Dhamnagar (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Dhamnagar
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District Bhadrak
Blocks Dhamnagar, Tihidi
Electorate 1,88,975
Current constituency
Created 1951
Party Biju Janata Dal
MLA Muktikanta Mandal
Const. No. 46
Reserved for Scheduled Castes
Lok Sabha Constituencies Bhadrak

Dhamnagar (Sl. No.: 46) 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]

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.[4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014
  
 47.98%
2009
  
 43.57%
2004
  
 48.55%
2000
  
 35.03%
1995
  
 42.69%
1990
  
 56.21%
1985
  
 50.00%
1980
  
 61.23%
1977
  
 54.21%

Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014. Elected members from the Dhamnagar constituency are: [6][7]

  • 2014: (46): Muktikanta Mandal(BJD)
  • 2009: (46): Rajendra Kumar Das (BJD)
  • 2004: (20): Manmohan Samal (BJP)
  • 2000: (20): Manas Ranjan Mallik (Independent)
  • 1995: (20): Jagannath Rout (Congress)
  • 1990: (20): Hrudananda Mallik (Janata Dal)
  • 1985: (20): Jagannath Rout (Congress)
  • 1980: (20): Jagannath Rout (Congress-I)
  • 1977: (20): Hrudananda Mallick (Janata Party)
  • 1974: (20): Hrudananda Mallick (Utkal Congress)
  • 1971: (19): Hrudananda Mallick (Utkal Congress)
  • 1967: (19): Satyabhama Dei (Orissa Jana Congress)
  • 1961: (120): Muralidhar Jena (Congress)
  • 1957: (85): Muralidhar Jena (Congress)
  • 1951: (59): Nilamoni Routra (Congress)

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Muktikanta Mandal defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bishnu Charan Sethi by a margin of 9,192 votes.[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Dhamnagar[9][10]
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

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Dhamnagar [11]
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[lower-alpha 1] -
Turnout 1,24,930 66.11 -

Notes

  1. ↑ %of total valid votes

References

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  2. ↑ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  3. ↑ Seats of Odisha
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  6. ↑ http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
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  11. ↑ http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf
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