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Assembly constituency 85 · Odisha

Kantamal is assembly constituency number 85 in Odisha, in Baudh * district, and one of the segments of the Kandhamal Lok Sabha seat. In the 2024 election Kanhai Charan Danga of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 48.3% of the vote, 7,149 votes ahead of Mahidhar Rana (BJD).

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Kantamal · 2024AC 85
  1. 01
    Kanhai Charan Danga
    BJP
    68,356
    48.28%
  2. 02
    Mahidhar Rana
    BJD
    61,207
    43.23%
  3. 03
    Saroj Kumar Pradhan
    INC
    7,694
    5.43%
  4. 04
    Sudhansu Danga
    Independent
    1,024
    0.72%
  5. 05
    Kunja Bihari Singh
    MLD
    954
    0.67%
  6. 1 other candidate · 941 votesNOTA · 1,399 (0.99%)

Margin 7,149 votes · 5.05% of valid votes

1,69,070
Registered electors
2024 election
84.8%
Turnout
+5.0 pts vs 2019
7,149
Victory margin
5.0% of valid votes
May 2024 · candidate-wise result

All 6 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,41,575 valid votes, NOTA included.

Kantamal 2024 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Kanhai Charan DangaMale · 70 yrsBJP68,356
48.28%
2Mahidhar RanaMale · 55 yrsBJD61,207
43.23%
3Saroj Kumar PradhanMale · 45 yrsINC7,694
5.43%
—NOTANOTA1,399
0.99%
4Sudhansu DangaMale · 46 yrs · SCIndependent1,024
0.72%
5Kunja Bihari SinghMale · 51 yrsMLD954
0.67%
6Satyabrat SahuMale · 26 yrsIndependent941
0.66%
Past results

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

0%10%20%30%40%50%2009201420192024BJP 48.3%BJD 43.2%INC 5.4%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2024Kanhai Charan DangaBJP · 48.3% · margin 7,149Turnout84.8%
2014Mahidhar RanaBJD · 42.6% · margin 25,366Turnout80.7%
2009Bhagban KanhorBJD · 44.7% · margin 14,453Turnout73.9%
2019Mahidhar RanaBJD · 33.0% · margin 3,650Turnout79.8%

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

Kantamal result 2019

Kantamal 2019 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Mahidhar RanaBJD43,099
33.03%
2Kanhai Charan DangaBJP39,449
30.24%
3Sesha Kumar MeherIndependent28,370
21.75%
4Prasanta Kumar SahuINC13,166
10.09%
5Sudhansu DangaIndependent3,035
2.33%
6Manoranjan KuanarHND2,255
1.73%
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—NOTANOTA1,091
0.84%

Kantamal result 2014

Kantamal 2014 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Mahidhar RanaBJD49,202
42.62%
2Harinarayan PradhanINC23,836
20.65%
3Kanhai Charana DangaIndependent23,688
20.52%
4Sudhansu DangaBJP9,336
8.09%
5Aditya PradhanPBI2,791
2.42%
6Dolamani PradhanKOKD1,630
1.41%
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—NOTANOTA1,132
0.98%
7Bishnupriya PandaPCHVP868
0.75%
8Rajeeb Kumar NayakAAP848
0.73%
9Ramesh Chandra DehuriaBSP845
0.73%
10Sandip Kumar MeherOJM697
0.60%
11Sushil KumbharIndependent563
0.49%

Kantamal result 2009

Kantamal 2009 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Bhagban KanhorBJD45,979
44.68%
2Kanhai Charan DangaINC31,526
30.64%
3Hari Narayan PradhanBJP20,448
19.87%
4Lalit Kumar SahuIndependent2,387
2.32%
5Hemanta SunaBSP1,459
1.42%
6Snehalata NayakSP1,100
1.07%
Map

Kantamal 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 Baudh * district

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

BJPBJDINCCPI(M)Others
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

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

  • Sukanta Kumar PanigrahiBJP65,710 47.2%
  • Achyutananda SamantaBJD61,219 44.0%
  • Amir Chand NayakINC8,801 6.3%
  • Bhagirathi BaliarsinghMLD1,191 0.9%
  • Kanak Manjari RathIndependent638 0.5%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 4,491 EVM votes.

Open Kandhamal Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

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

Who won the Kantamal assembly seat in 2024?

Kanhai Charan Danga of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Kantamal in the 2024 Odisha assembly election with 68,356 votes, which was 48.28% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Kantamal?

The margin was 7,149 votes (5.05% of valid votes). The runner-up was Mahidhar Rana of the Biju Janata Dal with 61,207 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Kantamal in 2024?

Turnout was 84.77%: 1,43,329 of 1,69,070 registered electors voted, across 218 polling stations. That is 5.0 points higher than in 2019.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Kantamal part of?

Kantamal is an assembly segment of the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency in Odisha. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Kantamal a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Kantamal?

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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