Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency

Kandhamal
Kandhamal
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Assembly constituencies	Baliguda ; G. Udayagiri ; Phulbani ; Kantamal ; Boudh ; Daspalla ; Bhanjanagar
Established	2008
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	17th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Achyuta Samanta
Party	BJD
Elected year	2019
Preceded by	Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh

Last updated April 18, 2024

Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India. This constituency came into existence in 2008, following the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.

Assembly segments

Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency comprises 7 legislative assembly segments, which are:^[1]

#	Name	District	Member
82	Baliguda (ST)	Kandhamal	Chakramani Kanhar	BJD
83	G. Udayagiri (ST)		Saluga Pradhan	BJD
84	Phulbani (ST)		Angada Kanhar	BJD
85	Kantamal	Boudh	Mahidhar Rana	BJD
86	Boudh	Boudh	Pradip Kumar Amat	BJD
121	Daspalla (SC)	Nayagarh	Ramesh Chandra Behera	BJD
123	Bhanjanagar	Ganjam	Bikram Keshari Arukha	BJD

Baliguda, G. Udayagiri, Phulbani, Boudh and Bhanjanagar assembly segments were earlier in Phulbani constituency

Members of Parliament

Year	Member
Till 2009 : Constituency did not exist
2009	Rudra Madhab Ray ^[2]	Biju Janata Dal
2014	Hemendra Chandra Singh
2014^	Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh ^[3]
2019	Achyuta Samanta

^By election

Election Result

2024

2024 Indian general election: Kandhamal
Party		Candidate	Votes
	BJD	Achyutananda Samanta
	BJP	Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi
	INC	Amir Chand Nayak
	Indipendent	Prabhanjan Nayak
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Kandhamal ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Achyutananda Samanta	461,679	49.01	-2.12
	BJP	Mahamegha Bahan Aira Kharbela Swain	3,12,463	33.17	+20.22
	INC	Manoj Kumar Acharya	1,38,993	14.76	-13.88
	BSP	Amir Nayak	7,314	0.78
	CPI(ML) Red Star	Tuna Mallick	8,283	0.88
	NOTA	None of the above	13,253	1.41
Majority			1,49,216	15.84
Turnout			9,42,041	73.10
	BJD hold		Swing

Bye-Election 2014

In 2014 bye-election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rudramadhab Ray by a margin of 2,98,868 votes.

Bye-election to the Kandhmal lok sabha constituency was held on 15 October 2014.^[5]

Seven candidates had contested the election.^[6]

Bye- Election, 2014 : Kandhamal ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh	477,529	61.54	+11.33
	BJP	Rudra Madhab Ray	1,78,661	23.02	+10.07
	INC	Abhimanyu Behera^[8]	90,536	11.66	-16.98
	NOTA	None of the above	11,053	1.42	-0.26
Majority			2,98,868	38.52	+16.96
Turnout			7,75,979	67.85
	BJD hold		Swing	+11.33

General Election 2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Hemendra Chandra Singh defeated Indian National Congress candidate Harihar Karan by a margin of 1,81,017 votes.

2014 Indian general elections: Kandhamal^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJD	Hemendra Chandra Singh	421,458	50.21
	INC	Harihar Karn	2,40,411	28.64
	BJP	Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi	1,08,744	12.95
	Independent	Lambodhar Kanhar	20,472	2.43
	BSP	Ram Nayak	11,080	1.32
	AAP	Narendra Mohanty	9,522	1.13
	AOP	Bilasini Nayak	7,741	0.92
	NOTA	None of the above	14,159	1.68
Majority			1,81,017	21.56
Turnout			8,39,796	73.43
	BJD hold		Swing

General Election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Kandhamal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJD	Rudra Madhab Ray	315,314	29.6
	INC	Suzit Kumar Padhi	1,64,307	15.42
	BJP	Ashok Sahu	1,40,720	13.8
Majority			1,51,007	14.18
Turnout			7,07,748	66.44
	BJD win (new seat)

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References

↑ "13 - Kandhamal Parliamentary (Lok Sabha) Constituency". Datanet India Pvt. Ltd. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
↑ "Parliamentary Constituency: Kandhamal". Indian Elections. Archived from the original on 17 May 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
↑ The Economic Times. "BJD candidate Pratyusha Rajeswari wins Odisha Lok Sabha bypoll". Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
↑ "List of Contesting Candidates (Phase-II) (PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
↑ "BJP, BJD Finalise Candidates; Cong Still Awaits Sonia Nod". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 6 December 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
↑ "Kandhamal bypolls: Ind candidate withdraws, seven in fray". Zee Media Corporation. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
↑ "BJD wins Kandhamal by-polls trouncing BJP in Odisha". DNA. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
↑ Dehury, Chinmaya. "Ex MLA Abhimanyu Behera is Congress candidate for Odisha bypoll". Odisha Sun Times. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
↑ "General Election 2014". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 22 October 2021.

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[1] "13 - Kandhamal Parliamentary (Lok Sabha) Constituency". Datanet India Pvt. Ltd. Retrieved 20 February 2014.

[2] "Parliamentary Constituency: Kandhamal". Indian Elections. Archived from the original on 17 May 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2014.

[BJD_candidate_Pratyusha_Rajeswari_wins_Odisha_Lok_Sabha_bypoll-3] The Economic Times. "BJD candidate Pratyusha Rajeswari wins Odisha Lok Sabha bypoll". Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.

[SP_Par_Cand-4] "List of Contesting Candidates (Phase-II) (PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 15 April 2019.

[5] "BJP, BJD Finalise Candidates; Cong Still Awaits Sonia Nod". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 6 December 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.

[6] "Kandhamal bypolls: Ind candidate withdraws, seven in fray". Zee Media Corporation. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.

[7] "BJD wins Kandhamal by-polls trouncing BJP in Odisha". DNA. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.

[8] Dehury, Chinmaya. "Ex MLA Abhimanyu Behera is Congress candidate for Odisha bypoll". Odisha Sun Times. Retrieved 25 September 2014.

[election2014-9] "General Election 2014". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 22 October 2021.

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v t e Lok Sabha constituencies of Odisha
Current	Aska Bargarh Balasore Berhampur Bhadrak Bhubaneswar Bolangir Cuttack Dhenkanal Jagatsinghpur Jajpur Kalahandi Kandhamal Kendrapara Keonjhar Koraput Mayurbhanj Nabarangpur Puri Sambalpur Sundargarh
Defunct	Angul Bhanjanagar Chatarpur Deogarh Ganjam Phulbani

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