Athagarh (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Athagarh
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Cuttack
Blocks	Athagarh, Tigiria, Tangi-Choudwar
Electorate	1,85,822
Major settlements	Athagad
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	BJD
MLA	Ranendra Pratap Swain
Const. No.	89
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Cuttack

Athagarh (Sl. No.: 89) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Cuttack district, Odisha.

This constituency includes Athagad, Athagarh block, Tigiria block and 5 Gram panchayats (Kakhadi, Sankarpur, Badasamantarapur, Mangarajpur and Brahmapur) of Tangi-Chowdwar block.

Tigiria is situated in Cuttack, Orissa, India, its geographical coordinates are East and its original name (with diacritics) is Tigiria Nizigarh .

Nearby villages & towns of Tigiria Nizigarh are Baliput, Baneswarpada, Bindhanima, Biriput, Godarabandha, Bhiruda, Godijharia, achalkot, Haridapasi, Sanapatna, Tigiria is the smallest princely state in Odisha and famous for many historical reasons. Even though as per revenue department it is a village but all facilities available within just one square kilometre. There are 2 Government High schools, two colleges, one head post office, Court, Police station, hospital everything available here. Places of Tourist attraction like Ansupa Lake (12 km), Bhatarika Temple (21 km), Dhabaleswar Temple (25 km) are nearby Tigiria.

Seventeen elections were held between 1951 and 2012 including three Bye election in 1967, 1980 and 2012. Elected members from the Athagarh constituency are:

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ranendra Pratap Swain defeated Indian National Congress candidate Bichitrananda Muduli by a margin of 68,420 votes.

In 2012 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ranendra Pratap Swain defeated Indian National Congress candidate Suresh Mohapatra by a margin of 47,390 votes.

In 2009 election, Independent candidate Ramesh Rout defeated Independent candidate Bichitrananda Muduli by a margin of 30,351 votes.

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