Bhograi Assembly constituency

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

Bhograi is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balasore district, Odisha.^[1]

Bhograi
Constituency No. 36 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Balasore
Lok Sabha constituency	Balasore
Established	1951
Total electors	190,785
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Goutam Buddha Das
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

Area of this constituency includes Bhograi block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			39.89%
2019			46.79%
2014			50.11%
2009			53.34%
2004			41.03%
2000			45.92%
1995			40.03%
1990			60.48%
1985			46.86%
1980			50.55%
1977			62.13%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date.

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

Year	Member	Party
2024	Goutam Buddha Das		BJD
2019	Ananta Das[6]		BJD
2014	Ananta Das		BJD
2009	Ananta Das		BJD
2004	Ananta Das		BJD
2000	Kamala Das		BJD
1995	Kamala Das		JD
1990	Kamala Das		JD
1985	Umarani Patra		INC
1980	Kartikeswar Patra		INC
1977	Sushanta Chand		JP
1974	Kartikeswar Patra		INC
1971	Kartikeswar Patra		Congress (R)
1967	Pyarimohan Das		PSP
1961	Pyarimohan Das		PSP
1957	Durga Sankar Das		INC
1951	Sashikanta Bhanj		Independent

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.^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhograi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Goutam Buddha Das	70,198	39.89	6.90
	INC	Satya Shiba Das	63,634	36.16	0.35
	BJP	Ashish Patra	41,059	23.33	7.81
	NOTA	None of the above	458	0.26	0.04
	Naba Bharata Nirmana Seva Party	Bhagaban Behera	330	0.19
	Independent	Asit Kumar Chand	296	0.17
Majority			6,564	3.73
Turnout			175,975
	BJD hold

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ananta Das defeated Indian National Congress candidate Satya Shiba Das by a margin of 19,512 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhograi^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Ananta Das	76,796	46.79	3.32
	INC	Satya Shiba Das	59,921	36.51	0.86
	BJP	Anshuman Mohanty	25,474	15.52	5.88
	NOTA	None of the above	488	0.30
Majority			16,875	10.28
Turnout			164116	72.44
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ananta Das defeated Indian National Congress candidate Satya Shiba Das by a margin of 19,512 votes.^[9]

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Ananta Das	76,761	50.11	3.23
	INC	Satya Shiba Das	57,249	37.37	3.16
	BJP	Paresh Chandra Nayak	14,772	9.64	4.94
	AITC	Ashis Kumar Das	3,015	1.97
	BSP	Kartick Chandra Behera	446	0.29	0.28
	AAP	Raghunath Patra	403	0.26
	NOTA	None of the above	531	0.35	−
Majority			19,512	12.74
Turnout			1,53,177	75.74	3.53
Registered electors			2,02,228
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ananta Das defeated Indian National Congress candidate Kartikeswar Patra by a margin of 17,650 votes.^[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhograi^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Ananta Das	73,474	53.34	−
	INC	Kartikeswar Patra	55,824	40.53	−
	BJP	Ramakanta Behera	6,468	4.70	−
	BSP	Sudarsan Jena	782	0.57	−
	Kalinga Sena	Madhusudan Panigrahi	630	0.46	−
	Samruddha Odisha	Ashish Kumar Das	574	0.42	−
Majority			17,650	12.81[a]	−
Turnout			1,37,773	72.21	−
	BJD hold

Notes

1. %of total valid votes