Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency

Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India.

Bhadrak
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
Assembly constituenciesSoro
Simulia
Bhandaripokhari
Bhadrak
Basudevpur
Dhamnagar
Chandabali
Established1953
ReservationSC
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2019
Preceded byArjun Charan Sethi

Assembly segments edit

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

# Name District Member Party
41 Soro (SC) Balasore Parshuram Dadha BJD
42 Simulia Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi BJD
43 Bhandaripokhari Bhadrak Prafulla Samal BJD
44 Bhadrak Sanjib Kumar Mallick BJD
45 Basudevpur Bishnubrata Routray BJD
46 Dhamnagar (SC) Suryabanshi Suraj BJP
47 Chandabali Byomkesh Ray BJD

Members of Parliament edit

Year Member Party
1952 Kanhu Charan Jena Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967 Dharanidhar Jena Swatantra Party
1971 Arjun Charan Sethi Indian National Congress
1977 Bairagi Jena Janata Party
1980 Arjun Charan Sethi Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Ananta Prasad Sethi Indian National Congress
1989 Mangaraj Mallik Janata Dal
1991 Arjun Charan Sethi
1996 Muralidhar Jena Indian National Congress
1998 Arjun Charan Sethi Biju Janata Dal
1999
2004
2009
2014
2019 Manju Lata Mandal

Election Result edit

2024 edit

2024 Indian general election: Bhadrak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Anant Prasad Sethi
BJP Avimanyu Sethi
BJD Manju Lata Mandal
Majority
Turnout
gain from Swing

2019 edit

2019 Indian general elections: Bhadrak[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Manjulata Mandal 512,305 41.86 -4.59
BJP Avimanyu Sethi 4,83,502 39.51 +19.45
INC Madhumita Sethi 2,07,811 16.98 -12.88
NOTA None of the above 6,536 0.53 N/A
BSP Muralidhar Jena 4,708 0.38 N/A
AITC Tilottama Jena 3,327 0.27 N/A
Majority 28,803 2.35
Turnout 12,28,046 73.90
BJD hold Swing

2014 Election edit

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Arjun Charan Sethi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Sangram Keshari Jena by a margin of 1,79,359 votes.

2014 Indian general elections: Bhadrak[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Arjun Charan Sethi 5,02,338 46.45
INC Sangram Keshari Jena 3,22,979 29.86
BJP Sarat Dash 2,16,617 20.03
CPI Ramesh Chandra Jena 11,930 1.10
BSP Arjun Charan Mallik 7,607 0.70
NOTA None of the above 6,750 0.62 +0.62
Majority 1,79,359 16.59
Turnout 10,81,971 73.63
BJD hold Swing

General Election 2009 edit

2009 Indian general elections: Bhadrak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD
INC
BJP
Majority 54,938 5.91
Turnout 9,29,162 67.71
BJD hold Swing

References edit

  1. ^ "17 - Bhadrak Parliamentary (Lok Sabha) Constituency". Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  2. ^ "List of Contesting Candidates (Phase-IV) (PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Lok Sabha Elections 2019 candidate list for Odisha". Business Insider India. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Odisha - Bhadrak". ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. Retrieved 17 May 2014.

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