Bhandaripokhari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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Bhandaripokhari | |
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Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency | |
District | Bhadrak |
Blocks | Bhandaripokhari, Bonth |
Electorate | 1,85,755 |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1974 |
Party | Biju Janata Dal |
MLA | Prafulla Samal |
Const. No. | 43 |
Reserved for | None |
Lok Sabha Constituencies | Bhadrak |
Bhandaripokhari (Sl. No.: 43) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bhadrak district, Odisha.[1]
Area of this constituency include Bhandaripokhari block and Bonth block.[2][3]
In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Samal defeated Indian National Congress candidate Badri Narayan Dhal by a margin of 20,410 votes.[4]
Elected Members[edit]
11 elections held during 1974 to 2014 including a bye election in 1991. Elected members from the Bhandaripokhari constituency are:[6][7][8]
- 2014: (43): Prafulla Samal (BJD)
- 2009: (43): Prafulla Samal (BJD)
- 2004: (18): Ananta Sethi (Congress)
- 2000: (18): Ratha Das (BJD)
- 1998: (Bye poll): Kumarashri Chiranjib (Congress)
- 1995: (18): Arjun Charan Sethi (Janata Dal)
- 1991: (Bye poll): P. K. Jena (Janata Dal)
- 1990: (18): Arjun Charan Sethi (Janata Dal)
- 1985: (18): Panchanan Mandal (Congress)
- 1980: (18): Purusottam Sethi (Congress-I)
- 1977: (18): Kapila Charan Sethi (Janata Party)
- 1974: (18): Bairagi Jena (Utkal Congress)
2014 Election Result[edit]
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Samal defeated Indian National Congress candidate Subrat Kumar Das by a margin of 34,097 votes.[9]
Template:Election box hold with party link no swingParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJD | Prafulla Samal | 70,173 | 45.27 | 0.9 | |
INC | Subrat Kumar Das | 36,076 | 23.28 | -6.06 | |
BJP | Badri Narayan Dhal | 28,809 | 18.59 | 3.01 | |
Independent | Sujata Jena | 6,682 | 4.31 | ||
Independent | Sudhakar Nanda | 5,365 | 3.46 | ||
CPI | Suvendra Pratap Mohanty | 3,694 | 2.38 | ||
AAP | Bikash Ranjan Jena | 1,094 | 0.71 | ||
Independent | Jayanti Parida | 820 | 0.53 | ||
BSP | Rajiblochan Jena | 551 | 0.36 | -0.4 | |
AITC | Shibanarayan Bishwal | 499 | 0.32 | ||
AOP | Swadhin Sahoo | 364 | 0.23 | ||
Independent | Ashok Kumar Rout | 283 | 0.18 | ||
NOTA | None | 585 | 0.38 | - | |
Majority | 34,097 | 21.99 | 6.96 | ||
Turnout | 1,54,995 | 77.26 | 4.15 | ||
Registered electors | 2,00,606 |
Summary of results of the 2009 Election[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJD | Prafulla Samal | 60,250 | 44.37 | - | |
INC | Badri Narayan Dhal | 39,840 | 29.34 | - | |
BJP | Manmohan Samal | 21,160 | 15.58 | - | |
Independent | Udaya Narayan Nanda | 12,117 | 8.92 | - | |
style="background-color: Template:Samruddha Odisha/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Samruddha Odisha|Template:Samruddha Odisha/meta/shortname]] | Nirmal Biswal | 1,393 | 1.03 | - |
BSP | Prasant Kumar Swain | 1,037 | 0.76 | - | |
Majority | 20,410 | 15.03[lower-alpha 1] | - | ||
Turnout | 1,35,799 | 73.11 | - |
Notes[edit]
- ↑ %of total valid votes
References[edit]
- ↑ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
Constituency: Bhadrak (44) District : Bhadrak
- ↑ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
- ↑ Seats of Odisha
- ↑ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
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- ↑ "18 - Bhndaripokhari Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
List Of Winning Candidates
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Bhandaripokhari Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- ↑ "BY-ELECTIONS OF ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (1955-2012)" (PDF). Govt. Of Odisha. 2011. p. 450. Retrieved 27 February 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ↑ "Odisha - Bhandaripokhari". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ↑ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Bhandaripokhari (43)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.