Bhanjanagar Assembly constituency
| Bhanjanagar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 123 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
 Bhanjanagar Assembly constituency in Ganjam district | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| Division | Southern Division |
| District | Ganjam |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kandhamal |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 2,39,901[a][b] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Bhanjanagar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district.[1] Following 2008 delimitation, Jaganathprasad Assembly constituency was subsumed into this constituency.[2]
Area of this constituency includes 22 Gram panchayat (From 141 villages) and 2 blocks namely (Bhanjanagar block) Bhanjanagar, (Jagannathaprasad block) Jagannath Prasad, Ganjam.[3][4]
Elected members
[edit]Since its formation in 1957, 16 elections were held till date. It was a 2-member constituency in 1957.
List of members elected from Bhanjanagar constituency are:[6]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024[7] | Pradyumna Kumar Nayak | BJP | |
| 2019[8] | Bikram Keshari Arukha | BJD | |
| 2014[9] | |||
| 2009[10] | |||
| 2004 | |||
| 2000 | |||
| 1995 | JD | ||
| 1990 | Ramakrushna Gouda | ||
| 1985 | Umakanta Mishra | Indian National Congress | |
| 1980 | Somanath Rath | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1977 | J.Subharao Prusty | Janata Party | |
| 1974 | Somanath Rath | Indian National Congress | |
| 1971 | Indian National Congress (R) | ||
| 1967 | Dinabandhu Behera | Indian National Congress | |
| 1961 | Maguni Charan Pradhan | ||
| 1957[c] | Suma Naik | Communist Party of India | |
| Govind Pradhan | |||
Election results
[edit]2024
[edit]Voting were held on 20 May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.[11] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradyumna Kumar Nayak defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Bikram Keshari Arukha by a margin of 16,324 votes.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Pradyumna Kumar Nayak | 83,822 | 51.06 | ||
| BJD | Bikram Keshari Arukha | 67,498 | 41.11 | ||
| INC | Prasanta Kumar Bisoyi | 5,136 | 3.13 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,941 | 1.18 | ||
| Majority | 16,324 | 9.95 | |||
| Turnout | 1,64,171 | 68.43 | |||
| BJP gain from BJD | |||||
2019
[edit]In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bikram Keshari Arukha defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradyumna Kumar Nayak by a margin of 9,103 votes.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Bikram Keshari Arukha | 76,879 | 48.56 | ||
| BJP | Pradyumna Kumar Nayak | 67,776 | 42.81 | ||
| INC | Sanjay Kumar Tripathy | 7,069 | 4.47 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,441 | 0.91 | ||
| Majority | 9,103 | 5.75 | |||
| Turnout | 1,58,302 | 68.72 | |||
| BJD hold | |||||
2014
[edit]In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bikram Keshari Arukha defeated Indian National Congress candidate Binayak Tripathy by a margin of 31,730 votes.[9]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Bikram Keshari Arukha | 82,467 | 56.21 |  20.29
| |
| INC | Binayak Tripathy | 50,766 | 34.6 |  20.11
| |
| BJP | Pradeep Kumar Sahu | 7,834 | 5.34 | 0.08
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,807 | 1.91 | ||
| Majority | 31,701 | 21.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,46,711 | 69.87 | |||
| BJD hold | |||||
2009
[edit]In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bikram Keshari Arukha defeated Indian National Congress candidate Debi Prasad Bisoyi by 73,367 votes.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Bikram Keshari Arukha | 90,515 | 76.50 | − | |
| INC | Debi Prasad Bisoyi | 17,148 | 14.49 | − | |
| BJP | Shibananda Tripathy | 6,228 | 5.26 | − | |
| Majority | 73,367 | 62.01 | − | ||
| Turnout | 1,18,328 | 59.93 | − | ||
| BJD hold | |||||
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Bhanjanagar Assembly Election 2009, Orissa". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
Constituency: Bhanjanagar (123) District : Ganjam
- ^ Election Commission of India (26 November 2008). 2008 Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order of India.
- ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
- ^ Seats of Odisha
- ^ "66 - Bhanjanagar Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
List Of Winning Candidates
- ^ "Odisha Reference Annual – 2011: List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ^ a b "Bhanjanagar Assembly Election Results 2024: Bhanjanagar Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday". India Today. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Bhanjanagar Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ a b "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
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- ^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
- ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.