Bhanjanagar Assembly constituency


Bhanjanagar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district. Following 2008 delimitation, Jaganathprasad Assembly constituency was subsumed into this constituency.
Area of this constituency includes 22 Gram panchayat and 2 blocks namely Bhanjanagar, Jagannath Prasad, Ganjam.

Elected members

Since its formation in 1957, 16 elections were held till date. It was a 2-member constituency in 1957.
List of members elected from Bhanjanagar constituency are:

Election results

2024

Voting were held on 20 May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024. In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradyumna Kumar Nayak defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Bikram Keshari Arukha by a margin of 16,324 votes.

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bikram Keshari Arukha defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradyumna Kumar Nayak by a margin of 9,103 votes.

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bikram Keshari Arukha defeated Indian National Congress candidate Binayak Tripathy by a margin of 31,730 votes.

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bikram Keshari Arukha defeated Indian National Congress candidate Debi Prasad Bisoyi by 73,367 votes.