Dharmagarh Assembly constituency

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

Dharmagarh is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kalahandi district, Odisha. After 2008 Delimitation, Koksara Assembly constituency was subsumed into this constituency.^[1]

Dharmagarh
Constituency No. 79 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Southern Division
District	Kalahandi
Lok Sabha constituency	Kalahandi
Established	1957
Total electors	2,61,881[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sudhir Ranjan Pattjoshi
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes Dharmgarh block, Kalampur block, Koksara block, and 2 Gram panchayats (Bandigaon and Ranamal) of Jaipatana block.^[2]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[3]
2024			41.84%
2019			34.75%
2014			32.76%
2009			35.83%
2004			48.25%
2000			42.44%
1995			31.64%
1990			54.66%
1985			61.45%
1980			51.80%
1977			41.57%

Since its formation in 1957, 16 elections were held till date. It was a 2-member constituency in 1957.

Year	Member[4]	Party
2024[5]	Sudhir Ranjan Pattjoshi		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Mousadhi Bag[6]		Biju Janata Dal
2014[7]	Puspendra Singh Deo
2000
2004[8]	Bira Sipka
2009[9]
1995			Janata Dal
1990	Bharat Bhusan Bemal
1985	Jugaram Behera		Indian National Congress
1980	Gajanan Nayak
1977			Indian National Congress (I)
1974	Dayanidhi Naik		Swatantra Party
1971	Lochan Dhangada Majhi
1967
1961	Mukunda Naik
1957[c]	Janardan Majhi		Ganatantra Parishad
	Birakeshari Deo

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 13 May 2024 in 1st phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.^[10] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sudhir Ranjan Pattjoshi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Puspendra Singh Deo by a margin of 18,927 votes.^[5]

2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Dharmagarh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sudhir Ranjan Pattjoshi	87,890	41.84	15.28
	BJD	Puspendra Singh Deo	68,963	32.83	1.92
	INC	Rasmirekha Rout	41,269	19.65	2.02
	BSP	Tirtharaj Durga	2,167	1.03	0.05
	NOTA	None of the above	2,105	1.00	0.12
Majority			18,927	9.01	0.82
Turnout			2,10,054	80.21
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Mousadhi Bag defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Anant Pratap Deo by a margin of 16,098 votes.^[6]

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Dharmagarh^[11][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Mousadhi Bag	68,291	34.75	1.99
	BJP	Anant Pratap Deo	52,193	26.56	2.63
	INC	Digambar Duria	42,593	21.67	3.32
	NOTA	None of the above	2,210	1.12
Majority			16,098	8.19
Turnout			1,96,538	78.5
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Puspendra Singh Deo defeated Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Rabindra Pattjoshi by a margin of 16,158 votes.^[7]

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Dharmagarh^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Puspendra Singh Deo	59,931	32.76
	BJP	Rabindra Pattjoshi	43,773	23.93
	INC	Tushar Ranjan Pattjoshi	33,569	18.35
	NOTA	None of the above	3,669	2.01
Majority			16,158	8.83
Turnout			1,82,992	78.19
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Puspendra Singh Deo defeated Indian National Congress candidate Rahasbihari Behera by a margin of 22,906 votes.^[9]

2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, Dharmagarh^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Puspendra Singh Deo	56,470	35.83	12.42
	INC	Rahasbihari Behera	33,564	21.30	14.45
	BJP	Janardan Panda	31,573	20.03	−
Majority			22,906	14.53[d]	−
Turnout			1,57,621	71.66	−
	BJD hold		Swing	7.14[e]

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. It was a 2 member constituency
4. %of total valid votes
5. 2004 voter turnout was 64.52%