Hindol Assembly constituency

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

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

Hindol
Constituency No. 56 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Dhenkanal
Lok Sabha constituency	Dhenkanal
Established	1974
Total electors	214,729
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Simarani Nayak
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Area of this constituency includes Hindol block and Odapada block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2019			50.93%
2014			49.92%
2009			44.83%
2004			48.22%
2000			62.54%
1995			48.29%
1990			78.31%
1985			67.18%
1980			43.49%
1977			52.06%

Since its formation in 1974, 13 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1993.^[5]

List of members elected from Hindol constituency are:^[6][7]

Year	Member	Party
2024	Seemarani Nayak		BJP
2019	Simarani Nayak[8]		BJD
2014	Simarani Nayak		BJD
2009	Anjali Behera		BJD
2004	Anjali Behera		BJD
2000	Anjali Behera		BJD
1995	Maheswar Naik		INC
1993 (bypoll)[a]	Patta Nayak		JD
1990	Trinath Naik		JD
1985	Rabinarayan Naik		INC
1980	Trinath Naik		JP(S)
1977	Trinath Naik		JP
1974	Bhagirathi Naik		INC

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 25 May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.^[9]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Hindol

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Mahesh Sahu
	BJP	Simarani Nayak
	INC	Gobardhan Sekhar Naik
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Simarani Nayak defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ashok Kumar Nayak by a margin of 18,905 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Hindol^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Simarani Nayak	93,980	50.93
	BJP	Ashok Kumar Nayak	75075	40.69
	INC	Trinath Behera	9366	5.08
	BSP	Chandan Naik	1470	0.80
	HND	Bijaya Kumar Behera	1343	0.73
	Independent	Nrusingha Charan Naik	1193	0.65
	NOTA	None of the above	2098	1.14
Majority			18905	10.24
Turnout			184525	72.58
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Simarani Nayak defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Laxmidhar Behera by a margin of 50,499 votes.^[11]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Hindol^[12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Simarani Nayak	84,351	49.92	5.09
	BJP	Laxmidhar Behera	33,852	20.03	2.81
	INC	Namita Naik	30,978	18.33	−15.32
	Independent	Anjali Behera	12,304	7.28
	AOP	Trinath Behera	2,309	1.37
	Ambedkarbadi Party	Sabita Naik	1,120	0.66
	AAP	Biranchi Narayan Nayak	827	0.49
	SKD	Bijaya Kumar Behera	511	0.3
	NOTA	None of the above	2,722	1.61	−
Majority			50,499	29.88	18.7
Turnout			1,68,974	74.06	11.81
Registered electors			2,28,159
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Anjali Behera defeated Indian National Congress candidate Rebati Behera by a margin of 15,039 votes.^[14]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Hindol^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Anjali Behera	60,291	44.83	−3.39
	INC	Rebati Behera	45,252	33.65	−
	BJP	Laxmidhar Behera	23,157	17.22	−
	BSP	Golekh Bihari Naik	1,657	1.23	−
	Independent	Narayan Nayak	1,215	0.90	−
	RPD	Narayan Naik	1,090	0.81	−
	SAMO	Puspanjali Nayak	970	0.72	−
	SP	Suresh Chandra Naik	865	0.64	−
Majority			15,039	11.18[b]	−
Turnout			1,34,530	62.25	−
	BJD hold

Notes

1. Death of Trinath Naik
2. %of total valid votes