Kantamal Assembly constituency

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

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

Kantamal
Constituency No. 85 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Boudh
Lok Sabha constituency	Kandhamal
Established	2004
Total electors	143,026
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K.C. Danga
Party	Bharatiya Janta Party
Elected year	2019

This constituency includes Kantamal block and 10 GPs (Raxa, Manupali, Gochhapada, Baunsuni, Bohira, Talasarada, Mundipadar, Sagada, Gundulia and Ainlapali) of Boudh 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[5]
2019			33.03%
2014			42.62%
2009			44.68%

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

List of members elected from the Kantamal constituency are :^[6]

Year	Member	Party
2024
2019	Mahidhar Rana[7]		BJD
2014	Mahidhar Rana		BJD
2009	Bhagaban Kanhar		BJD

Election results

2024

Voting were held on 20th May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[8]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Kantamal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Mahidhar Rana
	BJP	Kanhai Charan Danga
	INC	Sarat Kumar Pradhan
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Mahidhar Rana defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Kanhai Charan Danga by a margin of 3650 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kantamal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Mahidhar Rana	43,099	33.03
	BJP	Kanhai Charan Danga	39449	30.24
	Independent	Sesha Kumar Meher	28370	21.75
	INC	Prasanta Kumar Sahu	13166	21.75
	HND	Manoranjan Kuanar	2255	1.73
	NOTA	None of the above	1091	0.84
Majority			3650	2.79
Turnout			130465	79.76
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Mahidhar Rana defeated Indian National Congress candidate Harinarayan Pradhan by a margin of 25,366 votes.^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kantamal^[10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Mahidhar Rana	49,202	42.62	−2.06
	INC	Harinarayan Pradhan	23,836	20.65	−9.99
	Independent	Kanhai Charana Danga	23,688	20.52
	BJP	Sudhansu Danga	9,336	8.09	−11.78
	PBI	Aditya Pradhan	2,791	2.42
	KOKD	Dolamani Pradhan	1,630	1.41
	PVP	Bishnupriya Panda	868	0.75
	AAP	Rajeeb Kumar Nayak	848	0.73
	BSP	Ramesh Chandra Dehuria	845	0.73	−0.69
	OJM	Sandip Kumar Meher	697	0.6
	Independent	Sushil Kumbhar	563	0.49
	NOTA	None of the above	1,132	0.98	−
Majority			25,366	21.97	7.92
Turnout			1,15,436	80.71	6.84
Registered electors			1,43,026
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bhagaban Kanhor defeated Indian National Congress candidate Kanhai Charan Danga by a margin of 14,453 votes.^[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kantamal^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bhagaban Kanhor	45,979	44.68	−
	INC	Kanhai Charan Danga	31,526	30.64	−
	BJP	Hari Narayan Pradhan	20,448	19.87
	Independent	Lalit Kumar Sahu	2,387	2.32	−
	BSP	Hemanta Suna	1,459	1.42	−
	SP	Snehalata Nayak	1,100	1.07	−
Majority			14,453	14.05[a]	−
Turnout			1,02,929	73.87	−
	BJD win (new seat)

Notes

1. % of total valid votes