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Dhamnagar Assembly constituency

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This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Dhamnagar.

Dhamnagar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bhadrak district, Odisha.[1]

Dhamnagar (SC)
Constituency No. 46 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictBhadrak
LS constituencyBhadrak
Established1951
Total electors188,975
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2024
Preceded byBishnu Sethi

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

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Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2022 (bypoll)
 
 49.09%
2019
 
 48.47%
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%

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

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2024

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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]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Dhamnagar[11]
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

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In 2022 bye-election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Suryabanshi Suraj defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Abanti Das by a margin of 9,881 votes.

Odisha Assembly by election, 2022: Dhamnagar[12]
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

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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]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Dhamnagar[14][15]
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

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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]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Dhamnagar[17][18]
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

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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]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Dhamnagar[20]
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
  1. ^ Death of Bishnu Sethi
  2. ^ Death of Hrudananda Mallick
  3. ^ %of total valid votes

References

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  3. ^ Seats of Odisha
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  7. ^ Hindustan Times (6 November 2022). "In Odisha bypoll, BJP's Suryabanshi Suraj defeats BJD to retain Dhamnagar seat". Archived from the original on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  8. ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  9. ^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
  10. ^ The Indian Express (5 June 2024). "Full list of Odisha Assembly elections 2024 winners". Archived from the original on 15 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
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