Athagarh (Sl. No.: 89) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Cuttack district, Odisha.
This constituency includes Athagad NAC, Athagarh Block, Tigiria Block and 6 Gram panchayats (Kakhadi, Sankarpur, Badasamantarapur, Mangarajpur, Mahisalanda and Brahmapur) of Tangi-Chowdwar Block.
Nearby villages & towns of Tigiria Nizigarh are Baliput, Baneswarpada, Bindhanima, Biriput, Godarabandha, Bhiruda, Godijharia, achalkot, Haridapasi, Sanapatna.
Tigiria is the smallest princely state in Odisha and famous for many historical reasons. Even though as per revenue department it is a village but all facilities available within just one square kilometre.There are 2 Government High schools, two colleges, one head post office, Court, Police station, hospital everything available here. Places of Tourist attraction like Ansupa Lake (12 km), Bhatarika Temple (21 km), Dhabaleswar Temple (25 km) are nearby Tigiria.
Elected members
Since its formation in 1951, 20 elections were held till date including 3 By elections in 1967, 1980 and 2012.
List of members elected from Athagarh constituency are:
YearMemberParty2024Ranendra Pratap Swain201920142012 (bypoll)2009Ramesh Jena2004Ranendra Pratap Swain2000199519901985Janaki Ballabh Patnaik1980 (bypoll)1980Rasananda Sahu1977Rasamanjari Devi1974Radhanath Rath19711967 (bypoll)1967Pabitra Mohan Pradhan1961Achyutananda Das1957Radhanath Rath1951
Election results
2024 Voting were held on 25 May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024. In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ranendra Pratap Swain defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Abhaya Kumar Barik by a margin of 3,584 votes.
2019 In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ranendra Pratap Swain defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Brajendra Kumar Ray by a margin of 57,995 votes.
2014 In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ranendra Pratap Swain defeated Indian National Congress candidate Bichitrananda Muduli by a margin of 68,487 votes.
2012 Bypoll In 2012 by-election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ranendra Pratap Swain defeated Indian National Congress candidate Suresh Mohapatra by a margin of 47,390 votes.
2009 In 2009 election, Independent candidate Ramesh Rout defeated Independent candidate Bichitrananda Muduli by a margin of 30,351 votes.
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