Barchana Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Barchana.

Barchana or Badchana is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jajpur district, in the Indian state of Odisha.^[1]

Barchana
Constituency No. 50 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Central Division
District	Jajpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Jajpur
Established	1951
Total electors	1,94,341[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Amar Kumar Nayak
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

The area of this constituency includes Barachana block.^[2][3]

Elected members

Vote share of winning candidates^[4]

2024			49.38%
2019			46.64%
2014			42.07%
2009			40.38%
2004			50.79%
2000			51.07%
1995			48.36%
1990			55.53%
1985			60.33%
1980			54.94%
1977			43.7%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Barachana constituency are:^[5][6]

Year	Member	Party
2024[7]	Amar Kumar Nayak		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019[8]	Amar Prasad Satapathy		Biju Janata Dal
2014[9]
2009[10]			Nationalist Congress Party
2004	Sitakanta Mohapatra		Indian National Congress
2000	Amar Prasad Satpathy		Biju Janata Dal
1995			Janata Dal
1990
1985	Sitakanta Mohapatra		Indian National Congress
1980			Indian National Congress (I)
1977	Managobinda Samal		Janata Party
1974	Dusasan Jena		Communist Party of India
1971	Managobinda Samal		Utkal Congress
1967	Jagannath Das		Praja Socialist Party
1961	Dhananjoy Lenka		Indian National Congress
1957	Jadumani Mangaraj
1951	Nabakrushna Choudhuri

Election results

2024

Voting were held on 1 June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.^[11] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Amar Kumar Nayak defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Varsha Priyadarshini by a margin of 6,310 votes.^[7]

2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Barchana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Amar Kumar Nayak	71,926	49.38	3.83
	BJD	Varsha Priyadarshini	65,616	45.05	1.59
	INC	Ajay Samal	6,627	4.55	2.23
	NOTA	None of the above	409	0.28	0.07
Majority			6,310	4.33	3.24
Turnout			1,45,667	74.95
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Amar Prasad Satapathy defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Amar Kumar Nayak by a margin of 1485 votes.^[12]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Barchana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Amar Prasad Satpathy	64,084	46.64
	BJP	Amar Kumar Nayak	62,599	45.55
	INC	Ajay Kumar Samal	9,322	6.78
	NOTA	None of the above	475	0.35
Majority			1,485	1.09
Turnout			1,37,415	74.7
Registered electors			1,81,507
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Amar Prasad Satapathy defeated Indian National Congress candidate Janmejoy Lenka by a margin of 16,939 votes.^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Barchana^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Amar Prasad Satpathy	53,322	42.07
	INC	Janmejoy Lenka	36,383	28.7	−1.79
	Independent	Amar Kumar Nayak	26,260	20.72
	Independent	Rajnarayan Mohapatra	5,048	3.98
	BJP	Simantini Jena	3,564	2.81	0.36
	NOTA	None of the above	567	0.45	−
Majority			16,939	13.36	3.47
Turnout			1,26,760	77.48	10.66
Registered electors			1,63,603
	BJD gain from NCP

2009

In 2009 election, Nationalist Congress Party candidate Amar Prasad Satapathy defeated Indian National Congress candidate Sitakanta Mohapatra by a margin of 10,649 votes.^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Barachana^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Amar Prasad Satapathy	43,473	40.38	−
	INC	Sitakanta Mohapatra	32,824	30.49	−
	Independent	Janmejoy Lenka	25,409	23.60	−
	BJP	Pabitra Mohan Samantaray	2,633	2.45	−
Majority			10,649	9.89[c]	−
Turnout			1,07,708	66.82	−
	NCP gain from INC

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. %of total valid votes