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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India}}<br />
{{About| the assembly constituency|its eponymous town|Kamakhyanagar}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}<br />
{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Kamakhyanagar<br />
| state = [[Odisha]]<br />
| constituency_no = 57<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| map_image = <br />
| map_caption = <br />
| map_alt = <br />
| division = Northern Division<br />
| district = [[Dhenkanal district|Dhenkanal]]<br />
| loksabha_cons = [[Dhenkanal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dhenkanal]]<br />
| established = 1957<br />
| reservation = None<br />
| incumbent_image = SatrughnaJena.jpg<br />
| mla = [[Satrughan Jena]]<br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<br />
| electors = 2,19,965{{efn|as on 2024}}{{efn|as data published by election commission}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Kamakhyanagar''' 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=57|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304222201/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=57|url-status=usurped|archive-date=4 March 2014|title= Orissa Assembly Election 2009 |work=empoweringindia.org |quote= Constituency: Kamakshyanagar (57) District : Dhenkanal |accessdate= 3 March 2014}}</ref><br />
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Area of this constituency includes [[Kamakhyanagar]], [[Bhuban]], 15 [[Gram panchayat|GP]]s (Badasuanlo, Jagannathpur, Bhairapur, Baruan(K), Baunspal, Kanapura, Baisinga, Baligorad, Mahulapal, Kadua, Rainarasinghpur, Sogar, Budhibilli, Bankual and Kotagara) of Kamakshyanagar block and 7 GPs (Barada, Gengutia, Sankulei, Tarva, Chaulia, Sogarpasi and Bansingh) of Dhenkanal block, and Bhuban 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><br />
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In 1985 election, [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate [[Prasanna Pattnaik]] was elected from Kamakhyanagar to become the first [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] MLA from Odisha.<br />
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==Elected members==<br />
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{{bar percent|2024|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|49}}<br />
{{bar percent|2019|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|51.58}}<br />
{{bar percent|2014|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|43.59}}<br />
{{bar percent|2009|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|45.11}}<br />
{{bar percent|2004|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|44.84}}<br />
{{bar percent|2000|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|51.71}}<br />
{{bar percent|1997 (bypoll)|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|61.17}}<br />
{{bar percent|1995|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|60.75}}<br />
{{bar percent|1990|{{party color|Janata Dal}}|51.79}}<br />
{{bar percent|1985|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|48.15}}<br />
{{bar percent|1980|{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}|58.54}}<br />
{{bar percent|1977|{{party color|Janata Party}}|41.87}}<br />
}}<br />
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Since its formation in 1957, 17 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1997.<br />
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List of members elected from Kamakshyanagar 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=2013-12-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Kamakhyanagar Assembly Constituency, Orissa|url=http://www.elections.in/orissa/assembly-constituencies/kamakhyanagar.html|publisher=Compare Infobase Limited|accessdate= 2 March 2014}}</ref><br />
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{|class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!Year<br />
!Member<br />
!colspan=2|Party<br />
|-<br />
|[[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Kamakhyanagar Assembly Election Results 2024: Kamakhyanagar Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/odisha/kamakhyanagar-constituency-result-18057 |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><br />
|[[Satrughan Jena]]<br />
|{{full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[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><br />
| rowspan="4" |[[Prafulla Kumar Mallik]]<br />
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=5|Biju Janata Dal}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<ref name=":1" /><br />
|-<br />
|[[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009]]<ref name=":2" /><br />
|-<br />
|[[2004 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2004]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2000]]<br />
|Brahmananda Biswal<br />
|-<br />
|1997 (bypoll){{efn|Death of Kailash Chandra Mohapatra}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=IndiaVotes AC Bye Election: Kamakhyanagar 1997 |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/ac/byeDetail/www.indiavotes.com/ac/byeDetail/468 |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref><br />
|[[Premalata Mohapatra]]<br />
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=2|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1995 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1995]]<br />
|Kailash Chandra Mohapatra<br />
|-<br />
|[[1990 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1990]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |Prasanna Patanayak<br />
|{{full party name with color|Janata Dal}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1985]]<br />
|{{full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
|Kailash Chandra Mohapatra<br />
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
|Prasanna Patanayak<br />
|{{full party name with color|Janata Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1974]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |Brahmananda Biswal<br />
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1971]]<br />
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |Brundaban Tripathy<br />
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=2|Swatantra Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1961]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br />
|Ratnaprava Devi<br />
|{{full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}<br />
|}<br />
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== Election results ==<br />
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=== 2024 ===<br />
Voting were held on 25 May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th 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 [[Satrughan Jena]] defeated [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Prafulla Kumar Mallik]] by a margin of 4,662 votes.<ref name=":0" />{{Election box begin |<br />
|title= [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election]],Kamakshyanagar}}<br />
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = [[Satrughan Jena]]<br />
|votes = 84,589<br />
|percentage = 49<br />
|change = {{increase}}8.38<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Biju Janata Dal|candidate=[[Prafulla Kumar Mallik]]|votes=79,927|percentage=46.3|change={{down}}5.28}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Biprabar Sahu|votes=3,430|percentage=1.99|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=1,905|percentage=1.1|change=}}<br />
{{Election box majority||votes=4,662|percentage=2.7|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,72,632|percentage=78.48|change=}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|<br />
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|loser = Biju Janata Dal<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== 2019 ===<br />
In 2019 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Prafulla Kumar Mallik]] defeated [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate [[Satrughan Jena]] by a margin of 16,509 votes.<ref name="election2019" /><br />
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{{Election box begin|<br />
| title= [[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Kamakshyanagar<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>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Biju Janata Dal<br />
|candidate = [[Prafulla Kumar Mallik]]<br />
|votes = 81,695 <br />
|percentage = 51.58<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = [[Satrughan Jena]]<br />
|votes = 65,186 <br />
|percentage = 41.16<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = Bhabani Sankar Mohaptra<br />
|votes = 6,694 <br />
|percentage = 4.23<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = None of the above<br />
|votes = 1,453 <br />
|percentage = 0.92<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 16,509<br />
|percentage = 10.42<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 158379 <br />
|percentage = 73.71<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|<br />
|winner = Biju Janata Dal<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== 2014 ===<br />
In 2014 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Prafulla Kumar Mallik]] defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate Bhabani Sankar Mohaptra by a margin of 16,881 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|accessdate=17 June 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><br />
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{{Election box begin |<br />
|title= [[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Kamakshyanagar, Kamakshyanagar<ref>{{cite web|title=Odisha - Kamakshyanagar|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/AC/ConstituencywiseS1857.htm?ac=57|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=17 June 2014}}{{Dead link|date=March 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Kamakshyanagar (57)|url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=57|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120051655/https://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=57|url-status=usurped|archive-date=20 November 2023|publisher=EmpoweringIndia.org|accessdate=17 June 2014}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Biju Janata Dal<br />
|candidate = Prafulla Kumar Mallik<br />
|votes = 64,163<br />
|percentage = 43.59<br />
|change = {{down}}1.52 <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = Bhabani Sankar Mohaptra<br />
|votes = 47,282<br />
|percentage = 32.12<br />
|change = {{up}}4.29 <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = Prasanna Pattnaik<br />
|votes = 25,927<br />
|percentage = 17.61<br />
|change = {{up}}8.18 <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = None of the above<br />
|votes = 1,965<br />
|percentage = 1.33<br />
|change = ''-''<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 16,881<br />
|percentage = 11.47<br />
|change = {{down}}5.81<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 1,47,198<br />
|percentage = 76.74<br />
|change = 11.74<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box Registered electors<br />
|reg. electors = 1,91,817<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|<br />
|winner = Biju Janata Dal<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== 2009 ===<br />
In [[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009 election]], [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Prafulla Kumar Mallik]] defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate [[Satrughan Jena]] by a margin of 20,594 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=20594 |accessdate=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><br />
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{{Election box begin |<br />
|title= [[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Kamakshyanagar<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>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Biju Janata Dal<br />
|candidate = [[Prafulla Kumar Mallik]]<br />
|votes = 53,766<br />
|percentage = 45.11<br />
|change = ''-''<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = [[Satrughan Jena]]<br />
|votes = 33,172<br />
|percentage = 27.83<br />
|change = ''-''<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Samajwadi Party<br />
|candidate = Kailash Chandra Mishra<br />
|votes = 19,217<br />
|percentage = 16.12<br />
|change = ''-''<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = Premananda Jena<br />
|votes = 11,241<br />
|percentage = 9.43<br />
|change = ''-''<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 20,594<br />
|percentage = 17.28{{efn|%of total valid votes}}<br />
|change = ''-''<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 1,19,203<br />
|percentage = 65.00<br />
|change = ''-''<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|<br />
|winner = Biju Janata Dal<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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==Notes==<br />
{{notelist}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Dhenkanal district}}<br />
{{Assembly constituencies of Odisha|state=expanded}}<br />
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Odisha]]<br />
[[Category:Dhenkanal district]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Odisha]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1961]]<br />
[[Category:1961 establishments in Orissa]]</div>
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