,74,301

Notes
  1. as on 1 January 2014
  2. %of total valid votes

References
  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.
  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. "Details of Assembly By- Elections since 1952 (Year-Wise)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  7. "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  8. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  9. "Athagarh Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  10. "Biju Janata Dal wins Odisha by-poll". Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  11. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 30351
  12. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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