Bhawanipatna Assembly constituency

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

Bhawanipatana (Odia: ଭବାନୀପାଟଣା) is a Bidhan Sabha constituency of Kalahandi district, Odisha.^[1]

Bhawanipatana
Constituency No. 80 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Southern Division
District	Kalahandi
Lok Sabha constituency	Kalahandi
Established	1951
Total electors	2,34,424[a][b]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sagar Charan Das
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes the district HQ town Bhawanipatna, Kesinga, 25 Gram panchayats (Madiguda, Chahagaon, Karlapada, Chheliamal, Kalam, Karlaguda, Thuapadar, Dadpur, Deypur, Gudialipadar, Kamthana, Kuliamal, Gand-Barajhola, Medinipur, Seinpur, Palsijharan, Udepur, Matia, Borda, Kendupati, Gurujung, Borbhata, Dumuria, Artal and Palana) of Bhawanipatna block and 17GPs (Adhamunda, Balsi, Boria, Chancher, Deogaon, Fatakmal, Gaigaon, Gokuleswar, Kandel, Kikia, Kundabandha, Laitara, Nasigaon, Pastikudi, Patharla, Sirol and Utkela) of Kesinga block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			37.39%
2019			38.00%
2014			43.36%
2009			36.47%
2004			49.24%
2000			55.91%
1995			23.94%
1990			49.33%
1985			45.51%
1980			71.99%
1977			52.67%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including in one bypoll in 1957. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952 & 1957.^[5]

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

Year	Member[8]	Party
2024[9]	Sagar Charan Das		Indian National Congress
2019[10]	Pradipta Kumar Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014[8]	Anam Naik		Biju Janata Dal
2009[11]	Dusmanta Naik		Indian National Congress
2004	Pradipta Kumar Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
2000
1995
1990	Ajit Das		Janata Dal
1985	Bhakta Charan Das		Janata Party
1980	Dayanidhi Naik		Indian National Congress (I)
1977			Indian National Congress
1974	Jagamohan Nayak		Swatantra Party
1971	Dayanidhi Naik
1967
1961	Anchal Majhi
1957 (bypoll)[c]	Chandra Sekhar Pradhan		Ganatantra Parishad
1957[d]	Karunakar Bhoi
	Pratap Keshari Deo
1951[e]	Janardan Majhi
	Jogesh Chandra Singh Deo

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 13 May 2024 in 1st phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.^[12] In 2024 election, Indian National Congress candidate Sagar Charan Das  defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradipta Kumar Naik by a margin of 13,741 votes.^[9]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhawanipatna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sagar Charan Das	67,085	37.39	15.39
	BJP	Pradipta Kumar Naik	53,344	29.73	8.27
	BJD	Latika Naik	50,897	28.37	6.63
	NOTA	None of the above	1,469	0.82
Majority			13,741	7.63
Turnout			1,79,420	76.54
	INC gain from BJP

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradipta Kumar Naik defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Dusmanta Naik by a margin of 4,684 votes.^[10]

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Bhawanipatna^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pradipta Kumar Naik	63,063	38.00
	BJD	Dusmanta Naik	58,379	35.00
	INC	Sagar Charan Das	35494	22.00
	NOTA	None of the above	1,743	1.06
Majority			4,684	3.00
Turnout			1,64,611	71.81
	BJP gain from BJD

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Anam Naik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Dusmanta Naik by a margin of 10,814 votes.^[8]

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, Bhawanipatna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Anam Naik	54,825	43.26
	INC	Dusmanta Naik	44,011	34.73
	BJP	Dayanidhi Naik	32,449	25.60
	NOTA	None of the above	1,083	0.73
Majority			10,814	8.53
Turnout			149261	72.46
	BJD gain from INC

2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Dusmanta Naik defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradipta Kumar Naik by a margin of 2,195 votes.^[11]

2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, Bhawanipatna^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dusmanta Naik	46,215	36.47	4.92
	BJP	Pradipta Kumar Naik	44,020	34.73	14.51
	BJD	Jayanta Kumar Naik	25,733	20.30	new
Majority			2,195	1.73[f]	−
Turnout			1,26,809	64.33	−
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	0.97[g]

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. Resignation of Pratap Keshari Deo on his election to Lok Sabha
4. It was a 2 member constituency
5. It was a 2 member constituency
6. %of total valid votes
7. 2004 Voter turnout was 63.36%