| Bhawanipatna (SC) | |
| State: | Odisha |
| Constituency No: | 80 |
| Type: | SLA |
| Mla: | Sagar Charan Das |
| Party: | Indian National Congress |
| Latest Election Year: | 2024 |
| District: | Kalahandi |
| Loksabha Cons: | Kalahandi |
| Established: | 1951 |
| Electors: | [1] |
| Reservation: | SC |
Bhawanipatna is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kalahandi district, Odisha.[2]
This constituency includes Bhawanipatna, Kesinga, 25 Gram panchayats (Madiguda, Chahagaon, Karlapada, Chheliamal, Kalam, Karlaguda, Thuapadar, Dadpur, Deypur, Gudialipadar, Kamthana, Kuliamal, Gand-Barajhola, Medinipur, Seinpur, Palsijharan, Udepur, Matia, Borda, Kendupati, Gurujung, Borbhata, Dumuria, Artal and Palana) of Bhawanipatna block and 17GPs (Adhamunda, Balsi, Boria, Chancher, Deogaon, Fatakmal, Gaigaon, Gokuleswar, Kandel, Kikia, Kundabandha, Laitara, Nasigaon, Pastikudi, Patharla, Sirol and Utkela) of Kesinga block.[3] [4]
Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including in one bypoll in 1957. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952 & 1957.[5]
List of members elected from Bhawanipatna constituency are:[6] [7]
| Year | Member[8] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Janardan Majhi | ||
| Jogesh Chandra Singh Deo | |||
| 1957 | Karunakar Bhoi | ||
| Pratap Keshari Deo | |||
| 1957^ | Chandra Sekhar Pradhan | ||
| 1961 | Anchal Majhi | ||
| 1967 | Dayanidhi Naik | ||
| 1971 | |||
| 1974 | Jagamohan Nayak | ||
| 1977 | Dayanidhi Naik | ||
| 1980 | |||
| 1985 | Bhakta Charan Das | ||
| 1990 | Ajit Das | ||
| 1995 | Pradipta Kumar Naik | ||
| 2000 | |||
| 2004 | |||
| 2009 | Dusmanta Naik | ||
| 2014 | Anam Naik | ||
| 2019 | Pradipta Kumar Naik | ||
| 2024 | Sagar Charan Das | ||
Voting were held on 13th May 2024 in 1st phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[9]
In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradipta Kumar Naik defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Dusmanta Naik by a margin of 4684 votes.[10] [11]
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Anam Naik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Dusmanta Naik by a margin of 10,814 votes.
In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Dusmanta Naik defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradipta Kumar Naik by a margin of 2,195 votes.