Bhawanipatna Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India
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Bhawanipatana (Odia: ଭବାନୀପାଟଣା) is a Bidhan Sabha constituency of Kalahandi district, Odisha.[1] After 2008 Delimitation, Kesinga Assembly constituency was subsumed into this constituency.[2]
| Bhawanipatana | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 80 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| Division | Southern Division |
| District | Kalahandi |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kalahandi |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 2,34,424[a][b] |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Elected year | 2024 |
This constituency includes the district HQ town 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.[3][4]
Elected members
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.[6]
List of members elected from Bhawanipatna constituency are:[7][8]
| Year | Member[9] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024[10] | Sagar Charan Das | Indian National Congress | |
| 2019[11] | Pradipta Kumar Naik | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2014[9] | Anam Naik | Biju Janata Dal | |
| 2009[12] | Dusmanta Naik | Indian National Congress | |
| 2004 | Pradipta Kumar Naik | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2000 | |||
| 1995 | |||
| 1990 | Ajit Das | Janata Dal | |
| 1985 | Bhakta Charan Das | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Dayanidhi Naik | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1977 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1974 | Jagamohan Nayak | Swatantra Party | |
| 1971 | Dayanidhi Naik | ||
| 1967 | |||
| 1961 | Anchal Majhi | ||
| 1957 (bypoll)[c] | Chandra Sekhar Pradhan | Ganatantra Parishad | |
| 1957[d] | Karunakar Bhoi | ||
| Pratap Keshari Deo | |||
| 1951[e] | Janardan Majhi | ||
| Jogesh Chandra Singh Deo | |||
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.[13] In 2024 election, Indian National Congress candidate Sagar Charan Das defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradipta Kumar Naik by a margin of 13,741 votes.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Sagar Charan Das | 67,085 | 37.39 |  15.39 | |
| BJP | Pradipta Kumar Naik | 53,344 | 29.73 |  8.27 | |
| BJD | Latika Naik | 50,897 | 28.37 | 6.63 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,469 | 0.82 | ||
| Majority | 13,741 | 7.63 | |||
| Turnout | 1,79,420 | 76.54 | |||
| 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 4,684 votes.[11]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Pradipta Kumar Naik | 63,063 | 38.00 | ||
| BJD | Dusmanta Naik | 58,379 | 35.00 | ||
| INC | Sagar Charan Das | 35494 | 22.00 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,743 | 1.06 | ||
| Majority | 4,684 | 3.00 | |||
| Turnout | 1,64,611 | 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.[9]
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.[12]