Bolangir Assembly constituency

Bolangir is a constituency of the Vidhan Sabha in Odisha, India. This seats falls under Bolangir District of Odisha State in India. Bolangir seat is a unreserved seat of Odisha Legislative Assembly.[2] This constituency includes Balangir block and Deogaon block.[3][4]

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

Bolangir
Constituency No. 68 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictBalangir
LS constituencyBolangir
Established1951
Total electors210,736[1][lower-alpha 1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2019

Elected Members
Vote share of winning candidates[5]
2024
 
 45.69%
2019
 
 41.32%
2014
 
 39.83%
2009
 
 40.70%
2004
 
 56.26%
2000
 
 47.91%
1995
 
 49.59%
1990
 
 54.51%
1985
 
 68.85%
1980
 
 36.29%
1977
 
 51.47%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952 & 1957.

Elected members from the Bolangir constituency are:[6][7]

Year Name Party
2024 Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo BJD
2019 Narasingha Mishra[8] INC
2014 Narasingha Mishra INC
2009 Ananga Udaya Singh Deo BJD
2004 Ananga Udaya Singh Deo BJD
2000 Ananga Udaya Singh Deo BJD
1995 Ananga Udaya Singh Deo JD
1990 Ananga Udaya Singh Deo JD
1985 Mahmmed Muzafer Hussain Khan INC
1980 Mahmmed Muzafer Hussain Khan INC
1977 Muralidhar Guru JP
1974 Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo SWA
1971 Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo SWA
1967 Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo SWA
1961 Chandra Sekhar Singh Bhoi AIGP
1957[lower-alpha 2] Ramesh Chandra Singh Bhoi AIGP
Ganatantra Parishad AIGP
1955 (bypoll)[lower-alpha 3] Nandakishore Mishra AIGP
1951[lower-alpha 4] Achyutananda Mahananda AIGP
Nandakishore Mishra AIGP

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.[9]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Bolangir
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo 85,265
INC Samarendra Mishra 71,856
BJP Gopalji Panigrahi 24,932
NOTA None of the above 1,556
Majority
Turnout
BJD gain from INC

2019

In 2019 election, Indian National Congress candidate Narasingha Mishra defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Arkesh Narayan Singh Deo by a margin of 5,341 votes.

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Bolangir[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Narasingha Mishra 71,598 41.32 1.49
BJD Arkesh Narayan Singh Deo 66257 38.24 6.31
BJP Ananta Kumar Dash 28924 16.69 5.98
BSP Drona Kumbhar 1506 0.87
AAP Ashish Pande 1411 0.81
PBI Kapila Kumbhar 632 0.36
API Nilakantha Nag 934 0.54
Independent Dwija Dalpati 649 0.37
NOTA None of the above 1377 0.79
Majority 5,341 3.08
Turnout 173288 72.98
INC hold Swing 1.49

2014

In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Narasingha Mishra defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Ananga Udaya Singh Deo by a margin of 12,254 votes.[12]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bolangir[13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Narasingha Mishra 61,730 39.83 12.09
BJD Anag Uday Singhdeo 49,476 31.93 8.77
BJP Basudev Pati 35,130 22.67 2.90
BSP Karam Chand Bej 1,397 0.9
AAP Sangita Majhi 1,086 0.7
Independent Sandeep Kumar Bag 1,074 0.69
Independent Gopal Chandra Hota 951 0.61
NOTA None of the above 2,161 1.39
Majority 12,254 7.91
Turnout 1,54,975 73.54 8.97
Registered electors 2,10,736
INC gain from BJD

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ananga Udaya Singh Deo defeated Congress candidate Laxman Kumar Meher by a margin of 16,866 votes.[15]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bolangir[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Ananga Udaya Singhdeo 52,948 40.70 - 15.56
INC Laxman Kumar Meher 36,082 27.74 -
BJP Dr. Basudev Pati 33,258 25.57 -
BSP Aman Nag 2,799 2.15 -
Independent Sushil Kumar Nanda 1,529 1.18 -
SAMO Sandeep Kumar Bag 1,390 1.07 -
Kosal Kranti Dal Rabindra Kumar Panigrahi 1,084 0.83 -
Independent Biswambar sahu 997 0.77 -
Majority 16,866 12.97[lower-alpha 5] -
Turnout 1,30,281 64.57 -
BJD hold Swing 4.07 [lower-alpha 6]

Notes
  1. as on 1 January 2014
  2. It was a 2 member constituency
  3. Resignation of Nandakishore Mishra, won uncontested
  4. It was a 2 member constituency
  5. %of total valid votes
  6. 2004 Voter turnout was 60.50%

References
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  4. Seats of Odisha
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