Bhandaripokhari Assembly 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
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Central Division
District	Bhadrak
Lok Sabha constituency	Bhadrak
Established	1974
Total electors	2,40,416 [a] [b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sanjib Kumar Mallick
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

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

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

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [4]
2024			39.07%
2019			40.49%
2014			45.27%
2009			44.37%
2004			49.33%
2000			58.16%
1998 (bypoll)			53.51%
1995			44.2%
1991 (bypoll)			46.79%
1990			72.25%
1985			42.41%
1980			54.22%
1977			56.08%

Since its formation in 1974, 14 elections were held till date including two bypolls in 1991 & 1998.

List of members elected from Bhandaripokhari constituency are: ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Year	Member	Party
2024 [8]	Sanjib Kumar Mallick		Biju Janata Dal
2019 [9]	Prafulla Samal
2014 [10] [11]
2009 [9]
2004	Ananta Sethi		Indian National Congress
2000	Ratha Das		Biju Janata Dal
1998 (bypoll) [c] [12]	Kumar Shree Chiranjibi		Indian National Congress
1995	Arjun Charan Sethi		Janata Dal
1991 (bypoll) [d] [13]	Prafulla Kumar Jena
1990	Arjun Charan Sethi
1985	Panchanan Mandal		Indian National Congress
1980	Purusottam Sethi		Indian National Congress (I)
1977	Kapil Charan Sethi		Janata Party
1974	Bairagi Jena		Utkal Congress

Election results

2024

Voting were held on 1 June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024. ^[14] In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sanjib Kumar Mallick defeated Indian National Congress candidate Niranjan Patnaik by a margin of 1,551 votes. ^[8]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhandaripokhari

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sanjib Kumar Mallick	72,447	39.07	6.20
	INC	Niranjan Patnaik	70,896	38.23	14.95
	BJP	Sudhanshu Shekhar Nayak	38,952	21.01	2.42
	NOTA	None of the above	357	0.19	0.19
Majority			1,551	0.84
Turnout			1,85,437	77.13
	BJD hold

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Samal defeated Indian National Congress candidate Niranjan Patnaik by a margin of 8,859 votes.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhandaripokhari

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Prafulla Samal	70,180	40.49
	INC	Niranjan Patnaik	61,321	35.38
	BJP	Badri Narayan Dhal	39,141	22.58
	NOTA	None of the above	585	0.38
Majority			8,859	5.11
Turnout			1,54,995	76.64
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Samal defeated Indian National Congress candidate Subrat Kumar Das by a margin of 34,097 votes. ^[10]

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Bhandaripokhari ^{[15] [16]}

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
	NOTA	None of the above	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

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Samal defeated Indian National Congress candidate Badri Narayan Dhal by a margin of 20,410 votes. ^[9]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhandaripokhari ^[17]

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	−
Majority			20,410	15.03 [e]	−
Turnout			1,35,799	73.11	−
	BJD gain from INC

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. Resignation of Arjun Charan Sethi on his election to Lok Sabha
4. Resignation of Arjun Charan Sethi on his election to Lok Sabha
5. %of total valid votes

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