Dhamnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Dhamnagar
Constituency No. 46 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Odisha
District	Bhadrak
LS constituency	Bhadrak
Established	1951
Total electors	188,975
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Bishnu Sethi
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2019

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

This constituency includes Dhamnagar block and 12 GPs (Paliabindha, Achak, Dolasahi, Guamal, Talapada, Kubera, Biliana, Baro, Bodak, Kanpada, Shyamsundarpur and Talagopabindha) of Tihidi block. ^{[2] [3]}

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Kumar Das defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bishnu Sethi by a margin of 4,944 votes. ^[4]

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bishnu Sethi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Das by a margin of 4,625 votes.

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2019			48.47%
2014			47.98%
2009			43.57%
2004			48.55%
2000			35.03%
1995			42.69%
1990			56.21%
1985			50.00%
1980			61.23%
1977			54.21%

Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014. Elected members from the Dhamnagar constituency are: ^{[6] [7]}

• 2019: (46): Bishnu Charan Sethi (BJP)
• 2014: (46): Muktikanta Mandal (BJD)
• 2009: (46): Rajendra Kumar Das (BJD)
• 2004: (20): Manmohan Samal (BJP)
• 2000: (20): Manas Ranjan Mallik (Independent)
• 1995: (20): Jagannath Rout (Congress)
• 1990: (20): Hrudananda Mallik (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (20): Jagannath Rout (Congress)
• 1980: (20): Jagannath Rout (Congress-I)
• 1977: (20): Hrudananda Mallick (Janata Party)
• 1974: (20): Hrudananda Mallick (Utkal Congress)
• 1971: (19): Hrudananda Mallick (Utkal Congress)
• 1967: (19): Satyabhama Dei (Orissa Jana Congress)
• 1961: (120): Muralidhar Jena (Congress)
• 1957: (85): Muralidhar Jena (Congress)
• 1951: (59): Nilamoni Routra (Congress)

2019 Election Result

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bishnu Sethi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Das by a margin of 4,625 votes. ^[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Dhamnagar ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bishnu Charan Sethi	80,111	47.47
	BJD	Rajendra Das	75,486	45.67
	INC	Bidyadhar Jena	7,303	4.42
	BSP	Budhiram Samal	769	0.47
	ABHM	Prasanna Kumar Das	485	0.29
	Independent	Ganesh Prasad Das	314	0.19
	NOTA	None	613	0.37
	BJP hold

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Dhamnagar ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rajendra Kumar Das	48,424	38.78	-
	BJP	Bishnu Charan Sethi	43,480	34.82	-
	INC	Netrananda Mallick	29,844	23.90	-
	Independent	Indumati Malik	941	0.75	-
	BSP	Bidyadhar Mallick	929	0.74	-
	SAMO	Kalandi Malik	843	0.68	-
	Odisha Mukti Morcha	Dipak Gochhayat	412	0.33	-
Majority			4,944	3.96 [lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,24,930	66.11	-

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

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2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
3. Seats of Odisha
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