Khariar Assembly constituency

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

Khariar
Constituency No. 72 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Nuapada
LS constituency	Kalahandi
Established	1961
Total electors	2,17,682 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

Khariar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Nuapada district, Odisha. ^[2]

This constituency includes Khariar NAC, Khariar block, Boden block and Sinapali Block. ^{[3] [4]}

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [5]
2024			46.89%
2019			33.52%
2014			34.42%
2009			37.07%
2004			54.18%
2000			61.08%
1995			49.41%
1990			49.05%
1985			25.78%
1980			40.04%
1977			55.68%

Since its formation in 1961, 14 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Khariar constituency are: ^{[6] [7]}

Election	Name	Party
2024	Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi		BJD
2019	Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi		INC
2014	Duryodhan Majhi		BJP
2009	Hitesh Kumar Bagartti		BJP
2004	Duryodhan Majhi		BJD
2000	Duryodhan Majhi		BJD
1995	Duryodhan Majhi		JD
1990	Duryodhan Majhi		JD
1985	Anupa Singh Deo		INC
1980	Anupa Singh Deo		Independent
1977	Kapil Narayan Tiwari		Independent
1974	Anupa Singh Deo		Utkal Congress
1971 : Constituency did not exist
1967	Anupa Singh Deo		INC
1961	Anupa Singh Deo		SWA

Election results

2024

Voting were held on 13th May 2024 in 1st phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. ^[8]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Khariar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi	93246	46.89	13.37
	BJP	Hitesh Kumar Bagartti	83628	42.05
	INC	KAMAL CHARAN TANDI	13330	6.7
	Odisha Janata Party	UDDHAB MAJHI	1759	0.88
	SP	BUDHARU BIHARI	1187	0.6
	Independent	RANGADHAR MAJHI	1186	0.6
	Independent	SHREEKANT CHATTERJEE	2104	1.06
	NOTA	None of the above	2436	1.22
Majority			9618
Turnout			198876
	BJD gain from INC

2019

In 2019 election, Indian National Congress candidate Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Lambodar Nial by a margin of 2,857 votes.

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi	59,308	33.52	3.37
	BJD	Lambodar Nial	56,451	31.90	3.39
	BJP	Ritarani Bagartti	52,245	29.53	4.89
	BSP	Purna Chandra Netam	1,894	1.07	0.15
	SKD	Sanjay Kumar Naik	914	0.52
	AAP	Rangadhar Majhi	1,194	0.67
	Independent	Budharu Bihari	906	0.51
	Independent	Pramod Kumar Dandsena	842	0.48
	NOTA	None of the above	1360	0.77
Majority			2,857	1.62
Turnout			176935	74.18
	INC gain from BJP

2014

In 2014 election, Bhartiya Janta Party candidate Duryodhan Majhi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi by a margin of 7,126 votes. ^[11]

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Duryodhan Majhi	57,533	34.42	2.65
	INC	Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi	50,407	30.15	9.90
	BJD	Lambodar Nial	47,655	28.51	0.64
	BSP	Sudhir Kumar Sahoo	2,038	1.22	0.27
	Independent	Nimai Charan Tandi	1,622	0.97
	OJM	Deb Deb Prasad Singh Deo	1,222	0.73
	Koshal Mukti Morcha	Jaleswar Suna	1029	0.62
	Independent	Satrughan Behera	902	0.54
	SP	Sanyashi Das	853	0.51
	AOP	Bhramar Bag	604	0.36
	Independent	Radheshyam Sagar	595	0.36
	Independent	Kishor Kumar Bag	512	0.31
	NOTA	None of the above	2,198	1.31	-
Majority			7,126	4.26	-3.65
Turnout			1,67,170	76.8	9.49
Registered electors			2,17,682
	BJP hold

2009

In 2009 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Hitesh Kumar Bagartti defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Duryodhan Majhi by a margin of 11,366 votes. ^[14]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Khariar ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Hitesh Kumar Bagartti	53,238	37.07	-
	BJD	Duryodhan Majhi	41,872	29.15	-
	INC	Baishampayan Meher	29,080	20.25	-
	SAMO	Deb Deb Prasad Singh Deo	8,248	5.74	-
	Independent	Bhisma Sunani	2,658	1.85	-
	RPI(A)	Kishor Kumar Bag	2,228	1.55	-
	BSP	Kirtan Bag	2,140	1.49	-
	Independent	Makunda Kharsel	1,841	1.28	-
	Independent	Chulamani Bhoi	1,445	1.01	-
	Kalinga Sena	Ramnath Panda	874	0.61	-
Majority			11,366	7.91 [lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,43,709	67.31	-0.36 [lower-alpha 3]
	BJP gain from BJD

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. % of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 67.67%

References

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