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.^[2]

Dharmagarh
Constituency No. 79 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Kalahandi
Lok Sabha constituency	Kalahandi
Established	1957
Total electors	232,513[1][a]
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.^[3][4]

Elected members

Vote share of winning candidates[5]
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.

List of members elected from The Dharmagarh constituency are:^[6][7]

Year	Member	Party
2024	Sudhir Ranjan Pattjoshi		BJP
2019	Mousadhi Bag[8]		BJD
2014	Puspendra Singh Deo[9]		BJD
2009	Puspendra Singh Deo		BJD
2004	Bira Sipka		BJD
2000	Bira Sipka		BJD
1995	Bira Sipka		JD
1990	Bharat Bhusan Bemal		JD
1985	Jugaram Behera		INC
1980	Gajanan Nayak		INC
1977	Gajanan Nayak		INC
1974	Dayanidhi Naik		SWA
1971	Lochan Dhangada Majhi		SWA
1967	Lochan Dhangada Majhi		SWA
1961	Mukunda Naik		SWA
1957[b]	Janardan Majhi		AIGP
	Birakeshari Deo		AIGP

Election results

2024

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.

2024 Vidhan Sabha 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
	AIFB	Tankadhar Sabar	1,477	0.70	N/A
	SP	Santosh Kumar Bhoi	1,270	0.60	N/A
	Independent	Hemangini Hans	1,269	0.60	N/A
	Independent	Heramba Senapati	1156	0.55	N/A
	Independent	Soumya Ranjan Naik	891	0.42	N/A
	Independent	Rupadhar Naik	879	0.42	N/A
	Independent	Prahalad Agrawal	718	0.34	N/A
Majority			18,927	9.01	0.82
Turnout			2,10,054
	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.

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Dharmagarh^[10]

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
	Independent	Rabindra Kumar Pattjoshi	22,839	11.62
	BSP	Jubaraj Parabhoi	1,926	0.98	0.30
	HND	Ghasiram Nial	1,631	0.83
	BMP	Nirmal Jal	1,557	0.79
	API	Puspalata Chouhan	1,634	0.83
	Independent	Bajrang Agarwal	1,664	0.85
	NOTA	None of the above	2,210	1.12
Majority			16,098	8.19
Turnout			196538	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.^[11]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Dharmagarh

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	3669	2.01
Majority			16,158	8.83
Turnout			182992	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.^[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha election, Dharmagarh^[13]

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	−
	SP	Surendra Kumar Pattjoshi	18,834	11.95	−
	BSP	Kalyani Naik	4,393	2.79	−
	SAMO	Hira Bag	4,015	2.55	−
	Independent	Subash Chandra Naik	2,557	1.62	−
	Kalinga Sena	Baikuntha Dhangdamajhi	2,057	0.94	−
	Independent	Bhubaneswar Durga	1,452	0.92	−
	Independent	Gobinda Chandra Rout	1,432	0.91	−
	Independent	Prahalad Agarwal	1,265	0.80	−
Majority			22,906	14.53[c]	−
Turnout			1,57,621	71.66	−
	BJD hold		Swing	7.14[d]

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. It was a 2 member constituency
3. %of total valid votes
4. 2004 voter turnout was 64.52%