Dhenkanal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Dhenkanal
Constituency No. 55 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Odisha
District	Dhenkanal
LS constituency	Dhenkanal
Established	1951
Total electors	228,498 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Sudhir Kumar Samal
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2019

Dhenkanal is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Dhenkanal district, Odisha. ^[2]

This constituency includes Dhenkanal, Gondia block and 9 GPs (Baladiabandha, Baliamba, Beltikiri, Bhaliabolkateni, Bhapur, Chandrasekhar Prasad, Dhirapatana, Gobindpur, Kaimati, Kakudibhag, Kankadahad, Kankadpal, Madhusahupatna, Mangalpur, Manipur, Nadiali, Nagiapasi, Sankarpur, Saptasajya and Talabarkote) of Dhenkanal block. ^{[3] [4]}

Vidhan Sabha Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014			39.39%
2009			35.28%
2004			49.17%
2000			34.59%
1995			52.61%
1990			47.49%
1985			64.09%
1980			59.11%
1977			80.07%

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

• 2014: (55): Saroj Kumar Samal (BJD)
• 2009: (55): Nabin Nanda (NCP)
• 2004: (118): Sudhir Kumar Samal (Congress)
• 2000: (118): Krushna Chandra Patra (BJP)
• 1995: (118): Nabin Chandra Narayandas (Congress)
• 1990: (118): Tathagata Satpathy (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (118): Nandini Satpathy (Independent)
• 1980: (118): Nandini Satpathy (Congress-Urs)
• 1977: (118): Nandini Satpathy (Janata Party) ^[8]
• 1974: (118): Nandini Satpathy (Congress)
• 1971: (136): Surendra Mohan Pattanaik (Orissa Jana Congress)
• 1967: (136): Ratnaprava Devi (Swatantra Party)
• 1961: (76): Ratnaprava Devi (Ganatantra Parishad)
• 1957: (52): Kalia Dehuri (Ganatantra Parishad)
• 1951: (17): Baishnab Charan Patnaik (Communist)

Election Results

2019 Election Result

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Dhenkanal ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sudhir Kumar Samal
	BJP	Krushna Chandra Patra
	INC	Nabin Nanda
	BSP	Ganeswar Pradhan
	SKD	Akshaya Rout
	AAP	Ashish Kumar Mishra
	AIFB	Patitapaban Mishra
	HND	Bikash Nayak
	SUCI(C)	Bhajaman Rout
	Independent	Gudia Sharma
	Independent	Meghanada Nanda
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	TBA gain from TBA		Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Saroj Kumar Samal defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Krushna Chandra Patra by a margin of 3,294 votes. ^[10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Dhenkanal ^{[11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Saroj Kumar Samal	69,083	39.39
	BJP	Krushna Chandra Patra	65,789	37.52	9.2
	INC	Sidheswari Prasad Mishra	30,571	17.43	-13.07
	BSP	Kamaksha Prasad Bihari	2,028	1.16	-0.09
	RPI(A)	Saikh Abdul Wali	1,731	0.99
	AAP	Shishira Kumar Satapathy	1,098	0.63
	AOP	Sadashiv Mohapatra	757	0.43
	Independent	Bibhuprada Sahoo	696	0.4
	Independent	Ranjan Kumar Nayak	688	0.4
	Independent	Aruna Kumar Sahoo	499	0.28
	SKD	Saroj Kumar Satapathy	376	0.21
	NOTA	None of the above	2,036	1.16
Majority			3,294	1.88
Turnout			1,75,360	76.74	12.16
Registered electors			2,28,498
	BJD gain from NCP

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election, Nationalist Congress Party candidate Nabin Nanda defeated Indian National Congress candidate Sudhir Kumar Samal by a margin of 6,933 votes. ^[13]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Dhenkanal ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Nabin Nanda	51,118	35.28	-
	INC	Sudhir Kumar Samal	44,185	30.50	-
	BJP	Krushna Chandra Patra	41,032	28.32	-
	SAMO	Anupama Baral	1,936	1.34	-
	BSP	Niroj Nalini Mahalik	1,815	1.25	-
	RPI	Saikh Abdul Wali	1,203	0.83	-
	Kalinga Sena	Chakradhar Nayak	946	0.65	-
	Independent	Madhusudan Naik	945	0.65	-
	RPD	Utkal Khatua	871	0.60	-
	Independent	Bana Maharana	837	0.58	-
Majority			6,933	4.79 [lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,44,914	64.58	-
	NCP gain from INC		Swing
Registered electors			2,24,399

1977 Election Result

• Nandini Satpathy (Janata Party) : 31,829 votes ^[15]
• Malati Choudhury (Independent) : 4,063

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes

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