Athagarh (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
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
Since its formation in 1951, 20 elections were held till date including 3 By elections in 1967, 1980 and 2012.
List of members elected from Athagarh constituency are:
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | |||
| 2019 | Ranendra Pratap Swain | BJD | |
| 2014 | Ranendra Pratap Swain | BJD | |
| 2012 (bypoll) | Ranendra Pratap Swain | BJD | |
| 2009 | Ramesh Jena | Independent | |
| 2004 | Ranendra Pratap Swain | BJD | |
| 2000 | Ranendra Pratap Swain | BJD | |
| 1995 | Ranendra Pratap Swain | JD | |
| 1990 | Ranendra Pratap Swain | JD | |
| 1985 | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik | INC | |
| 1980 (bypoll) | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik | INC | |
| 1980 | Rasananda Sahu | INC | |
| 1977 | Rasamanjari Devi | JP | |
| 1974 | Radhanath Rath | Independent | |
| 1971 | Radhanath Rath | Independent | |
| 1967 (bypoll) | Radhanath Rath | Independent | |
| 1967 | Pabitra Mohan Pradhan | Jana Congress | |
| 1961 | Achyutananda Das | INC | |
| 1957 | Radhanath Rath | INC | |
| 1951 | Radhanath Rath | INC | |
Election Results
2024
Voting were held on 25 May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Shri Ranendra Pratap Swain | ||||
| BJP | Abhaya Kumar Barik | ||||
| INC | Sudarshan Sahoo | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| gain from | Swing | ||||
2019
In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ranendra Pratap Swain defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Brajendra Kumar Ray by a margin of 57,995 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Ranendra Pratap Swain | 98,114 | 60.39 | ||
| BJP | Brajendra Kumar Ray | 40119 | 24.69 | ||
| INC | Uma Ballav Rath | 10945 | 6.74 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 896 | 0.55 | ||
| Majority | 57995 | 35.7 | |||
| Turnout | 162475 | 79.73 | |||
| BJD hold | |||||
2014
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ranendra Pratap Swain defeated Indian National Congress candidate Bichitrananda Muduli by a margin of 68487 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Ranendra Pratap Swain | 102,605 | 69.70 | − | |
| INC | Bichitrananda Muduli | 34118 | 23.18 | − | |
| BJP | Biswa Sundar Mishra | 7132 | 4.84 | − | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1572 | 1.07 | − | |
| Majority | 68487 | 46.52 | |||
| Turnout | 147212 | 79.84 | |||
| BJD hold | |||||
2012 (bypoll)
In 2012 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ranendra Pratap Swain defeated Indian National Congress candidate Suresh Mohapatra by a margin of 47,390 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Ranendra Pratap Swain | 87,604 | 65.88 | − | |
| INC | Suresh Mohapatra | 40,214 | 30.24 | − | |
| BJP | Bikram Das | 2,452 | 1.79 | − | |
| Majority | 47,390 | 35.64 | − | ||
| Turnout | 1,25,949 | 72.26 | − | ||
| BJD gain from Independent | |||||
2009
In 2009 election, Independent candidate Ramesh Rout defeated Independent candidate Bichitrananda Muduli by a margin of 30,351 votes.
| 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 politician | Anama Charan Mohapatra | 1,220 | 0.97 | − | |
| Independent politician | Bijay Kumar Biswal | 1,027 | 0.82 | − | |
| Kalinga Sena | Janaki Rout | 686 | 0.54 | − | |
| Majority | 25,590 | 20.32 | − | ||
| Turnout | 1,25,949 | 72.26 | − | ||
| Registered electors | 1,74,301 | ||||
| Independent gain from BJD | |||||
Notes
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