Keonjhar Lok Sabha constituency

Kendujhar is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Odisha.[1]

Kendujhar
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive map of Kendujhar Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
Assembly constituenciesTelkoi
Ghasipura
Anandapur
Patna
Keonjhar
Champua
Karanjia
Established1957
ReservationST
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party  BJD
Elected year2019
Preceded byYashbant Narayan Singh Laguri

Assembly segments

Assembly Constituencies which constitute this Parliamentary Constituency, after delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies and Legislative Assembly Constituencies of 2008 are:[2]

Con.
No.		 Name Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)		 District MLA Party
20 Telkoi ST Keonjhar Premannad Nayak BJD
21 Ghasipura None Badri Narayan Patra
22 Anandapur SC Bhagirath Setty
23 Patna ST Jaggnath Naik
24 Keonjhar Mohan Charan Majhi BJP
25 Champua None Minakshi Mahanta BJD
30 Karanjia ST Mayurbhanj Basanti Hembram

Members of Parliament
Year Member Party
1957 Laxmi Narayan Bhanja Deo Indian National Congress
1962
1967 Gurucharan Naik Swatantra Party
1971 Kumar Majhi Indian National Congress
1977 Govinda Munda Janata Party
1980 Harihar Soren Indian National Congress
1984
1989 Govind Chandra Munda Janata Dal
1991
1996 Madhab Sardar Indian National Congress
1998 Upendra Nath Nayak Bharatiya Janata Party
1999 Ananta Nayak
2004
2009 Yashbant Narayan Singh Laguri Biju Janata Dal
2014 Sakuntala Laguri
2019[3] Chandrani Murmu

Election results

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Chandrani Murmu defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ananta Nayak by a margin of 66,192 votes.

2019 Indian general elections: Keonjhar[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Chandrani Murmu 526,359 44.75
BJP Ananta Nayak 4,60,156 39.12
INC Mohan Kumar Hembram 1,28,716 10.94
NOTA None of the above 19,207 1.63
Majority 66,203 5.62
Turnout 11,76,479 77.57
BJD hold Swing

2014 election results
2014 Indian general elections: Keonjhar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Sakuntala Laguri 4,34,471 40.09
BJP Ananta Nayak 2,77,154 25.54
INC Madhaba Sardar 1,90,531 17.58
Independent Basudeb Naik 1,01,999 9.41
NOTA None of the above 26,065 2.40
Majority 1,57,317 14.51
Turnout 10,84,571 80.54
BJD hold Swing

General election 2009
2009 Indian general elections: Keonjhar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Yashbant Narayan Singh Laguri 3,89,104 43.63
INC Dhanurjaya Sidu 2,62,620 29.45
BJP Ananta Nayak 1,64,023 18.39
Independent Dr Fakir Mohan Naik 32,356 3.63
Majority 1,26,484 14.18
Turnout 8,91,746 70.48
BJD gain from BJP Swing

See also

References
  1. "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.
  2. "17 - Keonjhar Parliamentary (Lok Sabha) Constituency". Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  3. News18 (2019). "Keonjhar Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 Live: Keonjhar Constituency Election Results". Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  4. "General Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

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