Digapahandi is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district, Odisha.
This constituency includes Digapahandi, Digapahandi block and 17 Gram panchayats (Rohigam, Baulajholi, Kukudakhandi, Masiakhali, Jagadalpur, Ankushpur, Dakshinapur, Ballipada, Lanjia, Dengapadar, Bontapalli, Anantayi, Lathi, Mohuda, Kankia, Sahala and Baghalati) of Kukudakhandi block.Assembly Constituencies and their ExtentSeats of Odisha
Constituency didn't exist in between 1967 & 2008. It was revived in 2008 Delimitation and went for polls in 2009 election.
Elected members
Since its formation in 1957, 6 elections were held till date. It was a 2 member constituency in 1957.
List of members elected from Digapahandi constituency are YearMemberParty2024Sidhant Mohapatra2019Surjya Narayan Patro201420091961Raghunath Mahapatra1957Mohan NaikAnanga Manjari Devi
Election results
2024 Voting were held on 13 May 2024 in 1st phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024. In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sidhant Mohapatra defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Biplab Patro by a margin of 16,847 votes.
2019 In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Surjya Narayan Patro defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pinky Pradhan by a margin of 40,452 votes.
2014 In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Surjya Narayan Patro defeated Indian National Congress candidate Saka Sujit Kumar by a margin of 45,897 votes.
2009 In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Surjya Narayan Patro defeated Indian National Congress candidate V. Rabi Narayan Raju by a margin of 32,763 votes.
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