Barchana (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Barchana
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Jajpur
Blocks	Barachana
Electorate	1,61,200
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	BJD
MLA	Amar Prasad Satapathy
Const. No.	50
Reserved for	None
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Jajpur

Barchana or Badchana (Sl. No.: 50) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jajpur district, Odisha. ^[1] Area of this constituency include Barachana block. ^{[2] [3]}

Elected members

Vote share of Winning candidates [4]
2019			46.64%
2014			42.07%
2009			40.38%
2004			50.79%
2000			51.07%
1995			48.36%
1990			55.53%
1985			60.33%
1980			54.94%
1977			43.7%

15 elections held during 1951 to 2014. Elected members from the Barachana constituency are: ^{[5] [6]}

• 2019: (50): Amar Prasad Satapathy (BJD)
• 2014: (50): Amar Prasad Satapathy (BJD)
• 2009: (50): Amar Prasad Satapathy (NCP)
• 2004: (27): Sitakanta Mohapatra (Congress)
• 2000: (27): Amar Prasad Satapathy (BJD)
• 1995: (27): Amar Prasad Satapathy (Janata Dal)
• 1990: (27): Amar Prasad Satapathy (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (27): Sitakanta Mohapatra (Congress)
• 1980: (27): Sitakanta Mohapatra (Congress-I)
• 1977: (27): Managobinda Samal (Janata Party)
• 1974: (27): Dusasan Jena (CPI(M))
• 1971: (24): Managobinda Samal (SUCI)
• 1967: (24): Jagannath Das (Praja Socialist Party)
• 1961: (115): Dhananjaya Lenka (Congress)
• 1957: (82): Jadumani Mangaraj (Congress)
• 1951: (65): Nabakrushna Choudhuri (Congress)

2019 election results

In 2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Amar Prasad Satapathy defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Amar Kumar Nayak a margin of 1485 votes. ^[7]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Barchana ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Amar Prasad Satpathy	64,084	46.64
	BJP	Amar Kumar Nayak	62,599	45.55
	INC	Ajay Kumar Samal	9,322	6.78
	BSP	Umakanta Malik	380	0.28
	Independent	Jatindra Kumar Sahoo	227	0.17
	Independent	Mrutyunjay Prasanna Parida	180	0.13
	NOTA	None	475	0.35
Majority			1,485	1.09	-12.27
Turnout			1,37,415	74.7
Registered electors			1,81,507
	BJD hold

2014 election results

In 2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Amar Prasad Satapathy defeated Indian National Congress candidate Janmejoy Lenka a margin of 16,939 votes. ^[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Barchana ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Amar Prasad Satpathy	53,322	42.07
	INC	Janmejoy Lenka	36,383	28.7	-1.79
	Independent	Amar Kumar Nayak	26,260	20.72
	Independent	Rajnarayan Mohapatra	5,048	3.98
	BJP	Simantini Jena	3,564	2.81	0.36
	Independent	Bikram Dash	608	0.48
	AAP	Durga Prasad Das	505	0.4
	SKD	Sangram Keshari Jena	288	0.23
	Independent	Jatindra Kumar Sahoo	215	0.17
	NOTA	None	567	0.45	-
Majority			16,939	13.36	3.47
Turnout			1,26,760	77.48	10.66
Registered electors			1,63,603
	BJD gain from NCP

Results of the 2009 election

In 2009 election, Nationalist Congress Party candidate Amar Prasad Satapathy defeated Indian National Congress candidate Sitakanta Mohapatra by a margin of 10,649 votes. ^[11]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Barachana ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Amar Prasad Satapathy	43,473	40.38	-
	INC	Sitakanta Mohapatra	32,824	30.49	-
	Independent	Janmejoy Lenka	25,409	23.60	-
	BJP	Pabitra Mohan Samantaray	2,633	2.45	-
	SAMO	Mandakini Jema	1,517	1.41	-
	LJP	Balaram Nayak	791	0.73	-
	Independent	Naba Kishore Dalai	482	0.45	-
	JD(U)	Lalit Mohan Nanda	309	0.29	-
	Kalinga Sena	Jatindra Kumar Sahoo	229	0.21	-
Majority			10,649	9.89 [lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,07,708	66.82	-

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

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