Hindol Assembly constituency

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

Hindol
Constituency No. 56 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Northern Division
District	Dhenkanal
Lok Sabha constituency	Dhenkanal
Established	1974
Total electors	2,63,522 [a] [b]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Simarani Nayak
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

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

Area of this constituency includes Hindol block and Odapada block. ^{[2] [3]}

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [4]
2024			49.62%
2019			50.93%
2014			49.92%
2009			44.83%
2004			48.22%
2000			62.54%
1995			48.29%
1991 (bypoll)			64.27%
1990			78.31%
1985			67.18%
1980			43.49%
1977			52.06%

Since its formation in 1974, 13 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1993. ^[5]

List of members elected from Hindol constituency are: ^{[6] [7]}

Year	Member	Party
2024 [8]	Simarani Nayak		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 [9]			Biju Janata Dal
2014 [10]
2009 [11]	Anjali Behera
2004
2000
1995	Maheswar Naik		Indian National Congress
1993 (bypoll) [c] [12]	Patta Nayak		Janata Dal
1990	Trinath Naik
1985	Rabinarayan Naik		Indian National Congress
1980	Trinath Naik		Janata Party (Secular)
1977			Janata Party
1974	Bhagirathi Naik		Indian National Congress

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 25 May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024. ^[13] In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Simarani Nayak defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Mahesh Sahoo by a margin of 11,827 votes. ^[8]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Hindol

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Simarani Nayak	97,795	49.62
	BJD	Mahesh Sahoo	85,968	43.62
	INC	Gobardhan Sekhar Naik	7,314	3.71
	NOTA	None of the above	3,106	1.58
Majority			11,827	3.00
Turnout			1,97,073	74.78
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Simarani Nayak defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ashok Kumar Nayak by a margin of 18,905 votes. ^[9]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Hindol ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Simarani Nayak	93,980	50.93
	BJP	Ashok Kumar Nayak	75,075	40.69
	INC	Trinath Behera	9366	5.08
	NOTA	None of the above	2,098	1.14
Majority			18,905	10.24
Turnout			1,84,525	72.58
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Simarani Nayak defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Laxmidhar Behera by a margin of 50,499 votes. ^[10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Hindol ^{[15] [16]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Simarani Nayak	84,351	49.92	5.09
	BJP	Laxmidhar Behera	33,852	20.03	2.81
	INC	Namita Naik	30,978	18.33	−15.32
	Independent	Anjali Behera	12,304	7.28
	NOTA	None of the above	2,722	1.61	−
Majority			50,499	29.88	18.7
Turnout			1,68,974	74.06	11.81
Registered electors			2,28,159
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Anjali Behera defeated Indian National Congress candidate Rebati Behera by a margin of 15,039 votes. ^[11]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Hindol ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Anjali Behera	60,291	44.83	−
	INC	Rebati Behera	45,252	33.65	−
	BJP	Laxmidhar Behera	23,157	17.22	−
Majority			15,039	11.18 [d]	−
Turnout			1,34,530	62.25	−
	BJD hold

Notes

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

References

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14. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
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