Bhadrak (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Bhadrak
Constituency for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
State	Odisha
District	Bhadrak
LS constituency	Bhadrak
Total electors	254,061 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Sanjib Kumar Mallick
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2019

Bhadrak (Sl. No.: 44) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bhadrak district, Odisha. ^[2] The constituency includes Bhadrak and Bhadrak block. ^{[3] [4]}

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014			49.86%
2009			53.99%
2004			50.57%
2000			49.42%
1995			44.35%
1990			56.62%
1985			48.34%
1980			53.85%
1977			56.36%

Sixteen elections held during 1961 to 2014 including a bye election in 1971. Elected members from the Bhadrak constituency are: ^{[6] [7]}

• 2014: (44): Jugal Kishore Pattnaik (Biju Janata Dal)
• 2009: (44): Jugal Kishore Pattnaik (Biju Janata Dal)
• 2004: (18): Naren Pallai (Indian National Congress)
• 2000: (18): Biren Palai (Indian National Congress)
• 1995: (18): Prafulla Samal (Janata Dal)
• 1990: (18): Prafulla Samal (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (18): Jugal Kishore Pattnaik (Congress)
• 1980: (18): Jugal Kishore Pattnaik (Indian National Congress)
• 1977: (18): Ratnakar Mohanty (Janata Party)
• 1974: (18): Jugal Kishore Pattnaik (Indian National Congress)
• 1971: (Bye poll): B Sahu (Utkal Congress)
• 1971: (18): Harekrushna Mahatab (Orissa Jana Congress)
• 1967: (18): Nityananda Mohapatra (Orissa Jana Congress)
• 1961: (123): Nityananda Mohapatra (Independent)
• 1957: (87): Nityananda Mohapatra (Independent)
• 1951: (57): Mahamad Hanif (Indian National Congress)

Election	Member	Party
2019	Sanjib Kumar Mallick [1]		Biju Janata Dal

Election results

2019

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrak ^{[1] [8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sanjib Kumar Mallick	93,668
	BJP	Pradip Nayak	60279
	NOTA	None
Majority
Turnout			173322	68.22
Registered electors			254061
	BJD hold

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Jugal Kishore Pattnaik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Naren Pallai by a margin of 23,587 votes. ^[10]

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Jugal Kishore Pattnaik	80,582	49.86	-4.13
	INC	Naren Pallai	56,995	35.27	-3.36
	BJP	Pradip Nayak	19,384	11.99	6.43
	AAP	Akhtar Alli Khan	945	0.58
	BSP	Ramahari Das	825	0.51
	SKD	Kallola Kanta Swain	692	0.43
	Rashtriya Independent Morcha	Sanjaya Kumar Nayak	312	0.19
	Independent	Basanta Mahalik	278	0.17
	Kalinga Sena	Mustak Ahamad Azad	276	0.17
	SP	Haji Sk Abdul Istar	258	0.16
	OJM	Sekh Mahammad Alli Jinna	237	0.15
	NOTA	None	832	0.51	-
Majority			23,587	14.59
Turnout			1,61,616	71.49	6.37
Registered electors			2,26,077
	BJD hold

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Jugal Kishore Pattnaik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Naren Pallai by a margin of 21,428 votes. ^[13]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhadrak ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Jugal Kishore Pattnaik	75,294	53.99	-
	INC	Naren Pallai	53,866	38.63	-
	BJP	Tusar Kanti Jena	7,755	5.56	-
	BSP	Saraswati Malik	562	0.40	-
	Independent	Sanjaya Kumar Nayak	545	0.39	-
	Independent	Gagan Jena	464	0.33	-
	Independent	Abhimanyu Das	274	0.20	-
	Odisha Mukti Morcha	Prakash Chandra Sahoo	250	0.18	-
	SAMO	Rajendra Prasad Jena	245	0.18	-
	Independent	Ajaya Kumar Malik	193	0.14	-
Majority			21,428	15.37 [lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,39,448	65.12	-
	BJD gain from INC

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

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