Vidhan Sabha constituency No. 44
Bhadrak assembly constituency
Bhadrak is one of 147 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly, in Bhadrak district and the Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency. In 2024 it elected Sitansu Sekhar Mohapatra of the Bharatiya Janata Party, by 16,068 votes.
- MLA (2024)
- Sitansu Sekhar Mohapatra
- Party
- Bharatiya Janata Party
- Electors
- 2,74,332
- Turnout (2024)
- 70.93%
Election results
2024
Turnout 70.93% · 1,94,582 votes · Margin 16,068
| Sitansu Sekhar MohapatraWonBharatiya Janata Party | 42.29% | 82,282 | |
| Prafulla SamalBiju Janata Dal | 34.03% | 66,214 | |
| Asit PatnaikIndian National Congress | 22.38% | 43,557 | |
| None of the aboveNone of the above | 0.4% | 779 |
2019
Turnout 70.81% · 1,79,895 votes · Margin 33,389
| Sanjib Kumar MallickWonBiju Janata Dal | 0.05% | 93.668 | |
| Pradip NayakBharatiya Janata Party | 33.51% | 60,279 | |
| Nalini Kanta MohantyIndian National Congress | 12.58% | 22,630 | |
| None of the aboveNone of the above | 0.47% | 843 |
2014
Turnout 71.49% · 1,61,616 votes · Margin 23,587
| Jugal Kishore PattnaikWonBiju Janata Dal | 49.86% | 80,582 | |
| Naren PallaiIndian National Congress | 35.27% | 56,995 | |
| Pradip NayakBharatiya Janata Party | 11.99% | 19,384 | |
| None of the aboveNone of the above | 0.51% | 832 |
2009
Turnout 65.12% · 1,39,448 votes · Margin 21,428
| Jugal Kishore PattnaikWonBiju Janata Dal | 53.99% | 75,294 | |
| Naren PallaiIndian National Congress | 38.63% | 53,866 | |
| Tusar Kanti JenaBharatiya Janata Party | 5.56% | 7,755 |
Members elected since 2024
| Year | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Mahamad Hanif | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Nityananda Mohapatra | Independent |
| 1961 | Nityananda Mohapatra | Independent |
| 1967 | Nityananda Mohapatra | Orissa Jana Congress |
| 1971 | Harekrushna Mahatab | Indian National Congress |
| 1971 (bypoll) | Balaram Sahoo | Utkal Congress |
| 1974 | Jugal Kishore Pattnaik | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Ratnakar Mohanty | Janata Party |
| 1980 | Jugal Kishore Pattnaik | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1985 | Jugal Kishore Pattnaik | Indian National Congress |
| 1990 | Prafulla Samal | Janata Dal |
| 1995 | Prafulla Samal | Janata Dal |
| 2000 | Biren Palei | Indian National Congress |
| 2002 (bypoll) | Prafulla Samal | Biju Janata Dal |
| 2004 | Naren Pallai | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Jugal Kishore Pattnaik | Biju Janata Dal |
| 2014 | Jugal Kishore Pattnaik | Biju Janata Dal |
| 2019 | Sanjib Kumar Mallick | Biju Janata Dal |
| 2024 | Sitansu Sekhar Mohapatra | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Area covered
Bhadrak and Bhadrak block.
As set by the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008.
Towns: Bhadrak
Bhadrak block · 37 of 37 gram panchayats
Panchayats matched by Odiapedia from the order's wording to the Local Government Directory (2022) names; boundaries may have changed since 2008.