Basudevpur Assembly constituency

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

Basudevpur is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bhadrak district, Odisha.^[1]

Basudevpur
Constituency No. 45 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Bhadrak
Lok Sabha constituency	Bhadrak
Established	1961
Total electors	208,618
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ashok kumar Das
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

Area of this constituency includes Basudevpur, Basudevpur block and 7 GPs (Bhatapada, Saya, Bahabalpur, Sindol, Kolha, Mukundapur and Maharampur) of Tihidi block.^[2][3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
1977			53.66%
1980			47.55%
1985			48.48%
1990			54.44%
1995			44.94%
2000			55.04%
2004			51.01%
2009			48.49%
2014			46.46%
2019			42.37%
2024			39.11%

Since its formation in 1961, 15 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Basudevpur constituency are:^[5][6]

Year	Member	Party
1961	Nilamani Routray		Indian National Congress
1967	Harekrushna Mahatab		Orissa Jana Congress
1971	Nilamani Routray		Utkal Congress
1974	Jagabandhu Das		Indian National Congress
1977	Nilamani Routray		Janata Party
1980	Jagabandhu Das		Indian National Congress
1985	Madhusudan Panigrahi
1990	Bijayshree Routray		Janata Dal
1995
2000			Biju Janata Dal
2004
2009
2014
2019	Bishnubrata Routray[7]
2024	Ashok kumar Das		Indian National Congress

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[8]

In 2024 election, Indian National Congress candidate Ashok Kumar Das defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Bishnubrata Routray by a margin of 631 votes.

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Basudevpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ashok Kumar Das	77,843	39.11	1.87
	BJD	Bishnubrata Routray	77,212	38.79	3.58
	BJP	Banikalyan Mohanty	42,278	21.24	2.04
	NOTA	None of the above	555	0.28	0.12
Majority			631	0.32
Turnout			1,99,051	72.20
	INC gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bishnubrata Routray defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ashok Kumar Das by a margin of 9,581 votes.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Basudevpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bishnubrata Routray	78,963	42.37
	INC	Ashok Kumar Das	69,382	37.23
	BJP	Madhabananda Mallick	35,777	19.2
	NOTA	None of the above	744	0.4
Majority			9,581	5.14
Turnout			1,86,355	74
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bijayshree Routray defeated Indian National Congress candidate Madhabananda Mallick by a margin of 6,506 votes.^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Basudevpur^[10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bijayshree Routray	77,781	46.46	−2.03
	INC	Madhabananda Mallick	71,275	42.57	−1.24
	BJP	Dinabandhu Pati	15,339	9.16	2.81
	SP	Ajit Kumar Das	855	0.51
	BSP	Manoj Barik	703	0.42	−0.23
	AAP	Prakash Chandra Gochhait	276	0.16
	Independent	Bijay Kumar Pakal	249	0.15
	Odisha Jana Morcha	Aparna Swain	225	0.13
	NOTA	None	710	0.42	−
Majority			6,506	3.89	−0.79
Turnout			1,67,143	76.78	6.72
Registered electors			2,18,048
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bijayshree Routray defeated Indian National Congress candidate Madhabananda Mallick Das by a margin of 6,840 votes.^[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Basudevpur^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bijayshree Routray	70,020	48.49	−
	INC	Madhabananda Mallick	64,016	43.88	−
	BJP	Ashok Kumar Sahu	9,277	6.35	−
	Independent	Kabindra Sekhar Fakir Ranjan Das	1,009	0.69	−
	BSP	Satya Sundar Panda	956	0.65	−
Majority			6,840	4.68[a]	−
Turnout			1,46,153	70.06	−
	BJD hold

Notes

1. %of total valid votes