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Keonjhar Lok Sabha Constituency

Kendujhar is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Odisha.

Assembly Segments

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

# Name District Member Party
20 Telkoi (ST) Keonjhar Fakir Mohan Naik BJP
21 Ghasipura Badri Narayan Patra BJD
22 Anandapur (SC) Abhimanyu Sethi BJD
23 Patna (ST) Akhila Chandra Naik BJP
24 Keonjhar (ST) Mohan Charan Majhi BJP
25 Champua Sanatan Mahakud BJD
30 Karanjia (ST) Mayurbhanj Padma Charan Haiburu BJP

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates
2024
45.67%
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 Indian National Congress
1967 Gurucharan Naik Swatantra Party
1971 Kumar Majhi Indian National Congress
1977 Govinda Munda Janata Party
1980 Harihar Soren Indian National Congress
1984 Indian National Congress
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 Chandrani Murmu
2024 Ananta Nayak Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 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.

2024 Indian general election: Keonjhar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ananta Nayak 573,923 45.67
BJD Dhanurjay Sidu 4,76,881 37.95
INC Binod Bihari Nayak 1,04,944 8.38
NOTA None of the above 24,763 1.97
Majority 97,042 7.72
Turnout 1256615 78.97
BJP gain from BJD

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
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

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

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

Notes

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. ^ "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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