Bargarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Bargarh
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Bargarh
Blocks	Bargarh, Barpali
Electorate	1,98,554
Major settlements	Bargarh
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	Biju Janata Dal
MLA	Debesh Acharya
Const. No.	3
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Bargarh

Bargarh (Sl. No.: 3) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bargarh district. ^[1] Area of this constituency include Bargarh, Bargarh block and part of Barpali block. ^{[2] [3]}

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [4]
2019			46.48%
2014			40.67%
2009			40.38%
2004			42.10%
2000			63.43%
1995			49.34%
1990			64.85%
1985			54.21%
1980			60.00%
1977			55.42%

16 elections held during 1951 to 2019. List of members elected from this constituency are: ^[5]

• 2019: Debesh Acharya (BJD)
• 2014: Debesh Acharya (BJD)
• 2009: Sadhu Nepak (Congress)
• 2004: Ananda Acharya (BJD)
• 2000: Ananda Acharya (BJD)
• 1995: Prasanna Acharya (Janata Dal)
• 1990: Prasanna Acharya (Janata Dal)
• 1985: Jadumani Pradhan (Congress)
• 1980: Jadumani Pradhan (Congress)-1
• 1977: Nabin Kumar Pradhan (Janata Dal)
• 1974: Nabin Kumar Pradhan (Utkal Congress)
• 1971: Chittaranjan Kar (Jana Congress)
• 1967: Bharat Chandra Hota (Congress)
• 1961: Gananath Pradhan (Independent)
• 1957: Nikunja Bihari Singh (Ganatantra Parishad), and Mahananda Bahadur (Ganatantra Parishad)
• 1951: Tirthabasi Pradhan (Congress)

2019 Election Result

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Debesh Acharya defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ashwini Kumar Sarangi by a margin of 8,452 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bargarh ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Debesh Acharya	75,133	46.48	5.81
	BJP	Ashwini Kumar Sarangi	66,681	41.25	25.69
	INC	Nipon Kumar Dash	16,305	10.09	21.53
	BSP	Kaustuva Budhia	1,731	1.07	0.19
	NOTA	None of the above	1,790	1.11	-
Majority			8,452	5.22
Turnout			1,61,640	72.84
	BJD hold		Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Debesh Acharya defeated Indian National Congress candidate Sadhu Nepak by a margin of 13,204 votes. ^[7]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bargarh ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Debesh Acharya	59,350	40.67	1.99
	INC	Sadhu Nepak	46,146	31.62	8.76
	BJP	Ashwini Kumar Sarangi	22,707	15.56	6.41
	OJM	Debabrata Mishra	10,699	7.33	-
	AAP	Arun Kumar Sahu	2,556	1.75	-
	BSP	Surendra Kumar Tandi	1,894	1.3	-
	AITC	Md. Nijamudin Saha	813	0.56	-
	NOTA	None of the above	1,754	1.2	-
Majority			13,204	9.05
Turnout			1,45,919	73.49	8.54
Registered electors			1,98,554
	BJD gain from INC

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election Indian National Congress candidate Sadhu Nepak, defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Ananda Acharya by 1,969 votes. ^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bargarh ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sadhu Nepak	46,762	40.38	-
	BJD	Ananda Acharya	44,793	38.68	-
	BJP	Sureswar Satapathy	10,594	9.15	-
	Samajwadi_Jan_Parishad	Lingaraj	8,459	7.31	-
	BSP	Pramod Luhura	2,513	2.17	-
	SP	Debendra Swain	1,340	1.16	-
	SAMO	Sanjukta Sika	1,330	1.15	-
Majority			1,969	1.70 [lower-alpha 1]
Turnout			1,16,825	64.95
	INC gain from BJD

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

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