In 1985 election, [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate [[Prasanna Pattnaik]] was elected from Kamakhyanagar to become the first [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] MLA from Odisha.
In 1985 election, [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate [[Prasanna Pattnaik]] was elected from Kamakhyanagar to become the first [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] MLA from Odisha.
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Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India
Kamakhyanagar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Dhenkanal district, Odisha.[1]
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.[2][3]
In 1985 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Prasanna Pattnaik was elected from Kamakhyanagar to become the first BJP MLA from Odisha.
Since its formation in 1957, 17 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1997.
List of members elected from Kamakshyanagar constituency are:[5][6]
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.[12] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Satrughan Jena defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Kumar Mallik by a margin of 4,662 votes.[7]
In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Kumar Mallik defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Satrughan Jena by a margin of 16,509 votes.[8]
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.[9]
In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Kumar Mallik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Satrughan Jena by a margin of 20,594 votes.[10]
