Bhograi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Bhograi
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Balasore
Blocks	Bhograi
Electorate	1,90,785
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	Biju Janata Dal
MLA	Ananta Das
Const. No.	36
Reserved for	None
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Balasore

Bhograi (Sl. No.: 36) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balasore district, Odisha. ^[1]

Area of this constituency include Bhograi block. ^{[2] [3]}

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ananta Das defeated Indian National Congress candidate Kartikeswar Patra by a margin of 17,650 votes. ^[4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014			50.11%
2009			53.34%
2004			41.03%
2000			45.92%
1995			40.03%
1990			60.48%
1985			46.86%
1980			50.55%
1977			62.13%

15 elections held during 1951 to 2014. Elected members from the Bhograi constituency are: ^{[6] [7]}

• 2014: (36): Ananta Das (BJD)
• 2009: (36): Ananta Das (BJD)
• 2004: (11): Ananta Das (BJD)
• 2000: (11): Kamala Das (BJD)
• 1995: (11): Kamala Das (Janata Dal)
• 1990: (11): Kamala Das (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (11): Umarani Patra (Congress)
• 1980: (11): Kartikeswara Patra (Congress-I)
• 1977: (11): Susant Chand (Janata Party)
• 1974: (11): Kartikeswara Patra (Congress)
• 1971: (11): Kartikeswara Patra (CPI)
• 1967: (11): Pyari Mohan Das (PSP)
• 1961: (129): Pyari Mohan Das (PSP)
• 1957: (92): Durgasankara Das (Congress)
• 1951: (52): Sasikanta Bhanja (Independent)

2019 Election Result

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhograi ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Ananta Das
	INC	Satya Shiba Das
	BJP	Anshuman Mohanty
	BSP	Nalini Kumar Jena
	AITC	Sk Salim Alli
	PJP (S)	Girish Chandra Parida
	Independent	Ranjit Kumar Das
	Independent	Ramhari Sur
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	TBA gain from TBA		Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ananta Das defeated Indian National Congress candidate Satyashib Das by a margin of 19,512 votes. ^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhograi ^{[10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Ananta Das	76,761	50.11	-3.23
	INC	Satyashib Das	57,249	37.37	-3.16
	BJP	Paresh Chandra Nayak	14,772	9.64	4.94
	AITC	Ashis Kumar Das	3,015	1.97
	BSP	Kartick Chandra Behera	446	0.29	-0.28
	AAP	Raghunath Patra	403	0.26
	NOTA	None of the above	531	0.35	-
Majority			19,512	12.74	-0.07
Turnout			1,53,177	75.74	3.53
Registered electors			2,02,228
	BJD hold

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhograi ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Ananta Das	73,474	53.34	-
	INC	Kartikeswar Patra	55,824	40.53	-
	BJP	Ramakanta Behera	6,468	4.70	-
	BSP	Sudarsan Jena	782	0.57	-
	Kalinga Sena	Madhusudan Panigrahi	630	0.46	-
	Samruddha Odisha	Ashish Kumar Das	574	0.42	-
Majority			17,650	12.81 [lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,37,773	72.21	-

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

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