Chandabali Assembly constituency

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

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

Chandabali
Constituency No. 47 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Central Division
District	Bhadrak
Lok Sabha constituency	Bhadrak
Established	1951
Total electors	2,53,394[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Byomakesh Ray
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

The area of this constituency includes Chandabali, Chandabali block and eight GPs (Daulatapur, Bamanbindha, Harisinghpur, Jamjodi, Rajnagar, Barasar, Sahapur and Gobindapur) of Tihidi block.^[2][3]

Elected members

Vote share of winning candidates
2024			42.72%
2019			43.11%
2014			43.99%
2009			43.57%
2004			39.86%
2000			51.24%
1995			39.8%
1990			58.17%
1985			52.14%
1980			56.92%
1977			61.69%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections have been held till date. It was a two-member constituency for 1952 and 1957.

List of members elected from Chandabali constituency:^[4][5]

Year	Member	Party
2024[6]	Byomakesh Ray		Biju Janata Dal
2019[7]
2014[8]
2009[8]	Bijaya Nayak
2004	Netrananda Mallick		Indian National Congress
2000	Bishnu Charan Sethi		Bharatiya Janata Party
1995	Netrananda Mallick		Indian National Congress
1990	Bairagi Jena		Janata Dal
1985	Netrananda Mallick		Indian National Congress
1980			Indian National Congress (I)
1977	Gangadhar Das		Janata Party
1974	Manmohan Das		Utkal Congress
1971	Gangadhar Das		Indian National Congress (R)
1967	Manmohan Das		Orissa Jana Congress
1961	Bairagi Jena		Indian National Congress
1957[c]	Nanda Kishore Jena
	Nilamani Routray
1951[d]	Brundabana Das
	Chakradhar Behera[9]

Election results

2024

Voting was held on 1 June 2024 in the 4th phase of the Odisha Assembly election and the 7th phase of the Indian general election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.^[10] In the 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Byomakesh Ray defeated Bharatiya Janata party candidate Manmohan Samal by a margin of 1,916 votes.^[6]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha election: Chandabali

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Byomakesh Ray	83,063	42.72	0.49
	BJP	Manmohan Samal	81,147	41.74	3.48
	INC	Amiya Kumar Mahapatra	28,483	14.65	2.16
	NOTA	None of the above	317	0.16	0.14
Majority			1,916	0.98
Turnout			1,94,420	76.73
	BJD hold

2019

In the 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Byomakesh Ray defeated Bharatiya Janata party candidate Manmohan Samal by a margin of 8080 votes.^[11]

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Chandabali^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Byomakesh Ray	77,313	43.11
	BJP	Manmohan Samal	69,233	38.26
	INC	Digambar Das	30,146	16.81
	BSP	Ajaya Kumar Mahalik	1,083	0.6
	NOTA	None of the above	536	0.3
Majority			8,080	4.85
Turnout			1,79,352	75.09
	BJD hold

2014

In the 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Byomakesh Ray defeated Indian National Congress candidate Amiya Kumar Mahapatra by a margin of 24,883 votes.^[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha election: Chandabali^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Byomakesh Ray	68,557	43.99	0.42
	INC	Amiya Kumar Mahapatra	43,674	28.02	9.87
	BJP	Manmohan Samal	38,952	24.99	13.97
	NOTA	None of the above	539	0.35	−
Majority			24,883	15.96	10.29
Turnout			1,55,859	76.8	8.51
Registered electors			2,02,953
	BJD hold

2009

In the 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bijaya Nayak defeated Indian National Congress candidate Amiya Kumar Mahapatra by a margin of 7,613 votes.^[8]

2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Chandabali^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bijaya Nayak	58,467	43.57	−
	INC	Amiya Kumar Mahapatra	50,854	37.89	−
	BJP	Purna Chandra Pani	14,784	11.02	−
Majority			7,613	5.67[e]	−
Turnout			1,34,220	68.29	−
	BJD gain from INC

Notes

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