Bhanjanagar Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Bhanjanagar.

Bhanjanagar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district.^[1] Area of this constituency includes 22 Gram panchayat (From 141 villages) and 2 blocks namely (Bhanjanagar block) Bhanjanagar, (Jagannathaprasad block) Jagannath Prasad, Ganjam.^[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
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Pradyumna Kumar Nayak
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			51.06%
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	Pradyumna Kumar Nayak		BJP
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[a]	Suma Naik		CPI
	Govind Pradhan		CPI

Election results

2024

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.^[7]

In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata party candidate Pradyumna Kumar Nayak defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Bikram Keshari Arukha by a margin of 16324 votes.

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhanjanagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pradyumna Kumar Nayak	83,822	51.06
	BJD	Bikram Keshari Arukha	67498	41.11
	INC	Prasanta Kumar Bisoyi	5136	3.13
	AAP	Kabiraj Behera	2480	1.51
	[[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Red Star|CPI(ML) Red Star]]	Tuna Mallick	832	0.51
	[[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]]	Raju Nayak	659	0.40
	Independent	Panchanan Das	819	0.5
	Independent	Sunita Behera	984	0.6
	NOTA	None of the above	1941	1.18
Majority			16324
Turnout			164171
	BJP gain from BJD

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.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhanjanagar^[8]

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]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhanjanagar

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]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhanjanagar^[11]

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

Notes

1. It was a 2 member constituency

References

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