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

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 Kumar Nayak
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2024

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

Elected Members

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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 Party
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

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2024

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ %of total valid votes

References

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  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.
  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.
  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
  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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