Bhandaripokhari Assembly constituency

Bhandaripokhari is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bhadrak district, Odisha.[1]

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

Bhandaripokhari
Constituency No. 43 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictBhadrak district
LS constituencyBhadrak
Established1974
Total electors185,755
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Prafulla Samal
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2019

Area of this constituency includes Bhandaripokhari block and Bonth block.[2][3]

Elected Members
Vote share of Winning candidates [4]
2014
 
 45.27%
2009
 
 44.37%
2004
 
 49.33%
2000
 
 58.16%
1995
 
 44.2%
1990
 
 72.25%
1985
 
 42.41%
1980
 
 54.22%
1977
 
 56.08%

11 elections held during 1974 to 2014 including a by election in 1991. Elected members from the Bhandaripokhari constituency are:[5][6][7]

  • 2009: (43): Prafulla Samal (BJD)
  • 2004: (18): Ananta Sethi (Congress)
  • 2000: (18): Ratha Das (BJD)
  • 1998: (By poll): Kumarashri Chiranjib (Congress)
  • 1995: (18): Arjun Charan Sethi (Janata Dal)
  • 1991: (By poll): P. K. Jena (Janata Dal)
  • 1990: (18): Arjun Charan Sethi (Janata Dal)
  • 1985: (18): Panchanan Mandal (Congress)
  • 1980: (18): Purusottam Sethi (Congress-I)
  • 1977: (18): Kapila Charan Sethi (Janata Party)
  • 1974: (18): Bairagi Jena (Utkal Congress)
Year Member Party
2014 Prafulla Samal[8] Biju Janata Dal

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Samal defeated Indian National Congress candidate Subrat Kumar Das by a margin of 34,097 votes.[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhandaripokhari[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Prafulla Samal 70,173 45.27 0.9
INC Subrat Kumar Das 36,076 23.28 -6.06
BJP Badri Narayan Dhal 28,809 18.59 3.01
Independent Sujata Jena 6,682 4.31
Independent Sudhakar Nanda 5,365 3.46
CPI Suvendra Pratap Mohanty 3,694 2.38
AAP Bikash Ranjan Jena 1,094 0.71
Independent Jayanti Parida 820 0.53
BSP Rajiblochan Jena 551 0.36 -0.4
TMC Shibanarayan Bishwal 499 0.32
AOP Swadhin Sahoo 364 0.23
Independent Ashok Kumar Rout 283 0.18
NOTA None 585 0.38 -
Majority 34,097 21.99 6.96
Turnout 1,54,995 77.26 4.15
Registered electors 2,00,606
BJD hold

Summary of results of the 2009 Election
2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhandaripokhari[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Prafulla Samal 60,250 44.37 -
INC Badri Narayan Dhal 39,840 29.34 -
BJP Manmohan Samal 21,160 15.58 -
Independent Udaya Narayan Nanda 12,117 8.92 -
SAMO Nirmal Biswal 1,393 1.03 -
BSP Prasant Kumar Swain 1,037 0.76 -
Majority 20,410 15.03[lower-alpha 1] -
Turnout 1,35,799 73.11 -

Notes
  1. %of total valid votes

References
  1. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 25 February 2014. Constituency: Bhadrak (44) District : Bhadrak
  2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  3. Seats of Odisha
  4. "18 - Bhndaripokhari Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 25 February 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Bhandaripokhari Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  7. "Details of Assembly By- Elections since 1952 (Year-Wise)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  8. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2014 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  9. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  10. "Odisha - Bhandaripokhari". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  11. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Bhandaripokhari (43)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  12. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
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