Barchana Assembly constituency

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

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

Barchana
Constituency No. 50 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictJajpur
LS constituencyJajpur
Established1951
Total electors1,61,200
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Amar Prasad Satapathy
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2019

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

Elected Members
Vote share of winning candidates[4]
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 Party
2024
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 Vidhan Sabha Election,Barchana
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Amar Kumar Nayak 71,926 49.38
BJD Barsha Priyadarshini 65,616 45.05
INC Ajay Samal 6,627 4.55
NOTA None of the above 409 0.28
Majority
Turnout 145,667
BJP gain from BJD

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[lower-alpha 1] -
Turnout 1,07,708 66.82 -
NCP gain from INC

Notes
  1. %of total valid votes

References
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  3. Seats of Odisha
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