Deogarh Assembly constituency

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

Deogarh is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Debagarh district.^[1]

Deogarh
Constituency No. 19 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Deogarh
LS constituency	Sambalpur
Established	1957
Total electors	239,706
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Subash Chandra Panigrahi
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2019

This constituency includes Debagarh, Tileibani block, Barkote block and Reamal block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates ^[4]
2019			41.52%
2014			53.87%
2009			38.99%
2004			51.19%
2000			39.27%
1995			42.78%
1990			72.38%
1985			45.80%
1980			43.63%
1977			60.62%

Fifteen elections held during 1967 to 2019. List of members elected from Deogarh Vidhan Sabha constituency are:^[5]

• 2014: (19): Nitesh Ganga Dev (BJP)
• 2009: (19): Sanjeeb Kumar Pradhan (BJD)
• 2004: (134): Nitesh Ganga Dev (Congress)
• 2000: (134): Subash Chandra Panigrahi (BJP)
• 1995: (134): Pradipta Ganga Dev (Janata Dal)
• 1990: (134): Pradipta Ganga Dev (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (134): Rajkishore Pradhan (Congress)
• 1980: (134): Ashwini Kumar Behera (Congress-I)
• 1977: (134): Bhanugang Tribhuban Dev (Janata Party)
• 1974: (134): Bhanugang Tribhuban Dev (Swatantra Party)
• 1971: (120): Bhanugang Tribhuban Dev (Swatantra Party)
• 1967: (120): Bhanugang Tribhuban Dev (Swatantra Party)
• 1961: (58): Jayadeb Thakur (Ganatantra Parishad)
• 1957: (40): Jayadeb Thakur (Ganatantra Parishad), Jyotimanjari Debi (Ganatantra Parishad)

Year	Member	Party
2019	Subash Chandra Panigrahi^[6]^[7]		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Subash Chandra Panigrahi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Romancha Ranjan Biswal by a margin of 7,106 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Deogarh ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Romancha Ranjan Biswal	67,249	37.56	6.97
	INC	Uma Shankar Sahu	27,426	15.32	6.42
	BJP	Subash Chandra Panigrahi	74,355	41.52	12.35
	BSP	Kandarpa Patra	1,831	1.02	0.55
	HND	Satyabrata Panigrahi	460	0.26	-
	KJD	Alaka Pradhan	1,147	0.64	-
	PBI	Dolakara Bhoi	969	0.54	0.06
	Independent	Dolagobinda Naik	453	0.25	-
	Independent	Narendra Kumar Pradhan	711	0.4	-
	Independent	Prahallad Charan Garnayak	539	0.3	-
	Independent	Manoranjan Mishra	557	0.31	-
	Independent	Mukesh Kumar Mahanayak	1256	0.7	-
	Independent	Romanchala Khadiratna	797	0.45	-
	NOTA	None of the above	1313	0.73	048
Majority			7,106	3.96
Turnout			1,79,063	74.7
	BJP hold		Swing

2014

In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nitesh Ganga Dev defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Anita Pradhan by a margin of 38,739 votes.^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Deogarh^[10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nitesh Ganga Dev	89,636	53.87	30.15
	BJD	Anita Pradhan	50,897	30.59	8.4
	INC	Sem Hemram	14,809	8.9	22.4
	BSP	Rajib Kisan	2,615	1.57	0.49
	AOP	Satya Narayan Pani	1,687	1.01	-
	API	Kalakar Naik	1,515	0.91	-
	OJM	Sudhir Kumar Brahma	1,426	0.86	-
	Independent	Amar Keshari Gangadeb	1,001	0.6	-
	PBI	Dolakar Bhoi	797	0.48	-
	NOTA	None of the above	2011	1.21
Majority			38,739	23.28
Turnout			1,66,394	78.97	7.89
Registered electors			2,10,712
	BJP gain from BJD

2009

In 2009 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Sanjeeb Kumar Pradhan, defeated Indian National Congress candidate Nitesh Ganga Deb by a margin of 10,705 votes.^[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Deogarh ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sanjeeb Kumar Pradhan	54,267	38.99	-
	INC	Nitesh Ganga Dev	43,561	31.30	-
	BJP	Subash Chandra Panigrahi	33,009	23.72	-
	SAMO	Gangadhar Behera	2,158	1.55	-
	SP	Suresh Behera	2,065	1.48	-
	BSP	Bijay Kumar Pradhan	1,502	1.08	-
	Kosal Kranti Dal	Purusottam Patro	1,001	0.72	-
	Indian Justice Party	Ganeshwar Pradhan	870	0.63	-
	Kalinga Sena	Subhransu Sekhar Sahu	749	0.54	-
Majority			10,705	7.69^[a]
Turnout			1,39,257	71.08
	BJD gain from INC

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

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