Phulbani Assembly constituency

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

Phulbani is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kandhamal district, Odisha, India.^[1]

Phulbani
Constituency No. 84 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Kandhamal
LS constituency	Kandhamal
Established	1951
Total electors	1,59,570
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Duguni Kanhar
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2019

This constituency includes Phulbani, Phulbani block, Chakapada block, Khajuripada block and Phiringia block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates^[4]
2014			46.65%
2009			36.60%
2004			50.55%
2000			50.25%
1995			36.59%
1990			64.00%
1985			46.64%
1980			60.24%
1977			57.12%

Fifteen elections held during 1951 to 2014. Elected members from the Phulbani constituency are:^[5][6]

• 2014: (84): Duguni Kanhar (BJD)
• 2009: (84): Debendra Kanhar (BJD)
• 2004: (104): Padmanava Behera (BJD)
• 2000: (104): Bishnupriya Behera (BJD)
• 1995: (104): Dasarathi Behera (Independent)
• 1990: (104): Padmanabha Behera (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (104): Abhimanyu Behera (Congress)
• 1980: (104): Chandrasekhar Behera (Congress)
• 1977: (104): Prahallad Behera (Janata Party)
• 1974: (104): Chandrasekhar Behera (Congress)
• 1971: (98): Jagannath Jani (Orissa Jana Congress)
• 1967: (98): Barada Prasanna Kanhar(Swatantra)
• 1961: (31): Himansu Sekhar Padhy (Congress)
• 1957: (25): Himansu Sekhar Padhy (Ganatantra Parishad) and Aniruddha Deepa (Ganatantra Parishad)
• 1951: (11): Balakrushna Mallik (Independent) and Sadananda Sahu (Independent)

Year	Member	Party
2019	Angada Kanhar^[7]		Biju Janata Dal

Election results

2019

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Phulbani^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Angada Kanhar
	BJP	Debanarayan Pradhan
	INC	Kishor Chandra Kanhar
	Independent	Ananta Kanhar
	Independent	Jagadish Pradhan
	Independent	Krushna Kanhar
	Independent	Nabina Chandra Kanhar
	Independent	Premasila Jhankar
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	TBA gain from TBA		Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Duguni Kanhar defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Deba Narayan Pradhan by a margin of 25,795 votes.^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Phulbani^[10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Duguni Kanhar	58,273	46.65	10.05
	BJP	Debanarayan Pradhan	32,478	26	-2.21
	INC	Sudarsan Kanhar	21,510	17.22	-5.52
	Kalinga Sena	Ananta Kanhar	3,133	2.51
	AOP	Durgamadhab Kanhar	2,203	1.76
	Independent	Jalandhar Kanhar	1,683	1.35
	BSP	Harekrishna Mallick	1,535	1.23
	AAP	Umesh Prasad Patra	1,288	1.03
	OJM	Purusottam Kanhar	1,235	0.99
	NOTA	None of the above	1,584	1.27	-
Majority			25,795	20.64
Turnout			1,24,922	75.64	10.42
Registered electors			1,65,147
	BJD hold

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Debendra Kanhar defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Deba Narayan Pradhan by a margin of 8,729 votes.^[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election: Phulbani^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Debendra Kanhar	38,092	36.60	-
	BJP	Deba Narayan Pradhan	29,363	28.21	-
	INC	Jalandhar Kanhar	23,669	22.74	-
	JMM	Artratrana Kanhar	5,816	5.59	-
	Independent	Lokanath Mallick	4,992	4.80	-
	SP	Pradeep Kumar Naik	2,144	2.06	-
Majority			8,729	8.39^[a]	-
Turnout			1,04,078	65.22	-
	BJD hold

Notes

1. % of total valid votes

References

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