Athmallik (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Athmallik
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Angul
Blocks	Athmallik, Angul, Banarpal
Electorate	1,72,930
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	BJD
MLA	Ramesh Chandra Sai
Const. No.	63
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Sambalpur

Athmallik (Sl. No.: 63) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Angul district, Odisha. ^[1]

This constituency includes Athmallik, Athmallik block, Kishorenagar block and 9 GPs (Antulia, Saradhapur, Matiasahi, Manikajodi, Jagannathpur, Tainsi, Kothabhuin, Tikarpada and Purunakote) of Angul block. ^{[2] [3]}

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo defeated Indian National Congress candidate Mousumi Pradhan by a margin of 18,981 votes. ^[4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014			44.85%
2009			48.46%
2004			45.77%
2000			59.77%
1995			47.64%
1990			53.84%
1985			48.06%
1980			60.32%
1977			50.48%

Sixteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014 including one Bye-Election in 1955. ^[6] Elected members from the Athmallik constituency are: ^{[7] [8]}

• 2014: (63): Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo (BJD)
• 2009: (63): Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo (BJD)
• 2004: (115): Nagendra Kumar Pradhan (BJD)
• 2000: (115): Nagendra Kumar Pradhan (BJD)
• 1995: (115): Amarnath Pradhan (Congress)
• 1990: (115): Nagendra Kumar Pradhan (CPI-M)
• 1985: (115): Amarnath Pradhan (Congress)
• 1980: (115): Santosh Kumar Pradhan (Congress-I)
• 1977: (115): Balakrushna Pattanayak (Janata Party)
• 1974: (115): Bhajaman Behera (Utkal Congress)
• 1971: (140): Raja Kishore Pradhan (Praja Socialist Party)
• 1967: (140): Surendra Pradhan (CPI-M)
• 1961: (80): Khetramohan Panigrahhi (Ganatantra Parishad)
• 1957: (54): Khetramohan Panigrahhi (Ganatantra Parishad)
• 1951: (13, Bye-Election): K. C. Deo (Congress)
• 1951: (13): Dwitiya Raul (Congress)

2019 Election Result

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athmallik ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJD	Ramesh Chandra Sai	86130	50
	INC	Bijayananda Chaulia	30888
	BJP	Bhagirathi Pradhan	38965
	BSP	Hrusikesh Luha
	SUCI(C)	Ramani Ranjan Pradhan
	Independent	Sarat Chandra Mahapatra
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	TBA gain from TBA		Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo defeated Indian National Congress candidate Surendra Kumar Pradhan by a margin of 19,533 votes. ^{[10] [11]}

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athmallik ^{[12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJD	Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo	63,226	44.85	-
	INC	Surendra Kumar Pradhan	43,693	31.0	-
	BJP	Bhagirathi Pradhan	22,463	15.93	-
	Independent	Ramani Ranjan Pradhan	2,748	1.95	-
	Independent	Prafulla Kumar Chaulia	2,312	1.64	-
	BSP	Ananda Chandra Behera	1,920	1.36	-
	Kalinga Sena	Pradeep Kumar Sahoo	723	0.51	-
	Independent	Tapan Kumar Mishra	706	0.5	-
	Independent	Mitrughna Mahakhuda	683	0.48	-
	AAP	Prasadi Behera	609	0.43	-
	PVP	Bhramarbara Sahu	434	0.31	-
	NOTA	None of the above	1,450	1.03	-
Majority			19,533	13.86	-1.25
Turnout			1,40,967	79.69	7.02
Registered electors			1,76,891
	BJD hold

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athmallik ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJD	Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo	61,388	48.86	2.69
	INC	Mousumi Pradhan	42,407	33.75	-
	BJP	Bhagirathi Pradhan	12,674	10.09	-
	Independent	Dattatreya Mishra	3,297	2.62	-
	SAMO	Binod Kumar Pradhan	1,677	1.33	-
	Independent	Santilata Behera	995	0.79	-
	Independent	Bijaya Kumar Sahoo	889	0.71	-
	Independent	Tapan Kumar Mishra	883	0.70	-
	Independent	Artatrana Behera	856	0.68	-
	Independent	Karunakar Nayak	571	0.45	-
Majority			18,981	15.11 [lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,25,672	72.67	-
	BJD gain from INC		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

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