Kamakshyanagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Kamakshyanagar
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Dhenkanal
Blocks	Kamakshyanagar, Bhuban, Dhenkanal
Electorate	1,83,377
Major settlements	Kamakshyanagar, Bhuban
Current constituency
Created	1961
Party	BJD
MLA	Prafulla Kumar Mallik
Const. No.	57
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Dhenkanal

Kamakshyanagar (Sl. No.: 57) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Dhenkanal district, Odisha. ^[1]

Area of this constituency include Kamakshyanagar, Bhuban, 15 GPs (Badasuanlo, Jagannathpur, Bhairapur, Baruan(K), Baunspal, Kanapura, Baisinga, Baligorad, Mahulapal, Kadua, Rainarasinghpur, Sogar, Budhibilli, Bankual and Kotagara) of Kamakshyanagar block and 7 GPs (Barada, Gengutia, Sankulei, Tarva, Chaulia, Sogarpasi and Bansingh) of Dhenkanal block, and Bhuban block. ^{[2] [3]}

In 1985 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Prasanna Pattnaik was elected from Kamakhyanagar to become the first Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) MLA from Odisha.

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Kumar Mallik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Satrughan Jena by a margin of 20,594 votes. ^[4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014			43.59%
2009			45.11%
2004			44.84%
2000			51.71%
1995			60.75%
1990			51.79%
1985			48.15%
1980			58.54%
1977			41.87%

13 elections held during 1961 to 2014. Elected members from the Kamakshyanagar constituency are: ^{[6] [7]}

• 2014: (57): Prafulla Kumar Mallik (BJD)
• 2009: (57): Prafulla Kumar Mallik (BJD)
• 2004: (120): Prafulla Kumar Mallik (BJD)
• 2000: (120): Brahmananda Biswal (BJD)
• 1995: (120): Kailash Chandra Mohapatra (Congress)
• 1990: (120): Prasanna Pattnaik (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (120): Prasanna Pattnaik (Bharatiya Janata Party)
• 1980: (120): Kailash Chandra Mohapatra (Congress-I)
• 1977: (120): Prasanna Kumar Pattnayak (Janata Party)
• 1974: (120): Brahmananda Biswal (Congress)
• 1971: (134): Brahmananda Biswal (Orissa Jana Congress)
• 1967: (134): Brundaban Tripathy (Swatantra)
• 1961: (75): Brundaban Tripathy (Ganatantra Parishad)

2019 Election Result

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kamakshyanagar ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Prafulla Kumar Mallik
	INC	Bhabani Sankar Mohaptra
	BJP	Satrughna Jena
	BSP	Bijay Kumar Naik			-
	SKD	Dharmabir Singh Thakur
	Independent	Bhismadeba Behera
	Independent	Rojalin Maharana
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	TBA gain from TBA		Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Kumar Mallik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Bhabani Sankar Mohaptra by a margin of 16,881 votes. ^[9]

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Prafulla Kumar Mallik	64,163	43.59	-1.52
	INC	Bhabani Sankar Mohaptra	47,282	32.12	4.29
	BJP	Prasanna Pattnaik	25,927	17.61	8.18
	CPI	Shiba Ram Sahu	2,471	1.68
	Independent	Debasisha Hota	2,436	1.65
	AOP	Biprabara Sahoo	1,664	1.13
	AAP	Mayadhara Nayak	813	0.55
	Samata Party	Akrur Behera	477	0.32
	NOTA	None	1,965	1.33	-
Majority			16,881	11.47	-5.81
Turnout			1,47,198	76.74	11.74
Registered electors			1,91,817
	BJD hold

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kamakshyanagar ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Prafulla Kumar Mallik	53,766	45.11	0.27
	INC	Satrughan Jena	33,172	27.83	-
	SP	Kailash Chandra Mishra	19,217	16.12	-
	BJP	Premananda Jena	11,241	9.43	-
	BSP	Santosh Kumar Sahoo	1,780	1.49	-
Majority			20,594	17.28 [lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,19,203	65.00	-
	BJD hold		Swing

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

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