Bijepur is an Assembly constituency of Bargarh district in Odisha State. It was established in 1961.
Extent of Assembly Constituencies
Gaisilet Block Bijepur Block Barpali Block : Patkulunda, Remta, Bandhpali, Khemesara, Kainsir, Satalma, Barguda, Mahada, Tileimal, Agalpur, Bhatigaon, Raxa, Gopeipali, Tinkani, Tulundi and Kumbhari GPs Barpali NAC.
Elected members
Since its formation in 1961,18 elections were held during including 3 By-Elections in 1991, 2018 and 2019.
List of members elected from Bijepur Constituency are:
YearMemberParty2024Sanat Kumar Gartia2019 (bypoll)Rita Sahu2019Naveen Patnaik2018 (bypoll)Rita Sahu2014Subal Sahu200920042000Ashok Kumar Panigrahy1995Ripunath Seth1991 (bypoll)Kishorimani Singh1990Nikunja Bihari Singh19851980Rajib Lochan Hota1977Nityananda Gartia1974Gananath Pradhan1971Tribikram Malik1967Mohan Nag1961
Election results
2024 Voting were held on 20 May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024. In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sanat Kumar Gartia defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Rita Sahu by a margin of 10,066 votes.
2019 Bypoll In 2019 By-Election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rita Sahu defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sanat Kumar Gartia by a margin of 97,990 votes.
2019 In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Naveen Patnaik defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sanat Kumar Gartia by a margin of 57,122 votes. Later, Naveen Patnaik has resigned as MLA from the Bijepur Assembly Constituency.
2018 Bypoll In 2018 By-Election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rita Sahu defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ashok Kumar Panigrahy by a margin of 41,932 votes.
2014 In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Subal Sahu defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Prasanna Acharya by a margin of 458 votes.
2009 In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Subal Sahu defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Prabhat Aditya Mishra by 18,066 votes.
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