Bhandaripokhari Assembly constituency

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

Bhandaripokhari is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bhadrak district, Odisha.^[1]

Bhandaripokhari
Constituency No. 43 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Bhadrak district
LS constituency	Bhadrak
Established	1974
Total electors	185,755
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Prafulla Samal
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2019

Area of this constituency includes Bhandaripokhari block and Bonth block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates^[4]
2019			40.49%
2014			45.27%
2009			44.37%
2004			49.33%
2000			58.16%
1995			44.2%
1990			72.25%
1985			42.41%
1980			54.22%
1977			56.08%

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:^[5][6][7]

Year	Member	Party
2024
2019	Prafulla Samal		BJD
2014	Prafulla Samal^[8]		BJD
2009	Prafulla Samal		BJD
2004	Ananta Sethi		INC
2000	Ratha Das		BJD
1998 (bypoll)^[a]	Kumar Shree Chiranjibi		INC
1995	Arjun Charan Sethi		JD
1991 (bypoll)^[b]	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 1st June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[9]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Bhandaripokhari

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sanjib Kumar Mallick
	BJP	Sudhanshu Nayak
	INC	Niranjan Patnaik
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Samal defeated Indian National Congress candidate Niranjan Patnaik by a margin of 34,097 votes.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Bhandaripokhari

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.^[10]

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Bhandaripokhari^[11][12]

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.

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhandaripokhari^[13]

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^[c]	-
Turnout			1,35,799	73.11	-
	BJD gain from INC

Notes

1. Resignation of Arjun Charan Sethi on his election to Lok Sabha
2. Resignation of Arjun Charan Sethi on his election to Lok Sabha
3. %of total valid votes

References

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