Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency

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

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	17,95,725[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Baijayant Panda
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

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	Party		Leading (in 2024)
94	Salipur	Cuttack	Prasanta Behera		BJD		BJP
95	Mahanga		Sarada Prasad Padhan		Independent		BJP
96	Patkura	Kendrapara	Arvind Mohapatra		BJD		BJP
97	Kendrapara (SC)		Ganeswar Behera		BJD		BJP
98	Aul		Pratap Keshari Deb		BJD		BJP
99	Rajanagar		Dhruba Charan Sahoo		BJD		BJD
100	Mahakalapada		Durga Prasan Nayak		BJP		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%
1985 (bypoll)			65.60%
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	Party
1952	Nityanand Kanungo		Indian National Congress
1957[c]	Surendranath Dwivedy		Praja Socialist Party
	Baishnab Charan Mallick
1962	Surendranath Dwivedy
1967
1971	Surendra Mohanty		Utkal Congress
1977	Biju Patnaik		Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980			Janata Party (Secular)
1984			Janata Party
1985 (bypoll)[d][4]	Sarat Kumar Deb
1989	Rabi Ray		Janata Dal
1991
1996	Srikant Kumar Jena
1998	Prabhat Kumar Samantaray		Biju Janata Dal
1999
2004	Archana Nayak
2009[5]	Baijayant Panda
2014[6]
2019[7]	Anubhav Mohanty
2024[8]	Baijayant Panda		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1 June 2024 in 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.^[9] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Baijayant Panda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Anshuman Mohanty by a margin of 66,536 votes.^[8]

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			12,83,464	71.47
	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.^[7]

2019 Indian general elections: Kendrapara^[10][11]

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.^[6]

2014 Indian general elections: Kendrapara^[12][13]

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.^[5]

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

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. It was a 2 member constituency
4. Resignation of Biju Patnaik