Athagarh Assembly constituency

Athagarh
Athagarh
Constituency No. 89 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Cuttack
LS constituency	Cuttack
Established	1951
Total electors	185,822
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Ranendra Pratap Swain
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2019

Athagarh (Sl. No.: 89) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Cuttack district, Odisha.^[2]

This constituency includes Athagad NAC, Athagarh Block, Tigiria Block and 6 Gram panchayats (Kakhadi, Sankarpur, Badasamantarapur, Mangarajpur, Mahisalanda and Brahmapur) of Tangi-Chowdwar Block.

Nearby villages & towns of Tigiria Nizigarh are Baliput, Baneswarpada, Bindhanima, Biriput, Godarabandha, Bhiruda, Godijharia, achalkot, Haridapasi, Sanapatna.

Tigiria is the smallest princely state in Odisha and famous for many historical reasons. Even though as per revenue department it is a village but all facilities available within just one square kilometre.There are 2 Government High schools, two colleges, one head post office, Court, Police station, hospital everything available here. Places of Tourist attraction like Ansupa Lake (12 km), Bhatarika Temple (21 km), Dhabaleswar Temple (25 km) are nearby Tigiria.

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates^[3]

2019			60.39%
2014			69.70%
2012 (bypoll)			65.88%
2009			54.70%
2004			52.40%
2000			65.87%
1995			50.82%
1990			56.48%
1985			84.39%
1980			59.68%
1977			44.60%

Since its formation in 1951, 20 elections were held till date including 3 By elections in 1967, 1980 and 2012.^[4]

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

Year	Member
2024
2019	Ranendra Pratap Swain^[6]	BJD
2014	Ranendra Pratap Swain	BJD
2012 (bypoll)^[b]	Ranendra Pratap Swain^[7]	BJD
2009	Ramesh Jena	Independent
2004	Ranendra Pratap Swain	BJD
2000	Ranendra Pratap Swain	BJD
1995	Ranendra Pratap Swain	JD
1990	Ranendra Pratap Swain	JD
1985	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik	INC
1980 (bypoll)^[c]	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik^[8]	INC
1980	Rasananda Sahu	INC
1977	Rasamanjari Devi	JP
1974	Radhanath Rath	Independent
1971	Radhanath Rath	Independent
1967 (bypoll)^[d]	Radhanath Rath	Independent
1967	Pabitra Mohan Pradhan	Jana Congress
1961	Achyutananda Das	INC
1957	Radhanath Rath	INC
1951	Radhanath Rath	INC

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.^[9]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Athagarh
Party		Candidate	Votes
	BJD	Shri Ranendra Pratap Swain
	BJP	Abhaya Kumar Barik
	INC	Sudarshan Sahoo
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ranendra Pratap Swain defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Brajendra Kumar Ray by a margin of 57,995 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athagarh^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJD	Ranendra Pratap Swain	98,114	60.39
	BJP	Brajendra Kumar Ray	40119	24.69
	INC	Uma Ballav Rath	10945	6.74
	NOTA	None of the above	896	0.55
Majority			57995	35.7
Turnout			162475	79.73
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ranendra Pratap Swain defeated Indian National Congress candidate Bichitrananda Muduli by a margin of 68487 votes.

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athagarh^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Ranendra Pratap Swain	102,605	69.70	−
	INC	Bichitrananda Muduli	34118	23.18	−
	BJP	Biswa Sundar Mishra	7132	4.84	−
	NOTA	None of the above	1572	1.07	−
Majority			68487	46.52
Turnout			147212	79.84
	BJD hold

2012 (bypoll)

In 2012 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ranendra Pratap Swain defeated Indian National Congress candidate Suresh Mohapatra by a margin of 47,390 votes.^[12]

2012 Vidhan Sabha Bye-Election, Athagarh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Ranendra Pratap Swain	87,604	65.88	−
	INC	Suresh Mohapatra	40,214	30.24	−
	BJP	Bikram Das	2,452	1.79	−
Majority			47,390	35.64	−
Turnout			1,25,949	72.26	−
	BJD gain from Independent

2009

In 2009 election, Independent candidate Ramesh Rout defeated Independent candidate Bichitrananda Muduli by a margin of 30,351 votes.^[13]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athagarh^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ramesh Rout	68,881	54.70	−
	Independent	Bichitrananda Muduli	43,371	34.44	−
	INC	Subas Mohanty	7,376	5.86	−
	BJP	Rama Narayan Mohanty	3,355	2.66	−
	Independent politician	Anama Charan Mohapatra	1,220	0.97	−
	Independent politician	Bijay Kumar Biswal	1,027	0.82	−
	Kalinga Sena	Janaki Rout	686	0.54	−
Majority			25,590	20.32^[e]	−
Turnout			1,25,949	72.26	−
Registered electors			1,74,301
	Independent gain from BJD

Notes

^ as on 1 January 2014
^ Supreme Court had declared the Athagarh assembly election of 2009 null and void.
^ Resignation of Rasananda Sahu
^ Resignation of Pabitra Mohan Pradhan
^ %of total valid votes

References

^ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 14 April 2014. Constituency: Athagarh (89) District: Cuttack
^ "47 - Athagarh Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 19 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
^ "BY-ELECTIONS OF ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY" (PDF). Retrieved 23 March 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
^ archive, From our online (16 May 2012). "Raja wins Athgarh by-poll". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
^ "Details of Assembly By- Elections since 1952 (Year-Wise)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
^ "Athagarh Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
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^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 30351
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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[2] s on 1 January 2014

[8] Supreme Court had declared the Athagarh assembly election of 2009 null and void.

[10] Resignation of Rasananda Sahu

[12] Resignation of Pabitra Mohan Pradhan

[19] %of total valid votes

[1] "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.

[3] "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 14 April 2014. Constituency: Athagarh (89) District: Cuttack

[4] "47 - Athagarh Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 19 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates

[5] "BY-ELECTIONS OF ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY" (PDF). Retrieved 23 March 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}

[prevMLAs-6] "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

[election2019-7] "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

[9] rchive, From our online (16 May 2012). "Raja wins Athgarh by-poll". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 24 May 2024.

[byElections1952-95-11] "Details of Assembly By- Elections since 1952 (Year-Wise)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

[13] "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.

[TP_Ass_Cand-14] "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 20 April 2019.

[Candidate-15] "Athagarh Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 18 March 2014.

[16] "Biju Janata Dal wins Odisha by-poll". Retrieved 19 April 2014.

[17] "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 30351

[election2009-18] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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