Bhandaripokhari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Bhandaripokhari
Constituency No. 43 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Odisha
District	Bhadrak district
LS constituency	Bhadrak
Established	1974
Total electors	185,755
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Prafulla Samal
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2019

Bhandaripokhari is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bhadrak district, Odisha. ^[1]

Area of this constituency include Bhandaripokhari block and Bonth block. ^{[2] [3]}

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [4]
2014			45.27%
2009			44.37%
2004			49.33%
2000			58.16%
1995			44.2%
1990			72.25%
1985			42.41%
1980			54.22%
1977			56.08%

11 elections held during 1974 to 2014 including a bye election in 1991. Elected members from the Bhandaripokhari constituency are: ^{[5] [6] [7]}

• 2014: (43): Prafulla Samal (BJD)
• 2009: (43): Prafulla Samal (BJD)
• 2004: (18): Ananta Sethi (Congress)
• 2000: (18): Ratha Das (BJD)
• 1998: (Bye poll): Kumarashri Chiranjib (Congress)
• 1995: (18): Arjun Charan Sethi (Janata Dal)
• 1991: (Bye poll): P. K. Jena (Janata Dal)
• 1990: (18): Arjun Charan Sethi (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (18): Panchanan Mandal (Congress)
• 1980: (18): Purusottam Sethi (Congress-I)
• 1977: (18): Kapila Charan Sethi (Janata Party)
• 1974: (18): Bairagi Jena (Utkal Congress)

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Samal defeated Indian National Congress candidate Subrat Kumar Das by a margin of 34,097 votes. ^[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhandaripokhari ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Prafulla Samal	70,173	45.27	0.9
	INC	Subrat Kumar Das	36,076	23.28	-6.06
	BJP	Badri Narayan Dhal	28,809	18.59	3.01
	Independent	Sujata Jena	6,682	4.31
	Independent	Sudhakar Nanda	5,365	3.46
	CPI	Suvendra Pratap Mohanty	3,694	2.38
	AAP	Bikash Ranjan Jena	1,094	0.71
	Independent	Jayanti Parida	820	0.53
	BSP	Rajiblochan Jena	551	0.36	-0.4
	AITC	Shibanarayan Bishwal	499	0.32
	AOP	Swadhin Sahoo	364	0.23
	Independent	Ashok Kumar Rout	283	0.18
	NOTA	None	585	0.38	-
Majority			34,097	21.99	6.96
Turnout			1,54,995	77.26	4.15
Registered electors			2,00,606
	BJD hold

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhandaripokhari ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Prafulla Samal	60,250	44.37	-
	INC	Badri Narayan Dhal	39,840	29.34	-
	BJP	Manmohan Samal	21,160	15.58	-
	Independent	Udaya Narayan Nanda	12,117	8.92	-
	SAMO	Nirmal Biswal	1,393	1.03	-
	BSP	Prasant Kumar Swain	1,037	0.76	-
Majority			20,410	15.03 [lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,35,799	73.11	-

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

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2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
3. Seats of Odisha
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