Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency

Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India.

Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
Assembly constituenciesDhenkanal
Hindol
Kamakhyanagar
Parjanga
Pallahara
Talcher
Angul
Established1952
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2019

Assembly segments

After delimitation of Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency, the seven legislative assembly segments which constitute this parliamentary constituency are:

Constituency number Name Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)		 District
55 Dhenkanal None Dhenkanal
56 Hindol SC
57 Kamakhyanagar None
58 Parjanga None
59 Pallahara None Angul
60 Talcher None
61 Angul None

[1] Before delimitation in 2008, legislative assembly segments which constituted this parliamentary constituency were: Birmaharajpur, Athmallik, Angul, Hindol, Dhenkanal, Gondia and Kamakhyanagar.[2]

Members of Parliament
Year Name Party
2019 Mahesh Sahoo[3] Biju Janata Dal

Election result

2019 Election Result

In 2019 Indian general election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Mahesh Sahoo defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rudra Narayan Pany by a margin of 35,412 votes.

2019 Indian general elections: Dhenkanal[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Mahesh Sahoo 522,884 46.21
BJP Rudra Narayan Pani 487,472 43.08
INC Kamakhya Prasad Singh 80,349 7.10
NOTA None of the above 11,254 0.99
Majority 35,412 3.13
Turnout 1,133,213 75.33
BJD hold Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Tathagat Satapathy defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rudra Narayan Pany by a margin of 1,37,340 votes.

2014 Indian general elections: Dhenkanal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Tathagata Satpathy 4,53,277 43.50
BJP Rudra Narayan Pani 3,15,937 30.32
INC Sudhir Kumar Samal 2,13,794 20.52
NOTA None of the above 13,205 1.27
Majority 1,37,340 13.18
Turnout 10,42,111 76.43
BJD hold Swing

General Election 2009
2009 Indian general elections: Dhenkanal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD
INC
BJP
Majority 1,86,587 21.78
Turnout 8,56,631 66.74
BJD hold Swing

References
  1. Archived 19 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Orissa" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
  3. "General Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  4. "List of Contesting Candidates (Phase-II) (PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 15 April 2019.

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