Kamakhyanagar Assembly constituency
Kamakhyanagar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Dhenkanal district, Odisha.
Area of this constituency includes Kamakhyanagar, Bhuban, 15 GPs of Kamakshyanagar block and 7 GPs of Dhenkanal block, and Bhuban block.
In 1985 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Prasanna Pattnaik was elected from Kamakhyanagar to become the first BJP MLA from Odisha.
Elected members
Since its formation in 1957, 17 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1997.
List of members elected from Kamakshyanagar constituency are:
2024
Voting were held on 25 May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024. In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Satrughan Jena defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Kumar Mallik by a margin of 4,662 votes.
2019
In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Kumar Mallik defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Satrughan Jena by a margin of 16,509 votes.
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Kumar Mallik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Bhabani Sankar Mohaptra by a margin of 16,881 votes.
2009
In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Kumar Mallik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Satrughan Jena by a margin of 20,594 votes.