Ghasipura Assembly constituency

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

Ghasipura is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendujhar district.^[1]

Ghasipura
Constituency No. 21 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Northen Division
District	Kendujhar
Lok Sabha constituency	Keonjhar
Established	2009
Total electors	2,31,781[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Badri Narayan Patra
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

Area of this constituency include Ghatgaon, Ghatagaon block, Ghasipura block and 2 GPs (Dhakotha and Kolimati) of Anandapur block.^[2][3]

The constituency was formed in 2008 Delimitation^[4] and went for polls in 2009 election.

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates
2024			43.96%
2019			49.98%
2014			66.03%
2009			52.85%

Since its formation in 2009, 4 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Ghasipura constituency is:^[5]

Year	Member	Party
2024[6]	Badri Narayan Patra		Biju Janata Dal
2019[7][8]
2014[9]
2009[10]

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[11] In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Badri Narayan Patra defeated Independent candidate Niranjan Patnaik by a margin of 13,811 votes.^[6]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Ghasipura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Badri Narayan Patra	82,516	43.96	6.02
	Independent	Soumya Ranjan Patnaik	68,705	29.64
	BJP	Shambhunath Rout	23,813	10.27	5.61
	Independent	Debendra Nath Swain	2,897	1.54
	INC	Subrat Kumar Chakra	2,807	1.50	29.66
	NOTA	None of the above	1,844	0.98	0.07
Majority			13,811	7.09
Turnout			1,87,707	80.98
	BJD hold

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Badri Narayan Patra defeated Indian National Congress candidate Niranjan Patnaik by a margin of 32,668 votes.^[7][8]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Ghasipura^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Badri Narayan Patra	86,816	49.98	16.55
	INC	Niranjan Patnaik	54,128	31.16	23.87
	BJP	Prithviraj Kuanr	27,579	15.88	3.57
	NOTA	None of the above	1,579	0.91
Majority			32,668	18.80
Turnout			1,73,710[13]	78.78
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Badri Narayan Patra defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Satyabrata Panda by a margin of 88,602 votes.^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Ghasipura ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Badri Narayan Patra	108,900	66.03	13.18
	BJP	Satyabrata Panda	20,298	12.31	5.74
	INC	Prithviraj Kuanr	12,018	7.29	28.22
	NOTA	None	1,856	1.13
Registered electors			1,97,858
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Badri Narayan Patra defeated Indian National Congress candidate Niranjan Patnaik by a margin of 25,554 votes.^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election: Ghasipura^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Badri Narayan Patra	77,890	52.85	−
	INC	Niranjan Patnaik	52,336	35.51	−
	BJP	Santosh Kumar Rout	9,689	6.57	−
Majority			25,554	17.34[c]
Turnout			1,47,411	78.06
	BJD win (new seat)

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. %of total valid votes