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{{Short description|Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India}}
{{About| the assembly constituency|its eponymous town|Dhenkanal}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Dhenkanal
| state = [[Odisha]]
| constituency_no = 55
| type = SLA
| map_image =
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| division = Northern Division
| district = [[Dhenkanal district|Dhenkanal]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Dhenkanal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dhenkanal]]
| established = 1951
| reservation = None
| incumbent_image = Krushna Chandra Patra 2024.jpg
| mla = [[Krushna Chandra Patra]]
| party = [[Bhartiya Janta Party]]
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
| electors = 2,71,942{{efn|as on 2024}}{{efn|as data published by election commission}}
}}
'''Dhenkanal''' is a [[Odisha Legislative Assembly|Vidhan Sabha]] [[List of constituencies of Odisha Vidhan Sabha|constituency]] of [[Dhenkanal district]], [[Odisha]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=55|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303124541/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=55|url-status=usurped|archive-date=3 March 2014|title= Orissa Assembly Election 2009 |work=empoweringindia.org |quote= Constituency: Dhenkanal (55) District : Dhenkanal |accessdate= 3 March 2014}}</ref> After 2008 delimitation, [[Gondia, Odisha Assembly constituency]] was subsumed into this constituency.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Election Commission of India |url=http://archive.org/details/delimitation-2008 |title=2008 Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order of India |date=2008-11-26}}</ref>

This constituency includes [[Dhenkanal, India|Dhenkanal]], Gondia block and 20 [[Gram panchayat|GP]]s (Baladiabandha, Baliamba, Beltikiri, Bhaliabolkateni, Bhapur, Chandrasekhar Prasad, Dhirapatana, Gobindpur, Kaimati, Kakudibhag, Kankadahad, Kankadpal, Madhusahupatna, Mangalpur, Manipur, Nadiali, Nagiapasi, Sankarpur, [[Saptasajya]] and Talabarkote) of Dhenkanal 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==

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|title= Vote share of winning candidates<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S18/partycomp118.htm|title= 118 - Dhenkanal Assembly Constituency|work=eci.nic.in |year=2006 |quote=List Of Winning Candidates |accessdate= 3 March 2014}}</ref>
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{{bar percent|2024|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|52.57}}
{{bar percent|2019|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|46.92}}
{{bar percent|2014|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|39.39}}
{{bar percent|2009|{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}|35.28}}
{{bar percent|2004|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|49.17}}
{{bar percent|2000|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|34.59}}
{{bar percent|1995|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|52.61}}
{{bar percent|1990|{{party color|Janata Dal}}|47.49}}
{{bar percent|1985|{{party color|Independent (politician)}}|64.09}}
{{bar percent|1980|{{party color|Indian National Congress (Urs)}}|59.11}}
{{bar percent|1977|{{party color|Janata Party}}|80.07}}
}}

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections have been held till date. It was a 2 member constituency in 1957.

List of members elected from Dhenkanal 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 name=Candidate>{{cite web|title= Dhenkanal Assembly Constituency, Orissa|url=http://www.elections.in/orissa/assembly-constituencies/dhenkanal.html|publisher=Compare Infobase Limited|accessdate= 2 March 2014}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Member
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Dhenkanal Assembly Election Results 2024: Dhenkanal Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/odisha/dhenkanal-constituency-result-18055 |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Krushna Chandra Patra]]
|{{full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019]]<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/ |url-access=limited |access-date=7 October 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
|[[Sudhir Kumar Samal]]
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=2|Biju Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<ref name=":1" />
|Saroj Kumar Samal
|-
|[[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009]]<ref name=":2" />
|[[Nabin Nanda]]
|{{full party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}}
|-
|[[2004 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2004]]
|[[Sudhir Kumar Samal]]
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
|[[Krushna Chandra Patra]]
|{{full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1995 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|Nabin Chandra Narayan Das
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1990 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|[[Tathagata Satapathy]]
|{{full party name with color|Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Nandini Satpathy]]
|{{full party name with color|Independent}}
|-
|[[1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress (Urs)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<ref>{{cite web |date=2020-04-29 |title=Orissa Assembly Election Results in 1977 |url=https://www.elections.in/orissa/assembly-constituencies/1977-election-results.html |accessdate=2022-04-14 |publisher=Elections.in}}</ref>
|{{full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1974]]
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|Surendra Mohan Patnaik
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| rowspan="2" |Ratnaprava Devi
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=2|Swatantra Party}}
|-
|[[1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1961]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1957]]{{efn|It was a 2 member constituency}}
|Kalia Dehuri
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=2|Ganatantra Parishad}}
|-
|Shankar Pratap Singh Deo Mahendra Bahadur Raja
|-
|[[1951 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|Baisnab Charan Patnaik
|{{full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|}

==Election results==

=== 2024 ===
Voting was held on 25 May 2024 in the 3rd phase of the Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of the Indian General Election. The 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 [[Krushna Chandra Patra]] defeated [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Sudhir Kumar Samal]] by a margin of 20,439 votes.<ref name=":0" />

{{Election box begin
|title= [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election]], [[Dhenkanal]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Krushna Chandra Patra]]
|votes = 1,06,529
|percentage = 52.57
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Sudhir Kumar Samal]]
|votes = 86,090
|percentage = 42.48
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Susmita Singh Deo
|votes = 4,630
|percentage = 2.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 1,983
|percentage = 0.98
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 20,439
|percentage = 10.09
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,02,637
|percentage = 74.51
|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 [[Sudhir Kumar Samal]] defeated [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate [[Krushna Chandra Patra]] by a margin of 20,640 votes.<ref name="election2019" />

{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election]]: Dhenkanal<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=18 April 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Sudhir Kumar Samal]]
|votes = 89536
|percentage = 46.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Krushna Chandra Patra]]
|votes = 68896
|percentage = 36.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Nabin Nanda]]
|votes = 24788
|percentage = 12.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 1265
|percentage = 0.66
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 20,640
|percentage = 10.81
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 190810
|percentage = 74.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2014 ===
In 2014 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate Saroj Kumar Samal defeated [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate [[Krushna Chandra Patra]] by a margin of 3,294 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]], Dhenkanal<ref>{{cite web|title=Odisha - Dhenkanal|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/AC/ConstituencywiseS1855.htm?ac=55|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=29 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Dhenkanal (55)|url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=55|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529221832/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=55|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 = Saroj Kumar Samal
|votes = 69,083
|percentage = 39.39
|change = new
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Krushna Chandra Patra]]
|votes = 65,789
|percentage = 37.52
|change = {{up}}9.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Sidheswari Prasad Mishra
|votes = 30,571
|percentage = 17.43
|change = {{down}}13.07
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 2,036
|percentage = 1.16
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,294
|percentage = 1.88
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,75,360
|percentage = 76.74
|change = 12.16
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 2,28,498
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
|loser = Nationalist Congress Party
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2009 ===
In 2009 election, [[Nationalist Congress Party]] candidate [[Nabin Nanda]] defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate [[Sudhir Kumar Samal]] by a margin of 6,933 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=6933 |access-date=3 March 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]], Dhenkanal<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 = Nationalist Congress Party
|candidate = [[Nabin Nanda]]
|votes = 51,118
|percentage = 35.28
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Sudhir Kumar Samal]]
|votes = 44,185
|percentage = 30.50
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Krushna Chandra Patra]]
|votes = 41,032
|percentage = 28.32
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 6,933
|percentage = 4.79{{efn|%of total valid votes}}
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,44,914
|percentage = 64.58
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 2,24,399
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
| winner = Nationalist Congress Party
| loser = Indian National Congress
}}
{{Election box end}}

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

Dhenkanal Assembly constituency - Revision history

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