Bari, Odisha Assembly constituency

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

For constituency in Rajasthan, see Bari, Rajasthan Assembly constituency.

Bari
Constituency No. 49 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Jajpur district
LS constituency	Jajpur
Established	1974
Total electors	185,250
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Biswa Ranjan Mallick
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

Bari is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jajpur district, Odisha. ^[1]

Area of this constituency includes Bari block and 8 GPs (Badasuar, Chhatisdebil, Erabanka, Jhalapada, Sanasuar, Rudrapur, Sahaspur and Sujanpur) of Jajpur block and 10GPs (Atalpur, Samantarapur, Routrapur, Prathamakhandi, Rajendrapur, Arthanga, Mangarajpur, Brahmabarada, Bandhadiha and Maheswarpur) of Rasulpur block. ^{[2] [3]}

This constituency was known as Bari-Derabisi from 1974 to 2004.

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [4]
2024			63.77%
2019			48.28%
2014			44.44%
2009			51.23%
2004			53.00%
2000			56.52%
1995			45.98%
1990			56.58%
1985			53.35%
1980			55.55%
1977			51.07%

Since its formation in 1974, 12 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Bari constituency are: ^{[5] [6]}

Year	Member	Party
2024	Biswa Ranjan Mallick		BJD
2019	Sunanda Das [7]		BJD
2014	Debasis Nayak		BJD
2009	Debasis Nayak		BJD
2004	Debasis Nayak		BJD
2000	Debasis Nayak		BJD
1995	Chinmaya Prasad Behura		INC
1990	Kulamani Rout		JD
1985	Srikant Kumar Jena		JP
1980	Srikant Kumar Jena		JP(S)
1977	Srikant Kumar Jena		JP
1974	Prahlad Mallik		Utkal Congress

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. ^[8]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Bari

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Biswa Ranjan Mallick	101,966	63.77	15.49
	BJP	Umesh Chandra Jena	50,501	31.58	14.00
	INC	Debashish Nayak	4,106	2.57	2.14
	NOTA	None of the above	569	0.36	0.06
Majority			51,465
Turnout			159,903
	BJD hold		Swing

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sunanda Das defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Biswaranjan Mallick by a margin of 4,062 votes. ^[9]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bari ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sunanda Das	72,559	48.28
	BJP	Biswaranjan Mallick	68,497	45.58
	INC	Umesh Chandra Jena	7,082	4.71
	Independent	Manoranjan Pati	273	0.18
	BSP	Rohit Kumar Mallick	676	0.45
	HND	Asit Kumar Ray	444	0.30
	Krupaa Party	Akshaya Kumar Kar	310	0.21
	NOTA	None of the above	447	0.30	−
Majority			4062	13.36	2.70
Turnout			1,50,288	70.60
Registered electors			2,10,354
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Debasis Nayak defeated Independent candidate Biswaranjan Mallick by a margin of 7,173 votes. ^[11]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bari ^{[12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Debasis Nayak	59,800	44.44	−6.79
	Independent	Biswaranjan Mallick	52,627	39.11
	BJP	Nilamani Samal	9,183	6.82	0.5
	INC	Gagan Jena	7,682	5.71	−34.72
	Independent	Mahendra Kumar Nayak	2,947	2.19
	AAP	Pulin Bihari Khuntia	807	0.6
	BSP	Bhimsen Behera	419	0.31	−0.37
	SKD	Ananda Chandra Jena	289	0.21
	NOTA	None of the above	807	0.6	−
Majority			7173	13.36	3.47
Turnout			1,34,561	71.09	12.22
Registered electors			1,89,271
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Debasis Nayak defeated Indian National Congress candidate Naba Kishore Samal by a margin of 11,767 votes. ^[14]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bari ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Debasis Nayak	55,842	51.23	−
	INC	Naba Kishore Samal	44,075	40.43	−
	BJP	Jagannath Prasad Samal	6,888	6.32	−
	SAMO	Manoranjan Jena	841	0.77	−
	BSP	Rohit Kumar Mallick	741	0.68	−
	SP	Ashok Kumar Mohanty	618	0.57	−
Majority			11,767	10.79 [lower-alpha 1]	−
Turnout			1,09,052	58.87	−
	BJD hold

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

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