Dhenkanal Assembly constituency
Dhenkanal is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Dhenkanal district, Odisha. After 2008 delimitation, Gondia, Odisha Assembly constituency was subsumed into this constituency.
This constituency includes Dhenkanal, Gondia block and 20 GPs of Dhenkanal block.
Elected members
Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections have been held till date. It was a 2 member constituency in 1957.
List of members elected from Dhenkanal constituency are:
2024
Voting was held on 25 May 2024 in the 3rd phase of the Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of the Indian General Election. The counting of votes was on 4 June 2024. In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Krushna Chandra Patra defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Sudhir Kumar Samal by a margin of 20,439 votes.
2019
In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sudhir Kumar Samal defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Krushna Chandra Patra by a margin of 20,640 votes.
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Saroj Kumar Samal defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Krushna Chandra Patra by a margin of 3,294 votes.
2009
In 2009 election, Nationalist Congress Party candidate Nabin Nanda defeated Indian National Congress candidate Sudhir Kumar Samal by a margin of 6,933 votes.