Vidhan Sabha constituency No. 43
Bhandaripokhari assembly constituency
Bhandaripokhari is one of 147 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly, in Bhadrak district and the Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency. In 2024 it elected Sanjib Kumar Mallick of the Biju Janata Dal, by 1,551 votes.
- MLA (2024)
- Sanjib Kumar Mallick
- Party
- Biju Janata Dal
- Electors
- 2,40,416
- Turnout (2024)
- 77.13%
Election results
2024
Turnout 77.13% · 1,85,437 votes · Margin 1,551
| Sanjib Kumar MallickWonBiju Janata Dal | 39.07% | 72,447 | |
| Niranjan PatnaikIndian National Congress | 38.23% | 70,896 | |
| Sudhanshu Shekhar NayakBharatiya Janata Party | 21.01% | 38,952 | |
| None of the aboveNone of the above | 0.19% | 357 |
2019
Turnout 76.64% · 1,54,995 votes · Margin 8,859
| Prafulla SamalWonBiju Janata Dal | 40.49% | 70,180 | |
| Niranjan PatnaikIndian National Congress | 35.38% | 61,321 | |
| Badri Narayan DhalBharatiya Janata Party | 22.58% | 39,141 | |
| None of the aboveNone of the above | 0.38% | 585 |
2014
Turnout 77.26% · 1,54,995 votes · Margin 34,097
| Prafulla SamalWonBiju Janata Dal | 45.27% | 70,173 | |
| Subrat Kumar DasIndian National Congress | 23.28% | 36,076 | |
| Badri Narayan DhalBharatiya Janata Party | 18.59% | 28,809 | |
| None of the aboveNone of the above | 0.38% | 585 |
2009
Turnout 73.11% · 1,35,799 votes · Margin 20,410
| Prafulla SamalWonBiju Janata Dal | 44.37% | 60,250 | |
| Badri Narayan DhalIndian National Congress | 29.34% | 39,840 | |
| Manmohan SamalBharatiya Janata Party | 15.58% | 21,160 |
Members elected since 2024
| Year | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Gokulananda Mohanty | Indian National Congress |
| 1974 | Bairagi Jena | Utkal Congress |
| 1977 | Kapil Charan Sethi | Janata Party |
| 1980 | Purusottam Sethi | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1985 | Panchanan Mandal | Indian National Congress |
| 1990 | Arjun Charan Sethi | Janata Dal |
| 1991 (bypoll) | Prafulla Kumar Jena | Janata Dal |
| 1995 | Arjun Charan Sethi | Janata Dal |
| 1998 (bypoll) | Kumar Shree Chiranjibi | Indian National Congress |
| 2000 | Ratha Das | Biju Janata Dal |
| 2004 | Ananta Sethi | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Prafulla Samal | Biju Janata Dal |
| 2014 | Prafulla Samal | Biju Janata Dal |
| 2019 | Prafulla Samal | Biju Janata Dal |
| 2024 | Sanjib Kumar Mallick | Biju Janata Dal |
Area covered
Bhandaripokhari block and Bonth block.
As set by the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008.
Bhandaripokhari block · 23 of 23 gram panchayats
Bonth block · 25 of 25 gram panchayats
Panchayats matched by Odiapedia from the order's wording to the Local Government Directory (2022) names; boundaries may have changed since 2008.