Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha constituency in Odisha
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The Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Odisha state in Eastern India. Following the delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies implemented in 2008, the constituency comprises seven Legislative Assembly segments spread across Kendrapara and Cuttack districts.
Mahanga
Patkura
Kendrapara
Aul
Rajanagar
Mahakalapada
| Kendrapara OD-15 | |
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| Lok Sabha constituency | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| Assembly constituencies | Salipur Mahanga Patkura Kendrapara Aul Rajanagar Mahakalapada |
| Established | 1952 |
| Total electors | 17,95,725[a][b] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party |  BJP |
| Elected year | 2024 |
The constituency covers a predominantly coastal and riverine region of eastern Odisha,sencompassing urban, semi-urban and rural ettlements situated in the deltaic plains formed by the Brahmani, Baitarani and Mahanadi river systems.
Assembly Segments
Assembly Constituencies which constitute this Parliamentary Constituency, after delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies and Legislative Assembly Constituencies of 2008 are:[1]
| # | Name | District | Member | Party | Leading
(in 2024) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94 | Salipur | Cuttack | Prasanta Behera | BJD | BJP | ||
| 95 | Mahanga | Sarada Prasad Padhan | IND | ||||
| 96 | Patkura | Kendrapara | Arvind Mohapatra | BJD | |||
| 97 | Kendrapara (SC) | Ganeswar Behera | |||||
| 98 | Aul | Pratap Keshari Deb | |||||
| 99 | Rajanagar | Dhruba Charan Sahoo | BJD | ||||
| 100 | Mahakalapada | Durga Prasan Nayak | BJP | BJP | |||
Assembly Constituencies which constituted this Parliamentary Constituency, before delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies and Legislative Assembly Constituencies of 2008 are:[2] Aul, Pattamundai, Rajnagar, Kendrapara, Patkura, Kisannagar and Mahanga.
Elected members
Since its formation in 1952, 19 elections have been held till date including one bypoll in 1985. It was a two member constituency in 1957.
Elected members from the Kendrapara constituency are:[3]
- ^ by-poll
Election results
2024
Voting were held on 1 June 2024 in 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.[9] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Baijayant Panda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Anshuman Mohanty by a margin of 66,536 votes.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Baijayant Panda | 615,705 | 48.21 | ||
| BJD | Anshuman Mohanty | 5,49,169 | 43.00 | ||
| INC | Sidharth Swarup Das | 94,832 | 7.43 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 5,815 | 0.46 | ||
| Majority | 66,536 | 5.21 | |||
| Turnout | 12,83,464 | 71.47 | |||
| BJP gain from BJD | |||||
2019
In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Anubhav Mohanty defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Baijayant Panda by a margin of 1,52,584 votes.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Anubhav Mohanty | 628,939 | 50.87 |  1.85 | |
| BJP | Baijayant Panda | 4,47,456 | 38.53 |  28.13 | |
| INC | Dharanidhar Nayak | 1,13,841 | 9.21 | 25.19 | |
| SP | Rabindra Nath Behera | 5,138 | 0.42 | ||
| KP | Srikanta Samal | 1,868 | 0.15 | ||
| Independent | Santosh Kumar Das | 1,456 | 0.12 | ||
| Independent | Santosh Kumar Patra | 2,281 | 0.18 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 6,588 | 0.53 | ||
| Majority | 1,52,584 | 12.32 | |||
| Turnout | 12,38,488 | 72.39 | |||
| BJD hold | Swing | 13.14 |
|||
2014
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Baijayant Panda defeated Indian National Congress candidate Dharanidhar Nayak by a margin of 2,09,108 votes.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Baijayant Panda | 601,574 | 52.72 | ||
| INC | Dharanidhar Nayak | 3,92,466 | 34.4 | ||
| BJP | Bishnu Prasad Das | 1,18,707 | 10.4 | ||
| BSP | Sk. Faruk | 6,199 | 0.54 | ||
| Independent | Pramod Sahu | 6,193 | 0.54 | ||
| AAP | Md. Samim Aktar | 6,029 | 0.53 | ||
| Independent | Sukumar Mallick | 2,221 | 0.19 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 7,610 | 0.67 | ||
| Majority | 2,09,108 | 18.32 | |||
| Turnout | 11,37,607 | 73.14 | |||
| Registered electors | 15,55,444 | ||||
| BJD hold | |||||
2009
In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Baijayant Panda defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ranjib Biswal by a margin of 1,27,107 votes.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Baijayant Panda | 502,635 | 35.04 | ||
| INC | Ranjib Biswal | 3,75,528 | 26.18 | ||
| BJP | Jnandev Beura | 80,392 | 5.6 | ||
| Majority | 1,27,107 | 12.93 | |||
| Turnout | 9,83,010 | 68.53 | |||
| BJD hold | |||||
1957
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSP | Surendranath Dwivedy | 184,516 | 24.31 | ||
| INC | Bharrab Chandra Mahanty | 165,220 | 21.76 | ||
| PSP | Baishanab Charan Malik | 157,488 | 20.75 | ||
| INC | Laxmidhar Jena | 155,744 | 20.52 | ||
| AIGP | Fuzle Haque | 51,786 | 6.82 | ||
| IND | Krushna Kanta Ray | 44,392 | 5.85 | ||
| Turnout | 759,146 | 44.46 | |||
1952
Notes
- as on 2024
- as data published by election commission
- It was a 2 member constituency
- Resignation of Biju Patnaik
- It was a 2 member constituency
- Since this was a two-member constituency, there is no majority or swing box. The two highest-polling candidates (Surendranath Dwivedy and Bharrab Chandra Mahanty) are shown as winning candidates.