Bhanjanagar (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Bhanjanagar
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Ganjam
Blocks	Bhanjanagar, Jagannathprasad
Electorate	1,97,443
Major settlements	Bhanjanagar
Current constituency
Created	1957
Party	Biju Janata Dal
MLA	Bikram Keshari Arukha
Const. No.	123
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Kandhamal

Bhanjanagar (Sl. No.: 123) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district.^[1] Area of this constituencies include Bhanjanagar, Bhanjanagar block and Jagannathaprasad block. ^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [4]
2014			56.21%
2009			76.50%
2004			52.71%
2000			54.69%
1995			48.15%
1990			63.86%
1985			57.43%
1980			46.48%
1977			58.12%

14 elections held during 1957 to 2014. List of members elected from this constituency are: ^[5]

• 2014: (123): Bikrama Keshari Arukha (BJD)
• 2009: (123): Bikrama Keshari Arukha (BJD)
• 2004: (66): Bikrama Keshari Arukha (BJD)
• 2000: (66): Bikrama Keshari Arukha (BJD)
• 1995: (66): Bikrama Keshari Arukha (JD)
• 1990: (66): Ramakrushna Gauda (JD)
• 1985: (66): Umakanta Mishra (Congress)
• 1980: (66): Somanath Rath (Congress-I)
• 1977: (66): Jami Subarao Prusty (Janata)
• 1974: (66): Somanath Rath (Congress)
• 1971: (62): Somanath Rath (Jana Congress)
• 1967: (62): Dinabandhu Behera (Congress)
• 1961: (25): Maguni Charana Pradhan (Congress)
• 1957: (20): Suma Nayak (Communist) and Gobinda Pradhan (Communist)

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bikram Keshari Arukha defeated Indian National Congress candidate Binayak Tripathy by a margin of 31,730 votes. ^[6]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhanjanagar[7][8]
	BJD	Bikram Keshari Arukha	82,467	56.21	-20.29
	INC	Binayak Tripathy	50,766	34.6	20.11
	BJP	Pradeep Kumar Sahu	7,834	5.34	0.08
	Independent	Madhusudan Padhi	1,539	1.05
	BSP	Purna Chandra Naik	1,298	0.88
	NOTA	None	2,807	1.91	-
Majority			31,701	21.6	-40.41
Turnout			1,46,711	69.87	9.94
Registered electors			2,09,979
	BJD hold
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

2009 Election Result

In last 2009 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Bikrama Keshari Arukh, defeated Indian National Congress candidate Debi Prasad Bisoyi by 73,367 votes.^[9]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhanjanagar [10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bikrama Keshari Arukha	90,515	76.50	-
	INC	Debi Prasad Bisoyi	17,148	14.49	-
	BJP	Shibananda Tripathy	6,228	5.26	-
	Independent	Sunil Kumar Panda	1,556	1.32	-
	SAMO	Sanjaya Kumar Tripathy	1,240	1.05	-
	RSP	Gopal Bisoyi	843	0.71	-
	Independent	Panchanan Das	786	1.67	-
Majority			73,367	62.01*	-
Turnout			1,18,328	59.93	-

*: %of total valid votes

References

1. "Bhanjanagar Assembly Election 2009, Orissa". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 25 May 2013. Constituency: Bhanjanagar (123) District : Ganjam
2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
3. Seats of Odisha
4. "66 - Bhanjanagar Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
5. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
6. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
7. "Odisha - Bhanjanagar". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
8. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Bhanjanagar (123)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
9. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 19 December 2013. 8971
10. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf