Athmallik (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Athmallik (Sl. No.: 63) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Angul district, Odisha.

This constituency includes Athmallik, Athmallik block, Kishorenagar block and 9 GPs (Antulia, Saradhapur, Matiasahi, Manikajodi, Jagannathpur, Tainsi, Kothabhuin, Tikarpada and Purunakote) of Angul block.

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ramesh Chandra Sai defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bhagirathi Pradhan by a margin of 47,184 votes.

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates
2019
53.56%
2014
44.85%
2009
48.46%
2004
45.77%
2000
59.77%
1995
47.64%
1990
53.84%
1985
48.06%
1980
60.32%
1977
50.48%

Seventeen elections were held between 1951 and 2019 including one Bye-Election in 1955. Elected members from the Athmallik constituency are:

  • 2019: (63): Ramesh Chandra Sai (BJD)
  • 2014: (63): Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo (BJD)
  • 2009: (63): Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo (BJD)
  • 2004: (115):Nagendra Kumar Pradhan (BJD)
  • 2000: (115):Nagendra Kumar Pradhan (BJD)
  • 1995: (115): Amarnath Pradhan (Congress)
  • 1990: (115): Nagendra Kumar Pradhan (CPI-M)
  • 1985: (115): Amarnath Pradhan (Congress)
  • 1980: (115): Santosh Kumar Pradhan (Congress-I)
  • 1977: (115): Balakrushna Pattanayak (Janata Party)
  • 1974: (115): Bhajaman Behera (Utkal Congress)
  • 1971: (140): Raja Kishore Pradhan (Praja Socialist Party)
  • 1967: (140): Surendra Pradhan (CPI-M)
  • 1961: (80): Khetramohan Panigrahhi (Ganatantra Parishad)
  • 1957: (54): Khetramohan Panigrahhi (Ganatantra Parishad)
  • 1951: (13, Bye-Election): K. C. Deo (Congress)
  • 1951: (13): Dwitiya Raul (Congress)

2019 Election Result

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ramesh Chandra Sai defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bhagirathi Pradhan by a margin of 47,184 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athmallik 
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Ramesh Chandra Sai 86,254 53.56 Increase8.71
BJP Bhagirathi Pradhan 39,070 24.26 Increase8.33
INC Bijayananda Chaulia 30,925 19.20 Decrease11.8
BSP Hrusikesh Luha 1288 0.79 –
SUCI(C) Ramani Ranjan Pradhan 1055 0.65 –
Independent Sarat Chandra Mahapatra 706 0.43 –
NOTA None of the above 1717 1.06 –
Majority 47,184 28.59 14.73
Turnout 165035 79.56 -0.13
Registered electors 2,01,661
BJD hold

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo defeated Indian National Congress candidate Surendra Kumar Pradhan by a margin of 19,533 votes.

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athmallik 
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo 63,226 44.85 –
INC Surendra Kumar Pradhan 43,693 31.00 –
BJP Bhagirathi Pradhan 22,463 15.93 –
Independent Ramani Ranjan Pradhan 2,748 1.95 –
Independent Prafulla Kumar Chaulia 2,312 1.64 –
BSP Ananda Chandra Behera 1,920 1.36 –
Kalinga Sena Pradeep Kumar Sahoo 723 0.51 –
Independent Tapan Kumar Mishra 706 0.5 –
Independent Mitrughna Mahakhuda 683 0.48 –
AAP Prasadi Behera 609 0.43 –
PVP Bhramarbara Sahu 434 0.31 –
NOTA None of the above 1,450 1.03 –
Majority 19,533 13.86 -1.25
Turnout 1,40,967 79.69 7.02
Registered electors 1,76,891
BJD hold

2009 Election Result

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athmallik
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo 61,388 48.86 2.69
INC Mousumi Pradhan 42,407 33.75 –
BJP Bhagirathi Pradhan 12,674 10.09 –
Independent Dattatreya Mishra 3,297 2.62 –
SAMO Binod Kumar Pradhan 1,677 1.33 –
Independent Santilata Behera 995 0.79 –
Independent Bijaya Kumar Sahoo 889 0.71 –
Independent Tapan Kumar Mishra 883 0.70 –
Independent Artatrana Behera 856 0.68 –
Independent Karunakar Nayak 571 0.45 –
Majority 18,981 15.11[a] –
Turnout 1,25,672 72.67 –
BJD hold Swing {{{swing}}}