Bijepur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Bijepur
Constituency No. 2 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
State Odisha
District Bargarh
LS constituency Bargarh
Established1961
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA Rita Sahu
Party[[]]
Elected year 2019

Bijepur is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Odisha. [1] This constituency include Bijepur block, Gaisilat block and Barpali block. [2] [3]

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Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [4]
2019 (Bye-Election)
73.86%
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%

17 elections held during 1961 to 2019 including Bye-Elections. List of members elected from this constituency are: [5]


Election results

2019 Bye-Election

In 2019 Bye-Election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rita Sahu defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sanat Kumar Gartia by a margin of 97,990 votes.

Bye-election, 2019: Bijepur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJD Rita Sahu1,35,95773.86Increase2.svg14.08
BJP Sanat Kumar Gartia37,96720.62Decrease2.svg8.29
INC Dillip Kumar Panda5,8733.2Decrease2.svg4.55
NOTA None of the above1,9821.070.16
Majority97,99053.23
Turnout 1,84,05979.32
BJD hold Swing

2019

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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJD Naveen Patnaik1,10,60459.78Increase2.svg27.90
BJP Sanat Kumar Gartia53,48228.91Increase2.svg10.81
INC Ripunath Seth14,3447.75Decrease2.svg24.4
BSP Ashok Kalet1,2000.65Decrease2.svg0.21
Independent Birendra Kumar Bag8870.48-
IndependentPurna Chandra Panda2,8321.53-
NOTA None of the above1,6750.91-
Majority57,12230.87
Turnout 1,85,02479.69
BJD gain from INC Swing

2014

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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Subal Sahu53,29032.15Decrease2.svg8.76
BJD Prasanna Acharya52,83231.88Decrease2.svg2.57
BJP Jayshankar Pattanaik30,00118.1Increase2.svg4.08
Independent Ashok Kumar Panigrahi18,23211.0-
OJM Kishor Daphadar2,9311.77-
AAP Suresh Tripathy1,6591.0-
API Purna Chandra Paik1,5610.94-
BSP Jayram Bag1,4290.86Decrease2.svg3.2
AITC Rohita Kumar Sahu9350.56-
RPI (D) Kumar Nanda8380.51-
AOP Sachidananda Patra7540.45-
NOTA None of the above1,2850.78-
Majority4580.286.17
Turnout 1,65,74780.2910.06
Registered electors 2,06,436
INC hold

2009

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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Subal Sahu56,86440.91-
BJD Prabhat Aditya Mishra47,89334.45-
BJP Mohammad Rafique 19,49314.02-
BSP Milan Mahattam5,6444.06-
Independent Sakuntala Mahapatra5,1243.69-
KOKD Narendra Kumar Hota2,2571.62-
JD(U) Kuber Jal Yadav1,7381.25-
Majority8,9716.45-
Turnout 1,39,01870.23-
INC hold

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