Patnagarh Assembly constituency

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

Patnagarh
Constituency No. 67 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Balangir
LS constituency	Balangir
Established	1951
Total electors	2,51,089 [1] [a]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Patnagarh is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balangir district, Odisha. ^[2]

This constituency includes Patnagarh, Patnagarh block, Belpara block and Khaprakhol block. ^{[3] [4]}

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [5]
2024			41.64%
2019			43.40%
2014			40.58%
2009			40.31%
2004			55.78%
2000			64.96%
1995			62.21%
1990			43.67%
1985			43.05%
1980			55.43%
1977			55.91%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections have been held in the constituency till date. It was a 2-member constituency for 1952 & 1957.

Elected members from the Patnagarh constituency are: ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Year	Member	Party
1946	Nimai Charan Panigrahi		Independent
1951	Arjun Das		Ganatantra Parishad
	Ganesh Ram Bariah
1957	Ainthu Sahoo		Swatantra Party
	Asharam Bhoi		Ganatantra Parishad
1961	Ramesh Chandra Bhoi		Swatantra Party
1967	Ainthu Sahoo
1971
1974
1977	Bibekananda Meher		Janata Party
1980	Brajamohan Thakur		Indian National Congress
1985	Sushil Kumar Prusty		Indian National Congress
1990	Bibekananda Meher		Janata Dal
1995	Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo		Bharatiya Janata Party
2000
2004
2009
2014
2019	Saroj Kumar Meher		Biju Janata Dal
2024	Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2024

Voting was held on 20th May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. ^[9]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Patnagarh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo	93,823	41.64	3.68
	BJD	Saroj Kumar Meher	92,466	41.04	2.36
	INC	Anil Meher	26,549	11.78	3.14
	NOTA	None of the above	2,460	1.09	0.56
Majority			1,357	0.60	4.84
Turnout			2,25,308
	BJP gain from BJD		Swing

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Saroj Kumar Meher defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo by a margin of 11,028 votes. ^[10]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Patnagarh ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Saroj Kumar Meher	88,756	43.40	10.27
	BJP	Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo	77,003	37.96	2.62
	INC	Ramesh Kumar Purohit	30,253	14.92	3.46
	BSP	Laba Suna	4,193	2.07	0.57
	NOTA	None of the above	3,347	1.65
Majority			11,028	5.44
Turnout			203779	72.74
	BJD gain from BJP		Swing

2014

In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Prakriti Devi Singh Deo by a margin of 13,653 votes. ^[12]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Patnagarh ^{[13] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo	74,372	40.58	0.27
	BJD	Prakriti Devi Singh Deo	60,719	33.13	5.03
	INC	Kishor Kumar Parichha	33,697	18.38	5.77
	AAP	Sunil Goel	5,588	3.05
	BSP	Jaya Sudan Bariha	2,742	1.5
	Independent	Purna Chandra Meher	1,553	0.85
	Independent	Mohan Sundar Meher	1,545	0.84
	NOTA	None of the above	3,079	1.68	−
Majority			13,653	7.45	−4.76
Turnout			1,83,295	73	5.58
Registered electors			2,51,089
	BJP hold

2009

In 2009 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Prakriti Devi Singh Deo by a margin of 19,382 votes. ^[15]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election: Patnagarh ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo	63,996	40.31	15.47
	BJD	Prakriti Devi Singh Deo	44,614	28.10
	INC	Bebekananda Meher	38,350	24.15
	SAMO	Basanta Majhi	4,593	2.89	−
	Kosal Kranti Dal	Baidyanath Mishra	2,284	1.44	−
	Independent	Mohan Sundar Meher	1,787	1.13	−
	Independent	Jaya Sudan Bariha	1,761	1.11	−
	RSP	Ranjit Singh Babu	1,384	0.87	−
Majority			19,382	12.21 [b]	−
Turnout			1,58,826	67.42	−
	BJP hold		Swing	-1.35 [c]

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. % of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 68.77%

References

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