Bolangir Assembly constituency

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

Bolangir is a constituency of the Vidhan Sabha in Odisha, India. This seats falls under Bolangir District of Odisha State in India. Bolangir seat is a unreserved seat of Odisha Legislative Assembly.^[2] This constituency includes Balangir block and Deogaon block.^[3][4]

Bolangir
Constituency No. 68 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Balangir
Lok Sabha constituency	Bolangir
Established	1951
Total electors	210,736[1][a]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Narasingha Mishra

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[5]
2024			45.69%
2019			41.32%
2014			39.83%
2009			40.70%
2004			56.26%
2000			47.91%
1995			49.59%
1990			54.51%
1985			68.85%
1980			36.29%
1977			51.47%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952 & 1957.

Elected members from the Bolangir constituency are:^[6][7]

Year	Member[8]	Party
1951	Nandakishore Mishra		Ganatantra Parishad
	Achyutananda Mahananda
1957	Nandakishore Mishra
	Ramesh Chandra Singh Bhoi
1961	Chandra Sekhar Singh Bhoi		Swatantra Party
1967	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo
1971
1974
1977	Muralidhar Guru		Janata Party
1980	Mahmmed Muzafer Hussain Khan		Indian National Congress (I)
1985			Indian National Congress
1990	Ananga Udaya Singh Deo		Janata Dal
1995
2000			Biju Janata Dal
2004
2009
2014	Narasingha Mishra		Indian National Congress
2019
2024	Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo		Biju Janata Dal

Election results

2024

Voting was held on 20th May 2024 in the 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & the 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[9]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Bolangir

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo	85,265
	INC	Samarendra Mishra	71,856
	BJP	Gopalji Panigrahi	24,932
	NOTA	None of the above	1,556
Majority
Turnout
	BJD gain from INC

2019

In 2019 election, Indian National Congress candidate Narasingha Mishra defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Arkesh Narayan Singh Deo by a margin of 5,341 votes.

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Bolangir^[10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Narasingha Mishra	71,598	41.32	1.49
	BJD	Arkesh Narayan Singh Deo	66257	38.24	6.31
	BJP	Ananta Kumar Dash	28924	16.69	5.98
	BSP	Drona Kumbhar	1506	0.87
	AAP	Ashish Pande	1411	0.81
	PBI	Kapila Kumbhar	632	0.36
	API	Nilakantha Nag	934	0.54
	Independent	Dwija Dalpati	649	0.37
	NOTA	None of the above	1377	0.79
Majority			5,341	3.08
Turnout			173288	72.98
	INC hold		Swing	1.49

2014

In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Narasingha Mishra defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Ananga Udaya Singh Deo by a margin of 12,254 votes.^[12]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bolangir^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Narasingha Mishra	61,730	39.83	12.09
	BJD	Anag Uday Singhdeo	49,476	31.93	8.77
	BJP	Basudev Pati	35,130	22.67	2.90
	BSP	Karam Chand Bej	1,397	0.9
	AAP	Sangita Majhi	1,086	0.7
	Independent	Sandeep Kumar Bag	1,074	0.69
	Independent	Gopal Chandra Hota	951	0.61
	NOTA	None of the above	2,161	1.39
Majority			12,254	7.91
Turnout			1,54,975	73.54	8.97
Registered electors			2,10,736
	INC gain from BJD

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ananga Udaya Singh Deo defeated Congress candidate Laxman Kumar Meher by a margin of 16,866 votes.^[15]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bolangir^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Ananga Udaya Singhdeo	52,948	40.70	− 15.56
	INC	Laxman Kumar Meher	36,082	27.74	−
	BJP	Dr. Basudev Pati	33,258	25.57	−
	BSP	Aman Nag	2,799	2.15	−
	Independent	Sushil Kumar Nanda	1,529	1.18	−
	SAMO	Sandeep Kumar Bag	1,390	1.07	−
	Kosal Kranti Dal	Rabindra Kumar Panigrahi	1,084	0.83	−
	Independent	Biswambar sahu	997	0.77	−
Majority			16,866	12.97[b]	−
Turnout			1,30,281	64.57	−
	BJD hold		Swing	4.07 [c]

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 60.50%