Kendrapara | |
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Constituency No. 97 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | Odisha |
Division | Central Division |
District | Kendrapara |
Lok Sabha constituency | Kendrapara |
Established | 1951 |
Total electors | 2,30,413 [a] [b] |
Reservation | SC |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | Biju Janata Dal |
Elected year | 2024 |
Kendrapara (Sl. No.: 97) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendrapara district, Odisha. [1]
This constituency includes Kendrapara, Kendrapara block and 12 Gram panchayats (Alapua, Taradipal, Penthapal, Andara, Baluria, Amrutamanohi, Nilakanthapur, Balipatana, Narasinghpur, Badamulabasanta, Dihapada and Singhagan) of Pattamundai block. [2] [3]
Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1955. [5]
List of members elected from Kendrapara constituency are: [6] [7]
Year | Member | Party | |
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2024 [8] | Ganeswar Behera | Biju Janata Dal | |
2019 [9] | Shashi Bhusan Behera | ||
2014 [10] | Kishore Chandra Tarai | ||
2009 [11] | Sipra Mallick | ||
2004 | Utkal Keshari Parida | Odisha Gana Parisad | |
2000 | Bed Prakash Agarwal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
1995 | Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty | Indian National Congress | |
1990 | Bed Prakash Agarwal | Janata Dal | |
1985 | Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty | Indian National Congress | |
1980 | Indramani Rout | Indian National Congress (I) | |
1977 | Bed Prakash Agarwal | Janata Party | |
1974 | Utkal Congress | ||
1971 | Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty | Praja Socialist Party | |
1967 | Sarojakanta Kanungo | ||
1961 | Dhruba Charan Sahu | Indian National Congress | |
1957 [c] | Prahlad Mallik | ||
Dinabandhu Sahoo | |||
1955 (bypoll) [d] | Purusottam Nayak | ||
1951 | Dinabandhu Sahoo |
Voting were held on 1 June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024. [12] In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ganeswar Behera defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Geetanjali Sethi by a margin of 35,418 votes. [8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJD | Ganeswar Behera | 90,173 | 58.49 | ![]() | |
BJP | Geetanjali Sethi | 54,755 | 35.52 | ![]() | |
INC | Sipra Mallick | 7,478 | 4.85 | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the above | 638 | 0.41 | ![]() | |
Majority | 35,418 | 22.97 | |||
Turnout | 1,54,166 | 66.91 | |||
BJD hold |
In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Shashi Bhusan Behera defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ganeswar Behera by a margin of 6,585 votes. [9]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJD | Shashi Bhusan Behera | 66,132 | 43.69 | ||
INC | Ganeswar Behera | 59,547 | 39.34 | ||
BJP | Sunakar Behera | 22,842 | 15.09 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 486 | 0.32 | ||
Majority | 6,585 | 4.35 | |||
Turnout | 1,51,367 | 69.59 | |||
BJD hold |
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Kishore Chandra Tarai defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ganeswar Behera by a margin of 5,431 votes. [10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJD | Kishore Chandra Tarai | 65,037 | 46.93 | ![]() | |
INC | Ganeswar Behera | 59,606 | 43.01 | ![]() | |
BJP | Sunakar Behera | 9,981 | 7.2 | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the above | 682 | 0.49 | − | |
Majority | 5,431 | 3.92 | |||
Turnout | 1,38,583 | 71.52 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 1,93,764 | ||||
BJD hold |
In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sipra Mallick defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ganeswar Behera by a margin of 15,931 votes. [11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJD | Sipra Mallick | 62,436 | 52.61 | ![]() | |
INC | Ganeswar Behera | 46,505 | 39.19 | ![]() | |
BJP | Bijay Kumar Mallick | 6,861 | 5.78 | − | |
Majority | 15,931 | 13.42 [e] | − | ||
Turnout | 1,18,678 | 66.01 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 1,79,787 | ||||
BJD gain from OGP |
Constituency: Kendrapara (105) District: Kendrapara
List Of Winning Candidates
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