Attabira Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its progressive town in heart of western Odisha, see Attabira.

Attabira is a Assembly constituency of Bargarh district in Odisha State. It was established in 1951. Constituency didn't existed in between 1967 & 2004. It was revived in 2008 Delimitation and went for polls in 2009 election. This constituency was created in 2009 in place of Melchhamunda Assembly constituency.^[1][2]

Attabira
Constituency No. 4 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Northen Division
District	Bargarh
Lok Sabha constituency	Bargarh
Established	1951
Total electors	2,24,933[a][b]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Nihar Ranjan Mahanand
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Extent of Assembly Constituencies

• Attabira Block
• Bheden Block.^[3][4]

Elected members

Vote share of winning candidates
2024			55.17%
2019			48.98%
2014			44.92%
2009			39.65%

Since its formation in 1951, 6 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Attabira constituency are:^[5][6]

Year	Member	Party
2024[7]	Nihar Ranjan Mahanand		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019[8]	Snehangini Chhuria		Biju Janata Dal
2014[6]
2009[9]	Nihar Ranjan Mahanand		Indian National Congress
1967-2008 : See Melchhamunda
1961	Banamali Babu		Indian National Congress
1957-1960 : Constituency did not exist
1951	Bipin Bihari Das		Indian National Congress

Election results

2024

Voting were held on 20 May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.^[10] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nihar Ranjan Mahanand defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Snehangini Chhuria by a margin of 28,910 votes.^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Attabira

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nihar Ranjan Mahanand	99,487	55.17
	BJD	Snehangini Chhuria	70,577	39.14
	INC	Abhishek Seth	6065	3.36
	NOTA	None of the above	1808	1
Majority			28,910	16.03
Turnout			1,80,319	80.17
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Snehangini Chhuria defeated Indian Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Milan Seth by a margin of 22,396 votes.^[8]

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Attabira^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Snehangini Chhuria	84,010	48.98	4.06
	BJP	Milan Seth	61614	35.92	14.15
	INC	Nihar Ranjan Mahanand	21511	12.54	15.94
	NOTA	None of the above	1639	0.96	−
Majority			22396	13.05
Turnout			171527	77.45
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Snehangini Chhuria defeated Indian National Congress candidate Nihar Ranjan Mahanand by a margin of 25,474 votes.^[6]

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha election: Attabira^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Snehangini Chhuria	69,602	44.92	15.97
	INC	Nihar Ranjan Mahanand	44,128	28.48	11.17
	BJP	Milan Seth	33,735	21.77	12.89
	NOTA	None of the above	1,509	0.97	−
Majority			25,474	16.22
Turnout			1,54,943	76.61	10.72
Registered electors			2,02,277
	BJD gain from INC

2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Nihar Ranjan Mahanand defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Snehangini Chhuria by 13,329 votes.^[9]

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Attabira^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nihar Ranjan Mahanand	49,396	39.65	−
	BJD	Snehangini Chhuria	36,067	28.95	−
	Independent	Milan Seth	16,308	13.09	−
	BJP	Bipin Bhusagar	11,066	8.88	−
Majority			13,329	10.70[c]
Turnout			1,24,620	65.89
	INC win (new seat)

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. % of total valid votes