Keonjhar Lok Sabha constituency

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Kendujhar (ST)
OD-4
Lok Sabha constituency
Map
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
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2019

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

Assembly Segments[edit]

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

# Name District Member Party
20 Telkoi (ST) Keonjhar Premannad Nayak BJD
21 Ghasipura Badri Narayan Patra
22 Anandapur (SC) Bhagirath Setty
23 Patna (ST) Jagganath Naik
24 Keonjhar (ST) Mohan Charan Majhi BJP
25 Champua Minakshi Mahanta BJD
30 Karanjia (ST) Mayurbhanj Basanti Hembram

Elected Members[edit]

Vote share of winning candidates
2019
44.74%
2014
32.26%
2009
30.75%
2004
43.66%
1999
67.47%
1998
54.09%
1996
45.82%
1991
44.07%
1989
60.86%
1984
57.68%
1980
68.36%
1977
60.42%
1971
43.47%

Since its formation in 1957, 17 elections have been held till date.

List of members elected from Keonjhar constituency are

Year Member Party
1957 Laxmi Narayan Bhanja Deo Independent
1962 INC
1967 Gurucharan Naik SWA
1971 Kumar Majhi INC
1977 Govinda Munda BLD
1980 Harihar Soren INC
1984
1989 Govind Chandra Munda JD
1991
1996 Madhab Sardar INC
1998 Upendra Nath Nayak BJP
1999 Ananta Nayak
2004
2009 Yashbant Narayan Singh Laguri BJD
2014 Sakuntala Laguri
2019 Chandrani Murmu
2024

Election Results[edit]

2024[edit]

Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[3]

2024 Indian general election: Keonjhar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Dhanurjay Siddu
BJP Ananta Nayak
INC Binod Bihari Nayak
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
gain from

2019[edit]

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Chandrani Murmu defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ananta Nayak by a margin of 66,192 votes.[4]

2019 Indian general elections: Keonjhar[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Chandrani Murmu 526,359 44.75
BJP Ananta Nayak 460,156 39.12
INC Mohan Kumar Hembram 128,716 10.94
NOTA None of the above 19,207 1.63
Majority 66,203 5.62
Turnout 1,176,479 77.57
BJD hold

2014[edit]

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sakuntala Laguri defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ananta Nayak by a margin of 157,317 votes.

2014 Indian general elections: Keonjhar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Sakuntala Laguri 434,471 40.09
BJP Ananta Nayak 277,154 25.54
INC Madhaba Sardar 190,531 17.58
Independent Basudeb Naik 101,999 9.41
NOTA None of the above 26,065 2.40
Majority 157,317 14.51
Turnout 1,084,571 80.54
BJD hold

2009[edit]

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.

2009 Indian general elections: Keonjhar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Yashbant Narayan Singh Laguri 389,104 49.63
INC Dhanurjaya Sidu 262,620 29.45
BJP Ananta Nayak 164,023 18.29
Independent Fakir Mohan Naik 32,356 3.63
Majority 126,484 14.18
Turnout 891,746 70.48
BJD gain from BJP

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See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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. ^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
  4. ^ 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.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "General Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

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