Bijepur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Bijepur (Sl. No.: 2) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Odisha.[1] This constituency include Bijepur block, Gaisilat block and Barpali block.[2][3]

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

Bijepur
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
DistrictBargarh
BlocksBijepur, Gaisilat, Barpali
Major settlementsBijepur
Current constituency
Created1961
PartyBJD
MLARita Sahu
Const. No.2
Lok Sabha ConstituenciesBargarh

Elected Members
Vote share of Winning candidates [4]
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%

14 elections held during 1961 to 2019. List of members elected from this constituency are:[5]

  • 2019 (Bye-Election): Rita Sahu (BJD)
  • 2019 : Naveen Patnaik (BJD) (Resigned)
  • 2018 (Bye-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: (Bye-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)


2019 Bye poll
Bye-election, 2019: Bijepur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Rita Sahu 1,35,957
BJP Sanat Kumar Gartia 37,967
INC Dillip Kumar Panda 5,873
NOTA None of the above 1,982
Majority 97,990
Turnout 1,84,059 79.32
BJD hold Swing

2019 Election Result

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 27.9
INC Ripunath Seth 14,344 7.75 -24.4
BJP Sanat Kumar Gartia 53,482 28.91 10.81
BSP Ashok Kalet 1,200 0.65 -0.21
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
Turnout 1,85,024
BJD hold Swing

2014 Election Result

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 -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 -
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 -3.2
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 Election Result

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
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  2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  3. Seats of Odisha
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  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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.
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  11. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf
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