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 an unreserved seat of Odisha Legislative Assembly.^[1] This constituency includes Balangir block and Deogaon block.^[2][3]

Bolangir
Constituency No. 68 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Northern Division
District	Balangir
Lok Sabha constituency	Bolangir
Established	1951
Total electors	2,43,358[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

Elected members

Vote share of winning candidates^[4]

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:^[5][6]

Year	Member[7]	Party
2024[8]	Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo		Biju Janata Dal
2019[1]	Narasingha Mishra		Indian National Congress
2014[9]
2009[10]	Ananga Udaya Singh Deo		Biju Janata Dal
2004
2000
1995			Janata Dal
1990
1985	Mahmmed Muzafer Hussain Khan		Indian National Congress
1980			Indian National Congress (I)
1977	Muralidhar Guru		Janata Party
1974	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo		Swatantra Party
1971
1967
1961	Chandra Sekhar Singh Bhoi
1957[c]	Nandakishore Mishra		Ganatantra Parishad
	Ramesh Chandra Singh Bhoi
1951[d]	Nandakishore Mishra
	Achyutananda Mahananda

Election results

2024

Voting was held on 20 May 2024 in the 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & the 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.^[11] In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo defeated Indian National Congress candidate Samarendra Mishra by a margin of 13,409 votes.^[8]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Bolangir

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo	85,265	45.69
	INC	Samarendra Mishra	71,856	38.51
	BJP	Gopalji Panigrahi	24,932	13.36
	NOTA	None of the above	1,556	0.83
Majority			13,409	7.18
Turnout			1,86,609	76.68
	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.^[1]

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Bolangir^[12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Narasingha Mishra	71,598	41.32	1.49
	BJD	Arkesh Narayan Singh Deo	66,257	38.24	6.31
	BJP	Ananta Kumar Dash	28,924	16.69	5.98
	NOTA	None of the above	1,377	0.79
Majority			5,341	3.08
Turnout			1,73,288	72.98
	INC hold

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.^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bolangir^[14][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Narasingha Mishra	61,730	39.83	12.09
	BJD	Ananga Udaya Singh Deo	49,476	31.93	8.77
	BJP	Basudev Pati	35,130	22.67	2.90
	NOTA	None of the above	2,161	1.39
Majority			12,254	7.91
Turnout			1,54,975	73.54
Registered electors			2,10,736
	INC gain from BJD

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ananga Udaya Singh Deo defeated Indian National Congress candidate Laxman Kumar Meher by a margin of 16,866 votes.^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bolangir^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Ananga Udaya Singh Deo	52,948	40.70
	INC	Laxman Kumar Meher	36,082	27.74	−
	BJP	Dr. Basudev Pati	33,258	25.57	−
Majority			16,866	12.97[e]	−
Turnout			1,30,281	64.57	−
	BJD hold

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. It was a 2 member constituency
4. It was a 2 member constituency
5. %of total valid votes