Bhanjanagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
| Bhanjanagar | |
|---|---|
| Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency | |
| District | Ganjam | 
| Blocks | Bhanjanagar, Jagannathprasad | 
| Electorate | 1,97,443 | 
| Major settlements | Bhanjanagar | 
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1957 | 
| Party | Biju Janata Dal | 
| MLA | Bikram Keshari Arukha | 
| Const. No. | 123 | 
| Lok Sabha Constituencies | Kandhamal | 
Bhanjanagar (Sl. No.: 123) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district.[1] Area of this constituencies include Bhanjanagar, Bhanjanagar block and Jagannathaprasad block.[2][3]
Elected Members[edit]
14 elections held during 1957 to 2014. List of members elected from this constituency are:[5]
- 2014: (123): Bikrama Keshari Arukha (BJD)
 - 2009: (123): Bikrama Keshari Arukha (BJD)
 - 2004: (66): Bikrama Keshari Arukha (BJD)
 - 2000: (66): Bikrama Keshari Arukha (BJD)
 - 1995: (66): Bikrama Keshari Arukha (JD)
 - 1990: (66): Ramakrushna Gauda (JD)
 - 1985: (66): Umakanta Mishra (Congress)
 - 1980: (66): Somanath Rath (Congress-I)
 - 1977: (66): Jami Subarao Prusty (Janata)
 - 1974: (66): Somanath Rath (Congress)
 - 1971: (62): Somanath Rath (Jana Congress)
 - 1967: (62): Dinabandhu Behera (Congress)
 - 1961: (25): Maguni Charana Pradhan (Congress)
 - 1957: (20): Suma Nayak (Communist) and Gobinda Pradhan (Communist)
 
2019 Election Result[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Bikram Keshari Arukha | 76879 | 48.56 | ||
| BJP | Pradyumna Kumar Nayak | 67776 | 42.81 | ||
| INC | Sanjay Kumar Tripathy | 7069 | 4.47 | ||
| BSP | Narasingha Gouda | 2915 | 1.84 | ||
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Red Star|Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Red Star/meta/shortname]] | Purna Chandra Pradhan | 1170 | 0.74 | ||
| Independent | Birendra Kumar Gouda | 1052 | 0.66 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1441 | 0.91 | ||
| Majority | 9103 | ||||
| Turnout | 158302 | ||||
| Bikram Keshari Arukha gain from Pradyumna Kumar Nayak | Swing | ||||
2014 Election Result[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.[7]
Template:Election box hold with party link no swing| 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 | |
| Independent | Madhusudan Padhi | 1,539 | 1.05 | ||
| BSP | Purna Chandra Naik | 1,298 | 0.88 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,807 | 1.91 | - | |
| Majority | 31,701 | 21.6 | -40.41 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnout | 1,46,711 | 69.87 | 9.94 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,09,979 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
2009 Election Result[edit]
In last 2009 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Bikrama Keshari Arukh, defeated Indian National Congress candidate Debi Prasad Bisoyi by 73,367 votes.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Bikrama 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 | - | |
| style="background-color: Template:Samruddha Odisha/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Samruddha Odisha|Template:Samruddha Odisha/meta/shortname]] | Sanjaya Kumar Tripathy | 1,240 | 1.05 | - | 
| [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Template:Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/shortname]] | Gopal Bisoyi | 843 | 0.71 | - | |
| Independent | Panchanan Das | 786 | 1.67 | - | |
| Majority | 73,367 | 62.01* | - | ||
| Turnout | 1,18,328 | 59.93 | - | ||
*: %of total valid votes
References[edit]
- ↑ "Bhanjanagar Assembly Election 2009, Orissa". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 25 May 2013. 
Constituency: Bhanjanagar (123) District : Ganjam
 - ↑ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
 - ↑ Seats of Odisha
 - ↑ "66 - Bhanjanagar Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2014. 
List Of Winning Candidates
 - ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
 - ↑ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
 - ↑ "Odisha - Bhanjanagar". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
 - ↑ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Bhanjanagar (123)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
 - ↑ "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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 - ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.