Bhawanipatna Assembly constituency

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Bhawanipatna
Constituency No. 80 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Odisha
District Kalahandi
Lok Sabha constituency Kalahandi
Established1951
Total electors204,764 [1] [a]
Reservation SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya janata party
Elected year 2024

Bhawanipatna is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kalahandi district, Odisha. [2]

Contents

This constituency includes Bhawanipatna, Kesinga, 25 Gram panchayats (Madiguda, Chahagaon, Karlapada, Chheliamal, Kalam, Karlaguda, Thuapadar, Dadpur, Deypur, Gudialipadar, Kamthana, Kuliamal, Gand-Barajhola, Medinipur, Seinpur, Palsijharan, Udepur, Matia, Borda, Kendupati, Gurujung, Borbhata, Dumuria, Artal and Palana) of Bhawanipatna block and 17GPs (Adhamunda, Balsi, Boria, Chancher, Deogaon, Fatakmal, Gaigaon, Gokuleswar, Kandel, Kikia, Kundabandha, Laitara, Nasigaon, Pastikudi, Patharla, Sirol and Utkela) of Kesinga block. [3] [4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Vote share of winning candidates [5]
1977
 
52.67%
1980
 
71.99%
1985
 
45.51%
1990
 
49.33%
1995
 
23.94%
2000
 
55.91%
2004
 
49.24%
2009
 
36.47%
2014
 
43.36%
2019
 
38.00%
2024
 
37.39%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including in one bypoll in 1957. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952 & 1957. [6]

List of members elected from Bhawanipatna constituency are: [7] [8]

YearMember [9] Party
1951 Janardan Majhi Ganatantra Parishad
Jogesh Chandra Singh Deo
1957 Karunakar Bhoi
Pratap Keshari Deo
1957^Chandra Sekhar Pradhan
1961 Anchal Majhi Swatantra Party
1967 Dayanidhi Naik
1971
1974 Jagamohan Nayak
1977 Dayanidhi Naik Indian National Congress
1980 Indian National Congress (I)
1985 Bhakta Charan Das Janata Party
1990 Ajit Das Janata Dal
1995 Pradipta Kumar Naik Bharatiya Janata Party
2000
2004
2009 Dusmanta Naik Indian National Congress
2014 Anam Naik Biju Janata Dal
2019 Pradipta Kumar Naik Bharatiya Janata Party
2024 Sagar Charan Das Indian National Congress

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. [10]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhawanipatna
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Sagar Charan Das 67,085 37.39 Increase2.svg15.39
BJP Pradipta Kumar Naik 5334429.73Decrease2.svg8.27
BJD Latika Naik5089728.37Decrease2.svg6.63
NOTA None of the above14690.82
Majority137417.63
Turnout 179420
INC gain from BJP

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradipta Kumar Naik defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Dusmanta Naik by a margin of 4684 votes. [11] [12]

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Bhawanipatna [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Pradipta Kumar Naik 63,063 38.00
BJD Dusmanta Naik5837935.00
INC Sagar Charan Das3549422.00
BSP Mangal Pal16571.00
API Chandra Mani Mahananda18751.00
BMP Rishi Sudan Chhatrapal12831.00
Independent Jugeswar Naik11171.00
NOTA None of the above17431.06
Majority46843.00
Turnout 16461171.81
BJP gain from BJD

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Anam Naik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Dusmanta Naik by a margin of 10,814 votes. [11]

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, Bhawanipatna
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJD Anam Naik 54,825 43.26
INC Dusmanta Naik44,01134.73
BJP Dayanidhi Naik3244925.60
NOTA None of the above10830.73
Majority10,8148.53
Turnout 14926172.46
BJD gain from INC

2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Dusmanta Naik defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradipta Kumar Naik by a margin of 2,195 votes. [11]

2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, Bhawanipatna [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Dusmanta Naik 46,215 36.47 −4.92
BJP Pradipta Kumar Naik44,02034.73−14.51
BJD Jayanta Kumar Naik25,73320.30
BSP Khageswar Naik2,9752.35−
Independent Anjali Mangaraj2,7542.17−
SAMO Ramani Duria2,3021.82−
SP Aswini Chandan1,5421.22−
Kalinga SenaHemanta Kumar Tandi1,1940.94−
Majority2,1951.73 [b] −
Turnout 1,26,80964.33−
INC gain from BJP Swing 0.97 [c]

Notes

  1. ↑ as on 1 January 2014
  2. ↑ %of total valid votes
  3. ↑ 2004 Voter turnout was 63.36%

References

  1. ↑ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014. Constituency: Bhawanipatna (80) District: Kalahandi
  3. ↑ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. ↑ Seats of Odisha
  5. ↑ "99 - Bhawanipatna (SC) Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 5 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  6. ↑ "Details of Assembly By- Elections since 1952 (Year-Wise)". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "List of Members of Odisha LEgislative Assembly (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "Bhawanipatna Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  9. ↑ "Bhawanipatna Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Bhawanipatna, Orissa". Elections in India.
  10. ↑ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI .
  11. 1 2 3 "Bhawanipatna Assembly Elections". www.oneindia.com.
  12. ↑ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  13. ↑ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) ( AC / PC )" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  14. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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