Khandapada Assembly constituency

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

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

Khandapada
Constituency No. 120 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Khandapada Assembly constituency in Nayagarh district
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Central Division
District	Nayagarh
Lok Sabha constituency	Cuttack
Established	1951
Total electors	1,85,935[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Dusmanta Kumar Swain
Party	Bharatiya Janta Party
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes Khandapada, Khandapada block and Bhapur block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			50.72%
2019			74.34%
2014			47.19%
2009			54.71%
2004			31.30%
2000			69.54%
1995			50.86%
1990			64.77%
1985			51.43%
1980			49.24%
1977			42.68%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date.

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

Year	Member	Party
2024[7]	Dusmanta Kumar Swain		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019[8]	Soumya Ranjan Patnaik		Biju Janata Dal
2014[9]	Anubhav Patnaik
2009[10]	Siddharth Sekhar Singh
2004	Bijayalaxmi Pattnaik		Independent politician
2000			Biju Janata Dal
1995	Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardaraj		Indian National Congress
1990	Aruna Kumar Pattanaik		Janata Dal
1985	Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardaraj		Indian National Congress
1980			Independent politician
1977	Satyasundar Mishra
1974
1971	Banshidhar Pattanaik		Indian National Congress (R)
1967	Raja Saheb Harihar Singh Mardaraj Bhramarabara Roy		Indian National Congress
1961
1957
1951			Independent politician

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, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dusmanta Kumar Swain defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Sabitri Pradhan by a margin of 7,343 votes.^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Khandapada

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dusmanta Kumar Swain	75,557	50.72
	BJD	Sabitri Pradhan	68,214	45.79
	Independent	Anubhav Patnaik	1,817	1.22
	INC	Baijayanti Mala Mohanty	1,373	0.92
	NOTA	None of the above	597	0.4
Majority			7,343	4.93
Turnout			1,48,964	80.12
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Soumya Ranjan Patnaik defeated Independent candidate Dusmanta Kumar Swain by a margin of 81,430 votes.^[8]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Khandapada^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Soumya Ranjan Patnaik	100,038	74.34
	Independent	Dusmanta Kumar Swain	18,608	13.83
	BJP	Siddharth Sekhar Singh	14,014	10.41
	NOTA	None of the above	1,020	0.76
Majority			81,430	60.51
Turnout			1,34,565	73.67
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Anubhav Patnaik defeated Aama Odisha Party candidate Soumya Ranjan Patnaik by a margin of 601 votes.^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Khandapada^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Anubhav Patnaik	62,257	47.19	7.52
	AOP	Soumya Ranjan Patnaik	61,656	46.73	−
	BJP	Shiba Prasad Bhanja	3,895	2.95	0.01
	INC	Binodini Mohanty	1,877	1.42	38.37
	NOTA	None of the above	719	0.54	−
Majority			601	0.45	14.47
Turnout			1,31,940	81.07	8.39
Registered electors			1,62,747
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 general election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Siddharth Sekhar Singh defeated Indian National Congress candidate Soumya Ranjan Patnaik by a margin of 16,814 votes.^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Khandapada^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Siddharth Sekhar Singh	61,654	54.71	27.93
	INC	Soumya Ranjan Patnaik	44,840	39.79	21.09
	BJP	Bijayalaxmi Pattnaik	3,332	2.96	−
Majority			16,814	14.92[c]	−
Turnout			1,12,696	72.68[d]	5.72
	BJD gain from Independent

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. % of total valid votes
4. 2004 Voter turnout was 66.96%