Dharmagarh
Constituency No. 79 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictKalahandi
LS constituencyKalahandi
Established1957
Total electors232,513[1][a]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2019

Dharmagarh is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kalahandi district, Odisha.[2]

This constituency includes Dharmgarh block, Kalampur block, Koksara block, and 2 Gram panchayats (Bandigaon and Ranamal) of Jaipatana block.[3][4]

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Puspendra Singh Deo defeated Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Rabindra Pattjoshi by a margin of 16,158 votes.[5]

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Puspendra Singh Deo defeated Indian National Congress candidate Rahasbihari Behera by a margin of 22,906 votes.[6]

Elected members

Vote share of winning candidates[7]
2019
 
 34.75%
2014
 
 32.76%
2009
 
 35.83%
2004
 
 48.25%
2000
 
 42.44%
1995
 
 31.64%
1990
 
 54.66%
1985
 
 61.45%
1980
 
 51.80%
1977
 
 41.57%

Thirteen elections were held between 1957 and 2009. The elected members from the Dharmagarh constituency are:[8][9]

Year Member Party
2019 Mousadhi Bag[11] Biju Janata Dal

Election results

2019

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Dharmagarh[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Mousadhi Bag 68,291 34.75 Increase1.99
BJP Anant Pratap Deo 52,193 26.56 Increase2.63
INC Digambar Duria 42,593 21.67 Increase3.32
Independent Rabindra Kumar Pattjoshi 22,839 11.62
BSP Jubaraj Parabhoi 1,926 0.98 Decrease0.30
HND Ghasiram Nial 1,631 0.83
BMP Nirmal Jal 1,557 0.79
API Puspalata Chouhan 1,634 0.83
Independent Bajrang Agarwal 1,664 0.85
NOTA None of the above 2,210 1.12
Majority 16,158 8.83
Turnout
BJD hold Swing

2014 election result

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Dharmagarh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Puspendra Singh Deo 59,931 32.76
BJP Rabindra Pattjoshi 43,773 23.93
INC Tushar Ranjan Pattjoshi 33,569 18.35
AAP Bishnu Prasad Agrawal
AOP Shyam Sundar Panda
BSP Sibaram Naik
CPI Sushanta Kumar Naik
SP Dhanugopal
SKD Kuber Sahu
SAMO Digambar Duria
Kalinga Sena Akrur Prasad Sethia
NOTA None of the above
Registered electors
BJD hold Swing

Summary of results of the 2009 election

2009 Vidhan Sabha election, Dharmagarh[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Puspendra Singh Deo 56,470 35.83 -12.42
INC Rahasbihari Behera 33,564 21.30 -14.45
BJP Janardan Panda 31,573 20.03 -
SP Surendra Kumar Pattjoshi 18,834 11.95 -
BSP Kalyani Naik 4,393 2.79 -
SAMO Hira Bag 4,015 2.55 -
Independent Subash Chandra Naik 2,557 1.62 -
Kalinga Sena Baikuntha Dhangdamajhi 2,057 0.94 -
Independent Bhubaneswar Durga 1,452 0.92 -
Independent Gobinda Chandra Rout 1,432 0.91 -
Independent Prahalad Agarwal 1,265 0.80 -
Majority 22,906 14.53[b] -
Turnout 1,57,621 71.66 -
BJD hold Swing 7.14[c]

Notes

  1. ^ as on 1 January 2014
  2. ^ %of total valid votes
  3. ^ 2004 voter turnout was 64.52%

References

  1. ^ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 5 April 2014. Constituency: Dharmagarh (79) District: Kalahandi
  3. ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. ^ Seats of Odisha
  5. ^ "Dharamgarh Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Dharamgarh, Orissa".
  6. ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2014. 22906
  7. ^ "96 - Dharamgarh (SC) Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 6 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  8. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ "Dharamgarh Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  10. ^ "Dharamgarh Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Dharamgarh, Orissa". Elections.in. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  11. ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  12. ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) ( AC / PC )" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  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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