Deogarh Assembly constituency

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

Deogarh
Constituency No. 19 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Deogarh
LS constituency	Sambalpur
Established	1957
Total electors	239,706
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Romanch Ranjan Biswal
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

Deogarh is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Debagarh district. ^[1]

This constituency includes Debagarh, Tileibani block, Barkote block and Reamal block. ^{[2] [3]}

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [4]
2024			45.02%
2019			41.52%
2014			53.87%
2009			38.99%
2004			51.19%
2000			39.27%
1995			42.78%
1990			72.38%
1985			45.80%
1980			43.63%
1977			60.62%

Since its formation in 1957, 17 elections were held till date including in one bypoll in 1998. It was a 2 member constituency for 1957.

List of members elected from Deogarh constituency are: ^[5]

Year	Member	Party
2024	Romanch Ranjan Biswal		BJD
2019	Subash Chandra Panigrahi [6] [7]		BJP
2014	Nitesh Ganga Dev		BJP
2009	Sanjeeb Kumar Pradhan		BJD
2004	Nitesh Ganga Dev		INC
2000	Subash Chandra Panigrahi		BJP
1998 (bypoll) [lower-alpha 1]	Subash Chandra Panigrahi		BJP
1995	Pradipta Gangdev		JD
1990	Pradipta Gangdev		JD
1985	Raja Kishore Pradhan		INC
1980	Aswini Kumar Behera		INC
1977	Bhanuganga Tribhuban Deb		JP
1974	Bhanuganga Tribhuban Deb		SWA
1971	Bhanuganga Tribhuban Deb		SWA
1967	Bhanuganga Tribhuban Deb		SWA
1961	Jayadev Thakur		SWA
1957 [lower-alpha 2]	Jayadev Thakur		AIGP
	Rani Jyotimanjari Debi		AIGP

Election results

2024

Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. ^[8]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Deogarh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Romanch Ranjan Biswal	89,074	45.02	7.46
	BJP	Subhash Chandra Panigrahi	73,282	37.03	4.49
	INC	Sem Hembram	28,279	14.29	1.03
	NOTA	None of the above	2,767	1.40	0.67
Majority			15,792
Turnout			197,873
	BJD gain from BJP		Swing

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Subash Chandra Panigrahi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Romancha Ranjan Biswal by a margin of 7,106 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Deogarh ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Subash Chandra Panigrahi	74,355	41.52	12.35
	BJD	Romancha Ranjan Biswal	67,249	37.56	6.97
	INC	Uma Shankar Sahu	27,426	15.32	6.42
	BSP	Kandarpa Patra	1,831	1.02	0.55
	HND	Satyabrata Panigrahi	460	0.26	−
	KJD	Alaka Pradhan	1,147	0.64	−
	PBI	Dolakara Bhoi	969	0.54	0.06
	Independent	Dolagobinda Naik	453	0.25	−
	Independent	Narendra Kumar Pradhan	711	0.4	−
	Independent	Prahallad Charan Garnayak	539	0.3	−
	Independent	Manoranjan Mishra	557	0.31	−
	Independent	Mukesh Kumar Mahanayak	1256	0.7	−
	Independent	Romanchala Khadiratna	797	0.45	−
	NOTA	None of the above	1313	0.73	048
Majority			7,106	3.96
Turnout			1,79,063	74.7
	BJP hold

2014

In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nitesh Ganga Dev defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Anita Pradhan by a margin of 38,739 votes. ^[10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Deogarh ^{[11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nitesh Ganga Dev	89,636	53.87	30.15
	BJD	Anita Pradhan	50,897	30.59	8.4
	INC	Sem Hemram	14,809	8.9	22.4
	BSP	Rajib Kisan	2,615	1.57	0.49
	AOP	Satya Narayan Pani	1,687	1.01	−
	API	Kalakar Naik	1,515	0.91	−
	OJM	Sudhir Kumar Brahma	1,426	0.86	−
	Independent	Amar Keshari Gangadeb	1,001	0.6	−
	PBI	Dolakar Bhoi	797	0.48	−
	NOTA	None of the above	2011	1.21
Majority			38,739	23.28
Turnout			1,66,394	78.97	7.89
Registered electors			2,10,712
	BJP gain from BJD

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sanjeeb Kumar Pradhan defeated Indian National Congress candidate Nitesh Ganga Dev by a margin of 10,705 votes. ^[13]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Deogarh ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sanjeeb Kumar Pradhan	54,267	38.99	−
	INC	Nitesh Ganga Dev	43,561	31.30	−
	BJP	Subash Chandra Panigrahi	33,009	23.72	−
	SAMO	Gangadhar Behera	2,158	1.55	−
	SP	Suresh Behera	2,065	1.48	−
	BSP	Bijay Kumar Pradhan	1,502	1.08	−
	Kosal Kranti Dal	Purusottam Patro	1,001	0.72	−
	Indian Justice Party	Ganeshwar Pradhan	870	0.63	−
	Kalinga Sena	Subhransu Sekhar Sahu	749	0.54	−
Majority			10,705	7.69 [lower-alpha 3]
Turnout			1,39,257	71.08
	BJD gain from INC

Notes

1. Death of Pradipta Gangdev
2. It was a 2 member constituency
3. %of total valid votes

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