Bari, Odisha Assembly constituency

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

For constituency in Rajasthan, see Bari, Rajasthan Assembly constituency.

Bari is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jajpur district, Odisha.^[1]

Bari
Constituency No. 49 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Central Division
District	Jajpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Jajpur
Established	1974
Total electors	2,27,157[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Biswa Ranjan Mallick
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

The area of this constituency includes Bari block and 8 GPs (Badasuar, Chhatisdebil, Erabanka, Jhalapada, Sanasuar, Rudrapur, Sahaspur and Sujanpur) of Jajpur block and 10GPs (Atalpur, Samantarapur, Routrapur, Prathamakhandi, Rajendrapur, Arthanga, Mangarajpur, Brahmabarada, Bandhadiha and Maheswarpur) of Rasulpur block.^[2][3]

This constituency was known as Bari-Derabisi from 1974 to 2004.

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			63.77%
2019			48.28%
2014			44.44%
2009			51.23%
2004			53.00%
2000			56.52%
1995			45.98%
1990			56.58%
1985			53.35%
1980			55.55%
1977			51.07%

Since its formation in 1974, 12 elections had been held till 2024.

Members elected from Bari constituency are:^[5][6]

Year	Member	Party
As Bari Constituency
2024[7]	Biswa Ranjan Mallick		Biju Janata Dal
2019[8]	Sunanda Das
2014[9]	Debasis Nayak
2009[10]
As Bari-Derabisi Constituency
2004	Debasis Nayak		Biju Janata Dal
2000
1995	Chinmaya Prasad Behura		Indian National Congress
1990	Kulamani Rout		Janata Dal
1985	Srikant Kumar Jena		Janata Party
1980			Janata Party (Secular)
1977			Janata Party
1974	Prahlad Mallik		Utkal Congress

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[11] In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Biswa Ranjan Mallick defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Umesh Chandra Jena by a margin of 51,465 votes.^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Bari

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Biswa Ranjan Mallick	101,966	63.77	15.49
	BJP	Umesh Chandra Jena	50,501	31.58	14.00
	INC	Debashish Nayak	4,106	2.57	2.14
	NOTA	None of the above	569	0.36	0.06
Majority			51,465	32.19
Turnout			1,59,903	70.39
	BJD hold

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sunanda Das defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Biswa Ranjan Mallick by a margin of 4,062 votes.^[12]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bari^[12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sunanda Das	72,559	48.28
	BJP	Biswa Ranjan Mallick	68,497	45.58
	INC	Umesh Chandra Jena	7,082	4.71
	NOTA	None of the above	447	0.30	−
Majority			4062	13.36	2.70
Turnout			1,50,288	70.60
Registered electors			2,10,354
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Debasis Nayak defeated Independent candidate Biswa Ranjan Mallick by a margin of 7,173 votes.^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bari^[14][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Debasis Nayak	59,800	44.44
	Independent	Biswa Ranjan Mallick	52,627	39.11
	BJP	Nilamani Samal	9,183	6.82
	INC	Gagan Jena	7,682	5.71
	NOTA	None of the above	807	0.6	−
Majority			7173	13.36	3.47
Turnout			1,34,561	71.09	12.22
Registered electors			1,89,271
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Debasis Nayak defeated Indian National Congress candidate Naba Kishore Samal by a margin of 11,767 votes.^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bari^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Debasis Nayak	55,842	51.23	−
	INC	Naba Kishore Samal	44,075	40.43	−
	BJP	Jagannath Prasad Samal	6,888	6.32	−
Majority			11,767	10.79[c]	−
Turnout			1,09,052	58.87	−
	BJD hold

Notes

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