Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency

Kalahandi OD-11
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Assembly constituencies	Nuapada Khariar Lanjigarh Junagarh Dharmgarh Bhawanipatna Narla
Established	1952
Total electors	17.00,318
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Malvika Devi
Party	Bhartiya Janta Party
Elected year	2024

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

Assembly Segments

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:

#	Name	District	Member	Party		Leading (in 2024)
71	Nuapada	Nuapada	Rajendra Dholakia		BJD		BJP
72	Khariar		Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi		BJD		BJD
77	Lanjigarh (ST)	Kalahandi	Pradip Kumar Dishari		BJD		BJD
78	Junagarh		Dibya Shankar Mishra		BJD		BJP
79	Dharmgarh		Sudhir Ranjan Pattjoshi		BJP		BJP
80	Bhawanipatna (SC)		Sagar Charan Das		INC		BJP
81	Narla		Manorama Mohanty		BJD		BJP

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates
2024			38.74%
2019			35.18%
2014			25.16%
2009			28.25%
2004			47.35%
1999			57.89%
1998			56.55%
1996			35.15%
1991			30.65%
1989			46.57%
1984			47.6%
1980			51.16%
1977			64.6%
1971			56.88%

Since its formation in 1952, 16 elections have been held till date. It was a two member constituency for 1952 & 1957

List of members elected from Kalahandi constituency are

Year	Member	Party
As Kalahandi Balangir Constituency
1952[a]	Girdhari Bhoi		AIGP
	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo
As Kalahandi Constituency
1957[b]	Bijoy C. Pradhan		AIGP
	Pratap Keshari Deo
1962	Pratap Keshari Deo		AIGP
1967			SWA
1971
1977			Independent
1980	Rasa Behari Behara		INC
1984	Jagannath Patnaik
1989	Bhakta Charan Das		JD
1991	Subhash Chandra Nayak		INC
1996	Bhakta Charan Das		Samata Party
1998	Bikram Keshari Deo		BJP
1999
2004
2009	Bhakta Charan Das		INC
2014	Arka Keshari Deo		BJD
2019	Basanta Kumar Panda		BJP
2024	Malvika Devi

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 13th May 2024 in 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[2] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Malvika Devi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Lambodhar Nial by a margin of 1,33,813 votes.

2024 Indian general election: Kalahandi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Malvika Devi	544,303	40.79	5.53
	BJD	Lambodhar Nial	4,10,490	30.77	2.31
	INC	Droupadi Majhi	3,03,199	22.72	3.27
	NOTA	None of the above	19715	1.48
Majority			1,33,813	10.02
Turnout			13,34,244	77.90	1.49
	BJP hold

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Basanta Kumar Panda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Puspendra Singhdeo by a margin of 26,814 votes.

2019 Indian general elections: Kalahandi^[3]^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Basanta Kumar Panda	433,073	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
	API	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

2014

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.^[5]

2014 Indian general elections: Kalahandi^[6]^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Arka Keshari Deo	370,871	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

2009

In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Bhakta Charan Das defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Subash Chandra Nayak by a margin of 1,54,037 votes.

2009 Indian general elections: Kalahandi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bhakta Charan Das	401,736	28.25
	BJD	Subash Chandra Nayak	2,47,699	17.42
	BJP	Bikram Keshari Deo	2,21,851	15.6
Majority			1,54,037	10.83
Turnout			9,79,000	68.85
	INC gain from BJP

Notes

1. It was a 2 member constituency
2. It was a 2 member constituency

References

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. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI. Archived from the original on 7 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
3. "Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency of Odisha: Full list of candidates, polling dates". Zee News. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
4. "Lok Sabha Elections 2019 candidate list for Odisha". Business Insider India. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
5. "Odisha Result Status". ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
6. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2014 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
7. "Lok Sabha Election 2014 - Orissa, Constituency: Kalahandi (11)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 1 June 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

External links

• Kalahandi lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule

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