Bhawanipatna Assembly constituency

Bhawanipatna is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kalahandi district, Odisha.[2]

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

Bhawanipatna (SC)
Constituency No. 80 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictKalahandi
LS constituencyKalahandi
Established1951
Total electors204,764[1][lower-alpha 1]
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Sagar Charan Das
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2024

This constituency includes Bhawanipatna, Kesinga, 25 Gram panchayats (Madiguda, Chahagaon, Karlapada, Chheliamal, Kalam, Karlaguda, Thuapadar, Dadpur, Deypur, Gudialipadar, Kamthana, Kuliamal, Gand-Barajhola, Medinipur, Seinpur, Palsijharan, Udepur, Matia, Borda, Kendupati, Gurujung, Borbhata, Dumuria, Artal and Palana) of Bhawanipatna block and 17GPs (Adhamunda, Balsi, Boria, Chancher, Deogaon, Fatakmal, Gaigaon, Gokuleswar, Kandel, Kikia, Kundabandha, Laitara, Nasigaon, Pastikudi, Patharla, Sirol and Utkela) of Kesinga block.[3][4]

Members of Legislative Assembly
Vote share of winning candidates[5]
1977
 
 52.67%
1980
 
 71.99%
1985
 
 45.51%
1990
 
 49.33%
1995
 
 23.94%
2000
 
 55.91%
2004
 
 49.24%
2009
 
 36.47%
2014
 
 43.36%
2019
 
 38.00%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including in one bypoll in 1957. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952 & 1957.[6]

List of members elected from Bhawanipatna constituency are:[7][8]

Year Member Party
1951[lower-alpha 2] Janardan Majhi Ganatantra Parishad
Jogesh Chandra Singh Deo
1957[lower-alpha 3] Karunakar Bhoi
Pratap Keshari Deo
1957 (bypoll)[lower-alpha 4] Chandra Sekhar Pradhan
1961 Anchal Majhi Swatantra Party
1967 Dayanidhi Naik
1971
1974 Jagamohan Nayak
1977 Dayanidhi Naik Indian National Congress
1980
1985 Bhakta Charan Das Janata Party
1990 Ajit Das Janata Dal
1995 Pradipta Kumar Naik Bharatiya Janata Party
2000
2004
2009 Dusmanta Naik Indian National Congress
2014 Anam Naik Biju Janata Dal
2019 Pradipta Kumar Naik[9] Bharatiya Janata Party
2024 Sagar Charan Das Indian National Congress

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 13th May 2024 in 1st phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[10]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Bhawanipatna
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sagar Charan Das 67,085 37.39 15.39
BJP Pradipta Kumar Naik 53344 29.73 8.27
BJD Latika Naik 50897 28.37 6.63
NOTA None of the above 1469 0.82
Majority 13741 7.63
Turnout 179420
INC gain from BJP

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradipta Kumar Naik defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Dusmanta Naik by a margin of 4684 votes.[11]

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Bhawanipatna[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Pradipta Kumar Naik 63,063 38.00
BJD Dusmanta Naik 58379 35.00
INC Sagar Charan Das 35494 22.00
BSP Mangal Pal 1657 1.00
API Chandra Mani Mahananda 1875 1.00
BMP Rishi Sudan Chhatrapal 1283 1.00
Independent Jugeswar Naik 1117 1.00
NOTA None of the above 1743 1.06
Majority 4684 3.00
Turnout 164611 71.81
BJP gain from BJD

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Anam Naik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Dusmanta Naik by a margin of 10,814 votes.[11]

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, Bhawanipatna
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Anam Naik 54,825 43.26
INC Dusmanta Naik 44,011 34.73
BJP Dayanidhi Naik 32449 25.60
NOTA None of the above 1083 0.73
Majority 10,814 8.53
Turnout 149261 72.46
BJD gain from INC

2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Dusmanta Naik defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradipta Kumar Naik by a margin of 2,195 votes.[11]

2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, Bhawanipatna[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Dusmanta Naik 46,215 36.47 -4.92
BJP Pradipta Kumar Naik 44,020 34.73 -14.51
BJD Jayanta Kumar Naik 25,733 20.30
BSP Khageswar Naik 2,975 2.35 -
Independent Anjali Mangaraj 2,754 2.17 -
SAMO Ramani Duria 2,302 1.82 -
SP Aswini Chandan 1,542 1.22 -
Kalinga Sena Hemanta Kumar Tandi 1,194 0.94 -
Majority 2,195 1.73[lower-alpha 5] -
Turnout 1,26,809 64.33 -
INC gain from BJP Swing 0.97[lower-alpha 6]

Notes
  1. as on 1 January 2014
  2. It was a 2 member constituency
  3. It was a 2 member constituency
  4. Resignation of Pratap Keshari Deo on his election to Lok Sabha
  5. %of total valid votes
  6. 2004 Voter turnout was 63.36%

References
  1. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 5 April 2014. Constituency: Bhawanipatna (80) District: Kalahandi
  3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. Seats of Odisha
  5. "99 - Bhawanipatna (SC) Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 5 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  6. "Details of Assembly By- Elections since 1952 (Year-Wise)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  7. "List of Members of Odisha LEgislative Assembly (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  8. "Bhawanipatna Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  9. "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  10. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
  11. "Bhawanipatna Assembly Elections". www.oneindia.com.
  12. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) ( AC / PC )" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  13. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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