Bijepur Assembly constituency

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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
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2019

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

Elected Members[edit]

Vote share of winning candidates[2]
2019 (Bypoll)
73.86%
2019
59.78%
2018 (Bypoll)
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%

Since its formation in 1961,18 elections were held during including 3 By-Elections on 1991, 2018 and 2019.

List of members elected from Bijepur Constituency are:[3]

Year Member Party
2024
2019 (bypoll) Rita Sahu[4] BJD
2019 Naveen Patnaik[5] BJD
2018 (bypoll) Rita Sahu BJD
2014 Subal Sahu INC
2009 Subal Sahu INC
2004 Subal Sahu INC
2000 Ashok Kumar Panigrahy BJD
1995 Ripunath Setha INC
1991 (bypoll) Kishorimani Singh JD
1990 Nikunja Bihari Singh JD
1985 Nikunja Bihari Singh JD
1980 Rajib Lochan Hota INC
1977 Nityananda Gadatia JP
1974 Gananatha Pradhan Utkal Congress
1971 Tribikram Malik Jana Congress
1967 Mohan Nag INC
1961 Mohan Nag INC

Election results[edit]

2024[edit]

Voting were held on 20th May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[6]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Bijepur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Rita Sahu
BJP Sanat Kumar Gartia
INC Kishor Dafadar
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
gain from Swing

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.

By-election, 2019: Bijepur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Rita Sahu 135,957 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

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.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bijepur[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Naveen Patnaik 110,604 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 hold

2018 By-election[edit]

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]

By-election, 2019: Bijepur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Rita Sahu 102,871 56.61 Increase24.73
BJP Ashok Kumar Panigrahy 60,939 33.54 Increase15.53
INC Pranaya Kumar Sahu 10274 5.65 Decrease26.5
NOTA None of the above 1684 0.93
Majority 41,932 23.1
Turnout 1,81,716 82.17
BJD gain from INC Swing 24.46

2014[edit]

In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Subal Sahu defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Prasanna Acharya by a margin of 458 votes.[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bijepur[10][11]
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
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.[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bijepur[13]
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]

  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
  3. ^ "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)
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  6. ^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
  7. ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Bye election for Odisha 2 Bijepur (AC)". ECI.
  9. ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  10. ^ "Odisha - Bijepur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  11. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Bijepur (2)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  12. ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013. 8971
  13. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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