Khariar Assembly constituency

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

Khariar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Nuapada district, Odisha.^[1]

Khariar
Constituency No. 72 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Southern Division
District	Nuapada
Lok Sabha constituency	Kalahandi
Established	1961
Total electors	2,53,164[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes Khariar NAC, Khariar block, Boden block and Sinapali Block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			46.89%
2019			33.52%
2014			34.42%
2009			37.07%
2004			54.18%
2000			61.08%
1995			49.41%
1990			49.05%
1985			25.78%
1980			40.04%
1977			55.68%

Since its formation in 1961, 14 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Khariar constituency are:^[5][6]

Election	Name	Party
2024[7]	Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi		Biju Janata Dal
2019[8]			Indian National Congress
2014[9]	Duryodhan Majhi		Bharatiya Janata Party
2009[10]	Hitesh Kumar Bagartti		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	Duryodhan Majhi		Biju Janata Dal
2000
1995			Janata Dal
1990
1985	Anupa Singh Deo		Indian National Congress
1980			Independent politician
1977	Kapil Narayan Tiwari
1974	Anupa Singh Deo		Utkal Congress
1971 -1973 : Constituency did not exist
1967	Anupa Singh Deo		Indian National Congress
1961			Swatantra Party

Election results

2024

Voting were held on 13th May 2024 in 1st phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[11] In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Hitesh Kumar Bagartti by a margin of 9,618 votes.^[7]

2024 Vidhan Sabha Election,Khariar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi	93,246	46.89	13.37
	BJP	Hitesh Kumar Bagartti	83,628	42.05
	INC	Kamal Chandra Tandi	13,330	6.7
	NOTA	None of the above	2436	1.22
Majority			9,618	4.84
Turnout			1,98,876	78.56
	BJD gain from INC

2019

In 2019 election, Indian National Congress candidate Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Lambodar Nial by a margin of 2,857 votes.^[8]

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi	59,308	33.52	3.37
	BJD	Lambodar Nial	56,451	31.90	3.39
	BJP	Ritarani Bagartti	52,245	29.53	4.89
	NOTA	None of the above	1,360	0.77
Majority			2,857	1.62
Turnout			1,76,935	74.18
	INC gain from BJP

2014

In 2014 election, Bhartiya Janta Party candidate Duryodhan Majhi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi by a margin of 7,126 votes.^[9]

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Duryodhan Majhi	57,533	34.42	2.65
	INC	Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi	50,407	30.15	9.90
	BJD	Lambodar Nial	47,655	28.51	0.64
	NOTA	None of the above	2,198	1.31	−
Majority			7,126	4.26	3.65
Turnout			1,67,170	76.8	9.49
Registered electors			2,17,682
	BJP hold

2009

In 2009 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Hitesh Kumar Bagartti defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Duryodhan Majhi by a margin of 11,366 votes.^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Khariar^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Hitesh Kumar Bagartti	53,238	37.07	−
	BJD	Duryodhan Majhi	41,872	29.15	−
	INC	Baishampayan Meher	29,080	20.25	−
Majority			11,366	7.91 [c]	−
Turnout			1,43,709	67.31
	BJP gain from BJD

Notes

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