Athagarh (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Athagarh
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.

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates[5]
2009
  
 54.70%
2004
  
 52.40%
2000
  
 65.87%
1995
  
 50.82%
1990
  
 56.48%
1985
  
 84.39%
1980
  
 59.68%
1977
  
 44.60%

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]

Ranendra Pratap Swain(BJD)

2014 Election Candidates

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[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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]

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 Election Results

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[lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 1,25,949 72.26 -
Registered electors 1,74,301

Notes

  1. ↑ as on 1 January 2014
  2. ↑ %of total valid votes

References

  1. ↑ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 14 April 2014. Constituency: Athagarh (89) District: Cuttack
  3. ↑ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. ↑ Seats of Odisha
  5. ↑ "47 - Athagarh Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 19 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  6. ↑ "BY-ELECTIONS OF ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY" (PDF). Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-17. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
  8. 1 2 "Athagarh Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  9. ↑ S. Gajrani (2004). History, Religion and Culture of India. Gyan Publishing House. pp. 167–. ISBN 978-81-8205-063-1.
  10. ↑ "Biju Janata Dal wins Odisha by-poll". Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  11. ↑ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 30351
  12. ↑ http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf
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