Bhandaripokhari Assembly constituency

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Bhandaripokhari
Constituency No. 43 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Bhadrak district
LS constituency	Bhadrak
Established	1974
Total electors	185,755
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sanjib Kumar Mallick
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

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

Area of this constituency includes Bhandaripokhari block and Bonth block.

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates

2024			39.07%
2019			40.49%
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%

Since its formation in 1974, 14 elections were held till date including two bypolls in 1991 & 1998.

List of members elected from Bhandaripokhari constituency are:

Year	Member
2024	Sanjib Kumar Mallick	BJD
2019	Prafulla Samal	BJD
2014	Prafulla Samal	BJD
2009	Prafulla Samal	BJD
2004	Ananta Sethi	INC
2000	Ratha Das	BJD
1998 (bypoll)	Kumar Shree Chiranjibi	INC
1995	Arjun Charan Sethi	JD
1991 (bypoll)	Prafulla Kumar Jena	JD
1990	Arjun Charan Sethi	JD
1985	Panchanan Mandal	INC
1980	Purusottam Sethi	INC
1977	Kapil Charan Sethi	JP
1974	Bairagi Jena	Utkal Congress

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1 June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhandaripokhari
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sanjib Kumar Mallick	72,447	39.07	6.20
	INC	Niranjan Patnaik	70,896	38.23	14.95
	BJP	Sudhanshu Shekhar Nayak	38,952	21.01	2.42
	NOTA	None of the above	357	0.19	0.19
Majority			1,551
Turnout			185,437
	BJD hold		Swing

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Samal defeated Indian National Congress candidate Niranjan Patnaik by a margin of 34,097 votes.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhandaripokhari
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJD	Prafulla Samal	70,173	45.27
	INC	Niranjan Patnaik	36076	23.28
	BJP	Badri Narayan Dhal	28809	18.59
	Independent	Sujata Jena	6682	4.31
	Independent	Sudhakar Nanda	5365	3.46
	NOTA	None of the above	585	0.38
Majority			34,097	21.99
Turnout			1,54,995	76.64
	BJD hold

2014

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

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Bhandaripokhari
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
	AITC	Shibanarayan Bishwal	499	0.32
	AOP	Swadhin Sahoo	364	0.23
	Independent	Ashok Kumar Rout	283	0.18
	NOTA	None of the above	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

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Samal defeated Indian National Congress candidate Badri Narayan Dhal by a margin of 20,410 votes.

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhandaripokhari
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	−
Turnout			1,35,799	73.11	−
	BJD gain from INC

Notes

Resignation of Arjun Charan Sethi on his election to Lok Sabha
Resignation of Arjun Charan Sethi on his election to Lok Sabha
%of total valid votes

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