Bhandaripokhari (Odisha Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Bhandaripokhari is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bhadrak district, Odisha.
Area of this constituency includes Bhandaripokhari block and Bonth block.
Elected Members
Since its formation in 1974, 14 elections were held till date including two bypolls in 1991 & 1998.
List of members elected from Bhandaripokhari constituency are:
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Sanjib Kumar Mallick | BJD | |
| 2019 | Prafulla Samal | BJD | |
| 2014 | Prafulla Samal | BJD | |
| 2009 | Prafulla Samal | BJD | |
| 2004 | Ananta Sethi | INC | |
| 2000 | Ratha Das | BJD | |
| 1998 (bypoll) | Kumar Shree Chiranjibi | INC | |
| 1995 | Arjun Charan Sethi | JD | |
| 1991 (bypoll) | Prafulla Kumar Jena | JD | |
| 1990 | Arjun Charan Sethi | JD | |
| 1985 | Panchanan Mandal | INC | |
| 1980 | Purusottam Sethi | INC | |
| 1977 | Kapil Charan Sethi | JP | |
| 1974 | Bairagi Jena | Utkal Congress | |
Election Results
2024
Voting were held on 1 June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Sanjib Kumar Mallick | 72,447 | 39.07 |  6.20
| |
| INC | Niranjan Patnaik | 70,896 | 38.23 |  14.95
| |
| BJP | Sudhanshu Shekhar Nayak | 38,952 | 21.01 | 2.42
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 357 | 0.19 | 0.19
| |
| Majority | 1,551 | ||||
| Turnout | 185,437 | ||||
| BJD hold | Swing | ||||
2019
In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Samal defeated Indian National Congress candidate Niranjan Patnaik by a margin of 34,097 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Prafulla Samal | 70,173 | 45.27 | ||
| INC | Niranjan Patnaik | 36076 | 23.28 | ||
| BJP | Badri Narayan Dhal | 28809 | 18.59 | ||
| Independent | Sujata Jena | 6682 | 4.31 | ||
| Independent | Sudhakar Nanda | 5365 | 3.46 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 585 | 0.38 | ||
| Majority | 34,097 | 21.99 | |||
| Turnout | 1,54,995 | 76.64 | |||
| BJD hold | |||||
2014
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Samal defeated Indian National Congress candidate Subrat Kumar Das by a margin of 34,097 votes.
| 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 of the above | 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 | |||||
2009
In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Samal defeated Indian National Congress candidate Badri Narayan Dhal by a margin of 20,410 votes.
| 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 | − | ||
| Turnout | 1,35,799 | 73.11 | − | ||
| BJD gain from INC | |||||
Notes
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Constituency: Bhadrak (44) District : Bhadrak
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- ^ Seats of Odisha
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