Dabugam Assembly constituency

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

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

Dabugam
Constituency No. 76 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Southern Division
District	Nabarangpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Nabarangpur
Established	1961
Total electors	2,04,966[a][b]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Manohar Randhari
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes Dabugam block, Papadahandi block and 14 Gram panchayats (Atigam, Badagumuda, Balenga, Bankuli, M. Karagam, Butimajhisemla, Ekori, Kodinga, Kosagumuda, Majhidhanua, Motigam, Santoshpur, Taragam and Temara) of Kosagumuda block.^[2][3]

Elected members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			44.95%
2019			44.43%
2014			41.72%
2009			37.30%
2004			46.91%
2000			52.02%
1995			45.38%
1990			72.29%
1985			52.13%
1980			43.52%
1977			47.75%

Since its formation in 1961, 15 elections were held till date.

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

Year	Member	Party
2024[7]	Manohar Randhari		Biju Janata Dal
2019[8]
2014[6]	Bhujabal Majhi		Indian National Congress
2009[9]
2004	Ramesh Chandra Majhi		Biju Janata Dal
2000	Bhujabal Majhi		Indian National Congress
1995	Jadav Majhi		Janata Dal
1990
1985	Damburu Majhi		Indian National Congress
1980	Phulamani Santa		Indian National Congress (I)
1977	Shyamghan Majhi		Janata Party
1974			Utkal Congress
1971	Damburu Majhi		Swatantra Party
1967
1961	Jagannath Tripathy		Indian National Congress

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 13th May 2024 in 1st phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[10] In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Manohar Randhari defeated Indian National Congress candidate Lipika Majhi by a margin of 21,455 votes.^[7]

2024 Vidhan Sabha Election,Dabugam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Manohar Randhari	77,511	44.95	0.52
	INC	Lipika Majhi	56,056	32.51	7.46
	BJP	Somnath Pujari	34,318	19.90	9.96
	NOTA	None of the above	4,543	2.63	0.33
Majority			21,455	12.44	7.98
Turnout			1,72,428	84.13
	BJD hold

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Manohar Randhari defeated Indian National Congress candidate Bhujabal Majhi by a margin of 7,363 votes.^[8]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Dabugam ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Manohar Randhari	73,264	44.43
	INC	Bhujabal Majhi	65,901	39.97
	BJP	Padman Nayak	16394	9.94
	Independent	Manohar Randhari	3,407	2.07
	NOTA	None of the above	3,799	2.3
Majority			7,363	4.46
Turnout			1,64,885	83
	BJD gain from INC

2014

In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Bhujabal Majhi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Motiram Nayak by a margin of 6,097 votes.^[6]

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Dabugam^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bhujabal Majhi	62,957	41.72	4.42
	BJD	Motiram Nayak	56,860	37.68	6.53
	BJP	Sasi Dhar Majhi	10,853	7.19	11.61
	NOTA	None of the above	4,696	3.11	−
Majority			6,097	4.04	2.11
Turnout			1,50,912	85.42	13.11
Registered electors			1,76,666
	INC hold

2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Bhujabal Majhi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Motiram Nayak by a margin of 7,374 votes.^[9]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Dabugam^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bhujabal Majhi	44,723	37.30	−
	BJD	Motiram Nayak	37,349	31.15	−
	BJP	Mohan Majhi	22,543	18.80	−
	SAMO	Mangal Charan Naik	9,773	8.15	−
	BSP	Bhaskar Majhi	5,519	4.60	−
Majority			7,374	6.15[c]	−
Turnout			1,19,909	72.31	−
	INC gain from BJD		Swing	5.88 [d]

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. %of total valid votes
4. 2004 Voter turnout was 66.43%