| Type: | LS |
| Kendujhar (ST) | |
| State: | Odisha |
| Established: | 1957 |
| Reservation: | ST |
| Electors: | 15,86,553 |
| Mp: | Ananta Nayak |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Latest Election Year: | 2024 |
| Assembly Cons: | Telkoi Ghasipura Anandapur Patna Keonjhar Champua Karanjia |
Kendujhar is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Odisha.[1]
The assembly constituencies which constitute this parliamentary constituency, after the delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies and Legislative Assembly Constituencies of 2008, are:[2]
| Name | District | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Telkoi (ST) | Keonjhar | Fakir Mohan Naik | ||
| 21 | Ghasipura | Badri Narayan Patra | |||
| 22 | Anandapur (SC) | Abhimanyu Sethi | |||
| 23 | Patna (ST) | Akhila Chandra Naik | |||
| 24 | Keonjhar (ST) | Mohan Charan Majhi | |||
| 25 | Champua | Sanatan Mahakud | |||
| 30 | Karanjia (ST) | Mayurbhanj | Padma Charan Haiburu | ||
Since its formation in 1957, 17 elections have been held till date.
List of members elected from Keonjhar constituency are
Voting was held on 25th May 2024 in the 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[3] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Ananta Nayak defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Dhanurjay Sidu by a margin of 97,042 votes.
In the 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Chandrani Murmu defeated BJP candidate Ananta Nayak by a margin of 66,192 votes.[4]
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sakuntala Laguri defeated BJP candidate Ananta Nayak by a margin of 157,317 votes.
In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Yashbant Narayan Singh Laguri defeated Indian National Congress candidate Dhanurjaya Sidu by a margin of 126,484 votes.