Dhamnagar Assembly constituency
| Dhamnagar (SC) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 46 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Bhadrak |
| LS constituency | Bhadrak |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 188,975 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2024 |
| Preceded by | Bishnu Sethi |
Dhamnagar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bhadrak district, Odisha.[1]
This constituency includes Dhamnagar block and 12 GPs (Paliabindha, Achak, Dolasahi, Guamal, Talapada, Kubera, Biliana, Baro, Bodak, Kanpada, Shyamsundarpur and Talagopabindha) of Tihidi block.[2][3]
Elected Members
[edit]Since its formation in 1951, 19 elections were held till date including two bypolls in 1990 & 2022.
List of members elected from Dhamnagar constituency are:[5][6]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Suryabanshi Suraj | ||
| 2022 (bypoll)[a] | Suryabanshi Suraj[7] | BJP | |
| 2019 | Bishnu Charan Sethi[8] | BJP | |
| 2014 | Muktikanta Mandal | BJD | |
| 2009 | Rajendra Kumar Das | BJD | |
| 2004 | Manmohan Samal | BJP | |
| 2000 | Manas Ranjan Mallik | Independent | |
| 1995 | Jagannath Rout | INC | |
| 1990 (bypoll)[b] | Manas Ranjan Mallik | JD | |
| 1990 | Hrudananda Mallick | JD | |
| 1985 | Jagannath Rout | INC | |
| 1980 | Jagannath Rout | INC | |
| 1977 | Hrudananda Mallick | JP | |
| 1974 | Hrudananda Mallick | Utkal Congress | |
| 1971 | Hrudananda Mallick | Utkal Congress | |
| 1967 | Satyabhama Dei | Jana Congress | |
| 1961 | Muralidhar Jena | INC | |
| 1957 | Muralidhar Jena | INC | |
| 1951 | Nilamani Routray | INC | |
Election Results
[edit]2024
[edit]Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[9][10]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Suryabanshi Suraj | 90555 | |||
| BJD | Sanjay Kumar Das | 82460 | |||
| INC | Ranjan Kumar Behera | 5732 | |||
| NOTA | None of the above | 361 | |||
| Majority | 8095 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| BJP gain from | |||||
2022 Bypoll
[edit]In 2022 bye-election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Suryabanshi Suraj defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Abanti Das by a margin of 9,881 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Suryabanshi Suraj | 80,351 | 49.09 | ||
| BJD | Abanti Das | 70470 | 43.05 | ||
| Independent | Rajendra Kumar Das | 8153 | 4.98 | ||
| INC | Harekrushna sethi | 3533 | 2.18 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 649 | 0.4 | ||
| Majority | 9,881 | 6.04 | |||
| Turnout | 1,63,682 | 66.63 | |||
| BJP hold | |||||
2019
[edit]In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bishnu Charan Sethi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Kumar Das by a margin of 4,625 votes.[13]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Bishnu Charan Sethi | 80,111 | 47.47 | ||
| BJD | Rajendra Kumar Das | 75,486 | 45.67 | ||
| INC | Bidyadhar Jena | 7,303 | 4.42 | ||
| BSP | Budhiram Samal | 769 | 0.47 | ||
| NOTA | None | 613 | 0.37 | ||
| Majority | 4,625 | 2.80 | |||
| Turnout | 1,65,272 | 71.93 | |||
| BJP gain from BJD | |||||
2014
[edit]In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Muktikanta Mandal defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bishnu Charan Sethi by a margin of 9,192 votes.[16]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Muktikanta Mandal | 71,538 | 47.98 | 9.2 | |
| BJP | Bishnu Charan Sethi | 62,346 | 41.82 | 7.0 | |
| INC | Hrudananda Sethi | 12046 | 8.08 | −15.82 | |
| AOP | Premananda Mallick | 844 | 0.57 | ||
| AAP | Aruna Chandra Sethi | 671 | 0.45 | ||
| BSP | Ajay Malik | 638 | 0.43 | −0.31 | |
| OJM | Ganesh Prasad Das | 268 | 0.18 | ||
| NOTA | None | 739 | 0.5 | − | |
| Majority | 9,192 | 6.16 | 2.2 | ||
| Turnout | 1,49,090 | 74.22 | 8.11 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,00,867 | ||||
| BJD hold | |||||
2009
[edit]In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Kumar Das defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bishnu Charan Sethi by a margin of 4,944 votes.[19]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Rajendra Kumar Das | 48,424 | 38.78 | − | |
| BJP | Bishnu Charan Sethi | 43,480 | 34.82 | − | |
| INC | Netrananda Mallick | 29,844 | 23.90 | − | |
| Independent | Indumati Malik | 941 | 0.75 | − | |
| BSP | Bidyadhar Mallick | 929 | 0.74 | − | |
| SAMO | Kalandi Malik | 843 | 0.68 | − | |
| Odisha Mukti Morcha | Dipak Gochhayat | 412 | 0.33 | − | |
| Majority | 4,944 | 3.96[c] | − | ||
| Turnout | 1,24,930 | 66.11 | − | ||
| BJD gain from BJP | |||||
References
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List Of Winning Candidates
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