Padampur Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Padampur, Bargarh district. For other uses, see Padampur.

Padampur is a Assembly constituency of Bargarh district in Odisha State.^[1]

Padamput
Constituency No. 1 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Northern Division
District	Bargarh
LS constituency	Bargarh
Established	1951
Total electors	208,303^[a]^[b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Barsha Singh Bariha
Party	BJD
Elected year	2022 Bye-election

Area of this constituency includes Jharbandh, Paikmal and Padampur (Rajborasambar) block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates^[4]
2022			58%
2019			41.29%
2019			41.29%
2014			38.94%
2009			44.15%
2004			51.27%
2000			48.41%
1995			52.51%
1990			65.71%
1985			64.49%
1980			42.58%
1977			63.58%

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

Election Year	Member	Party
1952	Aniruddha Mishra		Independent
	Lal Ranjit Singh Bariha		Indian National Congress
1957	Bikramaditya Singh Bariha
	L. M. S. Bariha		Ganatantra Parishad
1961	Bikramaditya Singh Bariha		Indian National Congress
1967			Orissa Jana Congress
1971	Krupasindhu Bhoi		Indian National Congress^[7]
1974			Indian National Congress
1977	Bikramaditya Singh Bariha		Janata Party
1980	Satyabhusan Sahu		Indian National Congress
1985
1990	Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha		Janata Dal
1995
2000			Biju Janata Dal
2004	Satyabhusan Sahu		Indian National Congress
2009	Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha		Biju Janata Dal
2014	Pradip Purohit		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019^[8]	Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha		Biju Janata Dal
2022 Bypoll^[9]	Barsha Singh Bariha

Election results

2022 By-poll

In the 2022 by-election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Barsha Singh Bariha defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradeep Purohit by a margin of 42,679 votes.

2022-bypoll, Padampur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Barsha Singh Bariha	120,807	58.0	20.49
	BJP	Pradeep Purohit	78,128	37.51	0.94
	INC	Sataya Bhusan Sahu	3,594	1.73	14.52
	Independent	Seshadeb Sahu	1,168	0.56	-
	Independent	Brundaban Purohit	574	0.28	-
	NOTA	None of the above	2,087	1.0	0.11
Majority			42,679	20.49	17.65
Turnout			2,08,303
	BJD hold

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bijaya Ranjan Singh Bariha defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradeep Purohit by a margin of 5,734 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Padampur^[10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bijaya Ranjan Singh Bariha	83299	41.29	4.90
	BJP	Pradeep Purohit	77565	38.45	0.49
	INC	Sataya Bhusan Sahu	32787	16.25	1.36
	BSP	Tankadhara Kanta	1332	0.66	0.26
	Independent	Raju Ghibela	4512	2.24	-
	NOTA	None of the above	2234	1.11	-
Majority			5734	2.84
Turnout			2,01,729	79.16
	BJD gain from BJP		Swing

2014

In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradip Purohit defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Bijaya Ranjan Singha Bariha by a margin of 4,513 votes.^[12]

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Padampur^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pradip Purohit	68,942	38.94	19.66
	BJD	Bijaya Ranjan Singha Bariha	64,429	36.39	7.76
	INC	Prakash Narayan Tripathy	31,179	17.61	14.8
	Independent	Gobardhan Bhoy	5,456	3.08	-
	BSP	Tankadhar Kanta	1,632	0.92	3.25
	AAP	Rajkumar Seth	1,563	0.88	-
	Paschimanchal Vikas Party	Gangadhar Bhoi	1,295	0.73	-
	Independent	Purnananda Sahu	1,132	0.64	-
	OJM	Neheru Bag	953	0.54	-
	NOTA	None	1,751	0.99	-
Majority			4,513	2.55
Turnout			1,77,037	79.16	3.65
Registered electors			2,23,649
	BJP gain from BJD

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha defeated Indian National Congress candidate Satyabhusana Sahu by 18,066 votes.^[14]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Padampur^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha	67,913	44.15	4.58
	INC	Satya Bhusana Sahu	49,847	32.41	18.86
	BJP	Pradeep Purohit	29,651	19.28	-
	BSP	Sudhansu Shekhar Barik	6,407	4.17	-
Majority			18,066	11.75	-
Turnout			1,53,837	75.51
	BJD gain from INC		Swing	1.42^[c]

Notes

1. as on 2022
2. as data published by election commission
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 74.09%

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