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{{Short description|Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India}}
{{About| the assembly constituency|its eponymous town|Bargarh}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Bargarh
| state = [[Odisha]]
| constituency_no = 3
| type = SLA
| map_image =
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| division = Northen Division
| district = [[Bargarh district|Bargarh]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Bargarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bargarh]]
| established = 1951
| reservation = None
| incumbent_image =
| mla = [[Ashwini Kumar Sarangi]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
| electors = 2,17,952{{efn|as on 2024}}{{efn|as data published by election commission}}
}}

'''Bargarh''' is a [[Odisha Legislative Assembly|Assembly]] [[List of constituencies of the Odisha Legislative Assembly|constituency]] of [[Bargarh district]] in [[Odisha]] [[States and union territories of India|State]]. It was established in 1951.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3931-delimitation-of-parliamentary-assembly-constituencies-order-2008/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317193120/https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3931-delimitation-of-parliamentary-assembly-constituencies-order-2008/ |archive-date=2024-03-17 |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=Election Commission of India |language=en-IN}}</ref>

== Extent of Assembly Constituencies ==

* Bargarh Block
* Barpali Block: Katapali, Mahulpali, Kusanpuri, Lenda, Bagbadi, Baramkela and Kanbar GPs
* Bargarh Municipality.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Orissa/orissa.pdf|title=Assembly Constituencies and their Extent}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/delim/paper1to7/Orissa.xls|title=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/partycomp127.htm|title= 127 - Bargarh Assembly Constituency|work=eci.nic.in |year=2006 |quote=List Of Winning Candidates |accessdate= 27 March 2014}}</ref>
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{{bar percent|2024|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|46.34}}
{{bar percent|2019|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|46.48}}
{{bar percent|2014|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|40.67}}
{{bar percent|2009|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|40.38}}
{{bar percent|2004|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|42.10}}
{{bar percent|2000|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|63.43}}
{{bar percent|1998 (bypoll)|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|47.98}}
{{bar percent|1995|{{party color|Janata Dal}}|49.34}}
{{bar percent|1990|{{party color|Janata Dal}}|64.85}}
{{bar percent|1985|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|54.21}}
{{bar percent|1980|{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}|60.00}}
{{bar percent|1977|{{party color|Janata Party}}|55.42}}
}}

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held during till date including one bypoll in 1998. It was 2 member constituency for 1957 elections.

List of members elected from [[Bargarh]] 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) |accessdate=February 20, 2014 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217121136/http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf |archivedate=December 17, 2013 }}</ref>

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Member
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Bargarh Assembly Election Results 2024: Bargarh Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/odisha/bargarh-constituency-result-18003 |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Ashwini Kumar Sarangi]]
|{{full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019]]<ref name="Odisha Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners">{{cite news |last1=Zee News |date=24 May 2019 |title=Odisha Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://zeenews.india.com/assembly-elections/odisha-assembly-election-results-2019-full-list-of-winners-2205899.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108183944/https://zeenews.india.com/assembly-elections/odisha-assembly-election-results-2019-full-list-of-winners-2205899.html |archivedate=8 November 2022 |accessdate=8 November 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
|rowspan=2|[[Debesh Acharya]]
|{{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" />
|Sadhu Nepak
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[2004 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2004]]
|rowspan=3|Ananda Acharya
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=3|Biju Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
|-
|1998 (bypoll){{efn|Resignation of [[Prasanna Acharya]] on his election to Lok Sabha}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=IndiaVotes AC Bye Election: Baragarh 1998 |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/ac/byeDetail/www.indiavotes.com/ac/byeDetail/423 |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|-
||[[1995 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|rowspan=2|[[Prasanna Acharya]]
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=2|Janata Dal}}
|-
||[[1990 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|-
||[[1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|rowspan=2|Jadumani Pradhan
|{{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]]
|rowspan=2|Nabin Kumar Pradhan
|{{full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
||[[1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1974]]
|{{full party name with color|Samyukta Socialist Party}}
|-
||[[1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|Chittaranjan Kar
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
||[[1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|Bharat Chandra Hota
|{{full party name with color|Orissa Jana Congress}}
|-
||[[1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1961]]
|Gananath Pradhan
|{{full party name with color|Samyukta Socialist Party}}
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1957]]{{efn|It was a 2 member constituency}}
|Nikunja Bihari Singh
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=2|Ganatantra Parishad}}
|-
|Mahananda Bahadur
|-
||[[1951 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|Tirthabasi Pradhan
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|}

== Election results ==

=== 2024 ===
Voting were held on 20 May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th 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 [[Ashwini Kumar Sarangi]] defeated [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Debesh Acharya]] by a margin of 4,772 votes.<ref name=":0" />

{{Election box begin
|title = [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election]]: [[Bargarh]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Ashwini Kumar Sarangi]]
|votes = 77,766
|percentage = 46.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Debesh Acharya]]
|votes = 72,994
|percentage = 43.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Nipon Kumar Dash
|votes = 10,272
|percentage = 6.12
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 1187
|percentage = 0.71
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,772
|percentage = 2.84
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,67,820
|percentage = 77
|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 [[Debesh Acharya]] defeated [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate [[Ashwini Kumar Sarangi]] by a margin of 8,452 votes.<ref name="Odisha Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners" />

{{Election box begin|
|title = [[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election]]: [[Bargarh]]<ref name="SP Ass Cand">{{cite web |title = List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC) |url=http://www.ceoorissa.nic.in/docs/Election/2019/Form7A/Phase2/List%20of%20Contesting%20Candidates%20%282nd%20Phase-AC%20Wise%29.pdf |website=ceoorissa.nic.in |publisher=Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha |accessdate=17 April 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Debesh Acharya]]
|votes = 75,133
|percentage = 46.48
|change = {{increase}}5.81
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Ashwini Kumar Sarangi]]
|votes = 66,681
|percentage = 41.25
|change = {{increase}}25.69
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Nipon Kumar Dash
|votes = 16,305
|percentage = 10.09
|change = {{decrease}}21.53
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 1,790
|percentage = 1.11
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 8,452
|percentage = 5.22
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,61,640
|percentage = 72.84
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2014===
In 2014 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Debesh Acharya]] defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate Sadhu Nepak by a margin of 13,204 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=2014-05-29|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 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election]]: [[Bargarh]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Odisha - Bargarh|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/AC/ConstituencywiseS183.htm?ac=3|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=29 May 2014|archive-date=29 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529141629/http://eciresults.nic.in/AC/ConstituencywiseS183.htm?ac=3|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Bargarh (3)|url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529122949/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=3|url-status=usurped|archive-date=29 May 2014|publisher=EmpoweringIndia.org|accessdate=29 May 2014}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Debesh Acharya]]
|votes = 59,350
|percentage = 40.67
|change = {{increase}}1.99
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Sadhu Nepak
|votes = 46,146
|percentage = 31.62
|change = {{decrease}}8.76
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Ashwini Kumar Sarangi]]
|votes = 22,707
|percentage = 15.56
|change = {{increase}}6.41
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 1,754
|percentage = 1.2
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 13,204
|percentage = 9.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,45,919
|percentage = 73.49
|change = 8.54
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,98,554
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
|loser = Indian National Congress
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2009===
In 2009 election, [[Indian National Congress]] candidate Sadhu Nepak defeated [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate Ananda Acharya by 1,969 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=1969 |accessdate=31 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527163949/http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/431-odisha-election-result-2009-votemargin.html |archive-date=27 May 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{Election box begin |
|title = [[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election]]: [[Bargarh]]<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 = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Sadhu Nepak
|votes = 46,762
|percentage = 40.38
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = Ananda Acharya
|votes = 44,793
|percentage = 38.68
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Sureswar Satapathy
|votes = 10,594
|percentage = 9.15
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,969
|percentage = ''1.70''{{efn|%of total valid votes}}
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,16,825
|percentage =64.95
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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{{Bargarh district}}
{{Assembly constituencies of Odisha|state=expanded}}
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[[Category:Bargarh district]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Odisha]]
[[Category:Politics of Odisha]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Orissa]]

Bargarh Assembly constituency - Revision history

PATTABHI RAM TURLAPATI at 03:17, 14 April 2026