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
	16th 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]

2009			54.70%
2004			52.40%
2000			65.87%
1995			50.82%
1990			56.48%
1985			84.39%
1980			59.68%
1977			44.60%

Eighteen elections were held between 1951 and 2012 including three By elections in 1967, 1980 and 2012.^[4] Elected members from the Athagarh constituency are:^[5]

2014: (89): Ranendra Pratap Swain (BJD)
2012: (Bye Poll): Ranendra Pratap Swain (BJD)
2009: (89): Ramesh Rout (Independent)
2004: (47): Ranendra Pratap Swain (BJD)
2000: (47): Ranendra Pratap Swain (BJD)
1995: (47): Ranendra Pratap Swain (Janata Dal)
1990: (47): Ranendra Pratap Swain (Janata Dal)
1985: (47): Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (Congress)
1980: (By Poll): Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (Congress-I)^[6]
1980: (47): Rasananda Sahu (Congress-I)
1977: (47): Rasamanjari Devi (JNP)
1974: (47): Radhanath Rath (Independent)
1971: (44): Radhanath Rath (Independent)
1967: (Bye Poll): Radhanath Rath (Independent)
1967: (44): Pabitra Mohan Pradhan (Orissa Jana Congress)
1961: (98): Achyutananda Das (Independent)
1957: (69): Radhanath Rath (Congress)
1951: (82): Radhanath Rath (Congress)

Year	Member	Party
2019	Ranendra Pratap Swain^[7]		Biju Janata Dal

Election results

2019

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athagarh^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	BJD	Ranendra Pratap Swain
	BJP	Brajendra Kumar Ray
	INC	Uma Ballav Rath
	BSP	Subas Kumar Sahoo
	ANC	Mahamad Mustak Hussain
	Krupaa Party	Biswajit Sahoo
	Independent	Abhaya Kumar Barik
	Independent	Abhaya Kumar Rout
	Independent	Rashmi Ranjan Parida
	Independent	Hrudananda Mohapatra
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	TBA gain from TBA		Swing

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ranendra Pratap Swain defeated Indian National Congress candidate Bichitrananda Muduli by a margin of 68,420 votes.

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athagarh^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	AOP	Bikash Chandra Panda		-
	BJD	Ranendra Pratap Swain		-
	BJP	Biswa Sundar Mishra		-
	INC	Bichitrananda Muduli		-
	OJM	Shankarshan Mohanty		-
	NOTA	None of the above		-
Registered electors			1,85,822

2012

In 2012 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ranendra Pratap Swain defeated Indian National Congress candidate Suresh Mohapatra by a margin of 47,390 votes.^[10]

2012 Vidhan Sabha Bye-Election, Athagarh
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	BJD	Ranendra Pratap Swain	87,604	-
	INC	Suresh Mohapatra	40,214	-
	BJP	Bikram Das	2,452	-
Majority			47,390	-

2009

In 2009 election, Independent candidate Ramesh Rout defeated Independent candidate Bichitrananda Muduli by a margin of 30,351 votes.^[11]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athagarh^[12]
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	Anama Charan Mohapatra	1,220	0.97	-
	Independent	Bijay Kumar Biswal	1,027	0.82	-
	Kalinga Sena	Janaki Rout	686	0.54	-
Majority			25,590	20.32^[b]	-
Turnout			1,25,949	72.26	-
Registered electors			1,74,301

Notes

^ as on 1 January 2014
^ %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.
^ "Details of Assembly By- Elections since 1952 (Year-Wise)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
^ "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.
^ "Biju Janata Dal wins Odisha by-poll". Retrieved 19 April 2014.
^ "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

[14] %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.

[byElections1952-95-7] "Details of Assembly By- Elections since 1952 (Year-Wise)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

[election2019-8] "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

[TP_Ass_Cand-9] "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 20 April 2019.

[Candidate-10] "Athagarh Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 18 March 2014.

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

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

[election2009-13] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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