The Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Odisha state in Eastern India. Following the delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies implemented in 2008, the constituency comprises seven Legislative Assembly segments spread across Kendrapara and Cuttack districts.
The constituency covers a predominantly coastal and riverine region of eastern Odisha,sencompassing urban, semi-urban and rural ettlements situated in the deltaic plains formed by the Brahmani, Baitarani and Mahanadi river systems.
Assembly Segments Assembly Constituencies which constitute this Parliamentary Constituency, after delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies and Legislative Assembly Constituencies of 2008 are:
#NameDistrictMemberPartyLeading94SalipurCuttackPrasanta Behera95MahangaSarada Prasad Padhan96PatkuraKendraparaArvind Mohapatra97Kendrapara (SC)Ganeswar Behera98AulPratap Keshari Deb99RajanagarDhruba Charan Sahoo100MahakalapadaDurga Prasan Nayak
Assembly Constituencies which constituted this Parliamentary Constituency, before delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies and Legislative Assembly Constituencies of 2008 are: Aul, Pattamundai, Rajnagar, Kendrapara, Patkura, Kisannagar and Mahanga.
Elected members 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: YearMemberParty1952Nityanand Kanungo1957Surendranath DwivedyBaishnab Charan Mallick1962Surendranath Dwivedy19671971Surendra Mohanty1977Biju Patnaik198019841985^Sarat Kumar Deb1989Rabi Ray19911996Srikant Kumar Jena1998Prabhat Kumar Samantaray19992004Archana Nayak2009Baijayant Panda20142019Anubhav Mohanty2024Baijayant Panda ^ by-poll
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. In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Baijayant Panda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Anshuman Mohanty by a margin of 66,536 votes.
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.
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.
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.
1957
1952
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