Kamakhyanagar
Constituency No. 57 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictDhenkanal
LS constituencyDhenkanal
Established1961
Total electors183,377
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Prafulla Kumar Mallik
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2019

Kamakhyanagar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Dhenkanal district, Odisha.[1]

Area of this constituency includes Kamakhyanagar, Bhuban, 15 GPs (Badasuanlo, Jagannathpur, Bhairapur, Baruan(K), Baunspal, Kanapura, Baisinga, Baligorad, Mahulapal, Kadua, Rainarasinghpur, Sogar, Budhibilli, Bankual and Kotagara) of Kamakshyanagar block and 7 GPs (Barada, Gengutia, Sankulei, Tarva, Chaulia, Sogarpasi and Bansingh) of Dhenkanal block, and Bhuban block.[2][3]

In 1985 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Prasanna Pattnaik was elected from Kamakhyanagar to become the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Odisha.

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Kumar Mallik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Satrughan Jena by a margin of 20,594 votes.[4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014
 
 43.59%
2009
 
 45.11%
2004
 
 44.84%
2000
 
 51.71%
1995
 
 60.75%
1990
 
 51.79%
1985
 
 48.15%
1980
 
 58.54%
1977
 
 41.87%

13 elections held during 1961 to 2014. Elected members from the Kamakshyanagar constituency are:[6][7]

Year Member Party
2019 Prafulla Kumar Mallik[8] Biju Janata Dal

Election results

2019

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kamakshyanagar [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Prafulla Kumar Mallik
INC Bhabani Sankar Mohaptra
BJP Satrughna Jena
BSP Bijay Kumar Naik -
SKD Dharmabir Singh Thakur
Independent Bhismadeba Behera
Independent Rojalin Maharana
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
TBA gain from TBA Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Kumar Mallik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Bhabani Sankar Mohaptra by a margin of 16,881 votes.[10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kamakshyanagar, Kamakshyanagar[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Prafulla Kumar Mallik 64,163 43.59 -1.52
INC Bhabani Sankar Mohaptra 47,282 32.12 4.29
BJP Prasanna Pattnaik 25,927 17.61 8.18
CPI Shiba Ram Sahu 2,471 1.68
Independent Debasisha Hota 2,436 1.65
AOP Biprabara Sahoo 1,664 1.13
AAP Mayadhara Nayak 813 0.55
Samata Party Akrur Behera 477 0.32
NOTA None 1,965 1.33 -
Majority 16,881 11.47 -5.81
Turnout 1,47,198 76.74 11.74
Registered electors 1,91,817
BJD hold

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kamakshyanagar[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Prafulla Kumar Mallik 53,766 45.11 0.27
INC Satrughan Jena 33,172 27.83 -
SP Kailash Chandra Mishra 19,217 16.12 -
BJP Premananda Jena 11,241 9.43 -
BSP Santosh Kumar Sahoo 1,780 1.49 -
Majority 20,594 17.28[lower-alpha 1] -
Turnout 1,19,203 65.00 -
BJD hold Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ %of total valid votes

References

  1. ↑ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 3 March 2014. Constituency: Kamakshyanagar (57) District : Dhenkanal
  2. ↑ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  3. ↑ Seats of Odisha
  4. ↑ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2014. 20594
  5. ↑ "120 - Kamakhyanagar Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 3 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  6. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ↑ "Kamakhyanagar Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  9. ↑ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  10. ↑ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  11. ↑ "Odisha - Kamakshyanagar". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  12. ↑ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Kamakshyanagar (57)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  13. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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