Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency

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

Kalahandi
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
Assembly constituenciesNuapada
Khariar
Lanjigarh
Junagarh
Dharmgarh
Bhawanipatna
Narla
Established1952
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2019
Preceded byArka Keshari Deo

Assembly segments edit

Before delimitation in 2008, the legislative assembly segments, which constituted this parliamentary constituency were: Khariar, Dharamgarh, Koksara, Junagarh, Bhawanipatna, Narla and Kesinga.[1]

Following delimitation, this constituency currently comprises the following legislative assembly segments:

# Name District Member Party
71 Nuapada Nuapada Rajendra Dholakia BJD
72 Khariar Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi INC
77 Lanjigarh (ST) Kalahandi Pradip Kumar Dishari BJD
78 Junagarh Dibya Shankar Mishra BJD
79 Dharmgarh Mousadhi Bag BJD
80 Bhawanipatna (SC) Pradipta Kumar Naik BJP
81 Narla Bhupinder Singh BJD

Members of Parliament edit

Year Member Party
1952 Girdhari Bhoi Ganatantra Parishad
1957 Pratap Keshari Deo
1962 Swatantra Party
1967
1971
1977 Independent
1980 Rasa Behari Behara Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Jagannath Patnaik Indian National Congress
1989 Bhakta Charan Das Janata Dal
1991 Subhash Chandra Nayak Indian National Congress
1996 Bhakta Charan Das Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
1998 Bikram Keshari Deo Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004
2009 Bhakta Charan Das Indian National Congress
2014 Arka Keshari Deo Biju Janata Dal
2019 Basanta Kumar Panda Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results edit

2024 edit

2024 Indian general election: Kalahandi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Smt Draupadi Majhi
BJP
BJD
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
gain from Swing

2019 edit

2019 Indian general elections: Kalahandi[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Basanta Kumar Panda 433,073 35.26 +7.12
BJD Puspendra Singhdeo 4,06,260 33.08 -0.11
INC Bhakta Charan Das 3,19,202 25.99 -1.57
NOTA None of the Above 21,199 1.73
BMP Kamalini Yadav 15,864 1.29
API Chhabilal Nial 12,409 1.01
BSP Premananda Bag 10,448 0.85
Majority 26,814 2.18
Turnout 12,30,929 76.41
BJP gain from BJD Swing

2014 edit

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Arka Keshari Deo defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradeep Kumar Naik by a margin of 56,347 votes.[4]

2014 Indian general elections: Kalahandi[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Arka Keshari Deo 370,871 33.19 -
BJP Pradeep Kumar Naik 3,14,524 28.14 -
INC Bhakta Charan Das 3,07,967 27.56 -
NOTA None of the above 20,880 1.87 -
SP Siba Hati 18,869 1.69 -
BSP Saroj Kumar Naik 14,115 1.26 -
Majority 56,347 5.04 -
Turnout 11,17,831 75.83
Registered electors 14,74,135
BJD gain from INC Swing

2009 edit

2009 Indian general elections: Kalahandi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Bhakta Charan Das 401,736 28.25
BJD Subash Chandra Nayak 2,47,699 17.42
BJP Bikram Keshari Deo 2,21,851 15.6
Majority 1,54,037 10.83
Turnout 9,79,000 68.85
INC gain from BJP Swing

References edit

  1. ^ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Orissa" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2005. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
  2. ^ "Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency of Odisha: Full list of candidates, polling dates". Zee News. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Lok Sabha Elections 2019 candidate list for Odisha". Business Insider India. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Odisha Result Status". ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2014 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Lok Sabha Election 2014 - Orissa, Constituency: Kalahandi (11)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

External links edit

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