Dharmagarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Dharmagarh
Constituency No. 79 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Odisha
District	Kalahandi
LS constituency	Kalahandi
Established	1957
Total electors	232,513 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Mousadhi Bag
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2019

Dharmagarh is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kalahandi district, Odisha. ^[2]

This constituency includes Dharmgarh block, Kalampur block, Koksara block, and 2 Gram panchayats (Bandigaon and Ranamal) of Jaipatana block. ^{[3] [4]}

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Puspendra Singh Deo defeated Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Rabindra Pattjoshi by a margin of 16,158 votes. ^[5]

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Puspendra Singh Deo defeated Indian National Congress candidate Rahasbihari Behera by a margin of 22,906 votes. ^[6]

Elected members

Vote share of winning candidates [7]
2019			34.75%
2014			32.76%
2009			35.83%
2004			48.25%
2000			42.44%
1995			31.64%
1990			54.66%
1985			61.45%
1980			51.80%
1977			41.57%

Thirteen elections were held between 1957 and 2009. The elected members from the Dharmagarh constituency are: ^{[8] [9]}

• 2019: (79): Mousadhi Bag (BJD)
• 2014: (79): Puspendra Singh Deo (BJD) ^[10]
• 2009: (79): Puspendra Singh Deo (BJD)
• 2004: (96): Bira Sipka (BJD)
• 2000: (96): Bira Sipka (BJD)
• 1995: (96): Bira Sipka (Janata Dal)
• 1990: (96): Bharat Bhusan Bemal (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (96): Jugaram Behera (Congress)
• 1980: (96): Gajanan Nayak (Congress-I)
• 1977: (96): Gajanan Nayak (Congress)
• 1974: (96): Dayanidhi Naik (Swatantra Party)
• 1971: (90): Lochan Dhangada Majhi (Swatantra Party)
• 1967: (90): Lochan Dhangada Majhi (Swatantra Party)
• 1961: (38): Mukund Naik (Ganatantra Parishad)
• 1957: (28): Janardan Majhi (Ganatantra Parishad)

2019 Election Result

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Dharmagarh ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Mousadhi Bag	68,291	34.75	1.99
	BJP	Anant Pratap Deo	52,193	26.56	2.63
	INC	Digambar Duria	42,593	21.67	3.32
	Independent	Rabindra Kumar Pattjoshi	22,839	11.62
	BSP	Jubaraj Parabhoi	1,926	0.98	0.30
	HND	Ghasiram Nial	1,631	0.83
	BMP	Nirmal Jal	1,557	0.79
	API	Puspalata Chouhan	1,634	0.83
	Independent	Bajrang Agarwal	1,664	0.85
	NOTA	None of the above	2,210	1.12
Majority			16,158	8.83
Turnout
	BJD hold		Swing

2014 election Result

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Dharmagarh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Puspendra Singh Deo	59,931	32.76
	BJP	Rabindra Pattjoshi	43,773	23.93
	INC	Tushar Ranjan Pattjoshi	33,569	18.35
	AAP	Bishnu Prasad Agrawal
	AOP	Shyam Sundar Panda
	BSP	Sibaram Naik
	CPI	Sushanta Kumar Naik
	SP	Dhanugopal
	SKD	Kuber Sahu
	SAMO	Digambar Duria
	Kalinga Sena	Akrur Prasad Sethia
	NOTA	None of the above
Registered electors
	BJD hold		Swing

Summary of results of the 2009 election

2009 Vidhan Sabha election, Dharmagarh ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Puspendra Singh Deo	56,470	35.83	-12.42
	INC	Rahasbihari Behera	33,564	21.30	-14.45
	BJP	Janardan Panda	31,573	20.03	-
	SP	Surendra Kumar Pattjoshi	18,834	11.95	-
	BSP	Kalyani Naik	4,393	2.79	-
	SAMO	Hira Bag	4,015	2.55	-
	Independent	Subash Chandra Naik	2,557	1.62	-
	Kalinga Sena	Baikuntha Dhangdamajhi	2,057	0.94	-
	Independent	Bhubaneswar Durga	1,452	0.92	-
	Independent	Gobinda Chandra Rout	1,432	0.91	-
	Independent	Prahalad Agarwal	1,265	0.80	-
Majority			22,906	14.53 [lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,57,621	71.66	-
	BJD hold		Swing	7.14 [lower-alpha 3]

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. 2004 voter turnout was 64.52%

References

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