Kendrapara (Sl. No.: 97) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendrapara district, Odisha.
This constituency includes Kendrapara, Kendrapara block and 12 Gram panchayats (Alapua, Taradipal, Penthapal, Andara, Baluria, Amrutamanohi, Nilakanthapur, Balipatana, Narasinghpur, Badamulabasanta, Dihapada and Singhagan) of Pattamundai block.Assembly Constituencies and their ExtentSeats of Odisha
Elected members
Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1955.
List of members elected from Kendrapara constituency are:
YearMemberParty2024Ganeswar Behera2019Shashi Bhusan Behera2014Kishore Chandra Tarai2009Sipra Mallick2004Utkal Keshari Parida2000Bed Prakash Agarwal1995Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty1990Bed Prakash Agarwal1985Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty1980Indramani Rout1977Bed Prakash Agarwal19741971Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty1967Sarojakanta Kanungo1961Dhruba Charan Sahu1957Prahlad MallikDinabandhu Sahoo1955 (bypoll)Purusottam Nayak1951Dinabandhu Sahoo
Election results
2024 Voting were held on 1 June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024. In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ganeswar Behera defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Geetanjali Sethi by a margin of 35,418 votes.
2019 In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Shashi Bhusan Behera defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ganeswar Behera by a margin of 6,585 votes.
2014 In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Kishore Chandra Tarai defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ganeswar Behera by a margin of 5,431 votes.
2009 In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sipra Mallick defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ganeswar Behera by a margin of 15,931 votes.
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