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{{Short description|Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India}}
{{About| the assembly constituency|its eponymous town|Anandapur}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Anandapur
| state = [[Odisha]]
| constituency_no = 22
| type = SLA
| map_image =
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| division = Northen Division
| district = [[Kendujhar district|Kendujhar]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Keonjhar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Keonjhar]]
| established = 1951
| reservation = SC
| incumbent_image =
| mla = [[Abhimanyu Sethi]]
| party = [[Biju Janata Dal]]
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
| electors = 2,35,679{{efn|as on 2024}}{{efn|as data published by election commission}}
}}

'''Anandapur''' is a [[Odisha Legislative Assembly|Vidhan Sabha]] [[List of constituencies of Odisha Vidhan Sabha|constituency]] of [[Kendujhar district]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=22 |title=Orissa Assembly Election 2009 |work=empoweringindia.org |quote=Constituency: Anandapur (22) District : Keonjhar |accessdate=27 January 2014 |archive-date=20 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220091526/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=22 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

Area of this constituency includes [[Anandapur]], Hatadihi block and 14 [[Gram Panchayat|GP]]s (Bailo, Baunsagarh, Belabahali, Gayalmunda, Haridapal, Jalasuan, Kantipal, Kathakata, Kodapada, Manoharpur, Panasadiha, Panchupalli, Salabani and Taratara) of Anandapur block.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Orissa/orissa.pdf|title=Assembly Constituencies and their Extent}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/delim/paper1to7/Orissa.xls|title=Seats of Odisha}}</ref>

==Elected members==

{{bar box
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|title= Vote share of winning candidates<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S18/partycomp147.htm|title= 147 - Anandapur Assembly Constituency|work=eci.nic.in | year = 2006 |quote=List Of Winning Candidates |accessdate= 27 March 2014}}</ref>
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{{bar percent|2024|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|39.67}}
{{bar percent|2019|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|53.00}}
{{bar percent|2014|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|51.46}}
{{bar percent|2009|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|38.99}}
{{bar percent|2004|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|54.15}}
{{bar percent|2000|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|51.55}}
{{bar percent|1995|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|51.66}}
{{bar percent|1990|{{party color|Janata Dal}}|59.18}}
{{bar percent|1985|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|60.30}}
{{bar percent|1980|{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}|61.24}}
{{bar percent|1977|{{party color|Janata Party}}|58.34}}
}}

Since its formation in 1951, 19 elections were held including in 3 bypolls in 1958 (for both seats) & 1959. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952 & 1957.

List of members elected from Anandapur constituency are:<ref name="prevMLAs">{{cite web|url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf |title=Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004) |access-date=6 October 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217121136/http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf |archive-date=17 December 2013 }}</ref>
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Member
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Anandapur Assembly Election Results 2024: Anandapur Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/odisha/anandapur-constituency-result-18022 |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Abhimanyu Sethi]]
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=4|Biju Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019]]<ref name="Odisha Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners">{{cite news |last1=Zee News |date=24 May 2019 |title=Odisha Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://zeenews.india.com/assembly-elections/odisha-assembly-election-results-2019-full-list-of-winners-2205899.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108183944/https://zeenews.india.com/assembly-elections/odisha-assembly-election-results-2019-full-list-of-winners-2205899.html |archivedate=8 November 2022 |accessdate=8 November 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="election2019">{{cite web |title=State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/11679-odisha-legislative-assembly-election-2019/ |accessdate=7 October 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
|[[Bhagirathi Sethy]]
|-
|[[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=IndiaVotes AC: Anandapur 2014 |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha-details/2014/orissa/anandapur/6/35103/www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha-details/2014/orissa/anandapur/6/35103/237 |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|Mayadhar Jena
|-
|[[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009]]<ref name=":2" />
|Bhagirathi Sethy
|-
|[[2004 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2004]]
|[[Jayadev Jena]]
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
|Mayadhar Jena
|{{full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
||[[1995 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|[[Jayadev Jena]]
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||[[1990 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|Dasarathi Jena
|{{full party name with color|Janata Dal}}
|-
||[[1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Jayadev Jena]]
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||[[1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}}
|-
||[[1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|Makara Sethi
|{{full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
||[[1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1974]]
|Bhubanananda Jena
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||[[1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|Makara Sethi
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
||[[1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|Bhubanananda Jena
|{{full party name with color|Orissa Jana Congress}}
|-
||[[1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1961]]
|Makara Sethi
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|1959 (bypoll){{efn|Resignation of Narasingha Narayan Bhanja Deo}}
|Upendra Jena
|{{full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
|-
| rowspan="2"|1958 (bypoll){{efn|Resignation of Sitting MLAs}}
|Narasingha Narayan Bhanja Deo{{efn|Resignation of Upendra Jena}}
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=2|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|Makara Sethi{{efn|Resignation of Bira Kishore Jena}}
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1957]]{{efn|It was a 2 member constituency}}
|Upendra Jena
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=2|Ganatantra Parishad}}
|-
|Bira Kishore Jena
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[1951 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1951]]{{efn|It was a 2 member constituency}}
|Janardan Bhanja Deo
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=2|Independent}}
|-
|Bhaiga Sethi
|}

== Election results ==

=== 2024 ===
Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024 |url=https://elections24.eci.gov.in/election-details-odisa.html |website=[[Election Commission of India|ECI]]}}</ref> In 2024 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Abhimanyu Sethi]] defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate [[Jayadev Jena]] by a margin of 10,966 votes.<ref name=":0" />

{{Election box begin|
|title= [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election]], Anandapur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = Abhimanyu Sethi
|votes = 71,651
|percentage = 39.67
|change = {{decrease}}13.33
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Jayadev Jena
|votes = 60,685
|percentage = 33.60
|change = {{increase}}6.60
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Alok Kumar Sethy
|votes = 42,591
|percentage = 23.58
|change = {{increase}}4.98
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Jhansirani Das
|votes = 1,707
|percentage = 0.95
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 1,605
|percentage = 0.89
|change = {{increase}}0.29
}}
{{Election box majority||votes = 10,966 |percentage = 6.1 |change = }}
{{Election box turnout||votes = 180,599 |percentage = 76.63 |change = }}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner = Biju Janata Dal}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2019 ===
In 2019 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate Bhagirathi Sethy defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate [[Jayadev Jena]] by a margin of 44,193 votes.<ref name="Odisha Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners" />

{{Election box begin
| title=[[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election]]: Anandapur<ref name="TP Ass Cand">{{cite web |title=List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC) |url=http://www.ceoorissa.nic.in/docs/Election/2019/Form7A/Phase3/List%20of%20Contesting%20Candidates%20%283rd%20Phase-AC%20Wise%29.pdf|website=ceoorissa.nic.in |publisher=Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha |accessdate=21 April 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = Bhagirathi Sethy
|votes = 89,850
|percentage = 53.00
|change = {{increase}}1.54
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Jayadev Jena]]
|votes = 45,657
|percentage = 27.00
|change = {{decrease}}10.60
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Alok Kumar Sethy
|votes = 31,554
|percentage = 18.60
|change = {{increase}}10.70
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 1029
|percentage = 0.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 44,193
|percentage = 26.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 170429
|percentage = 75.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2014 ===
In 2014 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate Mayadhar Jena defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate [[Jayadev Jena]] by a margin of 22,224 votes.<ref name=":1" />

{{Election box begin |
| title=[[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election]]: Anandapur<ref>{{cite web|title=Odisha - Anandapur|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/AC/ConstituencywiseS1822.htm?ac=22|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=29 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/2604-constituency-wise-odisha-assembly-election-result.html |title=Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014. |work=leadtech.in |accessdate=29 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818230907/http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/2604-constituency-wise-odisha-assembly-election-result.html |archive-date=18 August 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = Mayadhar Jena
|votes = 82,520
|percentage = 51.46
|change = {{increase}}12.47
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Jayadev Jena]]
|votes = 60,296
|percentage = 37.6
|change = {{increase}}1.98
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Alok Kumar Sethy
|votes = 12,664
|percentage = 7.9
|change = {{increase}}0.16
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 1,918
|percentage = 1.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 22,224
|percentage = 13.86
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,60,346
|percentage = 80.85
|change = 7.91
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,98,329
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2009 ===
In 2009 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate Bhagirathi Sethy defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate [[Jayadev Jena]] by a margin of 23,805 votes.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |url=http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/431-odisha-election-result-2009-votemargin.html |title=Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin |work=leadtech.in |quote=23805 |accessdate=31 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527163949/http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/431-odisha-election-result-2009-votemargin.html |archive-date=27 May 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election]]: Anandapur <ref name=election2009>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3630-orissa-2009/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 6 October 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = Bhagirathi Sethy
|votes = 54,266
|percentage = 38.99
|change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Jayadev Jena]]
|votes = 48,960
|percentage = 35.62
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Arati Singh
|votes = 10,644
|percentage = 7.74
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 23,805
|percentage = ''17.32''{{efn|%of total valid votes}}
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,37,462
|percentage = 72.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
|loser = Indian National Congress
}}
{{Election box end}}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Kendujhar district}}
{{Assembly constituencies of Odisha}}
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[[Category:Kendujhar district]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Odisha]]
[[Category:Politics of Odisha]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Orissa]]

Anandapur Assembly constituency - Revision history

AnkuMalik at 03:15, 14 April 2026