Kamakhyanagar Assembly constituency

Kamakhyanagar
Kamakhyanagar
Constituency No. 57 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Dhenkanal
LS constituency	Dhenkanal
Established	1961
Total electors	183,377
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Prafulla Kumar Mallik
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2019

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[edit]

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]

2014: (57): Prafulla Kumar Mallik (BJD)
2009: (57): Prafulla Kumar Mallik (BJD)
2004: (120): Prafulla Kumar Mallik (BJD)
2000: (120): Brahmananda Biswal (BJD)
1995: (120): Kailash Chandra Mohapatra (Congress)
1990: (120): Prasanna Pattnaik (Janata Dal)
1985: (120): Prasanna Pattnaik (Bharatiya Janata Party)
1980: (120): Kailash Chandra Mohapatra (Congress-I)
1977: (120): Prasanna Kumar Pattnayak (Janata Party)
1974: (120): Brahmananda Biswal (Congress)
1971: (134): Brahmananda Biswal (Orissa Jana Congress)
1967: (134): Brundaban Tripathy (Swatantra)
1961: (75): Brundaban Tripathy (Ganatantra Parishad)

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

Election results[edit]

2019[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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^[a]	-
Turnout			1,19,203	65.00	-
	BJD hold		Swing

Notes[edit]

^ %of total valid votes

References[edit]

^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 3 March 2014. Constituency: Kamakshyanagar (57) District : Dhenkanal
^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
^ Seats of Odisha
^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2014. 20594
^ "120 - Kamakhyanagar Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 3 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
^ "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)
^ "Kamakhyanagar Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
^ "Odisha - Kamakshyanagar". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Kamakshyanagar (57)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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[14] %of total valid votes

[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.

[election2019-8] "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

[TP_Ass_Cand-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.

[election2009-13] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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