Bhadrak Assembly constituency

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

Bhadrak (Sl. No.: 44) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bhadrak district, Odisha.^[1]

Bhadrak
Constituency No. 44 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Central Division
District	Bhadrak
Lok Sabha constituency	Bhadrak
Established	1951
Total electors	2,74,332[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sitansu Sekhar Mohapatra
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

The constituency includes Bhadrak and Bhadrak block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			42.29%
2019			52.07%
2014			49.86%
2009			53.99%
2004			50.57%
2002 (bypoll)			50.3%
2000			49.42%
1995			44.35%
1990			56.62%
1985			48.34%
1980			53.85%
1977			56.36%

Since its formation in 1951, 19 elections were held till date including two bypolls in 1971 & 2001.

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

Election	Member	Party
2024[7]	Sitansu Sekhar Mohapatra		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019[8]	Sanjib Kumar Mallick[8]		Biju Janata Dal
2014[9]	Jugal Kishore Pattnaik
2009[10]
2004	Naren Pallai		Indian National Congress
2002 (bypoll)[c][11]	Prafulla Samal		Biju Janata Dal
2000	Biren Palei		Indian National Congress
1995	Prafulla Samal		Janata Dal
1990
1985	Jugal Kishore Pattnaik		Indian National Congress
1980			Indian National Congress (I)
1977	Ratnakar Mohanty		Janata Party
1974	Jugal Kishore Pattnaik		Indian National Congress
1971 (bypoll)[d]	Balaram Sahoo		Utkal Congress
1971	Harekrushna Mahatab		Indian National Congress
1967	Nityananda Mohapatra		Orissa Jana Congress
1961			Independent politician
1957
1951	Mahamad Hanif		Indian National Congress

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1 June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.^[12] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sitansu Sekhar Mohapatra defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Samal by a margin of 16,068 votes.^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhadrak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sitansu Sekhar Mohapatra	82,282	42.29
	BJD	Prafulla Samal	66,214	34.03
	INC	Asit Patnaik	43,557	22.38
	NOTA	None of the above	779	0.4
Majority			16,068	8.26
Turnout			1,94,582	70.93
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sanjib Kumar Mallick defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradip Nayak by a margin of 33,389 votes.^[8]

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Bhadrak^[8][13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sanjib Kumar Mallick	93.668	52.07
	BJP	Pradip Nayak	60,279	33.51
	INC	Nalini Kanta Mohanty	22,630	12.58
	NOTA	None of the above	843	0.47
Majority			33,389	18.56
Turnout			1,79,895	70.81
Registered electors			254,061
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Jugal Kishore Pattnaik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Naren Pallai by a margin of 23,587 votes.^[9]

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Jugal Kishore Pattnaik	80,582	49.86	4.13
	INC	Naren Pallai	56,995	35.27	3.36
	BJP	Pradip Nayak	19,384	11.99	6.43
	NOTA	None of the above	832	0.51
Majority			23,587	14.59
Turnout			1,61,616	71.49	6.37
Registered electors			2,26,077
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Jugal Kishore Pattnaik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Naren Pallai by a margin of 21,428 votes.^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhadrak^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Jugal Kishore Pattnaik	75,294	53.99	−
	INC	Naren Pallai	53,866	38.63	−
	BJP	Tusar Kanti Jena	7,755	5.56	−
Majority			21,428	15.37[e]	−
Turnout			1,39,448	65.12	−
	BJD gain from INC

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. Death of Biren Palei
4. Resignation of Harekrushna Mahatab
5. %of total valid votes