Berhampur Assembly constituency
Assembly constituency in Odisha
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Berhampur is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district.[1]
| Berhampur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 133 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
Berhampur assembly constituency in Ganjam district | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| Division | Southern Division |
| District | Ganjam |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Berhampur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 2,24,982[a][b] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Area of this constituency includes ward no. 1 to ward no. 24 of Brahmapur Municipal Corporation.[2][3]
Elected members
Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1955. It was a 2-member constituency for 1952 & 1957.
List of members elected from Berhampur constituency are:[5]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024[6] | K Anil Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2019[7] | Bikram Kumar Panda | Biju Janata Dal | |
| 2014[8] | Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik | ||
| 2009[7] | |||
| 2004 | |||
| 2000 | |||
| 1995 | Janata Dal | ||
| 1990 | Binayak Mahapatra | ||
| 1985 | Siba Sankar Sahani | Indian National Congress | |
| 1980 | Krushna Chandra Patnaik | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1977 | Ratna Manjari Devi | Independent politician | |
| 1974 | Binayak Acharya | Indian National Congress | |
| 1971 | Indian National Congress (R) | ||
| 1967 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1961 | Sisir Kumar Narendra Deb | ||
| 1957[c] | Dandapani Das | ||
| Lingaraj Panigrahi | |||
| 1955 (bypoll)[d] | Mohan Nayak[e] | ||
| Brundaban Nayak[f] | |||
| 1951[g] | Dandapani Das | Independent politician | |
| Ramachandra Mishra | |||
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.[9] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate K Anil Kumar defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik by a margin of 18,709 votes.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | K Anil Kumar | 54,997 | 43.93 |  16.49 | |
| BJD | Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik | 36,288 | 28.99 |  28.28 | |
| Independent | Siva Shankar Dash | 24,661 | 19.70 | 11.44 | |
| INC | Deepak Patnaik | 5,385 | 4.30 | 0.22 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 638 | 0.51 | 0.43 | |
| Majority | 18,709 | 14.95 | 14.88 | ||
| Turnout | 1,25,181 | 55.64 | 0.66 | ||
| BJP gain from BJD | |||||
2019
In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bikram Kumar Panda defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Kanhu Charan Pati by a margin of 35,484 votes.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Bikram Kumar Panda | 68,113 | 57.27 | ||
| BJP | Kanhu Charan Pati | 32,629 | 27.44 | ||
| Independent | Siva Shankar Dash | 9,821 | 8.26 | ||
| INC | Lingaraj Chaudhury | 5,381 | 4.52 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,113 | 0.94 | ||
| Majority | 35,484 | 29.83 | |||
| Turnout | 1,18,929 | 56.3 | |||
| BJD hold | |||||
2014
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Bikram Kumar Panda by a margin of 1,039 votes.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik | 43,211 | 37.85 | 8.83 | |
| INC | Bikram Kumar Panda | 42,172 | 36.94 | 5.07 | |
| BJP | Siva Shankar Dash | 24,092 | 21.1 | 13.18 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,029 | 0.9 | − | |
| Majority | 1,039 | 0.91 | 3.76 | ||
| Turnout | 1,14,155 | 63.99 | 15.82 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,78,405 | ||||
| BJD hold | |||||
2009
In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Bikram Kumar Panda by a margin of 3,844 votes.[7]