Bargarh Lok Sabha Constituency in Odisha Live Results 2019: Leading Candidates From The Seat, 2014 Winning MP And More
Bargarh is a key Lok Sabha Constituency of Odisha. The voting for the parliamentary polls 2019 on this seat will take place in the second phase on April 18.
The results of the Bargarh Lok Sabha elections will be declared today. The counting of votes began on the parliamentary seat in Odisha at 8 am on Thursday, May 23. Voting for the Bargarh seat took place in the second phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2019. Bargarh is a key Lok Sabha Constituency of Odisha. This constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India in 2002. The constituency comprises of seven assembly seats - Padampur, Bijepur, Bargarh, Attabira, Bhatli, Brajarajnagar,
Jharsuguda. The seat is not reserved for any category and its constituency number is 1. Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Schedule: Voting In 7 Phases From April 11 to May 19, Counting And Results On May 23; Check All Dates For General Elections.
The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) fielded Prasanna Acharya from Bargarh, while Pradeep Debata contested on the Congress ticket. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) gave the ticket to Suresh Pujari from this constituency. The last date of filing nominations for the seat was March 26. The scrutiny of nominations papers took place on March 27. Meanwhile, the last date of withdrawal of candidature was March 29.
Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Phase II: List of States And Constituencies Voting On April 18.
Here are important details about the phase-II elections:
| Issue of Notification | March 19 |
| Last date for filing nomination | March 26 |
| Scrutiny of nomination | March 27 |
| Last date for withdrawal of candidature | March 29 |
| Date Of Poll | April 18 |
| Date of Result | May 23 |
Watch: Details of Phase II of Lok Sabha Polls 2019
In 2014, BJD's Pravas Kumar Singh defeated Subash Chouhan of the BJP with a margin of over 10,000 votes. While, Congress' Sanjay Bhoi came at the third spot. In 2009, Bhoi of the BJD had managed to bag this seat.
List of States And Constituencies That Will Vote On April 18 In Phase II
| State (No. of seats voting in this phase) | Constituencies |
| Assam (5) | Karimganj, Silchar, autonomous district, Mangaldoi, Nawgong |
| Bihar (5) | Kishanganj, Katihar, Purnia, Bhagalpur, Banka |
| Chhattisgarh (3) | Rajnandgaon, Mahasamund, Kanker |
| Jammu And Kashmir (2) | Srinagar, Udhampur |
| Karnataka (14) | Udupi Chikmagalur, Hassan, Dakshina Kannada, Chitradurga, Tumkur, Mandya, Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Bangalore Rural, Bangalore North, Bangalore Central, Bangalore South, Chikkballapur, Kolar |
| Maharashtra (10) | Buldhana, Akola, Amravati, Hingoli, Nanded, Parbhani, Beed, Osmanabad, Latur, Solapur |
| Manipur (1) | Inner Manipur |
| Odisha (5) | Bargarh, Sundargarh, Bolangir, Kandhamal, Aska |
| Tamil Nadu (39) | Thiruvallur, Chennai North, Chennai South, Chennai Central, Sriperumbudur, Kancheepuram, Arakkonam, Vellore, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Tiruvannamalai, Arani, Villupuram, Kallakurichi, Salem, Namakkal, Erode, Tiruppur, Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Pollachi, Dindigul, Karur, Tiruchirappalli, Perambalur, Cuddalore, Chidambaram, Mayiladuturai, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Sivaganga, Madurai, Theni, Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari |
| Tripura (1) | Tripura East |
| Uttar Pradesh (8) | Nagina, Amroha, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Hathras, Mathura, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri |
| West Bengal (3) | Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling, Raiganj |
| Puducherry (1) | Puducherry |
On March 10, the Election Commission of India announced dates for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The elections will take place in seven phases, and the results will be declared on May 23. The polls will be held in 1,035,918 polling stations across the country compared to 928,000 set up during the last Lok Sabha election in 2014.
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