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{{Short description|Assembly constituency in Odisha}}
{{About| the assembly constituency|its eponymous town|Bhadrak}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2015}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Bhadrak
| state = [[Odisha]]
| constituency_no = 44
| type = SLA
| map_image =
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| division = Central Division
| district = [[Bhadrak district|Bhadrak]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Bhadrak (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhadrak]]
| established = 1951
| reservation = None
| incumbent_image =
| mla = [[Sitansu Sekhar Mohapatra]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
| electors = 2,74,332{{efn|as on 2024}}{{efn|as data published by election commission}}
}}

'''Bhadrak''' (Sl. No.: 44) is a [[Odisha Legislative Assembly|Vidhan Sabha]] [[List of constituencies of Odisha Vidhan Sabha|constituency]] of [[Bhadrak district]], [[Odisha]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=44|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113145056/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=44|url-status=usurped|archive-date=13 January 2017|title= Orissa Assembly Election 2009 |work=empoweringindia.org |quote= Constituency: Bhadrak (44) District : Bhadrak|accessdate= 25 February 2014}}</ref>

The constituency includes [[Bhadrak]] and Bhadrak block.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Orissa/orissa.pdf Assembly Constituencies and their Extent]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/delim/paper1to7/Orissa.xls 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/partycomp19.htm |title= 19 - Bhadrak Assembly Constituency |work=eci.nic.in |year=2006 |quote=List Of Winning Candidates |accessdate=25 February 2014}}</ref>
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|barwidth=275px
|bars=
{{bar percent|2024|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|42.29}}
{{bar percent|2019|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|52.07}}
{{bar percent|2014|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|49.86}}
{{bar percent|2009|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|53.99}}
{{bar percent|2004|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|50.57}}
{{bar percent|2002 (bypoll)|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|50.3}}
{{bar percent|2000|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|49.42}}
{{bar percent|1995|{{party color|Janata Dal}}|44.35}}
{{bar percent|1990|{{party color|Janata Dal}}|56.62}}
{{bar percent|1985|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|48.34}}
{{bar percent|1980|{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}|53.85}}
{{bar percent|1977|{{party color|Janata Party}}|56.36}}
}}

Since its formation in 1951, 19 elections were held till date including two bypolls in 1971 & 2001.

List of members elected from Bhadrak constituency are:<ref>{{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=2014-02-20 |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 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Basudevpur Assembly Constituency, Orissa|url=http://www.elections.in/orissa/assembly-constituencies/bhadrak.html|publisher=Compare Infobase Limited|accessdate=25 February 2014}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Election
!Member
!colspan=2|Party
|-
| [[1951 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
| Mahamad Hanif
| {{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Nityananda Mohapatra]]
| {{full party name with color|rowspan=2|Independent}}
|-
| [[1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1961]]
|-
| [[1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| {{full party name with color|Orissa Jana Congress}}
|-
| [[1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
| [[Harekrushna Mahatab]]
| {{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 1971 (bypoll){{efn|Resignation of [[Harekrushna Mahatab]]}}
| Balaram Sahoo
| {{full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| [[1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1974]]
| Jugal Kishore Pattnaik
| {{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| Ratnakar Mohanty
| {{full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
| [[1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
| rowspan="2" | Jugal Kishore Pattnaik
| {{full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}}
|-
| [[1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
| {{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1990 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Prafulla Samal]]
| {{full party name with color|rowspan=2|Janata Dal}}
|-
| [[1995 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|-
| [[2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
| Biren Palei
| {{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 2002 (bypoll){{efn|Death of Biren Palei}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=IndiaVotes AC Bye Election: Bhadrak 2002 |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/ac/byeDetail/www.indiavotes.com/ac/byeDetail/286 |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
| [[Prafulla Samal]]
| {{full party name with color|Biju Janata Dal}}
|-
| [[2004 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2004]]
| Naren Pallai
| {{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009]]<ref name=":2" />
| rowspan="2" | Jugal Kishore Pattnaik
| {{full party name with color|rowspan=3|Biju Janata Dal}}
|-
| [[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<ref name=":1" />
|-
| [[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019]]<ref name="election2019" />
| [[Sanjib Kumar Mallick]]<ref name=election2019/>
|-
| [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Bhadrak Assembly Election Results 2024: Bhadrak Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/odisha/bhadrak-constituency-result-18044 |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
| [[Sitansu Sekhar Mohapatra]]
| {{full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}

==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.<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, [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate [[Sitansu Sekhar Mohapatra]] defeated [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Prafulla Samal]] by a margin of 16,068 votes.<ref name=":0" />

{{Election box begin |
|title= [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election]], Bhadrak}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Sitansu Sekhar Mohapatra]]
|votes = 82,282
|percentage = 42.29
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Prafulla Samal]]
|votes = 66,214
|percentage = 34.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Asit Patnaik
|votes = 43,557
|percentage = 22.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 779
|percentage = 0.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 16,068
|percentage = 8.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,94,582
|percentage = 70.93
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2019===
In 2019 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Sanjib Kumar Mallick]] defeated [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate Pradip Nayak by a margin of 33,389 votes.<ref name="election2019" />

{{Election box begin|
|title= [[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election]]: Bhadrak<ref name=election2019>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/11679-odisha-legislative-assembly-election-2019/ |title=State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |accessdate=7 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bhadrak Election Results 2019 LIVE: Bhadrak Assembly Election Results, Winner, Runner-Up & Vote Share – Oneindia |url=https://www.oneindia.com/bhadrak-assembly-elections-od-44/ |work=OneIndia |accessdate=12 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bhadrak Assembly Elections 2019, Bhadrak Election Latest News, Candidates List, Party Name, Results, Voting, Poll Date, Timing & Schedule |url=https://www.india.com/assembly-elections-2019/odissa/bhadrak-election-results/ |website=India.com |accessdate=12 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Sanjib Kumar Mallick]]
|votes = 93.668
|percentage = 52.07
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Pradip Nayak
|votes = 60,279
|percentage = 33.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Nalini Kanta Mohanty
|votes = 22,630
|percentage = 12.58
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 843
|percentage = 0.47
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 33,389
|percentage = 18.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,79,895
|percentage = 70.81
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 254061
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2014 ===
In 2014 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate Jugal Kishore Pattnaik defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate Naren Pallai by a margin of 23,587 votes.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014|url=http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/2604-constituency-wise-odisha-assembly-election-result.html|publisher=Leadtech.in|access-date=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}}</ref>

{{Election box begin |
|title= [[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Bhadrak<ref>{{cite web|title=Odisha - Bhadrak|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/AC/ConstituencywiseS1844.htm?ac=44|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=29 May 2014|archive-date=29 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529144707/http://eciresults.nic.in/AC/ConstituencywiseS1844.htm?ac=44|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Bhadrak (44)|url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=44|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529154051/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=44|url-status=usurped|archive-date=29 May 2014|publisher=EmpoweringIndia.org|accessdate=29 May 2014}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = Jugal Kishore Pattnaik
|votes = 80,582
|percentage = 49.86
|change = {{decrease}}4.13
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Naren Pallai
|votes = 56,995
|percentage = 35.27
|change = {{decrease}}3.36
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Pradip Nayak
|votes = 19,384
|percentage = 11.99
|change = {{increase}}6.43
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 832
|percentage = 0.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 23,587
|percentage = 14.59
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,61,616
|percentage = 71.49
|change = 6.37
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 2,26,077
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2009 ===
In 2009 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate Jugal Kishore Pattnaik defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate Naren Pallai by a margin of 21,428 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=21428 |access-date=24 February 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 }}</ref>

{{Election box begin |
|title= [[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Bhadrak<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 = Jugal Kishore Pattnaik
|votes = 75,294
|percentage = 53.99
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Naren Pallai
|votes = 53,866
|percentage = 38.63
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Tusar Kanti Jena
|votes = 7,755
|percentage = 5.56
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 21,428
|percentage = 15.37{{efn|%of total valid votes}}
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,39,448
|percentage = 65.12
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
|loser = Indian National Congress
}}
{{Election box end}}

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

Bhadrak Assembly constituency - Revision history

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