Keonjhar (Sl. No.: 24) is a

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Kendujhar district Kendujhar district, also known as Keonjhar district, is an administrative district of Odisha. The district is one of the fifth Scheduled Areas of Odisha. The town of Kendujhar (or Kendujhargarh) is the district headquarters. The district has t ...

. Area of this constituency includes

Keonjhar Kendujhar, also known as Keonjhar, is a town with municipality in Kendujhar District in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kendujhar district, and it is one of the fifth scheduled areas of Odisha ...

, 12 GPs (Arsala, Balibandha, Jhumpura, Khendra, Kutugaon, Nahabeda, Naradapur, Nischintapur, Basantapur, Gumura, Malada and Nayagarh) of Jhumpura block and 5 GPs (Kodipasa, Suakati, Talachampei, Talakainsari and Kumundi) of Banspal block.

Elected Members

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1965. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952 & 1957. List of members elected from Keonjhar constituency are:

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. In 2024 election,

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candidate

Mohan Charan Majhi Mohan Charan Majhi (; born 6 January 1972) is an Indian politician, currently serving as the 15th Chief Minister of Odisha. He was elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Keonjhar in the 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election as a m ...

defeated

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candidate Meena Majhi by a margin of 11,577 votes.

2019

In 2019 election,

candidate

defeated

candidate Madhab Sardar by a margin of 1,124 votes.

2014

In the 2014 election,

candidate Abhiram Naik defeated

candidate

by a margin of 8,676 votes.

2009

In the 2009 election,

candidate Subarna Naik defeated

candidate

by a margin of 5,269 votes.

Notes

References

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