Hemendra Chandra Singh

"Hemendra Singh" redirects here. For member of the Lok Sabha from 1971–1977 and 1989–1991, see Hemendra Singh Banera.

Hemendra Chandra Singh (29 September 1967 – 5 September 2014) was an Indian politician. He was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014 from Kandhamal constituency in Odisha.^[1] He was a member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) political party. He had left Congress and joined BJD in February 2014.^[2]

Hemendra Chandra Singh
Member: 16th Lok Sabha
In office 2014 – 5 September 2014
Preceded by	Rudramadhab Ray
Constituency	Kandhamal
Personal details
Born	(1967-09-29)29 September 1967
Died	5 September 2014(2014-09-05) (aged 46) Bhubaneswar
Cause of death	Myocardial infarction
Political party	Biju Janata Dal
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Kunwarani Pratyusha
Children	Dakshayani Manjari Singh and Aranyaraj Kishore Singh
Alma mater	Rajkumar College, Raipur
Profession	Politician

Born in the royal family of Nayagarh, Hemendra was the Second Child of Late Maharaja B.K.Singh & Maharani Lokrajaya. His elder brother was Gajendra Chandra Singh. Hemendra Chandra Singh a lok sabha candidate from Biju Janta Dal, from Kandhamal District Odisha, contested the 16th Lok Sabha General elections and won with a margin of 181017 (One Lakh Eighty One Thousand and Seventeen) votes from his nearest rival Shri Harihar Karan of Indian National congress.

He died on 5 September 2014 at Bhubaneswar,^[3][4] while undergoing treatment for myocardial infarction and sepsis.^[5][6]

See also

• Indian general election, 2014 (Odisha)