Berhampur Assembly constituency

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

Berhampur
Constituency No. 133 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Berhampur assembly constituency in Ganjam district
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Southern Division
District	Ganjam
Lok Sabha constituency	Berhampur
Established	1951
Total electors	2,24,982 [a] [b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K Anil Kumar
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Berhampur is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district. ^[1]

Area of this constituency includes ward no. 1 to ward no. 24 of Brahmapur Municipal Corporation. ^{[2] [3]}

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [4]
2024			43.93%
2019			57.27%
2014			37.85%
2009			46.68%
2004			42.32%
2000			50.56%
1995			42.42%
1990			64.83%
1985			51.38%
1980			66.31%
1977			47.82%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1955. It was a 2-member constituency for 1952 & 1957.

List of members elected from Berhampur constituency are: ^[5]

Year	Member	Party
2024 [6]	K Anil Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 [7]	Bikram Kumar Panda		Biju Janata Dal
2014 [8]	Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik
2009 [7]
2004
2000
1995			Janata Dal
1990	Binayak Mahapatra
1985	Siba Sankar Sahani		Indian National Congress
1980	Krushna Chandra Patnaik		Indian National Congress (I)
1977	Ratna Manjari Devi		Independent politician
1974	Binayak Acharya		Indian National Congress
1971			Indian National Congress (R)
1967			Indian National Congress
1961	Sisir Kumar Narendra Deb
1957 [c]	Dandapani Das
	Lingaraj Panigrahi
1955 (bypoll) [d]	Mohan Nayak [e]
	Brundaban Nayak [f]
1951 [g]	Dandapani Das		Independent politician
	Ramachandra Mishra

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 13 May 2024 in 1st phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024. ^[9] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate K Anil Kumar defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik by a margin of 18,709 votes. ^[6]

2024 Vidhan Sabha Election,Berhampur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	K Anil Kumar	54,997	43.93	16.49
	BJD	Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik	36,288	28.99	28.28
	Independent	Siva Shankar Dash	24,661	19.70	11.44
	INC	Deepak Patnaik	5,385	4.30	0.22
	NOTA	None of the above	638	0.51	0.43
Majority			18,709	14.95	14.88
Turnout			1,25,181	55.64	0.66
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bikram Kumar Panda defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Kanhu Charan Pati by a margin of 35,484 votes. ^[7]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Berhampur ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bikram Kumar Panda	68,113	57.27
	BJP	Kanhu Charan Pati	32,629	27.44
	Independent	Siva Shankar Dash	9,821	8.26
	INC	Lingaraj Chaudhury	5,381	4.52
	NOTA	None of the above	1,113	0.94
Majority			35,484	29.83
Turnout			1,18,929	56.3
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Bikram Kumar Panda by a margin of 1,039 votes. ^[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Berhampur ^{[11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik	43,211	37.85	8.83
	INC	Bikram Kumar Panda	42,172	36.94	5.07
	BJP	Siva Shankar Dash	24,092	21.1	13.18
	NOTA	None of the above	1,029	0.9	−
Majority			1,039	0.91	3.76
Turnout			1,14,155	63.99	15.82
Registered electors			1,78,405
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Bikram Kumar Panda by a margin of 3,844 votes. ^[7]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Berhampur ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik	38,407	46.68	−
	INC	Bikram Kumar Panda	34,563	42.01	−
	BJP	Ram Chandra Panda	6,515	7.92	−
Majority			3,844	4.67 [h]	−
Turnout			82,293	48.17	−
	BJD hold

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. It was a 2 member constituency
4. Resignation of both member
5. Resignation of Dandapani Das
6. Resignation of Ramachandra Mishra
7. It was a 2 member constituency
8. %of total valid votes

References

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