Deogarh (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Deogarh
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Debagarh
Blocks	Tileibani, Barkote, Reamal
Electorate	2,10,712
Major settlements	Debagarh
Current constituency
Created	1957
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
MLA	Nitesh Ganga Dev
Const. No.	19
Reserved for	None
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Sambalpur

Deogarh (Sl. No.: 19) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Debagarh district.^[1]

This constituency includes Debagarh, Tileibani block, Barkote block and Reamal block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [4]
2014			53.87%
2009			38.99%
2004			51.19%
2000			39.27%
1995			42.78%
1990			72.38%
1985			45.80%
1980			43.63%
1977			60.62%

Fourteen elections held during 1967 to 2014. List of members elected from Deogarh Vidhan Sabha constituency are:^[5]

• 2014: (19): Nitesh Ganga Dev (BJP)
• 2009: (19): Sanjeeb Kumar Pradhan (BJD)
• 2004: (134): Nitesh Ganga Dev (Congress)
• 2000: (134): Subash Chandra Panigrahi (BJP)
• 1995: (134): Pradipta Ganga Dev (Janata Dal)
• 1990: (134): Pradipta Ganga Dev (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (134): Rajkishore Pradhan (Congress)
• 1980: (134): Ashwini Kumar Behera (Congress-I)
• 1977: (134): Bhanugang Tribhuban Dev (Janata Party)
• 1974: (134): Bhanugang Tribhuban Dev (Swatantra Party)
• 1971: (120): Bhanugang Tribhuban Dev (Swatantra Party)
• 1967: (120): Bhanugang Tribhuban Dev (Swatantra Party)
• 1961: (58): Jayadeb Thakur (Ganatantra Parishad)
• 1957: (40): Jayadeb Thakur (Ganatantra Parishad), Jyotimanjari Debi (Ganatantra Parishad)

2014 Election Candidates

In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nitesh Ganga Dev defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Anita Pradhan by a margin of 38,739 votes.^[6]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Deogarh[7] [8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nitesh Ganga Dev	89,636	53.87	30.15
	BJD	Anita Pradhan	50,897	30.59	-8.4
	INC	Sem Hemram	14,809	8.9	-22.4
	BSP	Rajib Kisan	2,615	1.57	0.49
	AOP	Satya Narayan Pani	1,687	1.01
	Ambedkarite Party of India	Kalakar Naik	1,515	0.91
	OJM	Sudhir Kumar Brahma	1,426	0.86
	Independent	Amar Keshari Gangadeb	1,001	0.6
	Proutist Bloc, India	Dolakar Bhoi	797	0.48
	NOTA	None	2011	1.21
Majority			38,739	23.28
Turnout			1,66,394	78.97	7.89
Registered electors			2,10,712
	BJP gain from BJD

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Sanjeeb Kumar Pradhan, defeated Indian National Congress candidate Nitesh Ganga Deb by a margin of 10,705 votes.^[9]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Deogarh [10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sanjeeb Kumar Pradhan	54,267	38.99	-
	INC	Nitesh Ganga Dev	43,561	31.30	-
	BJP	Subash Chandra Panigrahi	33,009	23.72	-
	SAMO	Gangadhar Behera	2,158	1.55	-
	SP	Suresh Behera	2,065	1.48	-
	BSP	Bijay Kumar Pradhan	1,502	1.08	-
	Kosal Kranti Dal	Purusottam Patro	1,001	0.72	-
	Indian Justice Party	Ganeshwar Pradhan	870	0.63	-
	Kalinga Sena	Subhransu Sekhar Sahu	749	0.54	-
Majority			10,705	7.69[lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,39,257	71.08	-
	BJD gain from INC

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

1. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 27 January 2014. Constituency: Deogarh (19) District : Deogarh
2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
3. Seats of Odisha
4. "134 - Deogarh Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
5. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
6. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
7. "Odisha - Deogarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
8. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Deogarh (19)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
9. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 27 January 2014. 12712
10. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf