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Assembly constituency 55 · Odisha

Dhenkanal is assembly constituency number 55 in Odisha, in Dhenkanal district, and one of the segments of the Dhenkanal Lok Sabha seat. In the 2024 election Krushna Chandra Patra of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 52.6% of the vote, 20,439 votes ahead of Sudhir Kumar Samal (BJD).

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Dhenkanal · 2024AC 55
  1. 01
    Krushna Chandra Patra
    BJP
    1,06,529
    52.57%
  2. 02
    Sudhir Kumar Samal
    BJD
    86,090
    42.48%
  3. 03
    Susmita Singh Deo
    INC
    4,630
    2.28%
  4. 04
    Bharat Kumar Das
    AAP
    1,433
    0.71%
  5. 05
    Meghanada Nanda
    Independent
    652
    0.32%
  6. 3 other candidates · 1,320 votesNOTA · 1,983 (0.98%)

Margin 20,439 votes · 10.09% of valid votes

2,71,942
Registered electors
2024 election
74.8%
Turnout
-0.2 pts vs 2019
20,439
Victory margin
10.1% of valid votes
May 2024 · candidate-wise result

All 8 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,02,637 valid votes, NOTA included.

Dhenkanal 2024 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Krushna Chandra PatraMale · 60 yrsBJP1,06,529
52.57%
2Sudhir Kumar SamalMale · 60 yrsBJD86,090
42.48%
3Susmita Singh DeoFemale · 45 yrsINC4,630
2.28%
—NOTANOTA1,983
0.98%
4Bharat Kumar DasMale · 61 yrsAAP1,433
0.71%
5Meghanada NandaMale · 69 yrsIndependent652
0.32%
6Bikash NayakMale · 33 yrsIndependent518
0.26%
7Uttam MohantyMale · 29 yrsIndependent452
0.22%
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8Swastida SatpathyMale · 54 yrsSAMO350
0.17%
Past results

The seat changed hands: BJD won in 2019, BJP in 2024.

0%20%40%60%2009201420192024BJP 52.6%BJD 42.5%INC 2.3%NCP 35.3%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2019Sudhir Kumar SamalBJD · 46.9% · margin 20,640Turnout75.0%
2024Krushna Chandra PatraBJP · 52.6% · margin 20,439Turnout74.8%
2014Saroj Kumar SamalBJD · 39.4% · margin 3,294Turnout75.1%
2009Nabin NandaNCP · 35.3% · margin 6,933Turnout64.6%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Dhenkanal result 2019

Dhenkanal 2019 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sudhir Kumar SamalBJD89,536
46.92%
2Krushna Chandra PatraBJP68,896
36.11%
3Nabin NandaINC24,788
12.99%
4Ganeswar PradhanBSP2,792
1.46%
—NOTANOTA1,265
0.66%
5Akshaya Routskd767
0.40%
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6Patitapaban MishraAIFB533
0.28%
7Meghanada NandaIndependent491
0.26%
8Ashish Kumar MishraAAP463
0.24%
9Bikash NayakHND453
0.24%
10Gudia SharmaIndependent431
0.23%
11Bhajaman RoutSUCI(C)395
0.21%

Dhenkanal result 2014

Dhenkanal 2014 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Saroj Kumar SamalBJD69,083
39.40%
2Krushna Chandra PatraBJP65,789
37.52%
3Sidheswari Prasad MishraINC30,571
17.43%
—NOTANOTA2,036
1.16%
4Kamaksha Prasad BihariBSP2,028
1.16%
5Shaikh Abdul WaliRPI(A)1,731
0.99%
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6Shishira Kumar SatapathyAAP1,098
0.63%
7Sadashiv MohapatraAOP757
0.43%
8Bibhuprada SahooIndependent696
0.40%
9Ranjan Kumar NayakIndependent688
0.39%
10Aruna Kumar SahooIndependent499
0.28%
11Saroj Kumar SatapathySKD376
0.21%

Dhenkanal result 2009

Dhenkanal 2009 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Nabin NandaNCP51,118
35.28%
2Sudhir Kumar SamalINC44,185
30.50%
3Krushna Chandra PatraBJP41,032
28.32%
4Anupama BaralSAMO1,936
1.34%
5Niroj Nalini MahalikBSP1,815
1.25%
6Shaikh Abdul WaliRPI1,203
0.83%
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7Chakradhar NayakKS946
0.65%
8Madhusudan NaikIndependent945
0.65%
9Utkal KhatuaRPD871
0.60%
10Bana MaharanaIndependent837
0.58%
Map

Dhenkanal outlined in orange among the other Odisha seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2024. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Dhenkanal district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

BJPBJDINCCPI(M)Others
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Dhenkanal is one of the assembly segments of Dhenkanal. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Dhenkanal candidates.

  • Rudra Narayan PanyBJP1,08,551 54.6%
  • Abinash SamalBJD82,298 41.4%
  • Sashmita BeheraINC4,420 2.2%
  • Prafulla Kumar NaikBSP721 0.4%
  • Maheswar SahooIndependent672 0.3%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 26,253 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Dhenkanal.

Who won the Dhenkanal assembly seat in 2024?

Krushna Chandra Patra of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Dhenkanal in the 2024 Odisha assembly election with 1,06,529 votes, which was 52.57% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Dhenkanal?

The margin was 20,439 votes (10.09% of valid votes). The runner-up was Sudhir Kumar Samal of the Biju Janata Dal with 86,090 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Dhenkanal in 2024?

Turnout was 74.77%: 2,03,324 of 2,71,942 registered electors voted, across 274 polling stations. That is 0.2 points lower than in 2019.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Dhenkanal part of?

Dhenkanal is an assembly segment of the Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency in Odisha. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Rudra Narayan Pany got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Dhenkanal a reserved constituency?

No. Dhenkanal is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Dhenkanal?

The Odisha assembly elected in 2024 completes its five-year term in 2029, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Odisha assembly elections of 2024 and 2019 and 2014 and 2009 (2024 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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