Khariar Assembly constituency

Khariar
Khariar
Constituency No. 72 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Nuapada
LS constituency	Kalahandi
Established	1961
Total electors	2,17,682
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

Khariar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Nuapada district, Odisha.^[2]

This constituency includes Khariar NAC, Khariar block, Boden block and Sinapali Block.^[3]^[4]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates^[5]

2024			46.89%
2019			33.52%
2014			34.42%
2009			37.07%
2004			54.18%
2000			61.08%
1995			49.41%
1990			49.05%
1985			25.78%
1980			40.04%
1977			55.68%

Since its formation in 1961, 14 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Khariar constituency are:^[6]^[7]

Election	Name
2024	Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi	BJD
2019	Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi	INC
2014	Duryodhan Majhi	BJP
2009	Hitesh Kumar Bagartti	BJP
2004	Duryodhan Majhi	BJD
2000	Duryodhan Majhi	BJD
1995	Duryodhan Majhi	JD
1990	Duryodhan Majhi	JD
1985	Anupa Singh Deo	INC
1980	Anupa Singh Deo	Independent
1977	Kapil Narayan Tiwari	Independent
1974	Anupa Singh Deo	Utkal Congress
1971 : Constituency did not exist
1967	Anupa Singh Deo	INC
1961	Anupa Singh Deo	SWA

Election results

2024

Voting were held on 13th May 2024 in 1st phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[8]

2024 Vidhan Sabha Election,Khariar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi	93246	46.89	13.37
	BJP	Hitesh Kumar Bagartti	83628	42.05
	INC	KAMAL CHARAN TANDI	13330	6.7
	Odisha Janata Party	UDDHAB MAJHI	1759	0.88
	SP	BUDHARU BIHARI	1187	0.6
	Independent	RANGADHAR MAJHI	1186	0.6
	Independent	SHREEKANT CHATTERJEE	2104	1.06
	NOTA	None of the above	2436	1.22
Majority			9618
Turnout			198876
	BJD gain from INC

2019

In 2019 election, Indian National Congress candidate Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Lambodar Nial by a margin of 2,857 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Khariar^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi	59,308	33.52	3.37
	BJD	Lambodar Nial	56,451	31.90	3.39
	BJP	Ritarani Bagartti	52,245	29.53	4.89
	BSP	Purna Chandra Netam	1,894	1.07	0.15
	SKD	Sanjay Kumar Naik	914	0.52
	AAP	Rangadhar Majhi	1,194	0.67
	Independent	Budharu Bihari	906	0.51
	Independent	Pramod Kumar Dandsena	842	0.48
	NOTA	None of the above	1360	0.77
Majority			2,857	1.62
Turnout			176935	74.18
	INC gain from BJP

2014

In 2014 election, Bhartiya Janta Party candidate Duryodhan Majhi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi by a margin of 7,126 votes.^[11]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Khariar^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Duryodhan Majhi	57,533	34.42	2.65
	INC	Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi	50,407	30.15	9.90
	BJD	Lambodar Nial	47,655	28.51	0.64
	BSP	Sudhir Kumar Sahoo	2,038	1.22	0.27
	Independent	Nimai Charan Tandi	1,622	0.97
	OJM	Deb Deb Prasad Singh Deo	1,222	0.73
	Koshal Mukti Morcha	Jaleswar Suna	1029	0.62
	Independent	Satrughan Behera	902	0.54
	SP	Sanyashi Das	853	0.51
	AOP	Bhramar Bag	604	0.36
	Independent	Radheshyam Sagar	595	0.36
	Independent	Kishor Kumar Bag	512	0.31
	NOTA	None of the above	2,198	1.31	−
Majority			7,126	4.26	−3.65
Turnout			1,67,170	76.8	9.49
Registered electors			2,17,682
	BJP hold

2009

In 2009 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Hitesh Kumar Bagartti defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Duryodhan Majhi by a margin of 11,366 votes.^[14]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Khariar^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Hitesh Kumar Bagartti	53,238	37.07	−
	BJD	Duryodhan Majhi	41,872	29.15	−
	INC	Baishampayan Meher	29,080	20.25	−
	SAMO	Deb Deb Prasad Singh Deo	8,248	5.74	−
	Independent	Bhisma Sunani	2,658	1.85	−
	RPI(A)	Kishor Kumar Bag	2,228	1.55	−
	BSP	Kirtan Bag	2,140	1.49	−
	Independent	Makunda Kharsel	1,841	1.28	−
	Independent	Chulamani Bhoi	1,445	1.01	−
	Kalinga Sena	Ramnath Panda	874	0.61	−
Majority			11,366	7.91^[b]	−
Turnout			1,43,709	67.31	−0.36'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000020−QINU`"'
	BJP gain from BJD

Notes

^ as on 1 January 2014
^ % of total valid votes
^ 2004 Voter turnout was 67.67%

References

^ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2019. Constituency: Khariar (69) District: Nuapada{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
^ Seats of Odisha
^ "95 - Khariar Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
^ "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)
^ "Khariar Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) ( AC / PC )" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
^ "Khariar Election result' 2019". newstrend.news. Newstrend. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
^ "Odisha - Khariar". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
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^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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[2] s on 1 January 2014

[17] % of total valid votes

[18] 2004 Voter turnout was 67.67%

[1] "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.

[3] "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2019. Constituency: Khariar (69) District: Nuapada{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[4] Assembly Constituencies and their Extent

[5] Seats of Odisha

[6] "95 - Khariar Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates

[7] "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)

[8] "Khariar Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 20 August 2014.

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

[FP_Ass_Cand-10] "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) ( AC / PC )" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.

[11] "Khariar Election result' 2019". newstrend.news. Newstrend. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[12] "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.

[13] "Odisha - Khariar". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 August 2014.

[14] "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Khariar (72)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[15] "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2014. 11366

[election2009-16] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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