# Ghasipura Assembly constituency

Ghasipura is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendujhar district.
Area of this constituency include Ghatgaon, Ghatagaon block, Ghasipura block and 2 GPs (Dhakotha and Kolimati) of Anandapur block.
The constituency was formed in 2008 Delimitation and went for polls in 2009 election.

## Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates :
| 2024 | 2024 | 43.96% | 43.96% |
| 2019 | 2019 | 49.98% | 49.98% |
| 2014 | 2014 | 66.03% | 66.03% |
| 2009 | 2009 | 52.85% | 52.85% |
Since its formation in 2009, 4 elections were held till date.
List of members elected from Ghasipura constituency is:
| Year | Member | Party |
| 2024 | Badri Narayan Patra | BJD |
| 2019 | Badri Narayan Patra | BJD |
| 2014 | Badri Narayan Patra | BJD |
| 2009 | Badri Narayan Patra | BJD |

## 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,Ghasipura :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJD | Badri Narayan Patra | 82,516 | 43.96 | 6.02 |
| | Independent | Soumya Ranjan Patnaik | 68,705 | 36.60 | new |
| | BJP | Shambhunath Rout | 23,813 | 12.69 | 3.19 |
| | Independent | Debendra Nath Swain | 2,897 | 1.54 | |
| | INC | Subrat Kumar Chakra | 2,807 | 1.50 | 29.66 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,844 | 0.98 | 0.07 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,811 | 7.09 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 187,707 | | |
| | BJD hold | BJD hold | Swing | | |

### 2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Badri Narayan Patra defeated Indian National Congress candidate Niranjan Patnaik by a margin of 32,668 votes.
2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Ghasipura :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJD | Badri Narayan Patra | 86,816 | 49.98 | 16.55 |
| | INC | Niranjan Patnaik | 54,128 | 31.16 | 23.87 |
| | BJP | Prithviraj Kuanr | 27,579 | 15.88 | 3.57 |
| | AIFB | Rabinarayan Hota | 573 | 0.33 | − |
| | HND | Kishor Kumar Palei | 867 | 0.5 | − |
| | Kalinga Sena | Jagabandhu Mahanta | 743 | 0.43 | 1.56 |
| | Independent | Sukumar Puhan | 1,425 | 0.82 | − |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,579 | 0.91 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 32668 | 18.80 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 173710 | 78.78 | |
| | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold |

### 2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Badri Narayan Patra defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Satyabrata Panda by a margin of 88,602 votes.
2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Ghasipura :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJD | Badri Narayan Patra | 108,900 | 66.03 | 13.18 |
| | BJP | Satyabrata Panda | 20298 | 12.31 | 5.74 |
| | INC | Prithviraj Kuanr | 12018 | 7.29 | 28.22 |
| | BSP | Bijaya Kumar Rana | 1168 | 0.71 | 0.14 |
| | Kalinga Sena | Jagabandhu Mahanta | 3279 | 1.99 | − |
| | AAP | Pramod Kumar Sahoo | 899 | 0.55 | − |
| | Biju SD | Hemanta Kumar Nayak | 664 | 0.4 | − |
| | Independent | Rama Chandra Behera | 15849 | 9.61 | − |
| | NOTA | None | 1856 | 1.13 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 197,858 | | |
| | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold |

### 2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Badri Narayan Patra defeated Indian National Congress candidate Niranjan Patnaik by a margin of 25,554 votes.
2009 Vidhan Sabha Election: Ghasipura :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJD | Badri Narayan Patra | 77,890 | 52.85 | − |
| | INC | Niranjan Patnaik | 52,336 | 35.51 | − |
| | BJP | Santosh Kumar Rout | 9,689 | 6.57 | − |
| | Independent | Rabinarayan Hota | 1,706 | 1.16 | − |
| | Independent | Pradeep Kumar Pradhan | 1,537 | 1.04 | − |
| | BSP | Kedarnatha Aruk | 1,260 | 0.85 | − |
| | Samruddha Odisha | Dr. Kumudini Pattanayak | 1,137 | 0.77 | − |
| | Rastrawadi Sena | Mahadev Mahanta | 702 | 0.48 | − |
| | Independent | Akshaya Kumar Dhir | 583 | 0.40 | − |
| | RPI(A) | Bapi Singh | 532 | 0.36 | − |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 25,554 | 17.34 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,47,411 | 78.06 | |
| | BJD win (new seat) | BJD win (new seat) | BJD win (new seat) | BJD win (new seat) | BJD win (new seat) |