Dhamnagar Assembly constituency

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

Dhamnagar is a constituency of the Odisha Legislative Assembly, in Bhadrak district, Odisha, India. This constituency includes Dhamnagar block and 12 GPs (Paliabindha, Achak, Dolasahi, Guamal, Talapada, Kubera, Biliana, Baro, Bodak, Kanpada, Shyamsundarpur and Talagopabindha) of Tihidi block.^[1][2]

Dhamnagar
Constituency No. 46 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Bhadrak
Lok Sabha constituency	Bhadrak
Established	1951
Total electors	2,47,651[a][b]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Suryabanshi Suraj
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[3]
2024			50.31%
2022 (bypoll)			49.09%
2019			48.47%
2014			47.98%
2009			43.57%
2004			48.55%
2000			35.03%
1995			42.69%
1991 (bypoll)			56.20%
1990			56.21%
1985			50.00%
1980			61.23%
1977			54.21%

Since its formation in 1951, 19 elections were held till date including two bypolls in 1990 & 2022.

List of members elected from Dhamnagar constituency are:^[4]

Election	Name	Party
2024[5]	Suryabanshi Suraj		Bharatiya Janata Party
2022 (bypoll)[c][6]
2019[7]	Bishnu Charan Sethi
2014[8]	Muktikanta Mandal		Biju Janata Dal
2009[9]	Rajendra Kumar Das
2004[10]	Manmohan Samal		Bharatiya Janata Party
2000	Manas Ranjan Mallik		Independent politician
1995	Jagannath Rout		Indian National Congress
1990 (bypoll)[d]	Manas Ranjan Mallik		Janata Dal
1990	Hrudananda Mallick
1985	Jagannath Rout		Indian National Congress
1980			Indian National Congress (I)
1977	Hrudananda Mallick		Janata Party
1974			Utkal Congress
1971
1967	Satyabhama Dei		Orissa Jana Congress
1961	Muralidhar Jena		Indian National Congress
1957
1951	Nilamani Routray

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[11][12] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Suryabanshi Suraj defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Sanjay Kumar Das by a margin of 8,095 votes.^[5]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Dhamnagar^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Suryabanshi Suraj	90,555	50.31
	BJD	Sanjay Kumar Das	82,460	45.81
	INC	Ranjan Kumar Behera	5,732	3.18
	NOTA	None of the above	361	0.2
Majority			8,095	4.5
Turnout			1,79,992	72.68
	BJP gain from

2022 Bypoll

In 2022 bye-election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Suryabanshi Suraj defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Abanti Das by a margin of 9,881 votes.^[6]

Odisha Assembly by election, 2022: Dhamnagar^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Suryabanshi Suraj	80,351	49.09
	BJD	Abanti Das	70,470	43.05
	Independent	Rajendra Kumar Das	8,153	4.98
	INC	Harekrushna sethi	3,533	2.18
	NOTA	None of the above	649	0.4
Majority			9,881	6.04
Turnout			1,63,682	66.63
	BJP hold

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bishnu Charan Sethi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Kumar Das by a margin of 4,625 votes.^[15]

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Dhamnagar^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bishnu Charan Sethi	80,111	47.47
	BJD	Rajendra Kumar Das	75,486	45.67
	INC	Bidyadhar Jena	7,303	4.42
	BSP	Budhiram Samal	769	0.47
	NOTA	None	613	0.37
Majority			4,625	2.80
Turnout			1,65,272	71.93
	BJP gain from BJD

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Muktikanta Mandal defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bishnu Charan Sethi by a margin of 9,192 votes.^[8]

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Dhamnagar^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Muktikanta Mandal	71,538	47.98	9.2
	BJP	Bishnu Charan Sethi	62,346	41.82	7.0
	INC	Hrudananda Sethi	12046	8.08	−15.82
	NOTA	None of the above	739	0.5	−
Majority			9,192	6.16	2.2
Turnout			1,49,090	74.22	8.11
Registered electors			2,00,867
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Kumar Das defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bishnu Charan Sethi by a margin of 4,944 votes.^[9]

2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, Dhamnagar^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rajendra Kumar Das	48,424	38.78	−
	BJP	Bishnu Charan Sethi	43,480	34.82	−
	INC	Netrananda Mallick	29,844	23.90	−
Majority			4,944	3.96[e]	−
Turnout			1,24,930	66.11	−
	BJD gain from BJP

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. Death of Bishnu Sethi
4. Death of Hrudananda Mallick
5. %of total valid votes