Dhenkanal | |
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Constituency No. 55 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | Odisha |
District | Dhenkanal |
LS constituency | Dhenkanal |
Established | 1951 |
Total electors | 228,498[1][a] |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent Sudhir Kumar Samal | |
Party | Biju Janata Dal |
Elected year | 2019 |
Dhenkanal is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Dhenkanal district, Odisha.[2]
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]
Fifteen elections held during 1951 to 2014. Elected members from the Dhenkanal constituency are:[6][7]
Year | Member | Party | |
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2019 | Sudhir Kumar Samal[9] | Biju Janata Dal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJD | Sudhir Kumar Samal | ||||
BJP | Krushna Chandra Patra | ||||
INC | Nabin Nanda | ||||
BSP | Ganeswar Pradhan | ||||
SKD | Akshaya Rout | ||||
AAP | Ashish Kumar Mishra | ||||
AIFB | Patitapaban Mishra | ||||
HND | Bikash Nayak | ||||
SUCI(C) | Bhajaman Rout | ||||
Independent | Gudia Sharma | ||||
Independent | Meghanada Nanda | ||||
NOTA | None of the above | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
TBA gain from TBA | Swing |
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.[11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJD | Saroj Kumar Samal | 69,083 | 39.39 | ||
BJP | Krushna Chandra Patra | 65,789 | 37.52 | 9.2 | |
INC | Sidheswari Prasad Mishra | 30,571 | 17.43 | -13.07 | |
BSP | Kamaksha Prasad Bihari | 2,028 | 1.16 | -0.09 | |
RPI(A) | Saikh Abdul Wali | 1,731 | 0.99 | ||
AAP | Shishira Kumar Satapathy | 1,098 | 0.63 | ||
AOP | Sadashiv Mohapatra | 757 | 0.43 | ||
Independent | Bibhuprada Sahoo | 696 | 0.4 | ||
Independent | Ranjan Kumar Nayak | 688 | 0.4 | ||
Independent | Aruna Kumar Sahoo | 499 | 0.28 | ||
SKD | Saroj Kumar Satapathy | 376 | 0.21 | ||
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 |
In 2009 election, Nationalist Congress Party candidate Nabin Nanda defeated Indian National Congress candidate Sudhir Kumar Samal by a margin of 6,933 votes.[14]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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NCP | Nabin Nanda | 51,118 | 35.28 | - | |
INC | Sudhir Kumar Samal | 44,185 | 30.50 | - | |
BJP | Krushna Chandra Patra | 41,032 | 28.32 | - | |
SAMO | Anupama Baral | 1,936 | 1.34 | - | |
BSP | Niroj Nalini Mahalik | 1,815 | 1.25 | - | |
RPI | Saikh Abdul Wali | 1,203 | 0.83 | - | |
Kalinga Sena | Chakradhar Nayak | 946 | 0.65 | - | |
Independent | Madhusudan Naik | 945 | 0.65 | - | |
RPD | Utkal Khatua | 871 | 0.60 | - | |
Independent | Bana Maharana | 837 | 0.58 | - | |
Majority | 6,933 | 4.79[b] | - | ||
Turnout | 1,44,914 | 64.58 | - | ||
NCP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
Registered electors | 2,24,399 |