Bhanjanagar_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)
Bhanjanagar Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India
Bhanjanagar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district.[1] Area of this constituency includes Bhanjanagar, Bhanjanagar block and Jagannathaprasad block.[2][3]
| Bhanjanagar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 123 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Ganjam |
| LS constituency | Kandhamal |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 197,443 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Biju Janata Dal |
| Elected year | 2019 |
| Vote share of winning candidates[4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 48.56% | |||
| 2014 | 56.21% | |||
| 2009 | 76.50% | |||
| 2004 | 52.71% | |||
| 2000 | 54.69% | |||
| 1995 | 48.15% | |||
| 1990 | 63.86% | |||
| 1985 | 57.43% | |||
| 1980 | 46.48% | |||
| 1977 | 58.12% | |||
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:[5]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | |||
| 2019 | Bikram Keshari Arukha | BJD | |
| 2014[6] | Bikram Keshari Arukha | BJD | |
| 2009 | Bikram Keshari Arukha | BJD | |
| 2004 | Bikram Keshari Arukha | BJD | |
| 2000 | Bikram Keshari Arukha | BJD | |
| 1995 | Bikram Keshari Arukha | JD | |
| 1990 | Ramakrushna Gouda | JD | |
| 1985 | Umakanta Mishra | INC | |
| 1980 | Somanath Rath | INC | |
| 1977 | J.Subharao Prusty | JP | |
| 1974 | Somanath Rath | INC | |
| 1971 | Somanath Rath | Congress (R) | |
| 1967 | Dinabandhu Behera | INC | |
| 1961 | Maguni Charan Pradhan | INC | |
| 1957[lower-alpha 1] | Suma Naik | CPI | |
| Govind Pradhan | CPI | ||
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.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Bikram Keshari Arukha | ||||
| BJP | Pradyumna Kumar Nayak | ||||
| INC | Prasanta Kumar Bisoyi | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| gain from | |||||
2019
In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bikram Keshari Arukha defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradyumna Kumar Nayak by a margin of 9103 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Bikram Keshari Arukha | 76,879 | 48.56 | ||
| BJP | Pradyumna Kumar Nayak | 67776 | 42.81 | ||
| INC | Sanjay Kumar Tripathy | 7069 | 4.47 | ||
| BSP | Narasingha Gouda | 2915 | 1.84 | ||
| CPI(ML) Red Star | Purna Chandra Pradhan | 1170 | 0.74 | ||
| Independent | Birendra Kumar Gouda | 1052 | 0.66 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1441 | 0.91 | ||
| Majority | 9103 | 5.75 | |||
| Turnout | 158302 | 68.72 | |||
| BJD hold | |||||
2014
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
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 | - | |
| Independent | Sunil Kumar Panda | 1,556 | 1.32 | - | |
| SAMO | Sanjaya Kumar Tripathy | 1,240 | 1.05 | - | |
| RSP | Gopal Bisoyi | 843 | 0.71 | - | |
| Independent | Panchanan Das | 786 | 1.67 | - | |
| Majority | 73,367 | 62.01* | - | ||
| Turnout | 1,18,328 | 59.93 | - | ||
| BJD hold | |||||
*: %of total valid votes
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Constituency: Bhanjanagar (123) District : Ganjam
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List Of Winning Candidates
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