Bhandaripokhari is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bhadrak district, Odisha.[1]
| Bhandaripokhari | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 43 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Bhadrak district |
| LS constituency | Bhadrak |
| Established | 1974 |
| Total electors | 185,755 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Biju Janata Dal |
| Elected year | 2019 |
Area of this constituency includes Bhandaripokhari block and Bonth block.[2][3]
Elected Members edit
11 elections held during 1974 to 2014 including a by election in 1991. Elected members from the Bhandaripokhari constituency are:[5][6][7]
- 2009: (43): Prafulla Samal (BJD)
- 2004: (18): Ananta Sethi (Congress)
- 2000: (18): Ratha Das (BJD)
- 1998: (By poll): Kumarashri Chiranjib (Congress)
- 1995: (18): Arjun Charan Sethi (Janata Dal)
- 1991: (By poll): P. K. Jena (Janata Dal)
- 1990: (18): Arjun Charan Sethi (Janata Dal)
- 1985: (18): Panchanan Mandal (Congress)
- 1980: (18): Purusottam Sethi (Congress-I)
- 1977: (18): Kapila Charan Sethi (Janata Party)
- 1974: (18): Bairagi Jena (Utkal Congress)
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Prafulla Samal[8] | Biju Janata Dal | |
Election results edit
2014 edit
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Samal defeated Indian National Congress candidate Subrat Kumar Das by a margin of 34,097 votes.[9]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Prafulla Samal | 70,173 | 45.27 | 0.9 | |
| INC | Subrat Kumar Das | 36,076 | 23.28 | -6.06 | |
| BJP | Badri Narayan Dhal | 28,809 | 18.59 | 3.01 | |
| Independent | Sujata Jena | 6,682 | 4.31 | ||
| Independent | Sudhakar Nanda | 5,365 | 3.46 | ||
| CPI | Suvendra Pratap Mohanty | 3,694 | 2.38 | ||
| AAP | Bikash Ranjan Jena | 1,094 | 0.71 | ||
| Independent | Jayanti Parida | 820 | 0.53 | ||
| BSP | Rajiblochan Jena | 551 | 0.36 | -0.4 | |
| AITC | Shibanarayan Bishwal | 499 | 0.32 | ||
| AOP | Swadhin Sahoo | 364 | 0.23 | ||
| Independent | Ashok Kumar Rout | 283 | 0.18 | ||
| NOTA | None | 585 | 0.38 | - | |
| Majority | 34,097 | 21.99 | 6.96 | ||
| Turnout | 1,54,995 | 77.26 | 4.15 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,00,606 | ||||
| BJD hold | |||||
Summary of results of the 2009 Election edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Prafulla Samal | 60,250 | 44.37 | - | |
| INC | Badri Narayan Dhal | 39,840 | 29.34 | - | |
| BJP | Manmohan Samal | 21,160 | 15.58 | - | |
| Independent | Udaya Narayan Nanda | 12,117 | 8.92 | - | |
| SAMO | Nirmal Biswal | 1,393 | 1.03 | - | |
| BSP | Prasant Kumar Swain | 1,037 | 0.76 | - | |
| Majority | 20,410 | 15.03[a] | - | ||
| Turnout | 1,35,799 | 73.11 | - | ||
Notes edit
- ^ %of total valid votes
References edit
- ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
Constituency: Bhadrak (44) District : Bhadrak
- ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
- ^ Seats of Odisha
- ^ "18 - Bhndaripokhari Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
List Of Winning Candidates
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
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- ^ "Details of Assembly By- Elections since 1952 (Year-Wise)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2014 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Odisha - Bhandaripokhari". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Bhandaripokhari (43)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.