Bargarh Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Bargarh.

Bargarh is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bargarh district.^[1] Area of this constituency includes Bargarh, Bargarh block and part of Barpali block.^[2][3]

Bargarh
Constituency No. 3 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Bargarh
Lok Sabha constituency	Bargarh
Established	1951
Total electors	198,554
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ashwini Kumar Sarangi
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			46.34%
2019			46.48%
2014			40.67%
2009			40.38%
2004			42.10%
2000			63.43%
1995			49.34%
1990			64.85%
1985			54.21%
1980			60.00%
1977			55.42%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held during till date including one bypoll in 1998. It was 2 member constituency for 1957 elections.

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

Year	Member	Party
2024	Ashwini Kumar Sarangi		BJP
2019	Debesh Acharya[6][7]		BJD
2014
2009	Sadhu Nepak		INC
2004	Ananda Acharya		BJD
2000
1998 (bypoll)[a]
1995	Prasanna Acharya		JD
1990
1985	Jadumani Pradhan		INC
1980
1977	Nabin Kumar Pradhan		JP
1974			SSP
1971	Chittaranjan Kar		Congress (R)
1967	Bharat Chandra Hota		Jana Congress
1961	Gananath Pradhan		SSP
1957[b]	Nikunja Bihari Singh		AIGP
	Mahananda Bahadur
1951	Tirthabasi Pradhan		INC

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 20th May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[8] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ashwini Kumar Sarangi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Debesh Acharya by a margin of 4,772 votes.

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Bargarh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ashwini Kumar Sarangi	77,766	46.34
	BJD	Debesh Acharya	72,994	43.5
	INC	Nipon Kumar Dash	10,272	6.12
	NOTA	None of the above	1187	0.71
Majority			4,772	2.84
Turnout			1,67,820
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Debesh Acharya defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ashwini Kumar Sarangi by a margin of 8,452 votes.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Bargarh^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Debesh Acharya	75,133	46.48	5.81
	BJP	Ashwini Kumar Sarangi	66,681	41.25	25.69
	INC	Nipon Kumar Dash	16,305	10.09	21.53
	BSP	Kaustuva Budhia	1,731	1.07	0.19
	NOTA	None of the above	1,790	1.11	−
Majority			8,452	5.22
Turnout			1,61,640	72.84
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Debesh Acharya defeated Indian National Congress candidate Sadhu Nepak by a margin of 13,204 votes.^[10]

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Bargarh^[11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Debesh Acharya	59,350	40.67	1.99
	INC	Sadhu Nepak	46,146	31.62	8.76
	BJP	Ashwini Kumar Sarangi	22,707	15.56	6.41
	OJM	Debabrata Mishra	10,699	7.33	−
	AAP	Arun Kumar Sahu	2,556	1.75	−
	BSP	Surendra Kumar Tandi	1,894	1.3	−
	AITC	Md. Nijamudin Saha	813	0.56	−
	NOTA	None of the above	1,754	1.2	−
Majority			13,204	9.05
Turnout			1,45,919	73.49	8.54
Registered electors			1,98,554
	BJD gain from INC

2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Sadhu Nepak defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Ananda Acharya by 1,969 votes.^[13]

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Bargarh^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sadhu Nepak	46,762	40.38	−
	BJD	Ananda Acharya	44,793	38.68	−
	BJP	Sureswar Satapathy	10,594	9.15	−
	Samajwadi_Jan_Parishad	Lingaraj	8,459	7.31	−
	BSP	Pramod Luhura	2,513	2.17	−
	SP	Debendra Swain	1,340	1.16	−
	SAMO	Sanjukta Sika	1,330	1.15	−
Majority			1,969	1.70[c]
Turnout			1,16,825	64.95
	INC gain from BJD

Notes

1. Resignation of Prasanna Acharya on his election to Lok Sabha
2. It was a 2 member constituency
3. %of total valid votes