# Bhandaripokhari Assembly constituency

Bhandaripokhari is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bhadrak district, Odisha.
Area of this constituency includes Bhandaripokhari block and Bonth block.

## Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates :
| 2024 | 2024 | 39.07% | 39.07% |
| 2019 | 2019 | 40.49% | 40.49% |
| 2014 | 2014 | 45.27% | 45.27% |
| 2009 | 2009 | 44.37% | 44.37% |
| 2004 | 2004 | 49.33% | 49.33% |
| 2000 | 2000 | 58.16% | 58.16% |
| 1995 | 1995 | 44.2% | 44.2% |
| 1990 | 1990 | 72.25% | 72.25% |
| 1985 | 1985 | 42.41% | 42.41% |
| 1980 | 1980 | 54.22% | 54.22% |
| 1977 | 1977 | 56.08% | 56.08% |
Since its formation in 1974, 14 elections were held till date including two bypolls in 1991 & 1998.
List of members elected from Bhandaripokhari constituency are:
| Year | Member | Party |
| 2024 | Sanjib Kumar Mallick | BJD |
| 2019 | Prafulla Samal | BJD |
| 2014 | Prafulla Samal | BJD |
| 2009 | Prafulla Samal | BJD |
| 2004 | Ananta Sethi | INC |
| 2000 | Ratha Das | BJD |
| 1998 (bypoll) | Kumar Shree Chiranjibi | INC |
| 1995 | Arjun Charan Sethi | JD |
| 1991 (bypoll) | Prafulla Kumar Jena | JD |
| 1990 | Arjun Charan Sethi | JD |
| 1985 | Panchanan Mandal | INC |
| 1980 | Purusottam Sethi | INC |
| 1977 | Kapil Charan Sethi | JP |
| 1974 | Bairagi Jena | Utkal Congress |

## Election Results
### 2024

Voting were held on 1 June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.
2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhandaripokhari :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJD | Sanjib Kumar Mallick | 72,447 | 39.07 | 6.20 |
| | INC | Niranjan Patnaik | 70,896 | 38.23 | 14.95 |
| | BJP | Sudhanshu Shekhar Nayak | 38,952 | 21.01 | 2.42 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 357 | 0.19 | 0.19 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,551 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 185,437 | | |
| | BJD hold | BJD hold | Swing | | |

### 2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Samal defeated Indian National Congress candidate Niranjan Patnaik by a margin of 34,097 votes.
2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhandaripokhari :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJD | Prafulla Samal | 70,173 | 45.27 | |
| | INC | Niranjan Patnaik | 36076 | 23.28 | |
| | BJP | Badri Narayan Dhal | 28809 | 18.59 | |
| | Independent | Sujata Jena | 6682 | 4.31 | |
| | Independent | Sudhakar Nanda | 5365 | 3.46 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 585 | 0.38 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 34,097 | 21.99 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,54,995 | 76.64 | |
| | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold |

### 2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Samal defeated Indian National Congress candidate Subrat Kumar Das by a margin of 34,097 votes.
2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Bhandaripokhari :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJD | Prafulla Samal | 70,173 | 45.27 | 0.9 |
| | INC | Subrat Kumar Das | 36,076 | 23.28 | −6.06 |
| | BJP | Badri Narayan Dhal | 28,809 | 18.59 | 3.01 |
| | Independent | Sujata Jena | 6,682 | 4.31 | |
| | Independent | Sudhakar Nanda | 5,365 | 3.46 | |
| | CPI | Suvendra Pratap Mohanty | 3,694 | 2.38 | |
| | AAP | Bikash Ranjan Jena | 1,094 | 0.71 | |
| | Independent | Jayanti Parida | 820 | 0.53 | |
| | BSP | Rajiblochan Jena | 551 | 0.36 | −0.4 |
| | AITC | Shibanarayan Bishwal | 499 | 0.32 | |
| | AOP | Swadhin Sahoo | 364 | 0.23 | |
| | Independent | Ashok Kumar Rout | 283 | 0.18 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 585 | 0.38 | − |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 34,097 | 21.99 | 6.96 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,54,995 | 77.26 | 4.15 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,00,606 | | |
| | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold |

### 2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Samal defeated Indian National Congress candidate Badri Narayan Dhal by a margin of 20,410 votes.
2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhandaripokhari :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJD | Prafulla Samal | 60,250 | 44.37 | − |
| | INC | Badri Narayan Dhal | 39,840 | 29.34 | − |
| | BJP | Manmohan Samal | 21,160 | 15.58 | − |
| | Independent | Udaya Narayan Nanda | 12,117 | 8.92 | − |
| | SAMO | Nirmal Biswal | 1,393 | 1.03 | − |
| | BSP | Prasant Kumar Swain | 1,037 | 0.76 | − |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 20,410 | 15.03 | − |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,35,799 | 73.11 | − |
| | BJD gain from INC | BJD gain from INC | BJD gain from INC | BJD gain from INC | BJD gain from INC |