Bijepur Assembly constituency

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

Bijepur is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Odisha.

Bijepur
Constituency No. 2 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Northen Division
District	Bargarh
Lok Sabha constituency	Bargarh
Established	1961
Total electors	2,41,753[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sanat Kumar Gartia
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes Bijepur block, Gaisilat block and Barpali block.^[1]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[2]
2024			47.52%
2019 (bypoll)			73.86%
2019			59.78%
2018 (bypoll)			56.61%
2014			32.15%
2009			40.91%
2004			53.97%
2000			53.99%
1995			35.33%
1991 (bypoll)			56.53%
1990			63.54%
1985			58.46%
1980			48.71%
1977			63.37%

Since its formation in 1961,18 elections were held during including 3 By-Elections in 1991, 2018 and 2019.

List of members elected from Bijepur Constituency are:^[3]

Year	Member	Party
2024[4]	Sanat Kumar Gartia		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 (bypoll)[c][5]	Rita Sahu		Biju Janata Dal
2019[6]	Naveen Patnaik
2018 (bypoll)[d][7]	Rita Sahu
2014[8]	Subal Sahu		Indian National Congress
2009[9]
2004
2000	Ashok Kumar Panigrahy		Biju Janata Dal
1995	Ripunath Seth		Indian National Congress
1991 (bypoll)[e][10]	Kishorimani Singh		Janata Dal
1990	Nikunja Bihari Singh
1985			Janata Party
1980	Rajib Lochan Hota		Indian National Congress (I)
1977	Nityananda Gartia		Janata Party
1974	Gananath Pradhan		Utkal Congress
1971	Tribikram Malik		Indian National Congress (R)
1967	Mohan Nag		Indian National Congress
1961

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.^[11] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sanat Kumar Gartia defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Rita Sahu by a margin of 10,066 votes.^[4][12]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Bijepur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sanat Kumar Gartia	93,161	47.52
	BJD	Rita Sahu	83,095	42.39
	INC	Kishor Dafadar	15,707	8.01
	NOTA	None of the above	2055	1.05
Majority			10,066	5.13
Turnout			1,96,028	81.09
	BJP gain from BJD

2019 Bypoll

In 2019 By-Election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rita Sahu defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sanat Kumar Gartia by a margin of 97,990 votes.^[5][13]

2019 By-election: Bijepur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rita Sahu	135,957	73.86	14.08
	BJP	Sanat Kumar Gartia	37,967	20.62	8.29
	INC	Dillip Kumar Panda	5,873	3.20	4.55
	NOTA	None of the above	1,982	1.07	0.16
Majority			97,990	53.23
Turnout			1,84,059	79.32
	BJD hold

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Naveen Patnaik defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sanat Kumar Gartia by a margin of 57,122 votes. Later, Naveen Patnaik has resigned as MLA from the Bijepur Assembly Constituency.^[6][14]

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Bijepur^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Naveen Patnaik	110,604	59.78	27.90
	BJP	Sanat Kumar Gartia	53,482	28.91	10.81
	INC	Ripunath Seth	14,344	7.75	24.4
	NOTA	None of the above	1,675	0.91	−
Majority			57,122	30.87
Turnout			1,85,024	79.69
	BJD hold

2018 Bypoll

In 2018 By-Election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rita Sahu defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ashok Kumar Panigrahy by a margin of 41,932 votes.^[7][16]

2018 By-election: Bijepur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rita Sahu	102,871	56.61	24.73
	BJP	Ashok Kumar Panigrahy	60,939	33.54	15.53
	INC	Pranaya Kumar Sahu	10274	5.65	26.5
	NOTA	None of the above	1684	0.93
Majority			41,932	23.1
Turnout			1,81,716	82.17
	BJD gain from INC		Swing	24.46

2014

In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Subal Sahu defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Prasanna Acharya by a margin of 458 votes.^[8]

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Bijepur^[17][18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Subal Sahu	53,290	32.15	8.76
	BJD	Prasanna Acharya	52,832	31.88	2.57
	BJP	Jayshankar Pattanaik	30,001	18.1	4.08
	Independent	Ashok Kumar Panigrahi	18,232	11.0	−
	NOTA	None of the above	1,285	0.78	−
Majority			458	0.28	6.17
Turnout			1,65,747	80.29	10.06
Registered electors			2,06,436
	INC hold

2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Subal Sahu defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Prabhat Aditya Mishra by 18,066 votes.^[9]

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Bijepur^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Subal Sahu	56,864	40.91	−
	BJD	Prabhat Aditya Mishra	47,893	34.45	−
	BJP	Mohammad Rafique	19,493	14.02	−
Majority			8,971	6.45
Turnout			1,39,018	70.23
	INC hold

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. Resignation of Naveen Patnaik
4. Death of Subal Sahu
5. Death of Nikunja Bihari Singh