Bhanjanagar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district. Following 2008 delimitation, Jaganathprasad Assembly constituency was subsumed into this constituency.
Area of this constituency includes 22 Gram panchayat (From 141 villages) and 2 blocks namely (Bhanjanagar block) Bhanjanagar, (Jagannathaprasad block) Jagannath Prasad, Ganjam.Assembly Constituencies and their ExtentSeats of Odisha
Elected members
Since its formation in 1957, 16 elections were held till date. It was a 2-member constituency in 1957.
List of members elected from Bhanjanagar constituency are: YearMemberParty2024Pradyumna Kumar Nayak2019Bikram Keshari Arukha201420092004200019951990Ramakrushna Gouda1985Umakanta Mishra1980Somanath Rath1977J.Subharao Prusty1974Somanath Rath19711967Dinabandhu Behera1961Maguni Charan Pradhan1957Suma NaikGovind Pradhan
Election results
2024 Voting were held on 20 May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024. In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradyumna Kumar Nayak defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Bikram Keshari Arukha by a margin of 16,324 votes.
2019 In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bikram Keshari Arukha defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradyumna Kumar Nayak by a margin of 9,103 votes.
2014 In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bikram Keshari Arukha defeated Indian National Congress candidate Binayak Tripathy by a margin of 31,730 votes.
2009 In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bikram Keshari Arukha defeated Indian National Congress candidate Debi Prasad Bisoyi by 73,367 votes.
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