Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency

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

Kalahandi
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
Assembly constituenciesNuapada
Khariar
Lanjigarh
Junagarh
Dharmgarh
Bhawanipatna
Narla
Established1952
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2019
Preceded byArka Keshari Deo

Assembly segments

Before delimitation in 2008, the legislative assembly segments, which constituted this parliamentary constituency were: Khariar, Dharamgarh, Koksara, Junagarh, Bhawanipatna, Narla and Kesinga.[1]

Following delimitation, this constituency currently comprises the following legislative assembly segments:

Constituency number Name Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)		 District
71 Nuapada None Nuapada
72 Khariar None
77 Lanjigarh ST Kalahandi
78 Junagarh None
79 Dharmgarh None
80 Bhawanipatna SC
81 Narla None

Members of Parliament
Election Name Party
2019 Basanta Kumar Panda Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2019
2019 Indian general elections: Kalahandi[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Basanta Kumar Panda 433,073 35.26 +7.12
BJD Puspendra Singhdeo 4,06,260 33.08 -0.11
INC Bhakta Charan Das 3,19,202 25.99 -1.57
NOTA None of the Above 21,199 1.73
BMP Kamalini Yadav 15,864 1.29
API Chhabilal Nial 12,409 1.01
BSP Premananda Bag 10,448 0.85
Majority 26,814 2.18
Turnout 12,30,929 76.41
BJP gain from BJD Swing

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Arka Keshari Deo defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradeep Kumar Naik by a margin of 56,347 votes.[4]

2014 Indian general elections: Kalahandi[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Arka Keshari Deo 370,871 33.19 -
BJP Pradeep Kumar Naik 3,14,524 28.14 -
INC Bhakta Charan Das 3,07,967 27.56 -
NOTA None of the above 20,880 1.87 -
SP Siba Hati 18,869 1.69 -
BSP Saroj Kumar Naik 14,115 1.26 -
Majority 56,347 5.04 -
Turnout 11,17,831 75.83
Registered electors 14,74,135
BJD gain from INC Swing

2009
2009 Indian general elections: Kalahandi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Bhakta charan Das
BJD
BJP
Majority 1,54,037 15.75
Turnout 9,79,000 68.85
BJD hold Swing

References
  1. "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Orissa" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2005. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
  2. "Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency of Odisha: Full list of candidates, polling dates". Zee News. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  3. "Lok Sabha Elections 2019 candidate list for Odisha". Business Insider India. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  4. "Odisha Result Status". ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2014 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  6. "Lok Sabha Election 2014 - Orissa, Constituency: Kalahandi (11)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

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