Kalahandi (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Kalahandi
Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentBasanta Kumar Panda
Parliamentary PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established1952
ReservationNone
StateOdisha
Former MPArka Keshari Deo
Assembly ConstituenciesNuapada
Khariar
Lanjigarh
Junagarh
Dharmgarh
Bhawanipatna
Narla

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

Assembly segments[edit]

Before delimitation in 2008, the legislative assembly segments, which constituted this parliamentary constituency were: Khariar, Dharamgarh, Koksara, Junagarh, Bhawanipatna, Narla and Kesinga.[1]

Following delimitation, this constituency currently comprises the following legislative assembly segments:

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District
71 Nuapada None Nuapada
72 Khariar None Nuapada
77 Lanjigarh ST Kalahandi
78 Junagarh None Kalahandi
79 Dharmgarh None Kalahandi
80 Bhawanipatna SC Kalahandi
81 Narla None Kalahandi

Members of Parliament[edit]

Election Results[edit]

2019 Election Result[edit]

2019 Indian general elections: Kalahandi[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Basanta Kumar Panda 4,33,073 35.26 +7.12
BJD Puspendra Singhdeo 4,06,260 33.08 -0.11
INC Bhakta Charan Das 3,19,202 25.99 -1.57
NOTA None of the Above 21,199 1.73
BMP Kamalini Yadav 15,864 1.29
[[Ambedkarite Party of India|Template:Ambedkarite Party of India/meta/shortname]] Chhabilal Nial 12,409 1.01
BSP Premananda Bag 10,448 0.85
Majority 26,814 2.18
Turnout 12,30,929 76.41
BJP gain from BJD Swing

2014 Election Result[edit]

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Arka Keshari Deo defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradeep Kumar Naik by a margin of 56,347 votes.[4]

2014 Indian general elections: Kalahandi[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Arka Keshari Deo 3,70,871 33.19 -
BJP Pradeep Kumar Naik 3,14,524 28.14 -
INC Bhakta Charan Das 3,07,967 27.56 -
NOTA None of the above 20,880 1.87 -
SP Siba Hati 18,869 1.69 -
BSP Saroj Kumar Naik 14,115 1.26 -
Majority 56,347 5.04 -
Turnout 11,17,831 75.83
Registered electors 14,74,135
BJD gain from INC Swing

2009 Election Result[edit]

2009 Indian general elections: Kalahandi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Bhakta charan Das
BJD
BJP
Majority 1,54,037 15.75
Turnout 9,79,000 68.85
BJD hold Swing

References[edit]

  1. "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Orissa" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2005. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
  2. "Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency of Odisha: Full list of candidates, polling dates". Zee News. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  3. "Lok Sabha Elections 2019 candidate list for Odisha". Business Insider India. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  4. "Odisha Result Status". ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  5. http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS1811.htm?ac=11
  6. "Lok Sabha Election 2014 - Orissa, Constituency: Kalahandi (11)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

External links[edit]

Template:Lok Sabha constituencies of Odisha

Coordinates: 19°52′19″N 83°06′10″E / 19.871834°N 83.102733°E / 19.871834; 83.102733