Patnagarh Assembly constituency

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

Patnagarh (Sl. No.: 67) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balangir district, Odisha.^[2]

Patnagarh
Legislative Assembly of Odisha constituency
District	Balangir
Blocks	Patnagarh, Belpara, Khaprakhol
Electorate	2,51,089 ^[1]^[a]
Major settlements	Patnagarh
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	Biju Janata Dal
MLA	Saroj Kumar Meher
Const. No.	67
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Balangir

This constituency includes Patnagarh, Patnagarh block, Belpara block and Khaprakhol block.^[3][4]

In 2009 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Prakriti Devi Singh Deo by a margin of 19,382 votes.^[5]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates ^[6]
2019			43.40%
2014			40.58%
2009			40.31%
2004			55.78%
2000			64.96%
1995			62.21%
1990			43.67%
1985			43.05%
1980			55.43%
1977			55.91%

Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014. Elected members from the Patnagarh constituency are:^[7][8]

• 2019: (67): Saroj Kumar Meher (BJD)
• 2014: (67): Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo (BJP)
• 2009: (67): Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo (BJP)
• 2004: (108): Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo (BJP)
• 2000: (108): Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo (BJP)
• 1995: (108): Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo (BJP)
• 1990: (108): Bibekananda Meher (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (108): Sushil Kumar Prushty (Congress)
• 1980: (108): Brajamohan Thakur (Congress-I)
• 1977: (108): Bibekananda Meher (Janata Party)
• 1974: (108): Ainthu Sahoo (Swatantra Party)
• 1971: (105): Ainthu Sahoo (Swatantra)
• 1967: (105): Ainthu Sahoo (Swatantra)
• 1961: (44): Sobhakar Bariha (Independent)
• 1957: (31): Asharam Bhoi (Ganatantra Parishad) and Ainthu Sahoo (Ganatantra Parishad)
• 1951: (23): Arjun Das (Ganatantra Parishad) and Ganesh Ram Bariha (Ganatantra Parishad)

2019 Election result

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Patnagarh ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Saroj Kumar Meher	88,756	43.40	10.27
	BJP	Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo	77,003	37.96	2.62
	INC	Ramesh Kumar Purohit	30,253	14.92	3.46
	BSP	Laba Suna	4,193	2.07	0.57
	NOTA	None of the above	3,347	1.65
Majority			11,028	5.44
Turnout
	BJD gain from BJP		Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Prakriti Devi Singh Deo by a margin of 13,653 votes.^[10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Patnagarh ^[11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo	74,372	40.58	0.27
	BJD	Prakriti Devi Singh Deo	60,719	33.13	5.03
	INC	Kishor Kumar Parichha	33,697	18.38	5.77
	AAP	Sunil Goel	5,588	3.05
	BSP	Jaya Sudan Bariha	2,742	1.5
	Independent	Purna Chandra Meher	1,553	0.85
	Independent	Mohan Sundar Meher	1,545	0.84
	NOTA	None of the above	3,079	1.68	-
Majority			13,653	7.45	-4.76
Turnout			1,83,295	73	5.58
Registered electors			2,51,089
	BJP hold

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election: Patnagarh^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo	63,996	40.31	15.47
	BJD	Prakriti Devi Singh Deo	44,614	28.10
	INC	Bebekananda Meher	38,350	24.15
	SAMO	Basanta Majhi	4,593	2.89	-
	Kosal Kranti Dal	Baidyanath Mishra	2,284	1.44	-
	Independent	Mohan Sundar Meher	1,787	1.13	-
	Independent	Jaya Sudan Bariha	1,761	1.11	-
	RSP	Ranjit Singh Babu	1,384	0.87	-
Majority			19,382	12.21^[b]	-
Turnout			1,58,826	67.42	-
	BJP hold		Swing	-1.35 ^[c]

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 68.77%

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