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
Division	Central Division
District	Balasore
Lok Sabha constituency	Balasore
Established	1951
Total electors	2,33,902[a][b]
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[6]	Goutam Buddha Das		Biju Janata Dal
2019[7][8]	Ananta Das
2014[9]
2009[10]
2004
2000	Kamala Das
1995			Janata Dal
1990
1985	Umarani Patra		Indian National Congress
1980	Kartikeswar Patra		Indian National Congress (I)
1977	Sushanta Chand		Janata Party
1974	Kartikeswar Patra		Indian National Congress
1971			Indian National Congress (R)
1967	Pyarimohan Das		Praja Socialist Party
1961
1957	Durga Sankar Das		Indian National Congress
1951	Sashikanta Bhanj		Independent politician

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.^[11] In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Goutam Buddha Das defeated Indian National Congress candidate Satya Shiba Das by a margin of 6,564 votes.^[6]

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
Majority			6,564	3.73
Turnout			1,75,975	75.23
	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.^[8]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhograi^[12]

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^[13][14]

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
	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.^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhograi^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Ananta Das	73,474	53.34	−
	INC	Kartikeswar Patra	55,824	40.53	−
	BJP	Ramakanta Behera	6,468	4.70	−
Majority			17,650	12.81[c]	−
Turnout			1,37,773	72.21	−
	BJD hold

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. %of total valid votes