Bijepur Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India
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Bijepur is a Assembly constituency of Bargarh district in Odisha State. It was established in 1961.[1]
| Bijepur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 2 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| Division | Northen Division |
| District | Bargarh |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bargarh |
| Established | 1961 |
| Total electors | 2,41,753[a][b] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Extent of Assembly Constituencies
- Gaisilet Block
- Bijepur Block
- Barpali Block : Patkulunda, Remta, Bandhpali, Khemesara, Kainsir, Satalma, Barguda, Mahada, Tileimal, Agalpur, Bhatigaon, Raxa, Gopeipali, Tinkani, Tulundi and Kumbhari GPs
- Barpali NAC.[2]
Elected members
Since its formation in 1961,18 elections were held during including 3 By-Elections in 1991, 2018 and 2019.
List of members elected from Bijepur Constituency are:[4]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024[5] | Sanat Kumar Gartia | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2019 (bypoll)[c][6] | Rita Sahu | Biju Janata Dal | |
| 2019[7] | Naveen Patnaik | ||
| 2018 (bypoll)[d][8] | Rita Sahu | ||
| 2014[9] | Subal Sahu | Indian National Congress | |
| 2009[10] | |||
| 2004 | |||
| 2000 | Ashok Kumar Panigrahy | Biju Janata Dal | |
| 1995 | Ripunath Seth | Indian National Congress | |
| 1991 (bypoll)[e][11] | Kishorimani Singh | Janata Dal | |
| 1990 | Nikunja Bihari Singh | ||
| 1985 | Janata Party | ||
| 1980 | Rajib Lochan Hota | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1977 | Nityananda Gartia | Janata Party | |
| 1974 | Gananath Pradhan | Utkal Congress | |
| 1971 | Tribikram Malik | Indian National Congress (R) | |
| 1967 | Mohan Nag | Indian National Congress | |
| 1961 | |||
Election results
2024
Voting were held on 20 May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.[12] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sanat Kumar Gartia defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Rita Sahu by a margin of 10,066 votes.[5][13]
2019 Bypoll
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.[6][14]
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.[7][15]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Naveen Patnaik | 110,604 | 59.78 |  27.90 | |
| BJP | Sanat Kumar Gartia | 53,482 | 28.91 | 10.81 | |
| INC | Ripunath Seth | 14,344 | 7.75 |  24.4 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,675 | 0.91 | − | |
| Majority | 57,122 | 30.87 | |||
| Turnout | 1,85,024 | 79.69 | |||
| BJD hold | |||||
2018 Bypoll
In 2018 By-Election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rita Sahu defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ashok Kumar Panigrahy by a margin of 41,932 votes.[8][17]
2014
In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Subal Sahu defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Prasanna Acharya by a margin of 458 votes.[9]
| 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 | − | |
| 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]