Bhatli Assembly constituency

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

Bhatli
Constituency No. 5 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Bargarh
LS constituency	Bargarh
Established	1957
Total electors	191,751
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Irasis Acharya
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Bhatli (Koshali) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bargarh district, Odisha, India.[1]

This constituency includes Bhatli block, Sohela block and Ambabhona block.[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			54.65%
2019			53.04%
2014			43%
2009			42.58%
2004			42.08%
2000			64.47%
1995			34.77%
1990			45.44%
1985			58.97%
1980			67.69%
1977			50.72%

Since its formation in 1957, 16 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Bhatli constituency are:[5]

Year	Member	Party
2024	Irasis Acharya		BJP
2019	Susanta Singh[6][7]		BJD
2014
2009
2004	Bimbadhar Kuanr		BJP
2000
1995	Mohan Nag		INC
1990	Kumar Behera		JD
1985	Mohan Nag		INC
1980
1977	Bimbadhar Kuanr		JP
1974	Mohan Nag		INC
1971	Kunja Bihari Naik		Congress (R)
1967	Saraswati Pradhan		INC
1961
1957	Natabar Banchhor		CPI

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.[8] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Irasis Acharya defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Susanta Singh by a margin of 27,892 votes.

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Bhatli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Irasis Acharya	107,508	54.65
	BJD	Susanta Singh	79,616	40.47
	INC	Brahma Mahakud	4614	2.35
	NOTA	None of the above	1229	0.62
Majority			27,892	14.18
Turnout			1,96,714
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Susanta Singh defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Irasis Acharya by a margin of 23,232 votes.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Bhatli[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Susanta Singh	98,666	53.04	8.42
	BJP	Irasis Acharya	75,434	40.55	23.13
	INC	Saroj Kumar Mahapatra	8,375	4.5	1.74
	BSP	Narayan Vesra	1,167	0.63	0.22
	SKD	Dhana Pati Sahu	1,008	0.54	−
	NOTA	None of the above	1,367	0.73	−
Majority			23,232	12.48
Turnout			186017	80.62
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Susanta Singh defeated Independent candidate Sushant Mishra by a margin of 37,581 votes.[10] [11]

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Bhatli[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Susanta Singh	75,077	44.62	2.04
	Independent	Sushant Mishra	37,496	22.29	−
	BJP	Sauri Charan Barik	29,316	17.42	5.4
	INC	Prakash Chandra Debta	10,506	6.24	32.98
	PVP	Laxman Kumar Bhoi	7,742	4.6	−
	AAP	Sushil Kumar Sahu	1,499	0.89	−
	BSP	Bihari Meher	1,433	0.85	2.31
	CPI	Gunanidhi Mishra	1,347	0.8	−
	KKD	Benudhar Mahapatra	804	0.48	1.44
	Independent	Mukesh Agrawal	795	0.47	−
	OJM	Dhanapati Sahu	622	0.37	−
	AITC	Bruhaspati Khamari	568	0.34	−
	NOTA	None of the above	1046	0.62	−
Majority			37,581	22.33
Turnout			1,68,251	81.44
Registered electors			206,590
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Susant Singh defeated Indian National Congress candidate Prakash Chandra Debata by 4,771 votes.[13]

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Bhatli[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Susanta Singh	60,502	42.58	−
	INC	Prakash Chandra Debata	55,725	39.22	−
	BJP	Bimbadhar Kuanr	17,075	12.02	−
	BSP	Rabi Shankar Pradhan	4,488	3.16	−
	KKD	Benudhar Mohapatra	2,734	1.92	−
	Bharatiya Jana Shakti	Om Prakash Agarwal	1,563	1.10	−
Majority			4,771	3.36[a]
Turnout			1,42,114	74.11
	BJD gain from BJP

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

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8. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
9. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
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