Dhenkanal Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India
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Dhenkanal is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Dhenkanal district, Odisha.[1] After 2008 delimitation, Gondia, Odisha Assembly constituency was subsumed into this constituency.[2]
| Dhenkanal | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 55 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| Division | Northern Division |
| District | Dhenkanal |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Dhenkanal |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 2,71,942[a][b] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bhartiya Janta Party |
| Elected year | 2024 |
This constituency includes Dhenkanal, Gondia block and 20 GPs (Baladiabandha, Baliamba, Beltikiri, Bhaliabolkateni, Bhapur, Chandrasekhar Prasad, Dhirapatana, Gobindpur, Kaimati, Kakudibhag, Kankadahad, Kankadpal, Madhusahupatna, Mangalpur, Manipur, Nadiali, Nagiapasi, Sankarpur, Saptasajya and Talabarkote) of Dhenkanal block.[3][4]
Elected members
Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections have been held till date. It was a 2 member constituency in 1957.
List of members elected from Dhenkanal constituency are:[6][7]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024[8] | Krushna Chandra Patra | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2019[9] | Sudhir Kumar Samal | Biju Janata Dal | |
| 2014[10] | Saroj Kumar Samal | ||
| 2009[11] | Nabin Nanda | Nationalist Congress Party | |
| 2004 | Sudhir Kumar Samal | Indian National Congress | |
| 2000 | Krushna Chandra Patra | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1995 | Nabin Chandra Narayan Das | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | Tathagata Satapathy | Janata Dal | |
| 1985 | Nandini Satpathy | Independent politician | |
| 1980 | Indian National Congress (Urs) | ||
| 1977[12] | Janata Party | ||
| 1974 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1971 | Surendra Mohan Patnaik | Indian National Congress (R) | |
| 1967 | Ratnaprava Devi | Swatantra Party | |
| 1961 | |||
| 1957[c] | Kalia Dehuri | Ganatantra Parishad | |
| Shankar Pratap Singh Deo Mahendra Bahadur Raja | |||
| 1951 | Baisnab Charan Patnaik | Communist Party of India | |
Election results
2024
Voting was held on 25 May 2024 in the 3rd phase of the Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of the Indian General Election. The counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.[13] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Krushna Chandra Patra defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Sudhir Kumar Samal by a margin of 20,439 votes.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Krushna Chandra Patra | 1,06,529 | 52.57 | ||
| BJD | Sudhir Kumar Samal | 86,090 | 42.48 | ||
| INC | Susmita Singh Deo | 4,630 | 2.28 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,983 | 0.98 | ||
| Majority | 20,439 | 10.09 | |||
| Turnout | 2,02,637 | 74.51 | |||
| BJP gain from BJD | |||||
2019
In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sudhir Kumar Samal defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Krushna Chandra Patra by a margin of 20,640 votes.[9]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Sudhir Kumar Samal | 89,536 | 46.92 | ||
| BJP | Krushna Chandra Patra | 68896 | 36.11 | ||
| INC | Nabin Nanda | 24788 | 12.99 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1265 | 0.66 | ||
| Majority | 20,640 | 10.81 | |||
| Turnout | 190810 | 74.9 | |||
| BJD hold | |||||
2014
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Saroj Kumar Samal defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Krushna Chandra Patra by a margin of 3,294 votes.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Saroj Kumar Samal | 69,083 | 39.39 | new | |
| BJP | Krushna Chandra Patra | 65,789 | 37.52 |  9.2 | |
| INC | Sidheswari Prasad Mishra | 30,571 | 17.43 |  13.07 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,036 | 1.16 | ||
| Majority | 3,294 | 1.88 | |||
| Turnout | 1,75,360 | 76.74 | 12.16 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,28,498 | ||||
| BJD gain from NCP | |||||
2009
In 2009 election, Nationalist Congress Party candidate Nabin Nanda defeated Indian National Congress candidate Sudhir Kumar Samal by a margin of 6,933 votes.[11]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCP | Nabin Nanda | 51,118 | 35.28 | − | |
| INC | Sudhir Kumar Samal | 44,185 | 30.50 | − | |
| BJP | Krushna Chandra Patra | 41,032 | 28.32 | − | |
| Majority | 6,933 | 4.79[d] | − | ||
| Turnout | 1,44,914 | 64.58 | − | ||
| Registered electors | 2,24,399 | ||||
| NCP gain from INC | |||||