| Type: | LS |
| Kendrapara | |
| State: | Odisha |
| Established: | 1952 |
| Reservation: | None |
| Electors: | 17,90,080 |
| Incumbent Image: | Shri Baijayant Panda.jpg |
| Mp: | Baijayant Panda |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Latest Election Year: | 2024 |
| Assembly Cons: | Salipur Mahanga Patkura Kendrapara Aul Rajanagar Mahakalapada |
Kendrapara Lok Sabha Constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (Parliamentary) Constituencies in Odisha state in Eastern India.
Assembly Constituencies which constitute this Parliamentary Constituency, after delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies and Legislative Assembly Constituencies of 2008 are:[1]
| Name | District | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94 | Salipur | Cuttack | Prasanta Behera | ||
| 95 | Mahanga | Sarada Prasad Padhan | |||
| 96 | Patkura | Kendrapara | Arvind Mohapatra | ||
| 97 | Kendrapara (SC) | Ganeswar Behera | |||
| 98 | Aul | Pratap Keshari Deb | |||
| 99 | Rajanagar | Dhruba Charan Sahoo | |||
| 100 | Mahakalapada | Durga Prasan Nayak | |||
Assembly Constituencies which constituted this Parliamentary Constituency, before delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies and Legislative Assembly Constituencies of 2008 are:[2] Aul,Pattamundai, Rajnagar, Kendrapara, Patkura, Kisannagar and Mahanga.
Since its formation in 1952, 19 elections have been held till date including one bypoll in 1985. It was a two member constituency in 1957.
Elected members from the Kendrapara constituency are:[3]
Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[4] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Baijayant Panda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Anshuman Mohanty by a margin of 66,536 votes.
In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Anubhav Mohanty defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Baijayant Panda by a margin of 1,52,584 votes.
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Baijayant Panda defeated Indian National Congress candidate Dharanidhar Nayak by a margin of 2,09,108 votes.[5]
In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Baijayant Panda defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ranjib Biswal by a margin of 1,27,107 votes.