| Type: | LS |
| Bargarh | |
| State: | Odisha |
| Established: | 1951 |
| Reservation: | None |
| Electors: | 16,30,923 |
| Mp: | Pradip Purohit |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Latest Election Year: | 2024 |
| Assembly Cons: | Padampur Bijepur Bargarh Attabira Bhatli Brajarajnagar Jharsuguda |
Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha parliamentary constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India.
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.
Presently, Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency comprises 7 legislative assembly segments, which are:
| Name | District | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Padampur | Bargarh | Barsha Singh Bariha | ||
| 2 | Bijepur | Sanat Kumar Gartia | |||
| 3 | Bargarh | Ashwini Kumar Sarangi | |||
| 4 | Attabira (SC) | Nihar Ranjan Mahanand | |||
| 5 | Bhatli | Irasis Acharya | |||
| 6 | Brajarajnagar | Jharsuguda | Suresh Pujari | ||
| 7 | Jharsuguda | Tankadhar Tripathy | |||
Padampur, Bijepur, Bargarh and Bhatli legislative assembly segments were earlier in erstwhile Sambalpur constituency.
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 | ||
| 2009 | Sanjay Bhoi | ||
| 2014 | Prabhas Kumar Singh | ||
| 2019 | Suresh Pujari | ||
| 2024 | Pradip Purohit | ||
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.
In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Suresh Pujari defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Prasanna Acharya by a margin of 63,939 votes.
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prabhas Kumar Singh defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Subash Chouhan by a margin of 11,178 votes.
In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Sanjay Bhoi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Hamid Hussain by a margin of 98,444 votes.