Bamra Assembly constituency

Bamra, also referred to as Bamanda was a constituency of the Odisha Legislative Assembly, of the Sambalpur district, Odisha state in India. It was formed in 1951 and was abolished in 1957.^[1][2] It was replaced by the constituencies of Deogarh and Jarsuguda.

Bamra
Former constituency for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Sambalpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Sundargarh
Established	1951
Abolished	1957
Total electors	1,02,420

The Bamra constituency comprised the Deogarh and Kuchinda sub-divisions of Sambalpur district.^[1] Though Bamra was a part of Sambalpur district, this area (Deogarh and Kuchinda sub-divisions) used to come under the Sundargarh parliamentary constituency.^[3]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates
Year	Candidates
1951	(1)		30.59%
	(2)		26.23%

One election was held between 1951 and 1952. The constituency had 2 seats; following were members elected from it:^[4]

• 1951: (35): Haraprasad Deba, Jayadeba Thakur (Gana Parishad)

Election results

1951

1952 Orissa Legislative Assembly election :Bamra^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIGP	Hara Prasad Deb	21,631	30.59%
	AIGP	Joydeb Thakur	18,547	26.23%
	INC	Gadadhar Pradhan	12,198	17.25%
	INC	Baneswar Majhi	8,818	12.47%
	Independent	Ratnakar Patel	5,584	7.90%
	Independent	Dinabandhu Patra	3,925	5.55%
Turnout			70,703	34.52%
Registered electors			1,02,420
	AIGP win (new seat)