Bhawanipatna Assembly constituency
Bhawanipatana is a Bidhan Sabha constituency of Kalahandi district, Odisha. After 2008 Delimitation, Kesinga Assembly constituency was subsumed into this constituency.
This constituency includes the district HQ town Bhawanipatna, Kesinga, 25 Gram panchayats of Bhawanipatna block and 17GPs of Kesinga block.
Elected members
Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including in one bypoll in 1957. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952 & 1957.
List of members elected from Bhawanipatna constituency are:
2024
Voting were held on 13 May 2024 in 1st phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024. In 2024 election, Indian National Congress candidate Sagar Charan Das defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradipta Kumar Naik by a margin of 13,741 votes.
2019
In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradipta Kumar Naik defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Dusmanta Naik by a margin of 4,684 votes.
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Anam Naik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Dusmanta Naik by a margin of 10,814 votes.
2009
In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Dusmanta Naik defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradipta Kumar Naik by a margin of 2,195 votes.