Boudh Assembly constituency

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

Boudh
Constituency No. 86 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Southern Division
District	Boudh
Lok Sabha constituency	Kandhamal
Established	1951
Total electors	1,66,544 [a] [b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Saroj Kumar Pradhan
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

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

Area of this constituency includes Boudh, 11 GPs (Telibandha, Khuntabandha, Mursundhi, Badhigam, Mundapada, Baghiapada, Brahmanipali, Ambajhari, Tikarapada, Padmanapur and Laxmiprasad) of Boudh block and Harbhanga block. ^{[2] [3]}

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [4]
2024			46.36%
2019			49.83%
2014			48.61%
2009			50.60%
2004			38.73%
2000			33.91%
1995			40.40%
1990			51.01%
1985			42.31%
1980			58.35%
1977			60.85%

Since its formation in 1951, 16 elections were held till date.

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

Year	Member	Party
2024 [7]	Saroj Kumar Pradhan		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 [8]	Pradip Kumar Amat		Biju Janata Dal
2014 [9]
2009 [10]
2004
2000
1995	Satchidananda Dalal		Janata Dal
1990
1985	Sujit Kumar Padhi		Indian National Congress
1980	Himansu Sekhar Padhi		Indian National Congress (I)
1977	Natabara Pradhan		Janata Party
1974			Swatantra Party
1971
1967	Himansu Sekhar Padhi		Orissa Jana Congress
1961	Anirudha Dipa		Swatantra Party
1956-1960: Constituency did not exist
1951	Himansu Sekhar Padhi		Independent politician

Election results

2024

Voting were held on 20th May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. ^[11] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Saroj Kumar Pradhan defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Pradip Kumar Amat by a margin of 2,765 votes. ^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Boudh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Saroj Kumar Pradhan	62,494	46.36
	BJD	Pradip Kumar Amat	59,729	44.31
	INC	Naba Kumar Mishra	9,468	7.02
	NOTA	None of the above	1,181	0.88
Majority			2,765	2.05
Turnout			1,34,799	80.94
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pradip Kumar Amat defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Susanta Kumar Pradhan by a margin of 10,448 votes. ^[8]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Boudh ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pradip Kumar Amat	61,536	49.83
	BJP	Susanta Kumar Pradhan	51,088	41.37
	CPI	Abakash Sahoo	7,119	5.76
	NOTA	None of the above	908	0.74
Majority			10,448	8.46
Turnout			1,23,498	77.3
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pradip Kumar Amat defeated Indian National Congress candidate Susanta Kumar Pradhan by a margin of 11,148 votes. ^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Boudh ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pradip Kumar Amat	54,618	48.61	1.99
	INC	Susanta Kumar Pradhan	43,470	38.69	22.42
	BJP	Surya Narayan Mahapatra	8,597	7.65	2.87
	NOTA	None of the above	946	0.84
Majority			11,148	9.92
Turnout			1,12,349	80.53	7.34
Registered electors			1,39,518
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pradip Kumar Amat defeated Independent candidate Susanta Kumar Pradhan by a margin of 28,207 votes. ^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Boudh ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pradip Kumar Amat	49,439	50.60	−
	Independent	Susanta Kumar Pradhan	21,232	21.73	−
	INC	Narendra Kumar Panigrahi	15,895	16.27	−
	BJP	Santanu Kumar Pradhan	4,666	4.78	−
Majority			28,207	28.87 [c]	−
Turnout			97,768	73.19	−
	BJD hold

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. %of total valid votes

References

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7. "Boudh Assembly Election Results 2024: Boudh Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday". India Today. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
8. News18 (2019). "Boudh Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Boudh Constituency (Seat)". Archived from the original on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
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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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