Keonjhar Lok Sabha constituency

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Kendujhar (ST)
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Lok Sabha constituency
Keonjhar Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive map of Kendujhar Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Odisha
Assembly constituencies Telkoi
Ghasipura
Anandapur
Patna
Keonjhar
Champua
Karanjia
Established1957
Total electors15,86,553
Reservation ST
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year 2024

Kendujhar is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Odisha. [1]

Contents

Assembly Segments

The assembly constituencies which constitute this parliamentary constituency, after the delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies and Legislative Assembly Constituencies of 2008, are: [2]

#NameDistrictMemberParty
20 Telkoi (ST) Keonjhar Fakir Mohan Naik BJP
21 Ghasipura Badri Narayan Patra BJD
22 Anandapur (SC) Abhimanyu Sethi BJD
23 Patna (ST)Akhila Chandra Naik BJP
24 Keonjhar (ST) Mohan Charan Majhi BJP
25 Champua Sanatan Mahakud BJD
30 Karanjia (ST) Mayurbhanj Padma Charan Haiburu BJP

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates
2024
45.67%
2019
44.74%
2014
32.26%
2009
30.75%
2004
43.66%
1999
67.47%
1998
54.09%
1996
45.82%
1991
44.07%
1989
60.86%
1984
57.68%
1980
68.36%
1977
60.42%
1971
43.47%

Since its formation in 1957, 17 elections have been held till date.

List of members elected from Keonjhar constituency are

YearMemberParty
1957 Laxmi Narayan Bhanja Deo Independent
1962 Indian National Congress
1967 Gurucharan Naik Swatantra Party
1971 Kumar Majhi Indian National Congress
1977 Govinda Munda Janata Party
1980 Harihar Soren Indian National Congress
1984 Indian National Congress
1989 Govind Chandra Munda Janata Dal
1991
1996 Madhab Sardar Indian National Congress
1998 Upendra Nath Nayak Bharatiya Janata Party
1999 Ananta Nayak
2004
2009 Yashbant Narayan Singh Laguri Biju Janata Dal
2014 Sakuntala Laguri
2019 Chandrani Murmu
2024 Ananta Nayak Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

2024

Voting was held on 25th May 2024 in the 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. [3] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Ananta Nayak defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Dhanurjay Sidu by a margin of 97,042 votes.

2024 Indian general election: Keonjhar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Ananta Nayak 573,923 45.67
BJD Dhanurjay Sidu4,76,88137.95
INC Binod Bihari Nayak1,04,9448.38
NOTA None of the above24,7631.97
Majority97,0427.72
Turnout 125661578.97
BJP gain from BJD

2019

In the 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Chandrani Murmu defeated BJP candidate Ananta Nayak by a margin of 66,192 votes. [4]

2019 Indian general elections: Keonjhar [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJD Chandrani Murmu 526,359 44.75
BJP Ananta Nayak 460,15639.12
INC Mohan Kumar Hembram128,71610.94
NOTA None of the above19,2071.63
Majority66,2035.62
Turnout 1,176,47977.57
BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sakuntala Laguri defeated BJP candidate Ananta Nayak by a margin of 157,317 votes.

2014 Indian general elections: Keonjhar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJD Sakuntala Laguri 434,47140.09
BJP Ananta Nayak 277,15425.54
INC Madhaba Sardar190,53117.58
Independent Basudeb Naik101,9999.41
NOTA None of the above26,0652.40
Majority157,31714.51
Turnout 1,084,57180.54
BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Yashbant Narayan Singh Laguri defeated Indian National Congress candidate Dhanurjaya Sidu by a margin of 126,484 votes.

2009 Indian general elections: Keonjhar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJD Yashbant Narayan Singh Laguri 389,10449.63
INC Dhanurjaya Sidu262,62029.45
BJP Ananta Nayak 164,02318.29
Independent Fakir Mohan Naik32,3563.63
Majority126,48414.18
Turnout 891,74670.48
BJD gain from BJP

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    References

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