Dhenkanal (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Dhenkanal
Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentMahesh Sahoo
Parliamentary PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established1952
ReservationNone
StateOdisha
Assembly ConstituenciesDhenkanal
Hindol
Kamakhyanagar
Parjanga
Pallahara
Talcher
Angul

Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India.

Assembly segments[edit]

After delimitation of Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency, the seven legislative assembly segments which constitute this parliamentary constituency are:

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District
55 Dhenkanal None Dhenkanal
56 Hindol SC Dhenkanal
57 Kamakhyanagar None Dhenkanal
58 Parjanga None Dhenkanal
59 Pallahara None Angul
60 Talcher None Angul
61 Angul None Angul

[1] Before delimitation in 2008, legislative assembly segments which constituted this parliamentary constituency were: Birmaharajpur, Athmallik, Angul, Hindol, Dhenkanal, Gondia and Kamakhyanagar.[2]

Members of Parliament[edit]

Election result[edit]

2019 Election Result[edit]

In 2019 Indian general election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Mahesh Sahoo defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rudra Narayan Pany by a margin of 35,412 votes.

2019 Indian general elections: Dhenkanal[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Mahesh Sahoo 5,22,884 46.21
BJP Rudra Narayan Pani 4,87,472 43.08
INC Kamakhya Prasad Singh 80,349 7.10
NOTA None of the above 11,254 0.99
Majority 35,412 3.13
Turnout 11,33,213 75.33
BJD hold Swing

2014 Election Result[edit]

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Tathagat Satapathy defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rudra Narayan Pany by a margin of 1,37,340 votes.

2014 Indian general elections: Dhenkanal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Tathagata Satpathy 4,53,277 43.50
BJP Rudra Narayan Pani 3,15,937 30.32
INC Sudhir Kumar Samal 2,13,794 20.52
NOTA None of the above 13,205 1.27
Majority 1,37,340 13.18
Turnout 10,42,111 76.43
BJD hold Swing

General Election 2009[edit]

2009 Indian general elections: Dhenkanal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD
INC
BJP
Majority 1,86,587 21.78
Turnout 8,56,631 66.74
BJD hold Swing

References[edit]

  1. [1]
  2. "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.
  3. "List of Contesting Candidates (Phase-II) (PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 15 April 2019.

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Coordinates: 20°39′45″N 85°35′55″E / 20.662499°N 85.598593°E / 20.662499; 85.598593