Kamakhyanagar Assembly constituency

Kamakhyanagar
Kamakhyanagar
Constituency No. 57 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Dhenkanal
LS constituency	Dhenkanal
Established	1957
Total electors	183,377
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Satrughan Jena
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Kamakhyanagar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Dhenkanal district, Odisha.^[1]

Area of this constituency includes Kamakhyanagar, Bhuban, 15 GPs (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.^[2]^[3]

In 1985 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Prasanna Pattnaik was elected from Kamakhyanagar to become the first BJP MLA from Odisha.

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates^[4]

2024			49.54%
2019			51.58%
2014			43.59%
2009			45.11%
2004			44.84%
2000			51.71%
1995			60.75%
1990			51.79%
1985			48.15%
1980			58.54%
1977			41.87%

Since its formation in 1957, 17 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1997.

List of members elected from Kamakshyanagar constituency are:^[5]^[6]

Year	Member
2024	Satrughan Jena	BJP
2019	Prafulla Kumar Mallik^[7]	BJD
2014	Prafulla Kumar Mallik	BJD
2009	Prafulla Kumar Mallik	BJD
2004	Prafulla Kumar Mallik	BJD
2000	Brahmananda Biswal	BJD
1997 (bypoll)^[a]	Premalata Mohapatra	INC
1995	Kailash Chandra Mohapatra	INC
1990	Prasanna Patanayak	JD
1985	Prasanna Patanayak	BJP
1980	Kailash Chandra Mohapatra	INC
1977	Prasanna Patanayak	JP
1974	Brahmananda Biswal	INC
1971	Brahmananda Biswal	Congress (R)
1967	Brundaban Tripathy	SWA
1961	Brundaban Tripathy	SWA
1957	Ratnaprava Devi	AIGP

Election Results

2024

In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Satrughna Jena defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Kumar Mallik by a margin of 4,662 votes.^[8]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Kamakshyanagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Satrughan Jena	84589	49.54	8.38
	BJD	Prafulla Kumar Mallick	79927	46.8
	INC	Biprabar Sahu	3430	2
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Kumar Mallik defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Satrughna Jena by a margin of 16,509 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kamakshyanagar^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJD	Prafulla Kumar Mallik	81,695	51.58
	BJP	Satrughna Jena	65186	41.16
	INC	Bhabani Sankar Mohaptra	6694	4.23
	NOTA	None of the above	1453	0.92
Majority			16,509	10.42
Turnout			158379	73.71
	BJD hold

2014

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.^[10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kamakshyanagar, Kamakshyanagar^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Prafulla Kumar Mallik	64,163	43.59	−1.52
	INC	Bhabani Sankar Mohaptra	47,282	32.12	4.29
	BJP	Prasanna Pattnaik	25,927	17.61	8.18
	CPI	Shiba Ram Sahu	2,471	1.68
	Independent	Debasisha Hota	2,436	1.65
	AOP	Biprabara Sahoo	1,664	1.13
	AAP	Mayadhara Nayak	813	0.55
	Samata Party	Akrur Behera	477	0.32
	NOTA	None	1,965	1.33	−
Majority			16,881	11.47	−5.81
Turnout			1,47,198	76.74	11.74
Registered electors			1,91,817
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Kumar Mallik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Satrughan Jena by a margin of 20,594 votes.^[13]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kamakshyanagar^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Prafulla Kumar Mallik	53,766	45.11	*0.27*
	INC	Satrughan Jena	33,172	27.83	−
	SP	Kailash Chandra Mishra	19,217	16.12	−
	BJP	Premananda Jena	11,241	9.43	−
	BSP	Santosh Kumar Sahoo	1,780	1.49	−
Majority			20,594	17.28^[b]	−
Turnout			1,19,203	65.00	−
	BJD hold

Notes

^ Death of Kailash Chandra Mohapatra
^ %of total valid votes

References

^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014. Constituency: Kamakshyanagar (57) District : Dhenkanal{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
^ Seats of Odisha
^ "120 - Kamakhyanagar Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 3 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Kamakhyanagar Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
^ "Odisha - Kamakshyanagar". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Kamakshyanagar (57)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 20 November 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2014. 20594
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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[8] Death of Kailash Chandra Mohapatra

[16] %of total valid votes

[1] "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014. Constituency: Kamakshyanagar (57) District : Dhenkanal{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[2] Assembly Constituencies and their Extent

[3] Seats of Odisha

[4] "120 - Kamakhyanagar Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 3 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates

[5] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[6] "Kamakhyanagar Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 2 March 2014.

[election2019-7] "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

[9] "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.

[TP_Ass_Cand-10] "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 18 April 2019.

[11] "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

[12] "Odisha - Kamakshyanagar". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

[13] "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Kamakshyanagar (57)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 20 November 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[14] "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2014. 20594

[election2009-15] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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