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{{Short description|Assembly constituency in Odisha}}
{{About| the assembly constituency|its eponymous town|Bhandaripokhari}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2015}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Bhandaripokhari
| state = [[Odisha]]
| constituency_no = 43
| type = SLA
| map_image =
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| division = Central Division
| district = [[Bhadrak district|Bhadrak]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Bhadrak (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhadrak]]
| established = 1952
| reservation = None
| incumbent_image =
| mla = [[Sanjib Kumar Mallick]]
| party = [[Biju Janata Dal]]
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
| electors = 2,40,416{{efn|as on 2024}}{{efn|as data published by election commission}}
}}

'''Bhandaripokhari''' 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>

Area of this constituency includes Bhandaripokhari block and Bonth 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
|float=right
|title= Vote share of winning candidates<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S18/partycomp18.htm |title= 18 - Bhndaripokhari Assembly Constituency |work=eci.nic.in |year=2006 |quote=List Of Winning Candidates |accessdate=25 February 2014}}</ref>
|titlebar=#ddd
|width=300px
|barwidth=275px
|bars=
{{bar percent|2024|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|39.07}}
{{bar percent|2019|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|40.49}}
{{bar percent|2014|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|45.27}}
{{bar percent|2009|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|44.37}}
{{bar percent|2004|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|49.33}}
{{bar percent|2000|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|58.16}}
{{bar percent|1998 (bypoll)|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|53.51}}
{{bar percent|1995|{{party color|Janata Dal}}|44.2}}
{{bar percent|1991 (bypoll)|{{party color|Janata Dal}}|46.79}}
{{bar percent|1990|{{party color|Janata Dal}}|72.25}}
{{bar percent|1985|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|42.41}}
{{bar percent|1980|{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}|54.22}}
{{bar percent|1977|{{party color|Janata Party}}|56.08}}
}}

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:<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) |accessdate=2014-02-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217121136/http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf |archivedate=17 December 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bhandaripokhari Assembly Constituency, Orissa|url=http://www.elections.in/orissa/assembly-constituencies/bhandaripokhari.html|publisher=Compare Infobase Limited|accessdate=25 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="byElections1952-95">{{cite web |url=http://www.eci.gov.in/ByeElection/Bye-ele-results%2052-95.xls |title=Details of Assembly By- Elections since 1952 (Year-Wise) |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=22 December 2021}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Member
!colspan=2|Party
|-
! colspan="4"| {{center|''As Banth constituency''}}
|-
| [[1952 Orissa Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
| [[Gokulananda Mohanty]]
| {{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
! colspan="4"| {{center|''1957-1974 : Constituency did not exist''}}
|-
| [[1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1974]]
| Bairagi Jena
| {{full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| [[1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| Kapil Charan Sethi
| {{full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
| [[1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
| Purusottam Sethi
| {{full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}}
|-
| [[1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
| Panchanan Mandal
| {{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1990 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
| [[Arjun Charan Sethi]]
| {{full party name with color|rowspan=3|Janata Dal}}
|-
| 1991 (bypoll){{efn|Resignation of Arjun Charan Sethi on his election to Lok Sabha}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=IndiaVotes AC Bye Election: Bhandaripokhari 1991 |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/ac/byeDetail/www.indiavotes.com/ac/byeDetail/1422 |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
| Prafulla Kumar Jena
|-
| [[1995 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
| [[Arjun Charan Sethi]]
|-
| 1998 (bypoll){{efn|Resignation of Arjun Charan Sethi on his election to Lok Sabha}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=IndiaVotes AC Bye Election: Bhandaripokhari 1998 |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/ac/byeDetail/www.indiavotes.com/ac/byeDetail/420 |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
| Kumar Shree Chiranjibi
| {{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
| Ratha Das
| {{full party name with color|Biju Janata Dal}}
|-
| [[2004 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2004]]
| [[Ananta Sethi]]
| {{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009]]<ref name=":1" />
| rowspan="3" | [[Prafulla Samal]]
| {{full party name with color|rowspan=4|Biju Janata Dal}}
|-
| [[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<ref name=":2" /><ref name="election2014">{{cite web |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2014 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3631-orissa-2014/ |access-date=6 October 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Bhandaripokhari Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency |url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/bhandaripokhari-odisha-assembly-constituency |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=resultuniversity.com}}</ref>
|-
| [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Bhandaripokhari Assembly Election Results 2024: Bhandaripokhari Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/odisha/bhandaripokhari-constituency-result-18043 |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
| [[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.<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 [[Sanjib Kumar Mallick]] defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate [[Niranjan Patnaik]] by a margin of 1,551 votes.<ref name=":0" />

{{Election box begin |
|title= [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election]], Bhandaripokhari}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Sanjib Kumar Mallick]]
|votes = 72,447
|percentage = 39.07
|change = {{decrease}}6.20
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Niranjan Patnaik]]
|votes = 70,896
|percentage = 38.23
|change = {{increase}}14.95
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Sudhanshu Shekhar Nayak
|votes = 38,952
|percentage = 21.01
|change = {{increase}}2.42
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 357
|percentage = 0.19
|change = {{decrease}}0.19
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,551
|percentage = 0.84
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,85,437
|percentage = 77.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2019 ===
In 2019 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Prafulla Samal]] defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate [[Niranjan Patnaik]] by a margin of 8,859 votes.

{{Election box begin |
|title= [[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election]], Bhandaripokhari}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Prafulla Samal]]
|votes = 70,180
|percentage = 40.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Niranjan Patnaik]]
|votes = 61,321
|percentage = 35.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Badri Narayan Dhal
|votes = 39,141
|percentage = 22.58
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 585
|percentage = 0.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 8,859
|percentage = 5.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,54,995
|percentage = 76.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 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.<ref name=":2">{{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|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 begin|
|title= [[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election]]: Bhandaripokhari<ref>{{cite web|title=Odisha - Bhandaripokhari|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/AC/ConstituencywiseS1843.htm?ac=43|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=29 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Bhandaripokhari (43)|url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=43|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111090902/https://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=43|url-status=usurped|archive-date=11 November 2023|publisher=EmpoweringIndia.org|accessdate=29 May 2014}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Prafulla Samal]]
|votes = 70,173
|percentage = 45.27
|change = 0.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Subrat Kumar Das
|votes = 36,076
|percentage = 23.28
|change = 6.06
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Badri Narayan Dhal
|votes = 28,809
|percentage = 18.59
|change = 3.01
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 585
|percentage = 0.38
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 34,097
|percentage = 21.99
|change = 6.96
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,54,995
|percentage = 77.26
|change = 4.15
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 2,00,606
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 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.<ref name=":1" />

{{Election box begin |
|title= [[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Bhandaripokhari<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 = [[Prafulla Samal]]
|votes = 60,250
|percentage = 44.37
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Badri Narayan Dhal
|votes = 39,840
|percentage = 29.34
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Manmohan Samal]]
|votes = 21,160
|percentage = 15.58
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 20,410
|percentage = 15.03{{efn|%of total valid votes}}
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,35,799
|percentage = 73.11
|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 1974]]
[[Category:1974 establishments in Orissa]]

Bhandaripokhari Assembly constituency - Revision history

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