Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency

Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha parliamentary constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India.

Bargarh OD-1
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Assembly constituencies	Padampur Bijepur Bargarh Attabira Bhatli Brajarajnagar Jharsuguda
Established	1951
Total electors	16,30,923[a]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Pradip Purohit
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

This constituency came into existence in 2008^[1] as a part of the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India in 2002. Before 2008, some of the constituencies were in Deogarh.

Assembly Segments

Presently, Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency comprises 7 legislative assembly segments, which are:

#	Name	District	Member	Party		Leading (in 2024)
1	Padampur	Bargarh	Barsha Singh Bariha		BJD		BJP
2	Bijepur		Sanat Kumar Gartia		BJP		BJP
3	Bargarh		Ashwini Kumar Sarangi		BJP		BJP
4	Attabira (SC)		Nihar Ranjan Mahanand		BJP		BJP
5	Bhatli		Irasis Acharya		BJP		BJP
6	Brajarajnagar	Jharsuguda	Suresh Pujari		BJP		BJP
7	Jharsuguda		Tankadhar Tripathy		BJP		BJP

Padampur, Bijepur, Bargarh and Bhatli legislative assembly segments were earlier in erstwhile Sambalpur constituency.

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates
2024			54.69%
2019			46.58%
2014			34.11%
2009			43.20%

Since its formation in 1951, 5 elections have been held till date.

List of members elected from Bargarh constituency are

Year	Member	Party
1951	Ghanshyam Das Thirani		Independent
1956-2004 : Constituency did not exist
2009	Sanjay Bhoi		Indian National Congress
2014	Prabhas Kumar Singh		Biju Janata Dal
2019	Suresh Pujari		Bharatiya Janata Party
2024	Pradip Purohit

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 20th May 2024 in 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[2] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradip Purohit defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Parinita Mishra by a margin of 2,51,667 votes.

2024 Indian general election: Bargarh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pradip Purohit	716,359	54.69
	BJD	Parinita Mishra	4,64,692	35.48
	INC	Sanjay Bhoi	93,551	7.14
	NOTA	None of the above	12,541	0.91
Majority			2,51,667	19.21
Turnout			13,12,526	80.33
	BJP hold

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Suresh Pujari defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Prasanna Acharya by a margin of 63,939 votes.

2019 Indian general elections: Bargarh^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Suresh Pujari	581,245	46.58
	BJD	Prasanna Acharya	5,17,306	41.45
	INC	Pradeep Kumar Debta	1,09,417	8.77
	NOTA	None of the above	14,167	1.14
	BSP	Kousika Suna	11,056	0.89
Majority			63,939	5.13
Turnout			12,51,078	78.37	−0.34
	BJP gain from BJD

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prabhas Kumar Singh defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Subash Chouhan by a margin of 11,178 votes.

2014 Indian general elections: Bargarh^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Prabhas Kumar Singh	383,230	34.11
	BJP	Subash Chouhan	3,72,052	33.12
	INC	Sanjay Bhoi	2,74,610	24.44
	PVP	Kulamani Urma	26,216	2.33
	CPI	Ashok Bisi	21,100	1.87
	AAP	Lingaraj	15,672	1.39
	NOTA	None of the above	14,500	1.29
Majority			11,178	0.99
Turnout			11,26,153	78.71
	BJD gain from INC

2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Sanjay Bhoi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Hamid Hussain by a margin of 98,444 votes.

2009 Indian general elections: Bargarh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sanjay Bhoi	397,375	43.20
	BJD	Dr. Hamid Hussain	2,98,931	32.49
	BJP	Radharani Panda	1,57,750	17.15
	BSP	Sunil Kumar Agrawal	25,710	2.79
Majority			98,444	10.70
Turnout			9,19,625	69.65
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Bargarh district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha