Kamakhyanagar Assembly constituency
Kamakhyanagar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Dhenkanal district, Odisha.
| Kamakhyanagar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 57 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Dhenkanal |
| LS constituency | Dhenkanal |
| Established | 1961 |
| Total electors | 183,377 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Prafulla Kumar Mallik | |
| Party | Biju Janata Dal |
| Elected year | 2019 |
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.
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 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Kumar Mallik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Satrughan Jena by a margin of 20,594 votes.