Dhenkanal Assembly constituency

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

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

Dhenkanal
Constituency No. 55 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Northern Division
District	Dhenkanal
Lok Sabha constituency	Dhenkanal
Established	1951
Total electors	2,71,942[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Krushna Chandra Patra
Party	Bhartiya Janta Party
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes Dhenkanal, Gondia block and 20 GPs (Baladiabandha, Baliamba, Beltikiri, Bhaliabolkateni, Bhapur, Chandrasekhar Prasad, Dhirapatana, Gobindpur, Kaimati, Kakudibhag, Kankadahad, Kankadpal, Madhusahupatna, Mangalpur, Manipur, Nadiali, Nagiapasi, Sankarpur, Saptasajya and Talabarkote) of Dhenkanal block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			52.57%
2019			46.92%
2014			39.39%
2009			35.28%
2004			49.17%
2000			34.59%
1995			52.61%
1990			47.49%
1985			64.09%
1980			59.11%
1977			80.07%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections have been held till date. It was a 2 member constituency in 1957.

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

Year	Member	Party
2024[7]	Krushna Chandra Patra		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019[8]	Sudhir Kumar Samal		Biju Janata Dal
2014[9]	Saroj Kumar Samal
2009[10]	Nabin Nanda		Nationalist Congress Party
2004	Sudhir Kumar Samal		Indian National Congress
2000	Krushna Chandra Patra		Bharatiya Janata Party
1995	Nabin Chandra Narayan Das		Indian National Congress
1990	Tathagata Satapathy		Janata Dal
1985	Nandini Satpathy		Independent politician
1980			Indian National Congress (Urs)
1977[11]			Janata Party
1974			Indian National Congress
1971	Surendra Mohan Patnaik		Indian National Congress (R)
1967	Ratnaprava Devi		Swatantra Party
1961
1957[c]	Kalia Dehuri		Ganatantra Parishad
	Shankar Pratap Singh Deo Mahendra Bahadur Raja
1951	Baisnab Charan Patnaik		Communist Party of India

Election Results

2024

Voting was held on 25 May 2024 in the 3rd phase of the Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of the Indian General Election. The counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.^[12] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Krushna Chandra Patra defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Sudhir Kumar Samal by a margin of 20,439 votes.^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Dhenkanal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Krushna Chandra Patra	1,06,529	52.57
	BJD	Sudhir Kumar Samal	86,090	42.48
	INC	Susmita Singh Deo	4,630	2.28
	NOTA	None of the above	1,983	0.98
Majority			20,439	10.09
Turnout			2,02,637	74.51
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sudhir Kumar Samal defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Krushna Chandra Patra by a margin of 20,640 votes.^[8]

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Dhenkanal^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sudhir Kumar Samal	89,536	46.92
	BJP	Krushna Chandra Patra	68896	36.11
	INC	Nabin Nanda	24788	12.99
	NOTA	None of the above	1265	0.66
Majority			20,640	10.81
Turnout			190810	74.9
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Saroj Kumar Samal defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Krushna Chandra Patra by a margin of 3,294 votes.^[9]

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Saroj Kumar Samal	69,083	39.39	new
	BJP	Krushna Chandra Patra	65,789	37.52	9.2
	INC	Sidheswari Prasad Mishra	30,571	17.43	13.07
	NOTA	None of the above	2,036	1.16
Majority			3,294	1.88
Turnout			1,75,360	76.74	12.16
Registered electors			2,28,498
	BJD gain from NCP

2009

In 2009 election, Nationalist Congress Party candidate Nabin Nanda defeated Indian National Congress candidate Sudhir Kumar Samal by a margin of 6,933 votes.^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Dhenkanal^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Nabin Nanda	51,118	35.28	−
	INC	Sudhir Kumar Samal	44,185	30.50	−
	BJP	Krushna Chandra Patra	41,032	28.32	−
Majority			6,933	4.79[d]	−
Turnout			1,44,914	64.58	−
Registered electors			2,24,399
	NCP gain from INC

Notes

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