Attabira Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its progressive town in heart of western Odisha, see Attabira.

Attabira
Constituency No. 4 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Bargarh
LS constituency	Bargarh
Established	1951
Total electors	202,277
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Nihar Ranjan Mahananda
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Attabira (Sl. No.: 4) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bargarh district, Odisha.[1]

This constituency includes Attabira, Attabira block and Bheden block.[2][3] This constituency was created in 2009 in place of Melchhamunda constituency.[4]

Constituency didn't existed in between 1967 & 2004. It was revived in 2008 Delimitation[5] and went for polls in 2009 election.

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates
2024			55.17%
2019			48.98%
2014			44.92%
2009			39.65%

Since its formation in 1951, 6 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Attabira constituency are:[6][7]

Year	Member	Party
2024	Nihar Ranjan Mahananda		BJP
2019	Snehangini Chhuria[8]		BJD
2014
2009	Nihar Ranjan Mahananda		INC
1967-2004 : Constituency did not exist
1961	Banamali Babu		INC
1957 : Constituency did not exist
1951	Bipin Bihari Das		INC

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 20th May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[9] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nihar Ranjan Mahananda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Snehangini Chhuria by a margin of 28,910 votes.

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Attabira

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nihar Ranjan Mahananda	99,487	55.17
	BJD	Snehangini Chhuria	70,577	39.14
	INC	Abhishek Seth	6065	3.36
	NOTA	None of the above	1808	1
Majority			28,910	16.03
Turnout			1,80,319
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Snehangini Chhuria defeated Indian Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Milan Seth by a margin of 22,396 votes.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Attabira[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Snehangini Chhuria	84,010	48.98	4.06
	BJP	Milan Seth	61614	35.92	14.15
	INC	Nihar Ranjan Mahananda	21511	12.54	15.94
	BSP	Rabindra Megha	1641	0.96	0.17
	Paschimanchal Vikas Party	Laxman Kumar Bhoi	1112	0.65	0.22
	NOTA	None of the above	1639	0.96	−
Majority			22396	13.05
Turnout			171527	77.45
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Snehangini Chhuria defeated Indian National Congress candidate Nihar Ranjan Mahananda by a margin of 25,474 votes.

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha election: Attabira[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Snehangini Chhuria	69,602	44.92	15.97
	INC	Nihar Ranjan Mahananda	44,128	28.48	11.17
	BJP	Milan Seth	33,735	21.77	12.89
	AAP	Upendra Seth	2,521	1.62	−
	BSP	Madhabi Dehuria	1,233	0.79	2.37
	LGGP	Arjun Nag	790	0.50	−
	AITC	Kumar Behera	757	0.48	−
	Paschimanchal Vikas Party	Chandramani Kumbhar	668	0.43
	NOTA	None of the above	1,509	0.97	−
Majority			25,474	16.22
Turnout			1,54,943	76.61	10.72
Registered electors			2,02,277
	BJD gain from INC

2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Nihar Ranjan Mahananda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Snehangini Chhuria by 13,329 votes.[12]

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Attabira[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nihar Ranjan Mahananda	49,396	39.65	−
	BJD	Snehangini Chhuria	36,067	28.95	−
	Independent	Milan Seth	16,308	13.09	−
	BJP	Bipin Bhusagar	11,066	8.88	−
	BSP	Mukteswar Meher	3,932	3.16	−
	SP	Premraj Nial	3,462	2.78	−
	Independent	Chamar Mahananda	1,226	0.98	−
	Independent	Braja Mohan Kalet	1,122	0.90	−
	RPI(A)	Premananda Kanhar	1,016	0.82	−
Majority			13,329	10.70[a]
Turnout			1,24,620	65.89
	INC win (new seat)

Notes

1. % of total valid votes

References

1. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014. Constituency: Attabira (4) District : Bargarh
2. "Assembly Constituencies and their Extent" (PDF).
3. "Seats of Odisha".
4. "Delimitation Commission faces peoples wrath in Western Orissa". oneindia.in. Retrieved 1 January 2014. deletion of Melchhamunda constituency and addition of Attabira as a new one
5. "Delimitation 2008" (PDF). ECI.
6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
7. "Attabira Vidhan Sabha (Assembly) Election Results 2014". Elections.in. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
8. "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
9. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
10. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
11. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2014 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
12. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014. 13329
13. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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