Phulbani Assembly constituency

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

Phulbani (ST)
Constituency No. 84 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Kandhamal
LS constituency	Kandhamal
Established	1951
Total electors	1,59,570
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Uma Charan Mallick
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Phulbani is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kandhamal district, Odisha, India. ^[1]

This constituency includes Phulbani, Phulbani block, Chakapada block, Khajuripada block and Phiringia block. ^{[2] [3]}

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [4]
2024			36.81%
2019			48.05%
2014			46.65%
2009			36.60%
2004			50.55%
2000			50.25%
1995			36.59%
1990			64.00%
1985			46.64%
1980			60.24%
1977			57.12%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including in one bypoll in 1955. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952 & 1957.

List of members elected from Phulbani constituency are: ^{[5] [6]}

Year	Member	Party
2024	Uma Charan Mallick		BJP
2019	Angada Kanhar [7]		BJD
2014	Duguni Kanhar		BJD
2009	Debendra Kanhar		BJD
2004	Padmanabh Behera		BJD
2000	Bishnu Priya Behera		BJD
1995	Dasarathi Behera		Independent
1990	Padmanabh Behera		JD
1985	Abhimanyu Behera		INC
1980	Chandra Sekhar Behera		INC
1977	Prahallad Behera		JP
1974	Chandra Sekhar Behera		INC
1971	Jagadish Jani		Congress (R)
1967	Barada Prasanna Kanhar		SWA
1961	Himansu Sekhar Padhi		Jana Congress
1957 [lower-alpha 1]	Anirudha Dipa		AIGP
	Himansu Sekhar Padhi		AIGP
1955 (bypoll) [lower-alpha 2]	Sarangdhar Pradhan		AIGP
1951 [lower-alpha 3]	Balakrishna Mallick		Independent
	Sadananda Sahu		Independent

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.

^[8] In 2024 General election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Uma Charan Mallick defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Jayashree Kanhar by a margin of 2858 votes.

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Phulbani

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Uma Charan Mallick	53900	36.81
	BJD	Jayashree Kanhar	51042	34.85
	INC	Prativa Kanhar	23328	15.93
	NOTA	None of the above	1894	1.29
Majority			2858
Turnout			146447
	Uma Charan Mallick gain from Jayashree Kanhar

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Angada Kanhar defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Deba Narayan Pradhan by a margin of 24,416 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Phulbani ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Angada Kanhar	65,564	48.05
	BJP	Debanarayan Pradhan	41148	30.15
	INC	Kishor Chandra Kanhar	23317	17.09
	NOTA	None of the above	1250	0.92
Majority			24416	17.09
Turnout			136462	72.36
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Duguni Kanhar defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Deba Narayan Pradhan by a margin of 25,795 votes. ^[10]

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Duguni Kanhar	58,273	46.65	10.05
	BJP	Debanarayan Pradhan	32,478	26	−2.21
	INC	Sudarsan Kanhar	21,510	17.22	−5.52
	Kalinga Sena	Ananta Kanhar	3,133	2.51
	AOP	Durgamadhab Kanhar	2,203	1.76
	Independent	Jalandhar Kanhar	1,683	1.35
	BSP	Harekrishna Mallick	1,535	1.23
	AAP	Umesh Prasad Patra	1,288	1.03
	OJM	Purusottam Kanhar	1,235	0.99
	NOTA	None of the above	1,584	1.27	−
Majority			25,795	20.64
Turnout			1,24,922	75.64	10.42
Registered electors			1,65,147
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Debendra Kanhar defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Deba Narayan Pradhan by a margin of 8,729 votes. ^[13]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election: Phulbani ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Debendra Kanhar	38,092	36.60	−
	BJP	Deba Narayan Pradhan	29,363	28.21	−
	INC	Jalandhar Kanhar	23,669	22.74	−
	JMM	Artratrana Kanhar	5,816	5.59	−
	Independent	Lokanath Mallick	4,992	4.80	−
	SP	Pradeep Kumar Naik	2,144	2.06	−
Majority			8,729	8.39 [lower-alpha 4]	−
Turnout			1,04,078	65.22	−
	BJD hold

Notes

1. It was a 2 member constituency
2. Death of Balakrishna Mallick
3. It was a 2 member constituency
4. % of total valid votes

References

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