Bhanjanagar
Assembly seat no. 123 in Odisha · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 15 times since 1961.
Odisha also has a Lok Sabha constituency called BHANJANAGAR. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 3 results.
Winner, 2024
Pradyumna Kumar Nayak
BJP
Elections held
15
1961–2024
Most successful party
BJD
won 5 of 15
Margin, 2024
16,324
9.94% of valid votes
Result, 2024
Runner-up
BJDBikram Keshari Arukha
- Votes
- 67,498
- Vote share
- 41.11%
- Behind by
- 16,324
Electors
2,39,901
Total votes polled
1,64,171
Valid votes
1,64,171
NOTA votes
1,941
1.18% of votes polled
Turnout
68.4%
Full result, 2024
8 candidates · 1,64,171 valid votes
Pradyumna Kumar NayakBJPwon
83,822
51.1%
Bikram Keshari ArukhaBJD
67,498
41.1%
Prasant Kumar BisoyiINC
5,136
3.1%
Kabiraj BeheraAAAP
2,480
1.5%
Sunita BeheraIND
984
0.6%
Tuna MallickCPM
832
0.5%
Panchanan DasIND
819
0.5%
Raju NayakAIFB
659
0.4%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 15 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Pradyumna Kumar Nayak | BJP | 83,822 | 51.06% | Bikram Keshari Arukha | 16,324 |
| 2019 | BIKRAM KESHARI ARUKHA | BJD | 76,879 | 48.56% | PRADYUMNA KUMAR NAYAK | 9,103 |
| 2014 | BIKRAM KESHARI ARUKHA | BJD | 82,467 | 56.21% | BINAYAK TRIPATHY | 31,701 |
| 2009 | BIKRAM KESHARI ARUKHA | BJD | 90,515 | 76.50% | DEBI PRASAD BISHOYI | 73,367 |
| 2004 | BIKRAM KESHARI ARUKHA | BJD | 52,697 | 52.71% | B.DAND PANI PATRO | 5,426 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above

