Athmallik Assembly constituency

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

Athmallik (Sl. No.: 63) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Angul district, Odisha.^[1]

Athmallik
Constituency No. 63 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Northern Division
District	Angul
Lok Sabha constituency	Sambalpur
Established	1951
Total electors	2,09,796[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Nalini Kanta Pradhan
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes Athmallik, Athmallik block, Kishorenagar block and 9 GPs (Antulia, Saradhapur, Matiasahi, Manikajodi, Jagannathpur, Tainsi, Kothabhuin, Tikarpada and Purunakote) of Angul block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			52.35%
2019			53.56%
2014			44.85%
2009			48.46%
2004			45.77%
2000			59.77%
1995			47.64%
1990			53.84%
1985			48.06%
1980			60.32%
1977			50.48%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including in one bypoll in 1955.^[5]

List of members elected from Athmallik constituency are:^[6][7]

Year	Member	Party
2024[8]	Nalini Kanta Pradhan		Biju Janata Dal
2019[9]	Ramesh Chandra Sai
2014[10]	Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo
2009[11]
2004	Nagendra Kumar Pradhan
2000
1995	Amarnath Pradhan		Indian National Congress
1990	Nagendra Kumar Pradhan		Janata Dal
1985	Amarnath Pradhan		Indian National Congress
1980	Bhajaman Behera		Indian National Congress (I)
1977	Balakrushna Patnaik		Janata Party
1974	Bhajaman Behera		Indian National Congress
1971	Rajkishore Pradhan		Utkal Congress
1967	Surendra Pradhan		Samyukta Socialist Party
1961	Khetra Mohan Panigrahi		Swatantra Party
1957			Ganatantra Parishad
1955 (bypoll)[c]	Raja Kishore Chandra Deo		Indian National Congress
1951	Dwitiya Roul		Independent politician

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[12] In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Nalini Kanta Pradhan defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo by a margin of 16,153 votes.^[8]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Athmallik

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Nalini Kanta Pradhan	93,957	52.35	1.21
	BJP	Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo	77,804	43.35	19.09
	INC	Himanshu Shekhar Chaulia	5,126	2.86	16.34
	NOTA	None of the above	1,631	0.91	0.15
Majority			16,153	9.00
Turnout			1,79,491	85.56
	BJD hold

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ramesh Chandra Sai defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bhagirathi Pradhan by a margin of 47,184 votes.^[9]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athmallik ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Ramesh Chandra Sai	86,254	53.56	8.71
	BJP	Bhagirathi Pradhan	39,070	24.26	8.33
	INC	Bijayananda Chaulia	30,925	19.20	11.8
	NOTA	None of the above	1,717	1.06	−
Majority			47,184	28.59	14.73
Turnout			1,65,035	79.56	0.13
Registered electors			2,01,661
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo defeated Indian National Congress candidate Surendra Kumar Pradhan by a margin of 19,533 votes.^[10][14]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athmallik ^[15][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo	63,226	44.85	−
	INC	Surendra Kumar Pradhan	43,693	31.00	−
	BJP	Bhagirathi Pradhan	22,463	15.93	−
	NOTA	None of the above	1,450	1.03	−
Majority			19,533	13.86
Turnout			1,40,967	79.69
Registered electors			1,76,891
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo defeated Indian National Congress candidate Mousumi Pradhan by a margin of 18,981 votes.^[11]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athmallik^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo	61,388	48.86	−
	INC	Mousumi Pradhan	42,407	33.75	−
	BJP	Bhagirathi Pradhan	12,674	10.09	−
Majority			18,981	15.11[d]	−
Turnout			1,25,672	72.67	−
	BJD hold

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. Resignation of Dwitiya Roul
4. %of total valid votes