Kamakhyanagar Assembly constituency

Kamakhyanagar
Constituency No. 57 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictDhenkanal
LS constituencyDhenkanal
Established1957
Total electors183,377
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2024

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.

  1. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014. Constituency: Kamakshyanagar (57) District : Dhenkanal{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  3. ^ Seats of Odisha