Athmallik (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Athmallik (Sl. No.: 63) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Angul district, Odisha.[1]

Athmallik
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
DistrictAngul
BlocksAthmallik, Angul, Banarpal
Electorate2,01,661
Current constituency
Created1951
PartyBJD
MLARamesh Chandra Sai
Const. No.63
Lok Sabha ConstituenciesSambalpur

This constituency includes Athmallik, Athmallik block, Kishorenagar block and 9 GPs (Antulia, Saradhapur, Matiasahi, Manikajodi, Jagannathpur, Tainsi, Kothabhuin, Tikarpada and Purunakote) of Angul block.[2][3]

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ramesh Chandra Sai defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bhagirathi Pradhan by a margin of 47,184 votes.

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [4]
2019
53.56%
2014
44.85%
2009
48.46%
2004
45.77%
2000
59.77%
1995
47.64%
1990
53.84%
1985
48.06%
1980
60.32%
1977
50.48%

Seventeen elections were held between 1951 and 2019 including one Bye-Election in 1955.[5] Elected members from the Athmallik constituency are:[6][7]

2019 Election Result

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ramesh Chandra Sai defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bhagirathi Pradhan by a margin of 47,184 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athmallik [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Ramesh Chandra Sai 86254 53.56 8.71
INC Bijayananda Chaulia 30925 19.20 -11.8
BJP Bhagirathi Pradhan 39070 24.26 8.33
BSP Hrusikesh Luha 1288 0.79 -
SUCI(C) Ramani Ranjan Pradhan 1055 0.65 -
Independent Sarat Chandra Mahapatra 706 0.43 -
NOTA None of the above 1717 1.06 -
Majority 47184 28.59 14.73
Turnout 165035 79.56 -0.13
Registered electors 2,01,661
BJD hold
BJD gain from BJP Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo defeated Indian National Congress candidate Surendra Kumar Pradhan by a margin of 19,533 votes.[9][10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athmallik [11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo 63,226 44.85 -
INC Surendra Kumar Pradhan 43,693 31.0 -
BJP Bhagirathi Pradhan 22,463 15.93 -
Independent Ramani Ranjan Pradhan 2,748 1.95 -
Independent Prafulla Kumar Chaulia 2,312 1.64 -
BSP Ananda Chandra Behera 1,920 1.36 -
Kalinga Sena Pradeep Kumar Sahoo 723 0.51 -
Independent Tapan Kumar Mishra 706 0.5 -
Independent Mitrughna Mahakhuda 683 0.48 -
AAP Prasadi Behera 609 0.43 -
PVP Bhramarbara Sahu 434 0.31 -
NOTA None of the above 1,450 1.03 -
Majority 19,533 13.86 -1.25
Turnout 1,40,967 79.69 7.02
Registered electors 1,76,891
BJD hold

2009 Election Result

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athmallik [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo 61,388 48.86 2.69
INC Mousumi Pradhan 42,407 33.75 -
BJP Bhagirathi Pradhan 12,674 10.09 -
Independent Dattatreya Mishra 3,297 2.62 -
SAMO Binod Kumar Pradhan 1,677 1.33 -
Independent Santilata Behera 995 0.79 -
Independent Bijaya Kumar Sahoo 889 0.71 -
Independent Tapan Kumar Mishra 883 0.70 -
Independent Artatrana Behera 856 0.68 -
Independent Karunakar Nayak 571 0.45 -
Majority 18,981 15.11[lower-alpha 1] -
Turnout 1,25,672 72.67 -
BJD gain from INC Swing {{{swing}}}

Notes

  1. %of total valid votes

References

  1. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 5 March 2014. Constituency: Athmallik (63) District : Agul
  2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  3. Seats of Odisha
  4. "115 - Athmallik Assembly Constituency". 2006. Retrieved 9 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  5. "BY-ELECTIONS OF ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (1955-2012)" (PDF). Govt. Of Odisha. 2011. p. 450. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Athmallik Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  8. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  9. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  10. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014". Empowering India. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  11. "Odisha - Athmallik". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  12. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Athmallik (63)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  13. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf
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