en Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency

Kendrapara
OD-15
Kendrapara ; OD-15
Lok Sabha constituency
	Interactive Map Outlining Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Assembly constituencies	Salipur; Mahanga; Patkura; Kendrapara; Aul; Rajanagar; Mahakalapada
Established	1952
Total electors	17,90,080
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Baijayant Panda
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

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

Assembly Segments

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

#	Name	District	Member
94	Salipur	Cuttack	Prasanta Behera	BJD
95	Mahanga	Cuttack	Sarada Prasad Padhan	Independent
96	Patkura	Kendrapara	Arvind Mohapatra	BJD
97	Kendrapara (SC)		Ganeswar Behera
98	Aul		Pratap Keshari Deb
99	Rajanagar		Dhruba Charan Sahoo
100	Mahakalapada		Durga Prasan Nayak	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%
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]

Year	Member
1952	Nityanand Kanungo	INC
1957^[a]	Surendranath Dwivedy	PSP
1957^[a]	B.C. Mallick
1962	Surendranath Dwivedy
1967	Surendranath Dwivedy
1971	Surendra Mohanty	Utkal Congress
1977	Biju Patnaik	JP
1980		JP(S)
1984		JP
1985 (bypoll)^[b]	Sarat Kumar Deb	JP
1989	Rabi Ray	JD
1991	Rabi Ray
1996	Srikant Kumar Jena
1998	Prabhat Samantaray	BJD
1999	Prabhat Samantaray
2004	Archana Nayak
2009	Baijayant Panda
2014	Baijayant Panda
2019	Anubhav Mohanty
2024	Baijayant Panda	BJP

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[4] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Baijayant Panda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Anshuman Mohanty by a margin of 66,536 votes.

2024 Indian general election: Kendrapara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Baijayant Panda	615,705	48.21
	BJD	Anshuman Mohanty	5,49,169	43.00
	INC	Sidharth Swarup Das	94,832	7.43
	NOTA	None of the above	5,815	0.46
Majority			66,536	5.21
Turnout			12,77,108	71.22
	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.

2019 Indian general elections: Kendrapara^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Anubhav Mohanty	628,939	50.87	1.85
	BJP	Baijayant Panda	4,47,456	38.53	28.13
	INC	Dharanidhar Nayak	1,13,841	9.21	25.19
	SP	Rabindra Nath Behera	5,138	0.42
	KP	Srikanta Samal	1,868	0.15
	Independent	Santosh Kumar Das	1,456	0.12
	Independent	Santosh Kumar Patra	2,281	0.18
	NOTA	None of the above	6,588	0.53
Majority			1,52,584	12.32
Turnout			12,38,488	72.39
	BJD hold		Swing	13.14

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.^[7]

2014 Indian general elections: Kendrapara^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJD	Baijayant Panda	601,574	52.72
	INC	Dharanidhar Nayak	3,92,466	34.4
	BJP	Bishnu Prasad Das	1,18,707	10.4
	BSP	Sk. Faruk	6,199	0.54
	Independent	Pramod Sahu	6,193	0.54
	AAP	Md. Samim Aktar	6,029	0.53
	Independent	Sukumar Mallick	2,221	0.19
	NOTA	None of the above	7,610	0.67
Majority			2,09,108	18.32
Turnout			11,37,607	73.14
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.

2009 Indian general elections: Kendrapara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJD	Baijayant Panda	502,635	35.04
	INC	Ranjib Biswal	3,75,528	26.18
	BJP	Jnandev Beura	80,392	5.6
Majority			1,27,107	12.93
Turnout			9,83,010	68.53
	BJD hold

Notes

^ It was a 2 member constituency
^ Resignation of Biju Patnaik

References

^ "Assembly Constituencies under Kendrapara Parliamentary Constituency". Retrieved 25 March 2014.
^ "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.
^ "Kendrapara Lok Sabha (General) Elections Result". Retrieved 25 March 2014.
^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
^ "List of Contesting Candidates (Phase-IV) (PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
^ "Lok Sabha Elections 2019 candidate list for Odisha". Business Insider India. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
^ "Odisha Result Status". ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2014 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ "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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[4] It was a 2 member constituency

[5] Resignation of Biju Patnaik

[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.

[6] "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.

[FP_Par_Cand-7] "List of Contesting Candidates (Phase-IV) (PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 18 April 2019.

[8] "Lok Sabha Elections 2019 candidate list for Odisha". Business Insider India. Retrieved 18 April 2019.

[9] "Odisha Result Status". ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

[election2014-10] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2014 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

[11] "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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