Type: | LS |
Dhenkanal | |
State: | Odisha |
Established: | 1952 |
Reservation: | None |
Electors: | 15,28,273 |
Mp: | Rudra Narayan Pany |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Latest Election Year: | 2024 |
Assembly Cons: | Dhenkanal 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.
After delimitation of Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency, the seven legislative assembly segments which constitute this parliamentary constituency are[1] Before delimitation in 2008, legislative assembly segments which constituted this parliamentary constituency were: Birmaharajpur, Athmallik, Angul, Hindol, Dhenkanal, Gondia and Kamakhyanagar.[2] :
Name | District | Member | Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
55 | Dhenkanal | Dhenkanal | Krushna Chandra Patra | ||
56 | Hindol (SC) | Seemarani Nayak | |||
57 | Kamakhyanagar | Satrughan Jena | |||
58 | Parjanga | Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan | |||
59 | Pallahara | Angul | Ashok Mohanty | ||
60 | Talcher | Braja Kishore Pradhan | |||
61 | Angul | Pratap Chandra Pradhan |
Since its formation in 1952, 18 elections have been held till date. It was a two member constituency in 1952.
List of members elected from Dhenkanal constituency are
Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[3] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rudra Narayan Pany defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Avinash Samal by a margin of 76,567 votes.
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.[4]
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Tathagata Satpathy defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rudra Narayan Pany by a margin of 1,37,340 votes.
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Tathagata Satpathy defeated Indian National Congress candidate Chandra Sekhar Tripathi by a margin of 1,86,587 votes.