Kendrapara (Sl. No.: 97) is a

Vidhan Sabha The State Legislative Assembly, also known as the Vidhan Sabha or the Saasana Sabha, is a legislative body in each of the states and certain union territories of India. Members of the legislative assembly are often directly elected to serve fiv ...

constituency An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...

of Kendrapara district,

Odisha Odisha (), formerly Orissa (List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2011), is a States and union territories of India, state located in East India, Eastern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by ar ...

. This constituency includes

Kendrapara Kendrapara is a Town and a municipality in the Kendrapara district of the Indian state of Odisha. It is the headquarters of Kendrapara district. Geography Kendrapara is located at . It has an average elevation of . It is surrounded by Bhadrak ...

, Kendrapara block and 12 Gram panchayats (Alapua, Taradipal, Penthapal, Andara, Baluria, Amrutamanohi, Nilakanthapur, Balipatana, Narasinghpur, Badamulabasanta, Dihapada and Singhagan) of Pattamundai block.

Elected Members

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1955. List of members elected from Kendrapara constituency are:

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1 June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024. In 2024 election,

Biju Janata Dal The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is an Indian regional political party with significant influence in the state of Odisha. The party was established to uphold the legacy of former Chief Minister Biju Patnaik and to address the unique socio-economic ...

candidate Ganeswar Behera defeated

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candidate Geetanjali Sethi by a margin of 35,418 votes.

2019

In 2019 election,

candidate Shashi Bhusan Behera defeated

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candidate Ganeswar Behera by a margin of 6,585 votes.

2014

In 2014 election,

candidate Kishore Chandra Tarai defeated

candidate Ganeswar Behera by a margin of 5,431 votes.

2009

In 2009 election,

candidate Sipra Mallick defeated

candidate Ganeswar Behera by a margin of 15,931 votes.

Notes

References

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