Sanakhemundi Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency. For the town, see Sanakhemundi.

Sanakhemundi is a constituency for the Legislative Assembly of Odisha (Vidhan Sabha) in Ganjam district, Odisha, India.^[1]

Sanakhemundi
Constituency No. 130 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Sanakhemundi Assembly constituency in Ganjam district
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Southern Division
District	Ganjam
Lok Sabha constituency	Aska
Established	2009
Total electors	2,31,373[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent [ Ramesh Chandra Jena (politician)
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes Sanakhemundi and Dharakote blocks.^[1]

The constituency was formed in 2008 Delimitation^[2] and went for polls in 2009 election.

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates
2024			44.65%
2019			50.74%
2014			47.10%
2009			50.35%

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

Elected members from the Sanakhemundi constituency are:^[3]

Year	Member	Party
2024[4]	Ramesh Chandra Jena		Indian National Congress
2019[5]
2014[6]	Nandini Devi		Biju Janata Dal
2009[6]	Ramesh Chandra Jena		Indian National Congress

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 20 May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.^[7] In 2024 election, Indian National Congress candidate Ramesh Chandra Jena defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Sulakhyana Geetanjali Debi by a margin of 10,622 votes.^[4]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Sanakhemundi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramesh Chandra Jena	65,867	44.65	6.09
	BJD	Sulakshana Gitanjali Devi	55,205	37.42	2.73
	BJP	Uttam Kumar Panigrahi	22,396	15.18	4.81
	NOTA	None of the above	2,724	1.85
Majority			10,662
Turnout			147,529
	INC hold

2019

In 2019 election, Indian National Congress candidate Ramesh Chandra Jena defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Nandini Devi by a margin of 23,727 votes.^[5]

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Sanakhemundi^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramesh Chandra Jena	75,021	50.74
	BJD	Nandini Devi	51,294	34.69
	BJP	Bijaya Kumar Swain	15,335	10.37
	NOTA	None of the above	2765	1.87
Majority			23,727	16.05
Turnout			147845	68.35
	INC gain from BJD

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Nandini Devi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ramesh Chandra Jena by a margin of 8,222 votes.^[6]

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Sanakhemundi^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Nandini Devi	61,773	47.1	−
	INC	Ramesh Chandra Jena	53,551	40.83	9.52
	BJP	Birkishore Dev	6,053	4.61	22.21
	NOTA	None of the above	2,275	1.73	−
Majority			8,222	6.27	−
Turnout			1,31,164	66.84	10.96
Registered electors			1,96,248
	BJD gain from INC

2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Ramesh Chandra Jena defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Kishore Chandra Singh Deo by a margin of 23,593 votes.^[6]

2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Sanakhemundi^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramesh Chandra Jena	50,487	50.35	−
	BJP	Kishore Chandra Singh Deo	26,894	26.82	−
	CPI	N. Narayan Reddy	15,023	14.98	−
Majority			23,593	23.53	−
Turnout			1,00,278	55.88	−
	INC win (new seat)

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission