Bhandaripokhari is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bhadrak district, Odisha.
Area of this constituency includes Bhandaripokhari block and Bonth block.Assembly Constituencies and their ExtentSeats of Odisha
Elected members
Since its formation in 1952, 15 elections were held till date including two bypolls in 1991 & 1998. In 1952, it was known as Banth constituency. It was disestablished in 1956 and revived as Bhandaripokhari in 1974.
List of members elected from Bhandaripokhari constituency are:
YearMemberParty 1952 Gokulananda Mohanty 1974 Bairagi Jena 1977 Kapil Charan Sethi 1980 Purusottam Sethi 1985 Panchanan Mandal 1990 Arjun Charan Sethi 1991 (bypoll) Prafulla Kumar Jena 1995 Arjun Charan Sethi 1998 (bypoll) Kumar Shree Chiranjibi 2000 Ratha Das 2004 Ananta Sethi 2009 Prafulla Samal 2014 2019 2024 Sanjib Kumar Mallick
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. In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sanjib Kumar Mallick defeated Indian National Congress candidate Niranjan Patnaik by a margin of 1,551 votes.
2019 In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Samal defeated Indian National Congress candidate Niranjan Patnaik by a margin of 8,859 votes.
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.
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.
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