Sanakhemundi Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency. For the town, see Sanakhemundi.

Sanakhemundi
Constituency No. 130 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Ganjam
LS constituency	Aska
Established	2009
Total electors	216314
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ramesh Chandra Jena
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

Sanakhemundi is a constituency for the Legislative Assembly of Odisha (Vidhan Sabha) in Ganjam district, Odisha, India. ^[1]

This constituency includes Sanakhemundi and Dharakote blocks. ^[1]

The constituency was formed in 2008 Delimitation ^[2] and went for polls in 2009 election.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Vote share of winning candidates
2009			50.35%
2014			47.10%
2019			50.74%
2024			44.65%

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

Elected members from the Sanakhemundi constituency are: ^[3]

Year	Member	Party
2009	Ramesh Chandra Jena		Indian National Congress
2014	Nandini Devi		Biju Janata Dal
2019	Ramesh Chandra Jena [4] [5]		Indian National Congress
2024

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. ^[6]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Sanakhemundi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramesh Chandra Jena	65,867	44.65	6.09
	BJD	Sulakshana Gitanjali Devi	55,205	37.42	2.73
	BJP	Uttam Kumar Panigrahi	22,396	15.18	4.81
	NOTA	None of the above	2,724	1.85
Majority			10,662
Turnout			147,529
	INC hold

2019

In 2019 election, Indian National Congress candidate Ramesh Chandra Jena defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Nandini Devi by a margin of 23,727 votes.

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Sanakhemundi ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramesh Chandra Jena	75,021	50.74
	BJD	Nandini Devi	51,294	34.69
	BJP	Bijaya Kumar Swain	15,335	10.37
	BSP	Gariba Naik	1378	0.93
	Independent	Pratap Chandra Pradhan	2052	1.39
	NOTA	None of the above	2765	1.87
Majority			23,727	16.05
Turnout			147845	68.35
	INC gain from BJD

2014

In the 2014 election, the Biju Janata Dal candidate Nandini Devi defeated the Indian National Congress candidate Ramesh Chandra Jena by a margin of 8,222 votes.

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Sanakhemundi ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Nandini Devi	61,773	47.1
	INC	Ramesh Chandra Jena	53,551	40.83	-9.52
	BJP	Birkishore Dev	6,053	4.61	-22.21
	CPI	Antarjyami Swain	4,933	3.76	-11.22
	BSP	Sirish Charan Mishra	1,347	1.03
	AAP	Kadmi Ramesh Kumar Dora	1,232	0.94
	NOTA	None	2,275	1.73	-
Majority			8,222	6.27	-
Turnout			1,31,164	66.84	10.96
Registered electors			1,96,248
	BJD gain from INC

2009

In the 2009 election, the Indian National Congress candidate, Ramesh Chandra Jena, defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate, Kishore Chandra Singh Deo, by a margin of 23,593 votes.

2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Sanakhemundi ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramesh Chandra Jena	50,487	50.35	-
	BJP	Kishore Chandra Singh Deo	26,894	26.82	-
	CPI	N. narayan Reddy	15,023	14.98	-
	Independent	Bhala Chandra Sadhangi	4,519	4.51	-
	RSP	Chhabilal Swain	1,961	1.96	-
	SP	Dillip Kumar Patro	1,389	1.39	-
Majority			23,593	23.53	-
Turnout			1,00,278	55.88	-
	INC win (new seat)

References

1. "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
2. "Delimitation 2008" (PDF). ECI .
3. "Sanakhemundi Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Archived from the original on 9 April 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
4. "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 October 2021.
5. "Odisha Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners". Zee News. 24 May 2019. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
6. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI .
7. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2014 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.
8. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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