# Athmallik Assembly constituency

Athmallik (Sl. No.: 63) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Angul district, Odisha.
This constituency includes Athmallik, Athmallik block, Kishorenagar block and 9 GPs (Antulia, Saradhapur, Matiasahi, Manikajodi, Jagannathpur, Tainsi, Kothabhuin, Tikarpada and Purunakote) of Angul block.

## Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates :
| 2024 | 2024 | 52.35% | 52.35% |
| 2019 | 2019 | 53.56% | 53.56% |
| 2014 | 2014 | 44.85% | 44.85% |
| 2009 | 2009 | 48.46% | 48.46% |
| 2004 | 2004 | 45.77% | 45.77% |
| 2000 | 2000 | 59.77% | 59.77% |
| 1995 | 1995 | 47.64% | 47.64% |
| 1990 | 1990 | 53.84% | 53.84% |
| 1985 | 1985 | 48.06% | 48.06% |
| 1980 | 1980 | 60.32% | 60.32% |
| 1977 | 1977 | 50.48% | 50.48% |
Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including in one bypoll in 1955.
List of members elected from Athmallik constituency are:
| Year | Member | Party |
| 2024 | Nalini Kanta Pradhan | BJD |
| 2019 | Ramesh Chandra Sai | BJD |
| 2014 | Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo | BJD |
| 2009 | Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo | BJD |
| 2004 | Nagendra Kumar Pradhan | BJD |
| 2000 | Nagendra Kumar Pradhan | BJD |
| 1995 | Amarnath Pradhan | INC |
| 1990 | Nagendra Kumar Pradhan | JD |
| 1985 | Amarnath Pradhan | INC |
| 1980 | Bhajaman Behera | INC |
| 1977 | Balakrushna Patnaik | JP |
| 1974 | Bhajaman Behera | INC |
| 1971 | Rajkishore Pradhan | Utkal Congress |
| 1967 | Surendra Pradhan | SSP |
| 1961 | Khetra Mohan Panigrahi | SWA |
| 1957 | Khetra Mohan Panigrahi | AIGP |
| 1955 (bypoll) | Raja Kishore Chandra Deo | INC |
| 1951 | Dwitiya Roul | Independent |

## Election Results
### 2024

Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.
2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Athmallik :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJD | Nalini Kanta Pradhan | 93,957 | 52.35 | 1.21 |
| | BJP | Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo | 77,804 | 43.35 | 19.09 |
| | INC | Himanshu Shekhar Chaulia | 5,126 | 2.86 | 16.34 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,631 | 0.91 | 0.15 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,153 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 179,491 | | |
| | BJD hold | BJD hold | Swing | | |

### 2019

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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJD | Ramesh Chandra Sai | 86,254 | 53.56 | 8.71 |
| | BJP | Bhagirathi Pradhan | 39,070 | 24.26 | 8.33 |
| | INC | Bijayananda Chaulia | 30,925 | 19.20 | 11.8 |
| | 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 | Majority | Majority | 47,184 | 28.59 | 14.73 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 165035 | 79.56 | −0.13 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,01,661 | | |
| | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold |

### 2014

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.
2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athmallik :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJD | Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo | 63,226 | 44.85 | − |
| | INC | Surendra Kumar Pradhan | 43,693 | 31.00 | − |
| | 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 | Majority | Majority | 19,533 | 13.86 | −1.25 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,40,967 | 79.69 | 7.02 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,76,891 | | |
| | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold |

### 2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo defeated Indian National Congress candidate Mousumi Pradhan by a margin of 18,981 votes.
2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athmallik :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 18,981 | 15.11 | − |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,25,672 | 72.67 | − |
| | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold |