Bhandaripokhari Assembly constituency

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Bhandaripokhari
Constituency No. 43 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Odisha
District Bhadrak district
LS constituency Bhadrak
Established1974
Total electors185,755
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Biju Janata Dal
Elected year 2024

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

Contents

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%
1995
44.2%
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]

YearMemberParty
2024 Sanjib Kumar Mallick BJD
2019 Prafulla Samal BJD
2014 Prafulla Samal [8] BJD
2009 Prafulla Samal BJD
2004 Ananta Sethi INC
2000 Ratha Das BJD
1998 (bypoll) [lower-alpha 1] Kumar Shree Chiranjibi INC
1995 Arjun Charan Sethi JD
1991 (bypoll) [lower-alpha 2] Prafulla Kumar Jena JD
1990 Arjun Charan Sethi JD
1985 Panchanan Mandal INC
1980 Purusottam Sethi INC
1977 Kapil Charan Sethi JP
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. [9]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhandaripokhari
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJD Sanjib Kumar Mallick 72,447 39.07 Decrease2.svg6.20
INC Niranjan Patnaik 70,89638.23Increase2.svg14.95
BJP Sudhanshu Shekhar Nayak38,95221.01Increase2.svg2.42
NOTA None of the above3570.19Decrease2.svg0.19
Majority1,551
Turnout 185,437
BJD hold Swing

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Samal defeated Indian National Congress candidate Niranjan Patnaik by a margin of 34,097 votes.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhandaripokhari
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJD Prafulla Samal 70,173 45.27
INC Niranjan Patnaik 3607623.28
BJP Badri Narayan Dhal2880918.59
Independent Sujata Jena66824.31
Independent Sudhakar Nanda53653.46
NOTA None of the above5850.38
Majority34,09721.99
Turnout 1,54,99576.64
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 [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJD Prafulla Samal 70,173 45.27 0.9
INC Subrat Kumar Das36,07623.28−6.06
BJP Badri Narayan Dhal28,80918.593.01
Independent Sujata Jena6,6824.31
IndependentSudhakar Nanda5,3653.46
CPI Suvendra Pratap Mohanty3,6942.38
AAP Bikash Ranjan Jena1,0940.71
IndependentJayanti Parida8200.53
BSP Rajiblochan Jena5510.36−0.4
AITC Shibanarayan Bishwal4990.32
AOP Swadhin Sahoo3640.23
IndependentAshok Kumar Rout2830.18
NOTA None of the above5850.38
Majority34,09721.996.96
Turnout 1,54,99577.264.15
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.

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhandaripokhari [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJD Prafulla Samal 60,250 44.37
INC Badri Narayan Dhal39,84029.34
BJP Manmohan Samal 21,16015.58
Independent Udaya Narayan Nanda12,1178.92
SAMO Nirmal Biswal1,3931.03
BSP Prasant Kumar Swain1,0370.76
Majority20,41015.03 [lower-alpha 3]
Turnout 1,35,79973.11
BJD gain from INC

Notes

  1. Resignation of Arjun Charan Sethi on his election to Lok Sabha
  2. Resignation of Arjun Charan Sethi on his election to Lok Sabha
  3. %of total valid votes

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