Bijepur Assembly constituency

Bijepur is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Odisha. This constituency includes Bijepur block, Gaisilat block and Barpali block.[1]

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

Bijepur
Constituency No. 2 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictBargarh
LS constituencyBargarh
Established1961
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party[[]]
Elected year2019

Elected Members
Vote share of Winning candidates [2]
2019 (Bye-Election)
 
 73.86%
2019
 
 59.78%
2018 (Bye-Election)
 
 56.61%
2014
 
 32.15%
2009
 
 40.91%
2004
 
 53.97%
2000
 
 53.99%
1995
 
 35.33%
1990
 
 63.54%
1985
 
 58.46%
1980
 
 48.71%
1977
 
 63.37%

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

2019 By-Election

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.

By-election, 2019: Bijepur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Rita Sahu 1,35,957 73.86 Increase14.08
BJP Sanat Kumar Gartia 37,967 20.62 Decrease8.29
INC Dillip Kumar Panda 5,873 3.2 Decrease4.55
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

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.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bijepur [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Naveen Patnaik 1,10,604 59.78 Increase27.90
BJP Sanat Kumar Gartia 53,482 28.91 Increase10.81
INC Ripunath Seth 14,344 7.75 Decrease24.4
BSP Ashok Kalet 1,200 0.65 Decrease0.21
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

In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Subal Sahu defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Prasanna Acharya by a margin of 458 votes.[7]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bijepur[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Subal Sahu 53,290 32.15 Decrease8.76
BJD Prasanna Acharya 52,832 31.88 Decrease2.57
BJP Jayshankar Pattanaik 30,001 18.1 Increase4.08
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 Decrease3.2
TMC 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

In 2009 election Indian National Congress candidate Subal Sahu, defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Prabhat Aditya Mishra by 18,066 votes.[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bijepur[11]
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
  1. "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.
  2. "125 - Bijepur Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 5 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
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  5. "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  6. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  7. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  8. "Odisha - Bijepur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  9. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Bijepur (2)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  10. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013. 8971
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