Dhenkanal
Assembly seat no. 55 in Odisha · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 15 times since 1961.
Odisha also has a Lok Sabha constituency called DHENKANAL. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 16 results.
Winner, 2024
Krushna Chandra Patra
BJP
Elections held
15
1961–2024
Most successful party
INC
won 4 of 15
Margin, 2024
20,439
10.09% of valid votes
Result, 2024
Runner-up
BJDSudhir Kumar Samal
- Votes
- 86,090
- Vote share
- 42.48%
- Behind by
- 20,439
Electors
2,71,942
Total votes polled
2,02,637
Valid votes
2,02,637
NOTA votes
1,983
0.98% of votes polled
Turnout
74.5%
Full result, 2024
8 candidates · 2,02,637 valid votes
Krushna Chandra PatraBJPwon
1,06,529
52.6%
Sudhir Kumar SamalBJD
86,090
42.5%
Susmita Singh DeoINC
4,630
2.3%
Bharat Kumar DasAAAP
1,433
0.7%
Meghanada NandaIND
652
0.3%
Bikash NayakIND
518
0.3%
Uttam MohantyIND
452
0.2%
Swastida SatpathySAMO
350
0.2%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 15 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Krushna Chandra Patra | BJP | 1,06,529 | 52.57% | Sudhir Kumar Samal | 20,439 |
| 2019 | Sudhir Kumar Samal | BJD | 89,536 | 46.92% | Krushna Chandra Patra | 20,640 |
| 2014 | SAROJ KUMAR SAMAL | BJD | 69,083 | 39.40% | KRUSHNA CHANDRA PATRA | 3,294 |
| 2009 | NABIN NANDA | NCP | 51,118 | 35.28% | SUDHIR KUMAR SAMAL | 6,933 |
| 2004 | SUDHIR KUMAR SAMAL | INC | 53,477 | 49.71% | KRUSHANA CHANDRA PATRA | 5,466 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above