Athagarh (Sl. No.: 89) is a

Vidhan Sabha The State Legislative Assembly, or Vidhan Sabha, or also Saasana Sabha, is a legislative body in the states and union territories of India. In the 28 states and 3 union territories with a unicameral state legislature, it is the sole legislati ...

constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger State (polity), state (a country, administrative region, ...

of Cuttack district,

Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...

. This constituency includes Athagad NAC, Athagarh Block, Tigiria Block and 6

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s (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

Eighteen elections were held between 1951 and 2012 including three Bye election in 1967, 1980 and 2012. Elected members from the Athagarh constituency are: *2019: (89): Ranendra Pratap Swain(BJD) *2014: (89): Ranendra Pratap Swain(BJD) *2012: (Bye Poll): Ranendra Pratap Swain ( BJD) *2009: (89): Ramesh Rout (Independent) *2004: (47): Ranendra Pratap Swain (BJD) *2000: (47): Ranendra Pratap Swain (BJD) *1995: (47): Ranendra Pratap Swain (

Janata Dal Janata Dal (“People’s Party”) was an List of political parties in India, Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Jagjivan), and the Jan Morcha united on 11 ...

) *1990: (47): Ranendra Pratap Swain (Janata Dal) *1985: (47):

Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (3 January 1927 – 21 April 2015) was an Indian politician who had been Governor of Assam from 2009 to 2014. A leader of the Indian National Congress, he was Chief Minister of Odisha from 1980 to 1989 and again from 1995 ...

(

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) *1980: (Bye Poll): Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (Congress-I) *1980: (47): Rasananda Sahu (Congress-I) *1977: (47): Rasamanjari Devi ( JNP) *1974: (47):

Radhanath Rath Dr. Radhanath Rath (6 December 1896 – 11 February 1998) was a newspaper editor , freedom fighter, Social worker and politician from Odisha. He edited The Samaja , one of the leading newspapers of Odisha. Early life He was born on 6 December ...

(Independent) *1971: (44): Radhanath Rath (Independent) *1967: (Bye Poll): Radhanath Rath (Independent) *1967: (44): Pabitra Mohan Pradhan (

Orissa Jana Congress Orissa Jana Congress (Orissa Peoples Congress), generally just called the ''Jana Congress'', was a political party in the Indian state of Orissa. The Jana Congress was formed in 1966 when Harekrushna Mahatab (former Orissa Chief Minister) left th ...

) *1961: (98): Achyutananda Das (Independent) *1957: (69): Radhanath Rath (Congress) *1951: (82): Radhanath Rath (Congress)

2019 Election Result

2014 Election Candidates

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ranendra Pratap Swain defeated Indian National Congress candidate Bichitrananda Muduli by a margin of 68,420 votes.

2012 Election Results

In 2012 election,

Biju Janata Dal The Biju Janata Dal (; BJD) is a regional political party in the Indian state of Odisha founded and led by Naveen Patnaik, the current Chief Minister of Odisha and the son of former Chief Minister of Odisha Biju Patnaik, after whom the party i ...

candidate Ranendra Pratap Swain defeated

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candidate Suresh Mohapatra by a margin of 47,390 votes.

2009 Election Results

In 2009 election, Independent candidate Ramesh Rout defeated Independent candidate Bichitrananda Muduli by a margin of 30,351 votes.

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{{Odisha elections Assembly constituencies of Odisha Politics of Cuttack district