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Assembly constituency 2 · Odisha

Bijepur is assembly constituency number 2 in Odisha, in Bargarh * district, and one of the segments of the Bargarh Lok Sabha seat. In the 2024 election Sanat Kumar Gartia of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 47.5% of the vote, 10,066 votes ahead of Rita Sahu (BJD).

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Bijepur · 2024AC 2
  1. 01
    Sanat Kumar Gartia
    BJP
    93,161
    47.52%
  2. 02
    Rita Sahu
    BJD
    83,095
    42.39%
  3. 03
    Kishor Dafadar
    INC
    15,707
    8.01%
  4. 04
    Dhabaleswar Mahananda
    BSP
    2,010
    1.03%
  5. NOTA · 2,055 (1.05%)

Margin 10,066 votes · 5.13% of valid votes

2,41,753
Registered electors
2024 election
81.1%
Turnout
+1.3 pts vs 2019
10,066
Victory margin
5.1% of valid votes
May 2024 · candidate-wise result

All 4 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,96,028 valid votes, NOTA included.

Bijepur 2024 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sanat Kumar GartiaMale · 58 yrsBJP93,161
47.52%
2Rita SahuFemale · 52 yrsBJD83,095
42.39%
3Kishor DafadarMale · 63 yrsINC15,707
8.01%
—NOTANOTA2,055
1.05%
4Dhabaleswar MahanandaMale · 30 yrs · SCBSP2,010
1.03%
Past results

The seat changed hands: BJD won in 2019, BJP in 2024.

0%20%40%60%2009201420192024BJP 47.5%BJD 42.4%INC 8.0%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2024Sanat Kumar GartiaBJP · 47.5% · margin 10,066Turnout81.1%
2019 byeRita SahuBJD · 73.9% · margin 97,990Turnout79.3%
2018 byeRita SahuBJD · 56.6% · margin 41,932Turnout82.2%
2014Subal SahuINC · 32.1% · margin 458Turnout80.2%
2009Subal SahuINC · 40.9% · margin 8,971Turnout70.2%
2019Naveen PatnaikBJD · 59.8% · margin 57,122Turnout79.8%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation, plus bye-elections (dashed). Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Bijepur bye-election, 21 Oct 2019

Turnout 79.3% · 1,84,059 of 2,32,264 electors voted

Bijepur bye-election 2019-10-21 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Rita SahuBJD1,35,957
73.87%
2Sanat Kumar GartiaBJP37,967
20.63%
3Dillip Kumar PandaINC5,873
3.19%
—NOTANOTA1,982
1.08%
4Ashok Kumar MittalABHM1,219
0.66%
5Brundaban PurohitIndependent1,053
0.57%

Bijepur bye-election, 24 Jan 2018

Turnout 82.2% · 1,81,717 of 2,21,159 electors voted

Bijepur bye-election 2018-01-24 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Rita SahuBJD1,02,871
56.61%
2Ashok Kumar PanigrahyBJP60,939
33.54%
3Pranaya Kumar SahuINC10,274
5.65%
—NOTANOTA1,684
0.93%
4Ratha XalxoIndependent981
0.54%
5Purnachandra PaikAPI941
0.52%
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6Demahari HarpalRPI(A)905
0.50%
7Rajendra PuruhitIndependent644
0.35%
8Chudamani KeshariIndependent543
0.30%
9Kumer Jal YadavIndependent506
0.28%
10Pramod Kumar ChhatarIndependent456
0.25%
11Demarchan NaikIndependent352
0.19%
12Jeheru BagIndependent322
0.18%
13Jugal Kishor SahuPBI298
0.16%

Bijepur result 2019

Bijepur 2019 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Naveen PatnaikBJD1,10,604
59.78%
2Sanat Kumar GartiaBJP53,482
28.91%
3Ripunath SethINC14,344
7.75%
4Purna Chandra PandaIndependent2,832
1.53%
—NOTANOTA1,675
0.91%
5Ashok KaletBSP1,200
0.65%
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6Birendra Kumar BagIndependent887
0.48%

Bijepur result 2014

Bijepur 2014 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Subal SahuINC53,290
32.15%
2Prasanna AcharyaBJD52,832
31.88%
3Jayshankar PattanaikBJP30,001
18.10%
4Ashok Kumar PanigrahiIndependent18,232
11.00%
5Kishor DaphadarOJM2,931
1.77%
6Suresh TripathyAAP1,659
1.00%
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7Purna Chandra PaikAPOI1,561
0.94%
8Jayram BagBSP1,429
0.86%
—NOTANOTA1,285
0.78%
9Rohita Kumar SahuTMC935
0.56%
10Kumar NandaRPI(D)838
0.51%
11Sachidananda PatraAOP754
0.45%

Bijepur result 2009

Bijepur 2009 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Subal SahuINC56,864
40.91%
2Prabhat Aditya MishraBJD47,893
34.45%
3Mohammad RafiqueBJP19,493
14.02%
4Milan MahattamBSP5,644
4.06%
5Sakuntala MahapatraIndependent5,124
3.69%
6Narendra Kumar HotaKOKD2,257
1.62%
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7Kuber Jal YadavJD(U)1,738
1.25%
Map

Bijepur outlined in orange among the other Odisha seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2024. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Bargarh * district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

BJPBJDINCCPI(M)Others
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Bijepur is one of the assembly segments of Bargarh. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Bargarh candidates.

  • Pradeep PurohitBJP1,03,392 53.5%
  • Parinita MishraBJD71,126 36.8%
  • Sanjay BhoiINC14,837 7.7%
  • Jayaram BaghBSP1,731 0.9%
  • Gnyanendra BeheraIndependent690 0.4%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 32,266 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Bijepur.

Who won the Bijepur assembly seat in 2024?

Sanat Kumar Gartia of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Bijepur in the 2024 Odisha assembly election with 93,161 votes, which was 47.52% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Bijepur?

The margin was 10,066 votes (5.13% of valid votes). The runner-up was Rita Sahu of the Biju Janata Dal with 83,095 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Bijepur in 2024?

Turnout was 81.13%: 1,96,135 of 2,41,753 registered electors voted, across 289 polling stations. That is 1.3 points higher than in 2019.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Bijepur part of?

Bijepur is an assembly segment of the Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency in Odisha. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Pradeep Purohit got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Has Bijepur had a bye-election?

Yes. In the bye-election on 21 Oct 2019, Rita Sahu (Biju Janata Dal) won by 97,990 votes. In the bye-election on 24 Jan 2018, Rita Sahu (Biju Janata Dal) won by 41,932 votes.

Is Bijepur a reserved constituency?

No. Bijepur is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Bijepur?

The Odisha assembly elected in 2024 completes its five-year term in 2029, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Odisha assembly elections of 2024 and 2019 and 2014 and 2009 (2024 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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