Kendujhar is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Odisha.
Assembly Segments
The assembly constituencies which constitute this parliamentary constituency, after the delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies and Legislative Assembly Constituencies of 2008, are:
#NameDistrictMemberPartyLeading20Telkoi (ST)KeonjharFakir Mohan Naik21GhasipuraBadri Narayan Patra22Anandapur (SC)Abhimanyu Sethi23Patna (ST)Akhila Chandra Naik24Keonjhar (ST)Mohan Charan Majhi25ChampuaSanatan Mahakud30Karanjia (ST)MayurbhanjPadma Charan Haiburu
Elected members
Since its formation in 1957, 17 elections have been held till date.
List of members elected from Keonjhar constituency are
Year Member Party1957 Laxmi Narayan Bhanja Deo19621967Gurucharan Naik1971Kumar Majhi1977Govinda Munda1980 Harihar Soren19841989 Govind Chandra Munda19911996Madhab Sardar1998Upendra Nath Nayak1999 Ananta Nayak20042009Yashbant Narayan Singh Laguri2014Sakuntala Laguri2019Chandrani Murmu2024Ananta Nayak
Election results
2024 Voting was held on 25th May 2024 in the 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ananta Nayak defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Dhanurjay Sidu by a margin of 97,042 votes.
2019 In the 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Chandrani Murmu defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ananta Nayak by a margin of 66,192 votes.
2014 In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sakuntala Laguri defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ananta Nayak by a margin of 157,317 votes.
2009 In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Yashbant Narayan Singh Laguri defeated Indian National Congress candidate Dhanurjaya Sidu by a margin of 126,484 votes.
Notes
See also
Kendujhar List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
References