Patkura Assembly constituency

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

Patkura is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendrapara district, Odisha.

Patkura
Constituency No. 96 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Central Division
District	Kendrapara
Lok Sabha constituency	Kendrapara
Established	1951
Total electors	2,52,438[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Arvind Mohapatra
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes Derabish block, Garadapur and 7 Gram panchayats (Jalapoka, Karilopatna, Aitipur, Jamapada, Mehendinagar, Bachharai and Bandhakata) of Marshaghai block.^[1][2]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[3]
2024			49.64%
2019			53.91%
2014			56.42%
2009			49.12%
2004			49.57%
2000			55.47%
1995			50.83%
1990			72.41%
1985			48.74%
1980 (bypoll)			44.59%
1980			52.86%
1977			65.50%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1980.^[4]

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

Year	Member	Party
2024[7]	Arvind Mohapatra		Biju Janata Dal
2019[8]	Sabitri Agrawalla
2014[9]	Bed Prakash Agarwal
2009[10]
2004	Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak
2000	Trilochan Behera		Trinamool Congress
1995	Bijoy Mohapatra		Janata Dal
1990
1985			Janata Party
1980 (bypoll)[c][11]			Janata Party (Secular)
1980	Biju Patnaik
1977	Prahlad Mallik		Janata Party
1974	Rajakishore Nayak		Utkal Congress
1971
1967	Chakradhar Satpathy		Praja Socialist Party
1961	Lokanath Misra		Indian National Congress
1957
1951

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1 June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.^[12] In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Arvind Mohapatra defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Tejeswar Parida by a margin of 13,822 votes.^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Patkura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Arvind Mohapatra	90,905	49.64	3.87
	BJP	Tejeswar Parida	77,083	42.09	1.77
	INC	Ratikanta Kanungo	12,091	6.60	5.42
	NOTA	None of the above	564	0.31	0.10
Majority			13,822	7.55
Turnout			1,83,132	72.55
	BJD hold

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sabitri Agarwalla defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bijoy Mohapatra by a margin of 17,920 votes.^[8]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Patkura^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sabitri Agarwalla	96,030	53.91	−
	BJP	Bijoy Mohapatra	78,132	43.86	−
	INC	Jayanta Kumar Mohanty	2,106	1.18	−
	NOTA	None of the above	368	0.21	−
Majority			17,655	10.05	−
Turnout			1,78,130	72.78	−
Registered electors			2,44,747
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bed Prakash Agarwal defeated Indian National Congress candidate Jayanta Kumar Mohanty by a margin of 47,715 votes.^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Patkura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bed Prakash Agarwal	89,853	56.42	−
	INC	Jayanta Kumar Mohanty	42,138	26.46	−
	BJP	Manas Ranjan Mohanty	21,588	13.56	−
	NOTA	None of the above	908	0.57	−
Majority			47,715	29.96	−
Turnout			1,59,260	69.9	−
Registered electors			2,27,826
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bed Prakash Agarwal defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bijoy Mohapatra by a margin of 26,735 votes.^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Patkura^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bed Prakash Agarwal	71,725	49.12	−
	BJP	Bijoy Mohapatra	44,990	30.81	−
	INC	Narayan Prasad Swain	26,131	17.89	−
Majority			26,735	18.31[d]	−
Turnout			1,46,064	68.57	−
Registered electors			2,13,025
	BJD hold

Notes

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