Kantamal Assembly constituency

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

Kantamal
Constituency No. 85 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Southern Division
District	Boudh
Lok Sabha constituency	Kandhamal
Established	2009
Total electors	1,69,070 [a] [b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kanhai Charan Danga
Party	Bharatiya Janta Party
Elected year	2024

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

This constituency includes Kantamal block and 10 GPs (Raxa, Manupali, Gochhapada, Baunsuni, Bohira, Talasarada, Mundipadar, Sagada, Gundulia and Ainlapali) of Boudh block. ^{[2] [3]}

The constituency was formed in 2008 Delimitation ^[4] and went for polls in 2009 election.

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [5]
2024			48.28%
2019			33.03%
2014			42.62%
2009			44.68%

Since its formation in 2009, 4 elections were held till date

List of members elected from the Kantamal constituency are: ^[6]

Year	Member	Party
2024 [7]	Kanhai Charan Danga		BJP
2019 [8]	Mahidhar Rana		BJD
2014 [9]
2009 [10]	Bhagaban Kanhar

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 Kanhai Charan Danga defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Mahidhar Rana by a margin of 7,149 votes. ^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Kantamal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kanhai Charan Danga	68,356	48.28
	BJD	Mahidhar Rana	61,207	43.23
	INC	Saroj Kumar Pradhan	7,694	5.43
	NOTA	None of the above	1,399	0.99
Majority			7,149	5.05
Turnout			1,41,575	83,74
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Mahidhar Rana defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Kanhai Charan Danga by a margin of 3,650 votes. ^[8]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kantamal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Mahidhar Rana	43,099	33.03
	BJP	Kanhai Charan Danga	39,449	30.24
	Independent	Sesha Kumar Meher	28,370	21.75
	INC	Prasanta Kumar Sahu	13,166	21.75
	NOTA	None of the above	1,091	0.84
Majority			3,650	2.79
Turnout			1,30,465	79.76
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Mahidhar Rana defeated Indian National Congress candidate Harinarayan Pradhan by a margin of 25,366 votes. ^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kantamal ^{[12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Mahidhar Rana	49,202	42.62	2.06
	INC	Harinarayan Pradhan	23,836	20.65	9.99
	Independent	Kanhai Charan Danga	23,688	20.52	−
	BJP	Sudhansu Danga	9,336	8.09	11.78
	NOTA	None of the above	1,132	0.98	−
Majority			25,366	21.97	7.92
Turnout			1,15,436	80.71	6.84
Registered electors			1,43,026
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bhagaban Kanhor defeated Indian National Congress candidate Kanhai Charan Danga by a margin of 14,453 votes. ^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kantamal ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bhagaban Kanhor	45,979	44.68	−
	INC	Kanhai Charan Danga	31,526	30.64	−
	BJP	Harinarayan Pradhan	20,448	19.87	−
Majority			14,453	14.05 [c]	−
Turnout			1,02,929	73.87	−
	BJD win (new seat)

Notes

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

References

1. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014. Constituency: Kantamal (85) District : Boudh
2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
3. Seats of Odisha
4. "Delimitation 2008" (PDF). ECI .^{[ permanent dead link ]}
5. "105 - Kantamal Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
6. "Boudh Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
7. "Kantamal Assembly Election Results 2024: Kantamal Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday". India Today. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
8. "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 October 2021.
9. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
10. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2014. 14453
11. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI .
12. "Odisha - Kantamal". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 June 2014.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
13. "Odisha - Kantamal". Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Kantamal (85). EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 15 June 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
14. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.

20°40′N83°44′E / 20.66°N 83.74°E / 20.66; 83.74