Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency

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Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Assembly constituencies	Dhenkanal Hindol Kamakhyanagar Parjanga Pallahara Talcher Angul
Established	1952
Total electors	15,33,702 [a] [b]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Rudra Narayan Pany
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India.

Assembly Segments

After delimitation of Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency, the seven legislative assembly segments which constitute this parliamentary constituency are ^[1] Before delimitation in 2008, legislative assembly segments which constituted this parliamentary constituency were: Birmaharajpur, Athmallik, Angul, Hindol, Dhenkanal, Gondia and Kamakhyanagar. ^[2]

#	Name	District	Member	Party		Leading (in 2024)
55	Dhenkanal	Dhenkanal	Krushna Chandra Patra		BJP		BJP
56	Hindol (SC)		Simarani Nayak		BJP		BJP
57	Kamakhyanagar		Satrughan Jena		BJP		BJP
58	Parjanga		Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan		BJP		BJP
59	Pallahara	Angul	Ashok Mohanty		BJP		BJP
60	Talcher		Braja Kishore Pradhan		BJD		BJD
61	Angul		Pratap Chandra Pradhan		BJP		BJP

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates
2024			50.24%
2019			46.14%
2014			33.25%
2009			31.05%
2004			53.59%
1999			61.75%
1998			51.02%
1996			47.65%
1991			51.23%
1989			58.94%
1984			72.74%
1980			63.04%
1977			56.69%
1971			42.23%

Since its formation in 1952, 18 elections have been held till date. It was a two-member constituency in 1952.

List of members elected from Dhenkanal constituency are

Year	Member	Party
As Dhenkanal West Cuttack Constituency
1952 [c]	Niranjan Jena		Indian National Congress
	Sarangadhar Das		Socialist Party
As Dhenkanal Constituency
1957	Surendra Mohanty		Ganatantra Parishad
1962	Baishnab Charan Patnaik		Indian National Congress
1967	Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo		Swatantra Party
1971	Devendra Satpathy		Indian National Congress
1977			Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980	Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo		Indian National Congress (I)
1984			Indian National Congress
1989	Bhajaman Behara		Janata Dal
1991	Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo		Indian National Congress
1996
1998	Tathagata Satpathy		Biju Janata Dal
1999	Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo		Indian National Congress
2004	Tathagata Satpathy		Biju Janata Dal
2009 [3]
2014 [4]
2019 [5]	Mahesh Sahoo
2024 [6]	Rudra Narayan Pany		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 25 May 2024 in 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024. ^[7] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rudra Narayan Pany defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Avinash Samal by a margin of 76,567 votes. ^[6]

2024 Indian general election: Dhenkanal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rudra Narayan Pany	598,721	50.24
	BJD	Avinash Samal	5,22,154	43.82
	INC	Sashmita Behera	34,730	2.91
	NOTA	None of the above	13,777	1.16
Majority			76,567	6.42
Turnout			12,02,003	78.37
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Mahesh Sahoo defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rudra Narayan Pany by a margin of 35,412 votes. ^[5]

2019 Indian general elections: Dhenkanal ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Mahesh Sahoo	522,884	46.21
	BJP	Rudra Narayan Pany	487,472	43.08
	INC	Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo	80,349	7.10
	NOTA	None of the above	11,254	0.99
Majority			35,412	3.13
Turnout			1,133,213	75.33
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Tathagata Satpathy defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rudra Narayan Pany by a margin of 1,37,340 votes. ^[4]

2014 Indian general elections: Dhenkanal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Tathagata Satpathy	453,277	43.50
	BJP	Rudra Narayan Pany	315,937	30.32
	INC	Sudhir Kumar Samal	213,794	20.52
	NOTA	None of the above	13,205	1.27
Majority			137,340	13.18
Turnout			1,042,111	76.43
	BJD hold

2009

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Tathagata Satpathy defeated Indian National Congress candidate Chandra Sekhar Tripathi by a margin of 1,86,587 votes. ^[3]

2009 Indian general elections: Dhenkanal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Tathagata Satpathy	398,568	31.05
	INC	Chandra Sekhar Tripathi	211,981	16.51
	BJP	Rudra Narayan Pany	208,296	16.23
Majority			186,587	21.78
Turnout			856,631	66.74
	BJD hold

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. It was a 2 member constituency

References

1. Archived 19 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Orissa" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
3. "IndiaVotes PC: Dhenkanal 2009". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
4. "IndiaVotes PC: Dhenkanal 2014". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
5. "General Election 2019". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 22 October 2021.
6. "Dhenkanal lok sabha election results 2024: Dhenkanal Winning Candidates List and Vote Share". India Today. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
7. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI .
8. "List of Contesting Candidates (Phase-II) (PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 15 April 2019.

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