Bhadrak (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Bhadrak
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Bhadrak
Blocks	Bhadrak
Electorate	2,26,077
Major settlements	Bhadrak
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	Biju Janata Dal
MLA	Jugal Kishore Pattnaik
Const. No.	44
Reserved for	None
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Bhadrak

Bhadrak (Sl. No.: 44) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bhadrak district, Odisha.^[1]

Area of this constituency include Bhadrak and Bhadrak block. ^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [4]
2014			49.86%
2009			53.99%
2004			50.57%
2000			49.42%
1995			44.35%
1990			56.62%
1985			48.34%
1980			53.85%
1977			56.36%

Sixteen elections held during 1961 to 2014 including a bye election in 1971. Elected members from the Bhadrak constituency are: ^[5][6]

• 2014: (44): Jugal Kishore Pattnaik (BJD)
• 2009: (44): Jugal Kishore Pattnaik (BJD)
• 2004: (18): Naren Pallai (Congress)
• 2000: (18): Biren Palai (Congress)
• 1995: (18): Prafulla Samal (Janata Dal)
• 1990: (18): Prafulla Samal (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (18): Jugal Kishore Pattanayak (Congress)
• 1980: (18): Jugal Kishore Pattanayak (Congress-I)
• 1977: (18): Ratnakar Mohanty (Janata Party)
• 1974: (18): Jugal Kishore Pattanayak (Congress)
• 1971: (Bye poll): B Sahu (Utkal Congress)
• 1971: (18): Harekrushna Mahatab (Orissa Jana Congress)
• 1967: (18): Nityananda Mohapatra (Orissa Jana Congress)
• 1961: (123): Nityananda Mohapatra (Independent)
• 1957: (87): Nityananda Mohapatra (Independent)
• 1951: (57): Mahamad Hanif (Congress)

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Jugal Kishore Pattnaik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Naren Pallai by a margin of 23,587 votes.^[7]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhadrak[8][9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Jugal Kishore Pattnaik	80,582	49.86	-4.13
	INC	Naren Pallai	56,995	35.27	-3.36
	BJP	Pradip Nayak	19,384	11.99	6.43
	AAP	Akhtar Alli Khan	945	0.58
	BSP	Ramahari Das	825	0.51
	SKD	Kallola Kanta Swain	692	0.43
	Rashtriya Independent Morcha	Sanjaya Kumar Nayak	312	0.19
	Independent	Basanta Mahalik	278	0.17
	Kalinga Sena	Mustak Ahamad Azad	276	0.17
	SP	Haji Sk Abdul Istar	258	0.16
	OJM	Sekh Mahammad Alli Jinna	237	0.15
	NOTA	None	832	0.51	-
Majority			23,587	14.59
Turnout			1,61,616	71.49	6.37
Registered electors			2,26,077
	BJD hold

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Jugal Kishore Pattnaik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Naren Pallai by a margin of 21,428 votes.^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhadrak [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Jugal Kishore Pattnaik	75,294	53.99	-
	INC	Naren Pallai	53,866	38.63	-
	BJP	Tusar Kanti Jena	7,755	5.56	-
	BSP	Saraswati Malik	562	0.40	-
	Independent	Sanjaya Kumar Nayak	545	0.39	-
	Independent	Gagan Jena	464	0.33	-
	Independent	Abhimanyu Das	274	0.20	-
	Odisha Mukti Morcha	Prakash Chandra Sahoo	250	0.18	-
	SAMO	Rajendra Prasad Jena	245	0.18	-
	Independent	Ajaya Kumar Malik	193	0.14	-
Majority			21,428	15.37[lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,39,448	65.12	-
	BJD gain from INC

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
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5. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
6. "Basudevpur Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
7. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
8. "Odisha - Bhadrak". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
9. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Bhadrak (44)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
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11. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf