Boudh Assembly constituency

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

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

Boudh
Constituency No. 86 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Boudh
Lok Sabha constituency	Kandhamal
Established	1951
Total electors	139,518
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Saroj Kumar Pradhan
Party	BJP
Elected year	2019

Area of this constituency includes Boudh, 11 GPs (Telibandha, Khuntabandha, Mursundhi, Badhigam, Mundapada, Baghiapada, Brahmanipali, Ambajhari, Tikarapada, Padmanapur and Laxmiprasad) of Boudh block and Harbhanga block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2019			49.83%
2014			48.61%
2009			50.60%
2004			38.73%
2000			33.91%
1995			40.40%
1990			51.01%
1985			42.31%
1980			58.35%
1977			60.85%

Since its formation in 1951, 16 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Boudh constituency are:^[5][6]

Year	Member	Party
2024
2019	Pradip Kumar Amat[7][8]		BJD
2014	Pradip Kumar Amat		BJD
2009	Pradip Kumar Amat		BJD
2004	Pradip Kumar Amat		BJD
2000	Pradip Kumar Amat		BJD
1995	Satchidananda Dalal		JD
1990	Satchidananda Dalal		JD
1985	Sujit Kumar Padhi		INC
1980	Himansu Sekhar Padhi		INC
1977	Natabara Pradhan		JP
1974	Natabara Pradhan		SWA
1971	Natabara Pradhan		SWA
1967	Himansu Sekhar Padhi		Jana Congress
1961	Anirudha Dipa		SWA
1956 : Constituency did not exist
1951	Himansu Sekhar Padhi		Independent

Election results

2024

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

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Boudh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pradip Kumar Amat
	BJP	Saroj Pradhan
	INC	Naba Kumar Mishra
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pradip Kumar Amat defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Susanta Kumar Pradhan by a margin of 10,448 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Boudh^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pradip Kumar Amat	61,536	49.83
	BJP	Susanta Kumar Pradhan	51,088	41.37
	CPI	Abakash Sahoo	7,119	5.76
	NCP	Kruttibas Palia	898	0.73
	PBI	Kedarnath Sahoo	1039	0.84
	Independent	Laxman Behera	910	0.74
	NOTA	None of the above	908	0.74
Majority			10448	8.46
Turnout			123498	77.3
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pradip Kumar Amat defeated Indian National Congress candidate Susanta Kumar Pradhan by a margin of 11,148 votes.^[11]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Boudh^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pradip Kumar Amat	54,618	48.61	−1.99
	INC	Susanta Kumar Pradhan	43,470	38.69	22.42
	BJP	Surya Narayan Mahapatra	8,597	7.65	2.87
	CPI	Abakash Sahoo	1,265	1.13
	AAP	Samaresh Mishra	571	0.51
	ICP	Sasta Kumar Purohit	564	0.5
	PVP	Sana Pradhan	498	0.44
	Independent	Bijaya Kumar Behera	492	0.44
	Independent	Banamali Bhabasagara	475	0.42
	Independent	Lakshman Behera	432	0.38
	BSP	Gangadhara Hansa	421	0.37
	NOTA	None of the above	946	0.84
Majority			11,148	9.92
Turnout			1,12,349	80.53	7.34
Registered electors			1,39,518
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pradip Kumar Amat defeated Independent candidate Susanta Kumar Pradhan by a margin of 28,207 votes.^[13]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Boudh^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pradip Kumar Amat	49,439	50.60	−
	Independent	Susanta Kumar Pradhan	21,232	21.73	−
	INC	Narendra Kumar Panigrahi	15,895	16.27	−
	BJP	Santanu Kumar Pradhan	4,666	4.78	−
	Independent	Budhadev Pradhan	1,028	1.05	−
	BSP	Gangadhar Hansa	1,005	1.03	−
	SAMO	Puspita Pattanayak	958	0.98	−
	SP	Gitanjali Bagha	770	0.79	−
	Independent	Rameswar Nayak	767	0.78	−
	Independent	Baroj Kumar Behara	659	0.67	−
	Independent	Rasmi Prasad Behera	444	0.45	−
	Independent	Kishore Chandra Bhoi	439	0.45	−
	Independent	Sanjay Behera	406	0.42	−
Majority			28,207	28.87[a]	−
Turnout			97,768	73.19	−
	BJD hold

Notes

1. %of total valid votes