Keonjhar Assembly constituency

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

Keonjhar (Sl. No.: 24) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendujhar district.^[1]

Keonjhar
Constituency No. 24 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Kendujhar
Lok Sabha constituency	Keonjhar
Established	1951
Total electors	1,99,673
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Mohan Charan Majhi
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Area of this constituency includes Keonjhar, 12 GPs (Arsala, Balibandha, Jhumpura, Khendra, Kutugaon, Nahabeda, Naradapur, Nischintapur, Basantapur, Gumura, Malada and Nayagarh) of Jhumpura block and 5 GPs (Kodipasa, Suakati, Talachampei, Talakainsari and Kumundi) of Banspal block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates
2024			47.05%
2019			42.10%
2014			35.87%
2009			30.34%
2004			40.14%
2000			59.08%
1995			33.82%
1990			55.20%
1985			48.98%
1980			45.85%
1977			52.59%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1965. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952 & 1957.

List of members elected from Keonjhar constituency are:^[4]

Year	Member	Party
1951	Laxmi Narayan Bhanj Deo		Independent
	Govinda Chandra Munda		Ganatantra Parishad
1957	Krushna Chandra Mahapatro		Independent
	Janardan Bhanj Deo		Ganatantra Parishad
1961	Janardan Bhanj Deo
1965^	Karunakar Pradhan		Swatantra Party
1967	Govinda Chandra Munda
1971	Chhotaray Majhi		Utkal Congress
1974	Govinda Chandra Munda		Swatantra Party
1977	Kumar Majhi		Janata Party
1980	Jogendra Naik		Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Chhotaray Majhi		Janata Party
1990			Janata Dal
1995	Jogendra Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
2000	Mohan Charan Majhi
2004
2009	Subarna Naik		Biju Janata Dal
2014	Abhiram Naik
2019	Mohan Charan Majhi		Bharatiya Janata Party
2024

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[5] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Mohan Charan Majhi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Meena Majhi by a margin of 11,577 votes.

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Keonjhar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mohan Charan Majhi	87,815	47.05	4.95
	BJD	Meena Majhi	76,238	40.84	0.61
	INC	Pratibha Manjari Nayak	11,904	6.38	2.04
	NOTA	None of the above	3,120	1.67	0.42
Majority			11,577	6.21	5.56
Turnout			1,86,652
	BJP hold		Swing

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Mohan Charan Majhi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Madhaba Sardar by a margin of 1,124 votes.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Keonjhar^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mohan Charan Majhi	72,760	42.10
	BJD	Madhaba Sardar	71,636	41.45
	INC	Bidyadhar Dehury	14,553	8.42
	BSP	Ram Prasad Hembram	1,509	0.87
	BMP	Jayasing Munda	685	0.40
	AIFB	Ranjit Munda	830	0.48
	Independent	Ganesh Chandra Munda	3,992	2.31
	Independent	Manmay Bilas Tio	1,470	0.85
	Independent	Subarna Naik	3,224	1.87
	NOTA	None of the above	2,160	1.25
Majority			1,124	0.65
Turnout			1,67,326	76.13
	BJP gain from BJD

2014

In the 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Abhiram Naik defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Mohan Charan Majhi by a margin of 8,676 votes.^[8]

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Keonjhar^[9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Abhiram Naik	55,959	35.87	5.53
	BJP	Mohan Charan Majhi	47,283	30.31	6.02
	Independent	Dwarika Nath Naik	25,755	16.51
	INC	Sidheswar Naik	17,531	11.24	6.51
	AAP	Sunaram Mardi	2,208	1.42
	BSP	Laxmipriya Hembram	2,109	1.35	0.03
	OJM	Aswini Kumar Naik	1,471	0.94
	NOTA	None of the above	3,671	2.35
Majority			8,676	5.56
Turnout			1,55,987	78.12
Registered electors			1,99,673
	BJD hold

2009

In the 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Subarna Naik defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Mohan Charan Majhi by a margin of 5,269 votes.^[11]

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Keonjhar^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Subarna Naik	36,471	30.34	−
	BJP	Mohan Charan Majhi	29,202	24.29	−
	Independent	Sidheswar Naik	24,320	20.23	−
	INC	Bidyadhar Dehury	21,338	17.75	−
	JMM	Siba Sankar Mardi	3,096	2.58	−
	BSP	Ram Prasad Hembram	1,585	1.32	−
	SAMO	Haramani Munda	1,190	0.99	−
	Independent	Balabhadra Naik	1,135	0.94	−
	Rastrawadi Sena	Jarman Soren	1,033	0.86	−
	RPD	Jadumani Bankira	854	0.71	−
Majority			7,269	6.05[a]	−
Turnout			1,20,247	64.81	−
	BJD gain from BJP

Notes

1. % of total valid votes