Badasahi Assembly constituency

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

Badasahi (SC)
Constituency No. 32 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Mayurbhanj
LS constituency	Balasore
Established	2009
Total electors	197,529
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sanatan Bijuli
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Badasahi is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha. ^[1]

Area of this constituency includes Betnoti block and 21 GPs (Badasahi, Balabhadrapur, Bhimda, Bireswarpur, Chandanpur, Chhelia (A), Deulia, Durgapur, Jogniugaon, Kendudiha, Kochilakhuntha, Madhapur, Mangovindpur, Manitri, Patisari, Paunsia, Salgaon, Sialighaty, Suhagpur, Talapada and Pratappur) of Badasahi block of Mayurbhanj district. ^{[2] [3]}

The constituency was formed in 2008 Delimitation ^[4] and went for polls in 2009 election.

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates
2024			54.62%
2019			46.99%
2014			38.79%
2009			45.27%

Since its formation in 2009, 4 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Badasahi constituency is: ^[5]

Election	AC No.	Portrait	Name	Vote share	Party
2024	32		Sanatan Bijuli	54.62		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	32		Sanatan Bijuli	46.99		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	32		Ganeswar Patra	38.79		Biju Janata Dal
2009	32		Manoranjan Sethi	45.27		Biju Janata Dal

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. ^[6]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Badasahi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sanatan Bijuli	83,276	54.62
	BJD	Anusuya Patra	45889	30.1
	INC	Kshirod Chandra Patra	18738	12.29
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout			152,457
	gain from

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sanatan Bijuli defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Brundaban Das by a margin of 11,119 votes.

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election,Badasahi ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sanatan Bijuli	69,072	46.99
	BJD	Brundaban Das	57953	39.43
	INC	Devyani Behera	12709	8.65
	BSP	Sanjay Kumar Behera	2938	2.00
	NOTA	None of the above	1861	1.27
Majority			11,119	7.56 [lower-alpha 1]
Turnout			1,46,980	77.29
	BJP gain from BJD

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ganeswar Patra defeated Indian National Congress candidate Jaminikanta Naik by a margin of 16,834 votes.

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election,Badasahi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Ganeswar Patra	52,694	38.79
	INC	Jaminikanta Naik	35,860	26.4
	BJP	Brundaban Das	33,962	25
	Independent	Bikash Chandra Sethi	3,542	2.61
	CPI	Sarat Chandra Mukhi	2,228	1.64
	NOTA	None of the above	1,565	1.15
Majority			16,834	12.39 [lower-alpha 2]	−
Turnout			1,35,856	80.39	−
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Manoranjan Sethi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ganeswar Patra by a margin of 15,499 votes.

2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election,Badasahi ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Manoranjan Sethi	48,382	45.27	−
	INC	Ganeswar Patra	32,883	30.77	−
	Independent	Manas Ranjan Behera	9,113	8.53	−
	JMM	Kshirod Chandra Patra	8,051	7.53	−
Majority			15,499	14.50 [lower-alpha 3]	−
Turnout			1,06,878	71.25	−
	BJD win (new seat)

Notes

1. %of total valid votes
2. %of total valid votes
3. %of total valid votes

References

1. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 8 February 2014. Constituency: Badasahi (32) District : Mayurbhanj
2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
3. Seats of Odisha
4. "Delimitation 2008" (PDF). ECI .
5. "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
6. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI .
7. "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 October 2021.
8. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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