Bhanjanagar Assembly constituency

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

Bhanjanagar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district.^[1] Following 2008 delimitation, Jaganathprasad Assembly constituency was subsumed into this constituency.^[2]

Bhanjanagar
Constituency No. 123 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Bhanjanagar Assembly constituency in Ganjam district
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Southern Division
District	Ganjam
Lok Sabha constituency	Kandhamal
Established	1957
Total electors	2,39,901[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Pradyumna Kumar Nayak
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Area of this constituency includes 22 Gram panchayat (From 141 villages) and 2 blocks namely (Bhanjanagar block) Bhanjanagar, (Jagannathaprasad block) Jagannath Prasad, Ganjam.^[3][4]

Elected members

Vote share of winning candidates[5]
2024			51.06%
2019			48.56%
2014			56.21%
2009			76.50%
2004			52.71%
2000			54.69%
1995			48.15%
1990			63.86%
1985			57.43%
1980			46.48%
1977			58.12%

Since its formation in 1957, 16 elections were held till date. It was a 2-member constituency in 1957.

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

Year	Member	Party
2024[7]	Pradyumna Kumar Nayak		BJP
2019[8]	Bikram Keshari Arukha		BJD
2014[9]
2009[10]
2004
2000
1995			JD
1990	Ramakrushna Gouda
1985	Umakanta Mishra		Indian National Congress
1980	Somanath Rath		Indian National Congress (I)
1977	J.Subharao Prusty		Janata Party
1974	Somanath Rath		Indian National Congress
1971			Indian National Congress (R)
1967	Dinabandhu Behera		Indian National Congress
1961	Maguni Charan Pradhan
1957[c]	Suma Naik		Communist Party of India
	Govind Pradhan

Election results

2024

Voting were held on 20 May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.^[11] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradyumna Kumar Nayak defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Bikram Keshari Arukha by a margin of 16,324 votes.^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhanjanagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pradyumna Kumar Nayak	83,822	51.06
	BJD	Bikram Keshari Arukha	67,498	41.11
	INC	Prasanta Kumar Bisoyi	5,136	3.13
	NOTA	None of the above	1,941	1.18
Majority			16,324	9.95
Turnout			1,64,171	68.43
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bikram Keshari Arukha defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradyumna Kumar Nayak by a margin of 9,103 votes.^[8]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhanjanagar^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bikram Keshari Arukha	76,879	48.56
	BJP	Pradyumna Kumar Nayak	67,776	42.81
	INC	Sanjay Kumar Tripathy	7,069	4.47
	NOTA	None of the above	1,441	0.91
Majority			9,103	5.75
Turnout			1,58,302	68.72
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bikram Keshari Arukha defeated Indian National Congress candidate Binayak Tripathy by a margin of 31,730 votes.^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhanjanagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bikram Keshari Arukha	82,467	56.21	20.29
	INC	Binayak Tripathy	50,766	34.6	20.11
	BJP	Pradeep Kumar Sahu	7,834	5.34	0.08
	NOTA	None of the above	2,807	1.91
Majority			31,701	21.6
Turnout			1,46,711	69.87
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bikram Keshari Arukha defeated Indian National Congress candidate Debi Prasad Bisoyi by 73,367 votes.^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhanjanagar^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bikram Keshari Arukha	90,515	76.50	−
	INC	Debi Prasad Bisoyi	17,148	14.49	−
	BJP	Shibananda Tripathy	6,228	5.26	−
Majority			73,367	62.01	−
Turnout			1,18,328	59.93	−
	BJD hold

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. It was a 2 member constituency