Athmallik Assembly constituency

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

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

Athmallik
Constituency No. 63 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Angul
LS constituency	Sambalpur
Established	1951
Total electors	201,661
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ramesh Chandra Sai
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2019

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]

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

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates^[4]
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%

Seventeen elections were held between 1951 and 2019 including one By-Election in 1955.^[5] Elected members from the Athmallik constituency are:^[6][7]

• 2014: (63): Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo (BJD)
• 2009: (63): Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo (BJD)
• 2004: (115): Nagendra Kumar Pradhan (BJD)
• 2000: (115): Nagendra Kumar Pradhan (BJD)
• 1995: (115): Amarnath Pradhan (Congress)
• 1990: (115): Nagendra Kumar Pradhan (CPI-M)
• 1985: (115): Amarnath Pradhan (Congress)
• 1980: (115): Santosh Kumar Pradhan (Congress-I)
• 1977: (115): Balakrushna Pattanayak (Janata Party)
• 1974: (115): Bhajaman Behera (Utkal Congress)
• 1971: (140): Raja Kishore Pradhan (Praja Socialist Party)
• 1967: (140): Surendra Pradhan (CPI-M)
• 1961: (80): Khetramohan Panigrahhi (Ganatantra Parishad)
• 1957: (54): Khetramohan Panigrahhi (Ganatantra Parishad)
• 1951: (13, By-Election): K. C. Deo (Congress)
• 1951: (13): Dwitiya Raul (Congress)

Year	Member	Party
2019	Ramesh Chandra Sai^[8]		Biju Janata Dal

2019 Election Result

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 ^[9]

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 Election Result

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.^[10][11]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athmallik ^[12][13]

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 Election Result

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athmallik^[14]

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^[a]	-
Turnout			1,25,672	72.67	-
	BJD hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

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