Frankieren at 03:17, 14 April 2026

2026-04-14T03:17:07Z

New page

{{Short description|Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India}}
{{About| the assembly constituency|its eponymous town|Barchana}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Barchana
| state = [[Odisha]]
| constituency_no = 50
| type = SLA
| map_image =
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| division = Central Division
| district = [[Jajpur district|Jajpur]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Jajpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jajpur]]
| established = 1951
| reservation = None
| incumbent_image =
| mla = [[Amar Kumar Nayak]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
| electors = 1,94,341{{efn|as on 2024}}{{efn|as data published by election commission}}
}}

'''Barchana''' or Badchana is a [[Odisha Legislative Assembly|Vidhan Sabha]] [[List of constituencies of Odisha Vidhan Sabha|constituency]] of [[Jajpur district]], in the Indian state of [[Odisha]].<ref name="News18 2019">{{cite web | title=Barchana Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Barchana Constituency (Seat) Election Results, Live News. | website=News18 | date=2019-04-29 | url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2019/odisha/barchana-election-result-s18a050/ | access-date=2020-07-05|quote=50. Barchana is an Assembly/Vidhan Sabha constituency in Coastal region of Odisha and falls in Jajpur district. Odisha is located in East India. Seat is unreserved.}}</ref>

The area of this constituency includes Barachana block.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Orissa/orissa.pdf Assembly Constituencies and their Extent]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/delim/paper1to7/Orissa.xls Seats of Odisha]</ref>

==Elected members==

{{bar box
|float=right
|title= Vote share of winning candidates<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S18/partycomp27.htm |title= 27 - Barchana Assembly Constituency |work=eci.nic.in |year=2006 |quote=List Of Winning Candidates |accessdate= 1 March 2014}}</ref>
|titlebar=#ddd
|width=300px
|barwidth=275px
|bars=
{{bar percent|2024|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|49.38}}
{{bar percent|2019|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|46.64}}
{{bar percent|2014|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|42.07}}
{{bar percent|2009|{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}|40.38}}
{{bar percent|2004|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|50.79}}
{{bar percent|2000|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|51.07}}
{{bar percent|1995|{{party color|Janata Dal}}|48.36}}
{{bar percent|1990|{{party color|Janata Dal}}|55.53}}
{{bar percent|1985|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|60.33}}
{{bar percent|1980|{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}|54.94}}
{{bar percent|1977|{{party color|Janata Party}}|43.7}}
}}

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Barachana constituency are:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf |title=Odisha Reference Annual – 2011: List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly (1951–2004) |access-date=February 20, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217121136/http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf |archive-date=December 17, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Dhamnagar Assembly Constituency, Orissa|url=http://www.elections.in/orissa/assembly-constituencies/barchana.html|publisher=Compare Infobase Limited|accessdate=28 February 2014}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Member
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Barchana Assembly Election Results 2024: Barchana Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/odisha/barchana-constituency-result-18050 |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Amar Kumar Nayak]]
|{{full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019]]<ref name="election2019">{{cite web |title=State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/11679-odisha-legislative-assembly-election-2019/ |accessdate=7 October 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" |Amar Prasad Satapathy
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=2|Biju Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<ref name=":1" />
|-
|[[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009]]<ref name=":2" />
|{{full party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}}
|-
|[[2004 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2004]]
|Sitakanta Mohapatra
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
| rowspan="3" |Amar Prasad Satpathy
|{{full party name with color|Biju Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[1995 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=2|Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[1990 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|-
|[[1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
| rowspan="2" |Sitakanta Mohapatra
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|[[Managobinda Samal]]
|{{full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1974]]
|Dusasan Jena
|{{full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
|[[1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|[[Managobinda Samal]]
|{{full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
|[[1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|Jagannath Das
|{{full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
|-
|[[1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1961]]
|Dhananjoy Lenka
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=3|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Jadumani Mangaraj
|-
|[[1951 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|[[Nabakrushna Choudhuri]]
|}

==Election results==

=== 2024 ===
Voting were held on 1 June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024 |url=https://elections24.eci.gov.in/election-details-odisa.html |website=[[Election Commission of India|ECI]]}}</ref> In 2024 election, [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate [[Amar Kumar Nayak]] defeated [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Varsha Priyadarshini]] by a margin of 6,310 votes.<ref name=":0" />

{{Election box begin |
|title= [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election]]: Barchana}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Amar Kumar Nayak]]
|votes = 71,926
|percentage = 49.38
|change = {{increase}}3.83
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Varsha Priyadarshini]]
|votes = 65,616
|percentage = 45.05
|change = {{decrease}}1.59
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Ajay Samal
|votes = 6,627
|percentage = 4.55
|change = {{decrease}}2.23
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 409
|percentage = 0.28
|change = {{decrease}}0.07
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 6,310
|percentage = 4.33
|change = {{increase}}3.24
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,45,667
|percentage = 74.95
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2019===
In 2019 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate Amar Prasad Satapathy defeated [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate [[Amar Kumar Nayak]] by a margin of 1485 votes.<ref name="Assembly Election 2019 Barchana">{{cite web | title=Election Commission of India | website=Assembly Election 2019 | url=http://results.eci.gov.in/ac/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS1850.htm?ac=50 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20190620081740/http://results.eci.gov.in/ac/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS1850.htm?ac=50 | archive-date=2019-06-20 | access-date=2019-06-20 | url-status=live }}</ref>

{{Election box begin|
|title= [[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Barchana}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = Amar Prasad Satpathy
|votes = 64,084
|percentage = 46.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Amar Kumar Nayak]]
|votes = 62,599
|percentage = 45.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Ajay Kumar Samal
|votes = 9,322
|percentage = 6.78
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 475
|percentage = 0.35
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,485
|percentage = 1.09
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,37,415
|percentage = 74.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,81,507
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2014 ===
In 2014 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate Amar Prasad Satapathy defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate Janmejoy Lenka by a margin of 16,939 votes.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014|url=http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/2604-constituency-wise-odisha-assembly-election-result.html|publisher=Leadtech.in|access-date=15 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818230907/http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/2604-constituency-wise-odisha-assembly-election-result.html|archive-date=2014-08-18|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{Election box begin|
|title= [[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Barchana<ref>{{cite web|title=Odisha - Barchana|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/AC/ConstituencywiseS1850.htm?ac=50|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=15 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Barchana (50)|url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=50|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717134409/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=50|url-status=usurped|archive-date=17 July 2014|publisher=EmpoweringIndia.org|accessdate=15 July 2014}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = Amar Prasad Satpathy
|votes = 53,322
|percentage = 42.07
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Janmejoy Lenka
|votes = 36,383
|percentage = 28.7
|change = -1.79
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = [[Amar Kumar Nayak]]
|votes = 26,260
|percentage = 20.72
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Rajnarayan Mohapatra
|votes = 5,048
|percentage = 3.98
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Simantini Jena
|votes = 3,564
|percentage = 2.81
|change = 0.36
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 567
|percentage = 0.45
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 16,939
|percentage = 13.36
|change = 3.47
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,26,760
|percentage = 77.48
|change = 10.66
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,63,603
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
|loser = Nationalist Congress Party
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2009 ===
In [[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009 election]], [[Nationalist Congress Party]] candidate Amar Prasad Satapathy defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate Sitakanta Mohapatra by a margin of 10,649 votes.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |url=http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/431-odisha-election-result-2009-votemargin.html |title=Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin |work=leadtech.in |quote=10649 |access-date=1 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527163949/http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/431-odisha-election-result-2009-votemargin.html |archive-date=2013-05-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{Election box begin |
|title= [[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Barachana<ref name=election2009>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3630-orissa-2009/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 6 October 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Nationalist Congress Party
|candidate = Amar Prasad Satapathy
|votes = 43,473
|percentage = 40.38
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Sitakanta Mohapatra
|votes = 32,824
|percentage = 30.49
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Janmejoy Lenka
|votes = 25,409
|percentage = 23.60
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Pabitra Mohan Samantaray
|votes = 2,633
|percentage = 2.45
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 10,649
|percentage = 9.89{{efn|%of total valid votes}}
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,07,708
|percentage = 66.82
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Nationalist Congress Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
}}
{{Election box end}}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Jajpur district}}
{{Assembly constituencies of Odisha|state=expanded}}
{{coord|20.67|86.12|display=title}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Odisha]]
[[Category:Jajpur district]]
[[Category:Politics of Odisha]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Orissa]]

Barchana Assembly constituency - Revision history

Frankieren at 03:17, 14 April 2026