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{{short description|Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India}}
{{About| the assembly constituency|its eponymous town|Boudh}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Boudh
| state = [[Odisha]]
| constituency_no = 86
| type = SLA
| map_image =
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| division = Southern Division
| district = [[Boudh district|Boudh]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Kandhamal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kandhamal]]
| established = 1951
| reservation = None
| incumbent_image =
| mla = [[Saroj Kumar Pradhan]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
| electors = 1,66,544{{efn|as on 2024}}{{efn|as data published by election commission}}
}}

'''Boudh''' is a [[Odisha Legislative Assembly|Vidhan Sabha]] [[List of constituencies of Odisha Vidhan Sabha|constituency]] of [[Boudh district]], [[Odisha]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=86|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225160413/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=86|url-status=usurped|archive-date=25 February 2014|title= Orissa Assembly Election 2009 |work=empoweringindia.org |quote= Constituency: Boudh (86) District : Boudh|accessdate= 22 February 2014}}</ref>

Area of this constituency includes [[Boudh]], 11 [[Gram Panchayat|GP]]s (Telibandha, Khuntabandha, Mursundhi, Badhigam, Mundapada, Baghiapada, Brahmanipali, Ambajhari, Tikarapada, Padmanapur and Laxmiprasad) of Boudh block and Harbhanga 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/partycomp105.htm|title= 105 - Boudh Assembly Constituency|work=eci.nic.in |year=2006 |quote=List Of Winning Candidates |accessdate= 27 March 2014}}</ref>
|titlebar=#ddd
|width=300px
|barwidth=275px
|bars=
{{bar percent|2024|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|46.36}}
{{bar percent|2019|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|49.83}}
{{bar percent|2014|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|48.61}}
{{bar percent|2009|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|50.60}}
{{bar percent|2004|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|38.73}}
{{bar percent|2000|{{party color|Independent (politician)}}|33.91}}
{{bar percent|1995|{{party color|Janata Dal}}|40.40}}
{{bar percent|1990|{{party color|Janata Dal}}|51.01}}
{{bar percent|1985|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|42.31}}
{{bar percent|1980|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|58.35}}
{{bar percent|1977|{{party color|Janata Party}}|60.85}}
}}

Since its formation in 1951, 16 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Boudh 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><ref>{{cite web|title=Boudh Assembly Constituency, Orissa|url=http://www.elections.in/orissa/assembly-constituencies/boudh.html|publisher=Compare Infobase Limited|accessdate=20 February 2014}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Member
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Boudh Assembly Election Results 2024: Boudh Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/odisha/boudh-constituency-result-18086 |access-date=2025-06-22 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Saroj Kumar Pradhan]]
|{{full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019]]<ref name="Boudh Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Boudh Constituency (Seat)">{{cite news |last1=News18 |title=Boudh Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Boudh Constituency (Seat) |url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2019/odisha/boudh-election-result-s18a086/ |accessdate=11 July 2022 |date=2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711162202/https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2019/odisha/boudh-election-result-s18a086/ |archivedate=11 July 2022}}</ref>
| rowspan="5" |[[Pradip Kumar Amat]]
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=5|Biju Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<ref name=":1" />
|-
|[[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009]]<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[2004 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2004]]
|-
|[[2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
|-
||[[1995 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
| rowspan="2" |Satchidananda Dalal
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=2|Janata Dal}}
|-
||[[1990 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|-
||[[1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|Sujit Kumar Padhi
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||[[1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|Himansu Sekhar Padhi
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}}
|-
||[[1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| rowspan="3" |Natabara Pradhan
|{{full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
||[[1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1974]]
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=2|Swatantra Party}}
|-
||[[1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|-
||[[1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|Himansu Sekhar Padhi
|{{full party name with color|Orissa Jana Congress}}
|-
||[[1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1961]]
|Anirudha Dipa
|{{full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| colspan="4"| {{center|''1956-1960: Constituency did not exist''}}
|-
||[[1951 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|Himansu Sekhar Padhi
|{{full party name with color|Independent}}
|}

==Election results==

=== 2024 ===
Voting were held on 20th May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th 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, [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate [[Saroj Kumar Pradhan]] defeated [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Pradip Kumar Amat]] by a margin of 2,765 votes.<ref name=":0" />

{{Election box begin
|title= [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election]],Boudh}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Saroj Kumar Pradhan]]
|votes = 62,494
|percentage = 46.36
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Pradip Kumar Amat]]
|votes = 59,729
|percentage = 44.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Naba Kumar Mishra
|votes = 9,468
|percentage = 7.02
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 1,181
|percentage = 0.88
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,765
|percentage = 2.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,34,799
|percentage = 80.94
|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 [[Pradip Kumar Amat]] defeated [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate Susanta Kumar Pradhan by a margin of 10,448 votes.<ref name="Boudh Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Boudh Constituency (Seat)" />

{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Boudh<ref name="SP Ass Cand">{{cite web |title=List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC) |url=http://www.ceoorissa.nic.in/docs/Election/2019/Form7A/Phase2/List%20of%20Contesting%20Candidates%20%282nd%20Phase-AC%20Wise%29.pdf |website=ceoorissa.nic.in |publisher=Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha |accessdate=17 April 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Pradip Kumar Amat]]
|votes = 61,536
|percentage = 49.83
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Susanta Kumar Pradhan
|votes = 51,088
|percentage = 41.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Abakash Sahoo
|votes = 7,119
|percentage = 5.76
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 908
|percentage = 0.74
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 10,448
|percentage = 8.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,23,498
|percentage = 77.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2014 ===
In 2014 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Pradip Kumar Amat]] defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate Susanta Kumar Pradhan by a margin of 11,148 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=2014-08-18|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{Election box begin |
| title=[[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Boudh<ref>{{cite web|title=Odisha - Boudh|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/AC/ConstituencywiseS1886.htm?ac=86|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=29 May 2014}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Pradip Kumar Amat]]
|votes = 54,618
|percentage = 48.61
|change = {{down}}1.99
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Susanta Kumar Pradhan
|votes = 43,470
|percentage = 38.69
|change = {{up}}22.42
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Surya Narayan Mahapatra
|votes = 8,597
|percentage = 7.65
|change = {{up}}2.87
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 946
|percentage = 0.84
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11,148
|percentage = 9.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,12,349
|percentage = 80.53
|change = {{up}}7.34
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,39,518
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2009 ===
In 2009 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Pradip Kumar Amat]] defeated [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] candidate Susanta Kumar Pradhan by a margin of 28,207 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=28207 |access-date=22 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=2013-05-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{Election box begin |
|title= [[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Boudh<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 = [[Pradip Kumar Amat]]
|votes = 49,439
|percentage = 50.60
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate minor party|
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = Susanta Kumar Pradhan
|votes = 21,232
|percentage = 21.73
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Narendra Kumar Panigrahi
|votes = 15,895
|percentage = 16.27
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Santanu Kumar Pradhan
|votes = 4,666
|percentage = 4.78
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 28,207
|percentage = 28.87{{efn|%of total valid votes}}
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 97,768
|percentage = 73.19
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

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

Boudh Assembly constituency - Revision history

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