Patnagarh | |
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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 | |
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent Saroj Kumar Meher | |
Party | Biju Janata Dal |
Elected year | 2019 |
Patnagarh is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balangir district, Odisha.[2]
This constituency includes Patnagarh, Patnagarh block, Belpara block and Khaprakhol block.[3][4]
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.[5]
Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014. Elected members from the Patnagarh constituency are:[7][8]
Year | Member | Party | |
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2019 | Saroj Kumar Meher[9] | Biju Janata Dal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||||
BJD gain from BJP | Swing |
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.[11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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] |