Bhawanipatna (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
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.
Members of Legislative Assembly
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.
List of members elected from Bhawanipatna constituency are:
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Janardan Majhi | Ganatantra Parishad | |
| Jogesh Chandra Singh Deo | |||
| 1957 | Karunakar Bhoi | ||
| Pratap Keshari Deo | |||
| 1957^ | Chandra Sekhar Pradhan | ||
| 1961 | Anchal Majhi | Swatantra Party | |
| 1967 | Dayanidhi Naik | ||
| 1971 | |||
| 1974 | Jagamohan Nayak | ||
| 1977 | Dayanidhi Naik | Indian National Congress | |
| 1980 | Indian National Congress (I) | ||
| 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 | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2024 | Sagar Charan Das | Indian National Congress | |
Election Results
2024
Voting were held on 13 May 2024 in 1st phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.
| 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.
| 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.
| 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.
| 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 | − | ||
| Turnout | 1,26,809 | 64.33 | − | ||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | 0.97 | |||
Notes
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Constituency: Bhawanipatna (80) District: Kalahandi
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