Athagarh Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India
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Athagarh (Sl. No.: 89) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Cuttack district, Odisha.[1]
| Athagarh | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 89 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| Division | Central Division |
| District | Cuttack |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Cuttack |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 2,14,063[a][b] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Biju Janata Dal |
| Elected year | 2024 |
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
Since its formation in 1951, 20 elections were held till date including 3 By elections in 1967, 1980 and 2012.[3]
List of members elected from Athagarh constituency are:[4]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024[5] | Ranendra Pratap Swain | Biju Janata Dal | |
| 2019[6] | |||
| 2014[7] | |||
| 2012 (bypoll)[c][8] | |||
| 2009 | Ramesh Jena | Independent politician | |
| 2004 | Ranendra Pratap Swain | Biju Janata Dal | |
| 2000 | |||
| 1995 | Janata Dal | ||
| 1990 | |||
| 1985 | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik | Indian National Congress | |
| 1980 (bypoll)[d][9] | Indian National Congress (I) | ||
| 1980 | Rasananda Sahu | ||
| 1977 | Rasamanjari Devi | Janata Party | |
| 1974 | Radhanath Rath | Independent politician | |
| 1971 | |||
| 1967 (bypoll)[e] | |||
| 1967 | Pabitra Mohan Pradhan | Orissa Jana Congress | |
| 1961 | Achyutananda Das | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Radhanath Rath | ||
| 1951 | |||
Election results
2024
Voting were held on 25 May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.[10] In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ranendra Pratap Swain defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Abhaya Kumar Barik by a margin of 3,584 votes.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Ranendra Pratap Swain | 86,006 | 49.46 | ||
| BJP | Abhaya Kumar Barik | 82,422 | 47.40 | ||
| INC | Sudarshan Sahoo | 2,405 | 1.38 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 740 | 0.43 | ||
| Majority | 3,584 | 2.06 | |||
| Turnout | 1,73,881 | 81.23 | |||
| BJD hold | |||||
2019
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.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Ranendra Pratap Swain | 98,114 | 60.39 | ||
| BJP | Brajendra Kumar Ray | 40,119 | 24.69 | ||
| INC | Uma Ballav Rath | 10,945 | 6.74 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 896 | 0.55 | ||
| Majority | 57,995 | 35.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,62,475 | 79.73 | |||
| BJD hold | |||||
2014
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ranendra Pratap Swain defeated Indian National Congress candidate Bichitrananda Muduli by a margin of 68,487 votes.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Ranendra Pratap Swain | 102,605 | 69.70 | − | |
| INC | Bichitrananda Muduli | 34,118 | 23.18 | − | |
| BJP | Biswa Sundar Mishra | 7,132 | 4.84 | − | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,572 | 1.07 | − | |
| Majority | 68,487 | 46.52 | |||
| Turnout | 1,47,212 | 79.84 | |||
| BJD hold | |||||
2012 Bypoll
In 2012 by-election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ranendra Pratap Swain defeated Indian National Congress candidate Suresh Mohapatra by a margin of 47,390 votes.[8]
| 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
In 2009 election, Independent candidate Ramesh Rout defeated Independent candidate Bichitrananda Muduli by a margin of 30,351 votes.[13]
| 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 | − | |
| Majority | 25,590 | 20.32[f] | − | ||
| Turnout | 1,25,949 | 72.26 | − | ||
| Registered electors | 1,74,301 | ||||
| Independent gain from BJD | |||||