Kendrapara Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Kendrapara.

Kendrapara (Sl. No.: 97) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendrapara district, Odisha.^[1]

Kendrapara
Constituency No. 97 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Central Division
District	Kendrapara
Lok Sabha constituency	Kendrapara
Established	1951
Total electors	2,30,413[a][b]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ganeswar Behera
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes Kendrapara, Kendrapara block and 12 Gram panchayats (Alapua, Taradipal, Penthapal, Andara, Baluria, Amrutamanohi, Nilakanthapur, Balipatana, Narasinghpur, Badamulabasanta, Dihapada and Singhagan) of Pattamundai block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			58.49%
2019			43.69%
2014			46.93%
2009			52.61%
2004			50.96%
2000			47.90%
1995			52.68%
1990			60.80%
1985			48.28%
1980			52.15%
1977			62.51%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1955.^[5]

List of members elected from Kendrapara constituency are:^[6][7]

Year	Member	Party
2024[8]	Ganeswar Behera		Biju Janata Dal
2019[9]	Shashi Bhusan Behera
2014[10]	Kishore Chandra Tarai
2009[11]	Sipra Mallick
2004	Utkal Keshari Parida		Odisha Gana Parisad
2000	Bed Prakash Agarwal		Bharatiya Janata Party
1995	Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty		Indian National Congress
1990	Bed Prakash Agarwal		Janata Dal
1985	Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty		Indian National Congress
1980	Indramani Rout		Indian National Congress (I)
1977	Bed Prakash Agarwal		Janata Party
1974			Utkal Congress
1971	Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty		Praja Socialist Party
1967	Sarojakanta Kanungo
1961	Dhruba Charan Sahu		Indian National Congress
1957[c]	Prahlad Mallik
	Dinabandhu Sahoo
1955 (bypoll)[d]	Purusottam Nayak
1951	Dinabandhu Sahoo

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1 June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.^[12] In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ganeswar Behera defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Geetanjali Sethi by a margin of 35,418 votes.^[8]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Kendrapara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Ganeswar Behera	90,173	58.49	14.80
	BJP	Geetanjali Sethi	54,755	35.52	20.43
	INC	Sipra Mallick	7,478	4.85	34.49
	NOTA	None of the above	638	0.41	0.09
Majority			35,418	22.97
Turnout			1,54,166	66.91
	BJD hold

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Shashi Bhusan Behera defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ganeswar Behera by a margin of 6,585 votes.^[9]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kendrapara^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Shashi Bhusan Behera	66,132	43.69
	INC	Ganeswar Behera	59,547	39.34
	BJP	Sunakar Behera	22,842	15.09
	NOTA	None of the above	486	0.32
Majority			6,585	4.35
Turnout			1,51,367	69.59
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Kishore Chandra Tarai defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ganeswar Behera by a margin of 5,431 votes.^[10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kendrapara^[14][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Kishore Chandra Tarai	65,037	46.93	5.68
	INC	Ganeswar Behera	59,606	43.01	3.82
	BJP	Sunakar Behera	9,981	7.2	1.42
	NOTA	None of the above	682	0.49	−
Majority			5,431	3.92
Turnout			1,38,583	71.52	5.51
Registered electors			1,93,764
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sipra Mallick defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ganeswar Behera by a margin of 15,931 votes.^[11]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kendrapara^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sipra Mallick	62,436	52.61	3.92
	INC	Ganeswar Behera	46,505	39.19	4.28
	BJP	Bijay Kumar Mallick	6,861	5.78	−
Majority			15,931	13.42[e]	−
Turnout			1,18,678	66.01	0.86'"`UNIQ−−ref−0000003C−QINU`"'
Registered electors			1,79,787
	BJD gain from OGP

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. It was a 2 member constituency
4. Resignation of Dinabandhu Sahoo
5. % of total valid votes