Kamakhyanagar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Dhenkanal district, Odisha.
Area of this constituency includes Kamakhyanagar, Bhuban, 15 GPs (Badasuanlo, Jagannathpur, Bhairapur, Baruan(K), Baunspal, Kanapura, Baisinga, Baligorad, Mahulapal, Kadua, Rainarasinghpur, Sogar, Budhibilli, Bankual and Kotagara) of Kamakshyanagar block and 7 GPs (Barada, Gengutia, Sankulei, Tarva, Chaulia, Sogarpasi and Bansingh) of Dhenkanal block, and Bhuban block.Assembly Constituencies and their ExtentSeats of Odisha
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:
YearMemberParty2024Satrughan Jena2019Prafulla Kumar Mallik2014200920042000Brahmananda Biswal1997 (bypoll)Premalata Mohapatra1995Kailash Chandra Mohapatra1990Prasanna Patanayak19851980Kailash Chandra Mohapatra1977Prasanna Patanayak1974Brahmananda Biswal19711967Brundaban Tripathy19611957Ratnaprava Devi
Election results
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.
2014 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.
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