Barchana Assembly constituency

Barchana
Barchana
Constituency No. 50 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Jajpur
LS constituency	Jajpur
Established	1951
Total electors	1,61,200
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Amar Kumar Nayak
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Barchana or Badchana is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jajpur district, Odisha.^[1]

Area of this constituency includes Barachana block.^[2]^[3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates^[4]

2024			49.38%
2019			46.64%
2014			42.07%
2009			40.38%
2004			50.79%
2000			51.07%
1995			48.36%
1990			55.53%
1985			60.33%
1980			54.94%
1977			43.7%

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

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

Year	Member
2024	Amar Kumar Nayak	BJP
2019	Amar Prasad Satapathy^[7]	BJD
2014	Amar Prasad Satpathy	BJD
2009	Amar Prasad Satpathy	NCP
2004	Sitakanta Mohapatra	INC
2000	Amar Prasad Satpathy	BJD
1995	Amar Prasad Satpathy	JD
1990	Amar Prasad Satpathy	JD
1985	Sitakanta Mohapatra	INC
1980	Sitakanta Mohapatra	INC
1977	Managobinda Samal	JP
1974	Dusasan Jena	CPI
1971	Managobinda Samal	Utkal Congress
1967	Jagannath Das	PSP
1961	Dhananjoy Lenka	INC
1957	Jadumani Mangaraj	INC
1951	Nabakrushna Choudhuri	INC

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[8]

2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Barchana
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Amar Kumar Nayak	71,926	49.38	3.83
	BJD	Barsha Priyadarshini	65,616	45.05	1.59
	INC	Ajay Samal	6,627	4.55	2.23
	NOTA	None of the above	409	0.28	0.07
Majority			6,310	4.33	3.24
Turnout			1,45,667
	BJP gain from BJD		Swing

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.^[9]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Barchana
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Amar Prasad Satpathy	64,084	46.64
	BJP	Amar Kumar Nayak	62,599	45.55
	INC	Ajay Kumar Samal	9,322	6.78
	BSP	Umakanta Malik	380	0.28
	Independent	Jatindra Kumar Sahoo	227	0.17
	Independent	Mrutyunjay Prasanna Parida	180	0.13
	NOTA	None of the above	475	0.35
Majority			1,485	1.09	−12.27
Turnout			1,37,415	74.7
Registered electors			1,81,507
	BJD hold

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.^[10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Barchana^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Amar Prasad Satpathy	53,322	42.07
	INC	Janmejoy Lenka	36,383	28.7	−1.79
	Independent	Amar Kumar Nayak	26,260	20.72
	Independent	Rajnarayan Mohapatra	5,048	3.98
	BJP	Simantini Jena	3,564	2.81	0.36
	Independent	Bikram Dash	608	0.48
	AAP	Durga Prasad Das	505	0.4
	SKD	Sangram Keshari Jena	288	0.23
	Independent	Jatindra Kumar Sahoo	215	0.17
	NOTA	None	567	0.45	−
Majority			16,939	13.36	3.47
Turnout			1,26,760	77.48	10.66
Registered electors			1,63,603
	BJD gain from NCP

2009

In 2009 election, Nationalist Congress Party candidate Amar Prasad Satapathy defeated Indian National Congress candidate Sitakanta Mohapatra by a margin of 10,649 votes.^[13]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Barachana^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Amar Prasad Satapathy	43,473	40.38	−
	INC	Sitakanta Mohapatra	32,824	30.49	−
	Independent	Janmejoy Lenka	25,409	23.60	−
	BJP	Pabitra Mohan Samantaray	2,633	2.45	−
	SAMO	Mandakini Jema	1,517	1.41	−
	LJP	Balaram Nayak	791	0.73	−
	Independent	Naba Kishore Dalai	482	0.45	−
	JD(U)	Lalit Mohan Nanda	309	0.29	−
	Kalinga Sena	Jatindra Kumar Sahoo	229	0.21	−
Majority			10,649	9.89^[a]	−
Turnout			1,07,708	66.82	−
	NCP gain from INC

Notes

^ %of total valid votes

References

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[15] %of total valid votes

[News18_2019-1] "Barchana Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Barchana Constituency (Seat) Election Results, Live News". News18. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2020. 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.

[2] Assembly Constituencies and their Extent

[3] Seats of Odisha

[4] "27 - Barchana Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 1 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates

[5] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[6] "Dhamnagar Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 28 February 2014.

[election2019-7] "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

[8] "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.

[Assembly_Election_2019_Barchana-9] "Election Commission of India". Assembly Election 2019. Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.

[10] "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.

[11] "Odisha - Barchana". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 July 2014.

[12] "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Barchana (50)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[13] "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2014. 10649

[election2009-14] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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