Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency

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Kendrapara
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Lok Sabha constituency
Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Odisha
Assembly constituencies Salipur
Mahanga
Patkura
Kendrapara
Aul
Rajanagar
Mahakalapada
Established1952
Total electors17,95,725 [a] [b]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Baijayant Panda MP 2024.jpg
Incumbent
PartyBJP flag.svg BJP
Elected year 2024

Kendrapara Lok Sabha Constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (Parliamentary) Constituencies in Odisha state in Eastern India.

Contents

Assembly Segments

Assembly Constituencies which constitute this Parliamentary Constituency, after delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies and Legislative Assembly Constituencies of 2008 are: [1]

#NameDistrictMemberPartyLeading

(in 2024)

94 Salipur Cuttack Prasanta Behera BJD BJP
95 Mahanga Sarada Prasad Padhan Independent BJP
96 Patkura Kendrapara Arvind Mohapatra BJD BJP
97 Kendrapara (SC) Ganeswar Behera BJD BJP
98 Aul Pratap Keshari Deb BJD BJP
99 Rajanagar Dhruba Charan Sahoo BJD 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

Vote share of winning candidates
2024
48.21%
2019
50.88%
2014
38.58%
2009
35.04%
2004
54.20%
1999
57.91%
1998
43.27%
1996
50.51%
1991
50.6%
1989
56.44%
1985 (bypoll)
65.60%
1984
50.14%
1980
43.04%
1977
68.64%
1971
34.78%

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]

YearMemberParty
1952 Nityanand Kanungo Indian National Congress
1957 [c] Surendranath Dwivedy Praja Socialist Party
Baishnab Charan Mallick
1962 Surendranath Dwivedy
1967
1971 Surendra Mohanty Utkal Congress
1977 Biju Patnaik Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980 Janata Party (Secular)
1984 Janata Party
1985 (bypoll) [d] [4] Sarat Kumar Deb
1989 Rabi Ray Janata Dal
1991
1996 Srikant Kumar Jena
1998 Prabhat Kumar Samantaray Biju Janata Dal
1999
2004 Archana Nayak
2009 [5] Baijayant Panda
2014 [6]
2019 [7] Anubhav Mohanty
2024 [8] Baijayant Panda Bharatiya Janata Party

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]

2024 Indian general election: Kendrapara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Baijayant Panda 615,705 48.21
BJD Anshuman Mohanty 5,49,16943.00
INC Sidharth Swarup Das94,8327.43
NOTA None of the above5,8150.46
Majority 66,5365.21
Turnout 12,83,46471.47
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]

2019 Indian general elections: Kendrapara [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJD Anubhav Mohanty 628,939 50.87 Decrease2.svg1.85
BJP Baijayant Panda 4,47,45638.53Increase2.svg28.13
INC Dharanidhar Nayak1,13,8419.21Decrease2.svg25.19
SP Rabindra Nath Behera5,1380.42
KPSrikanta Samal1,8680.15
Independent Santosh Kumar Das1,4560.12
Independent Santosh Kumar Patra2,2810.18
NOTA None of the above6,5880.53
Majority 1,52,58412.32
Turnout 12,38,48872.39
BJD hold Swing Decrease2.svg13.14

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]

2014 Indian general elections: Kendrapara [12] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJD Baijayant Panda 601,574 52.72
INC Dharanidhar Nayak3,92,46634.4
BJP Bishnu Prasad Das1,18,70710.4
BSP Sk. Faruk6,1990.54
Independent Pramod Sahu6,1930.54
AAP Md. Samim Aktar6,0290.53
Independent Sukumar Mallick2,2210.19
NOTA None of the above7,6100.67
Majority 2,09,10818.32
Turnout 11,37,60773.14
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]

2009 Indian general elections: Kendrapara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJD Baijayant Panda 502,635 35.04
INC Ranjib Biswal 3,75,52826.18
BJP Jnandev Beura80,3925.6
Majority 1,27,10712.93
Turnout 9,83,01068.53
BJD hold

Notes

  1. as on 2024
  2. as data published by election commission
  3. It was a 2 member constituency
  4. Resignation of Biju Patnaik

References

  1. "Assembly Constituencies under Kendrapara Parliamentary Constituency" . Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  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. "Kendrapara Lok Sabha (General) Elections Result" . Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  4. "IndiaVotes PC Bye Election: Kendrapara 1985". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  5. 1 2 "IndiaVotes PC: Kendrapara 2009". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  6. 1 2 "Odisha Result Status". ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  7. 1 2 "IndiaVotes PC: Kendrapara 2019". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  8. 1 2 "Kendrapara lok sabha election results 2024: Kendrapara Winning Candidates List and Vote Share". India Today. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  9. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI .
  10. "List of Contesting Candidates (Phase-IV) (PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  11. "Lok Sabha Elections 2019 candidate list for Odisha". Business Insider India. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  12. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2014 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  13. "Lok Sabha Election 2014 - Orissa, Constituency: Aska (19)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

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