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
District	Jajpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Jajpur
Established	1951
Total electors	1,61,200
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	Amar Kumar Nayak		BJP
2019	Amar Prasad Satapathy[7]		BJD
2014	Amar Prasad Satpathy		BJD
2009	Amar Prasad Satpathy		NCP
2004	Sitakanta Mohapatra		INC
2000	Amar Prasad Satpathy		BJD
1995	Amar Prasad Satpathy		JD
1990	Amar Prasad Satpathy		JD
1985	Sitakanta Mohapatra		INC
1980	Sitakanta Mohapatra		INC
1977	Managobinda Samal		JP
1974	Dusasan Jena		CPI
1971	Managobinda Samal		Utkal Congress
1967	Jagannath Das		PSP
1961	Dhananjoy Lenka		INC
1957	Jadumani Mangaraj		INC
1951	Nabakrushna Choudhuri		INC

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[8]

2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Barchana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Amar Kumar Nayak	71,926	49.38	3.83
	BJD	Barsha 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
	BJP gain from BJD		Swing

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.^[9]

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
	BSP	Umakanta Malik	380	0.28
	Independent	Jatindra Kumar Sahoo	227	0.17
	Independent	Mrutyunjay Prasanna Parida	180	0.13
	NOTA	None of the above	475	0.35
Majority			1,485	1.09	−12.27
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.^[10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Barchana^[11][12]

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
	Independent	Bikram Dash	608	0.48
	AAP	Durga Prasad Das	505	0.4
	SKD	Sangram Keshari Jena	288	0.23
	Independent	Jatindra Kumar Sahoo	215	0.17
	NOTA	None	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.^[13]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Barachana^[14]

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	−
	SAMO	Mandakini Jema	1,517	1.41	−
	LJP	Balaram Nayak	791	0.73	−
	Independent	Naba Kishore Dalai	482	0.45	−
	JD(U)	Lalit Mohan Nanda	309	0.29	−
	Kalinga Sena	Jatindra Kumar Sahoo	229	0.21	−
Majority			10,649	9.89[a]	−
Turnout			1,07,708	66.82	−
	NCP gain from INC

Notes

1. %of total valid votes