Athmallik Assembly constituency

Athmallik (Sl. No.: 63) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Angul district, Odisha.[1]

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

Athmallik
Constituency No. 63 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictAngul
LS constituencySambalpur
Established1951
Total electors201,661
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Nalini Kanta Pradhan
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2024

This constituency includes Athmallik, Athmallik block, Kishorenagar block and 9 GPs (Antulia, Saradhapur, Matiasahi, Manikajodi, Jagannathpur, Tainsi, Kothabhuin, Tikarpada and Purunakote) of Angul block.[2][3]

Elected Members
Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024
 
 52.35%
2019
 
 53.56%
2014
 
 44.85%
2009
 
 48.46%
2004
 
 45.77%
2000
 
 59.77%
1995
 
 47.64%
1990
 
 53.84%
1985
 
 48.06%
1980
 
 60.32%
1977
 
 50.48%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including in one bypoll in 1955.[5]

List of members elected from Athmallik constituency are:[6][7]

Year Member Party
2024 Nalini Kanta Pradhan BJD
2019 Ramesh Chandra Sai[8] BJD
2014 Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo BJD
2009 Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo BJD
2004 Nagendra Kumar Pradhan BJD
2000 Nagendra Kumar Pradhan BJD
1995 Amarnath Pradhan INC
1990 Nagendra Kumar Pradhan JD
1985 Amarnath Pradhan INC
1980 Bhajaman Behera INC
1977 Balakrushna Patnaik JP
1974 Bhajaman Behera INC
1971 Rajkishore Pradhan Utkal Congress
1967 Surendra Pradhan SSP
1961 Khetra Mohan Panigrahi SWA
1957 Khetra Mohan Panigrahi AIGP
1955 (bypoll)[lower-alpha 1] Raja Kishore Chandra Deo INC
1951 Dwitiya Roul Independent

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[9]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Athmallik
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Nalini Kanta Pradhan 93,957 52.35 1.21
BJP Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo 77,804 43.35 19.09
INC Himanshu Shekhar Chaulia 5,126 2.86 16.34
NOTA None of the above 1,631 0.91 0.15
Majority 16,153
Turnout 179,491
BJD hold Swing

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ramesh Chandra Sai defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bhagirathi Pradhan by a margin of 47,184 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athmallik [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Ramesh Chandra Sai 86,254 53.56 8.71
BJP Bhagirathi Pradhan 39,070 24.26 8.33
INC Bijayananda Chaulia 30,925 19.20 11.8
BSP Hrusikesh Luha 1288 0.79 -
SUCI(C) Ramani Ranjan Pradhan 1055 0.65 -
Independent Sarat Chandra Mahapatra 706 0.43 -
NOTA None of the above 1717 1.06 -
Majority 47,184 28.59 14.73
Turnout 165035 79.56 -0.13
Registered electors 2,01,661
BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo defeated Indian National Congress candidate Surendra Kumar Pradhan by a margin of 19,533 votes.[11][12]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athmallik [13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo 63,226 44.85 -
INC Surendra Kumar Pradhan 43,693 31.00 -
BJP Bhagirathi Pradhan 22,463 15.93 -
Independent Ramani Ranjan Pradhan 2,748 1.95 -
Independent Prafulla Kumar Chaulia 2,312 1.64 -
BSP Ananda Chandra Behera 1,920 1.36 -
Kalinga Sena Pradeep Kumar Sahoo 723 0.51 -
Independent Tapan Kumar Mishra 706 0.5 -
Independent Mitrughna Mahakhuda 683 0.48 -
AAP Prasadi Behera 609 0.43 -
PVP Bhramarbara Sahu 434 0.31 -
NOTA None of the above 1,450 1.03 -
Majority 19,533 13.86 -1.25
Turnout 1,40,967 79.69 7.02
Registered electors 1,76,891
BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo defeated Indian National Congress candidate Mousumi Pradhan by a margin of 18,981 votes.

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athmallik[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo 61,388 48.86 2.69
INC Mousumi Pradhan 42,407 33.75 -
BJP Bhagirathi Pradhan 12,674 10.09 -
Independent Dattatreya Mishra 3,297 2.62 -
SAMO Binod Kumar Pradhan 1,677 1.33 -
Independent Santilata Behera 995 0.79 -
Independent Bijaya Kumar Sahoo 889 0.71 -
Independent Tapan Kumar Mishra 883 0.70 -
Independent Artatrana Behera 856 0.68 -
Independent Karunakar Nayak 571 0.45 -
Majority 18,981 15.11[lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 1,25,672 72.67 -
BJD hold

Notes
  1. Resignation of Dwitiya Roul
  2. %of total valid votes

References
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  6. "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
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  8. "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  9. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
  10. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
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