Athagarh (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Athagarh | |
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Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency | |
District | Cuttack |
Blocks | Athagarh, Tigiria, Tangi-Choudwar |
Electorate | 1,85,822 [1][lower-alpha 1] |
Major settlements | Athagad |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1951 |
Party | BJD |
MLA | Ranendra Pratap Swain |
Const. No. | 89 |
Lok Sabha Constituencies | Cuttack |
Athagarh (Sl. No.: 89) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Cuttack district, Odisha.[2]
This constituency includes Athagad, Athagarh block, Tigiria block and 5 Gram panchayats (Kakhadi, Sankarpur, Badasamantarapur, Mangarajpur and Brahmapur) of Tangi-Chowdwar block.[3][4]
Tigiria is situated in Cuttack, Orissa, India, its geographical coordinates are East and its original name (with diacritics) is Tigiria Nizigarh .
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.
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Elected Members
Seventeen elections were held between 1951 and 2012 including three Bye election in 1967, 1980 and 2012.[6] Elected members from the Athagarh constituency are: [7][8]
- 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: (Bye Poll): Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (Congress-I)[9]
- 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)
2014 Election Candidates
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AOP | Bikash Chandra Panda | - | |||
BJD | Ranendra Pratap Swain | - | |||
BJP | Biswa Sundar Mishra | - | |||
INC | Bichitrananda Muduli | - | |||
OJM | Shankarshan Mohanty | - | |||
NOTA | None | - | |||
Registered electors | 1,85,822 |
2012 Election Results
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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJD | Ranendra Pratap Swain | 87,604 | - | ||
INC | Suresh Mohapatra | 40,214 | - | ||
BJP | Bikram Das | 2,452 | - | ||
Majority | 47,390 | - |
2009 Election Results
In 2009 election, Independent candidate Ramesh Rout defeated Independent candidate Bichitrananda Muduli by a margin of 30,351 votes.[11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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[lower-alpha 2] | - | ||
Turnout | 1,25,949 | 72.26 | - | ||
Registered electors | 1,74,301 |
Notes
References
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