Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency
| Berhampur OD-20 | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| Assembly constituencies | Chhatrapur Gopalpur Brahmapur Digapahandi Chikiti Mohana Paralakhemundi |
| Established | 1952 |
| Total electors | 15,50,369 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party |  BJP |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Brahmapur is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Odisha, India.[1]
Assembly Segments
[edit]| Constituency number | Name | District | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 127 | Chhatrapur (SC) | Ganjam | Krushna Chandra Nayak | BJP | |
| 132 | Gopalpur | Bibhuti Bhushan Jena | |||
| 133 | Brahmapur | K. Anil Kumar | |||
| 134 | Digapahandi | Sidhant Mohapatra | |||
| 135 | Chikiti | Manoranjan Dyan Samantara | |||
| 136 | Mohana (ST) | Gajapati | Dasarathi Gomango | INC | |
| 137 | Paralakhemundi | Rupesh Kumar Panigrahi | BJD | ||
Elected Members
[edit]Since its formation in 1952, 18 elections have been held till date. It was a two member constituency in 1957.
List of members elected from Berhampur constituency are
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
As Ganjam Constituency | |||
| 1952 | Bijay Chandra Das | CPI | |
| 1957[a] | Uma Charan Patnaik | Independent | |
| Mohan Nayak | INC | ||
As Chatrapur Constituency | |||
| 1962 | Ananta Tripathi Sarma | INC | |
| 1967 | Jagannath Rao | ||
As Berhampur Constituency | |||
| 1971 | Jagannath Rao | INC | |
| 1977 | |||
| 1980 | |||
| 1984 | |||
| 1989 | Gopinath Gajapati | ||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | P. V. Narasimha Rao | ||
| 1998 | Jayanti Patnaik | ||
| 1999 | Anadi Charan Sahu | BJP | |
| 2004 | Chandra Sekhar Sahu | INC | |
| 2009 | Sidhant Mohapatra | BJD | |
| 2014 | |||
| 2019 | Chandra Sekhar Sahu | ||
| 2024 | Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy | BJP | |
Election Results
[edit]2024
[edit]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 Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Bhrugu Baxipatra by a margin of 1,65,476 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy | 513,102 | 49.20 |  13.94 | |
| BJD | Bhrugu Baxipatra | 3,47,626 | 33.33 |  11.51 | |
| INC | Rashmi Ranjan Patnaik | 1,29,744 | 12.44 | 1.91 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 15,942 | 1.53 | ||
| Majority | 1,65,476 | 15.87 | |||
| Turnout | 10,42,923 | 65.41 | |||
| BJP gain from BJD | |||||
2019
[edit]In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Chandra Sekhar Sahu defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bhrugu Baxipatra by a margin of 94,844 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Chandra Sekhar Sahu | 443,843 | 44.84 | 0.87 | |
| BJP | Bhrugu Baxipatra | 3,48,999 | 35.26 | 17.72 | |
| INC | V. Chandrasekhar Naidu | 1,42,632 | 14.41 | 19.42 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 14,381 | 1.45 | ||
| BSP | Tirupathi Rao Karanam | 8,290 | 0.84 | 0.42 | |
| SUCI(C) | Somanath Behera | 8,296 | 0.84 | ||
| Odisha Pragati Dal | Srihari Patnaik | 8,304 | 0.84 | ||
| Independent | K. Shyambabu Subudhi | 8,084 | 0.82 | ||
| Independent | Chakradhar Sahu | 7,081 | 0.72 | ||
| Majority | 94,844 | 9.58 | 4.53 | ||
| Turnout | 9,90,087 | 65.90 | 2.87 | ||
| BJD hold | Swing | 8.43 | |||
2014
[edit]In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sidhant Mohapatra defeated Indian National Congress candidate Chandra Sekhar Sahu by a margin of 1,27,720 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Sidhant Mohapatra | 398,107 | 43.97 | ||
| INC | Chandra Sekhar Sahu | 2,70,387 | 29.86 | ||
| BJP | Rama Chandra Panda | 1,58,811 | 17.54 | ||
| CPI(M) | Ali Kishor | 35,968 | 3.97 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 12,706 | 1.40 | ||
| AAP | Dhanada Kanta Mishra | 8,248 | 0.91 | ||
| Independent | Sri Hari Pattnaik | 4,081 | 0.45 | ||
| BSP | Aswin Kumar Padhi | 3,865 | 0.42 | ||
| Independent | A Raghunath Varma | 3,719 | 0.41 | ||
| Independent | K Shyamababu Subhudhi | 3,383 | 0.37 | ||
| AITC | Manoj Chowdhry | 3,314 | 0.36 | ||
| SKD | Bidhan Chandra Panda | 2,773 | 0.31 | ||
| Majority | 1,28,728 | 14.11 | |||
| Turnout | 9,05,933 | 67.90 | |||
| Registered electors | 13,34,268 | ||||
| BJD hold | |||||
2009
[edit]In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sidhant Mohapatra defeated Indian National Congress candidate Chandra Sekhar Sahu by a margin of 57,287 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Sidhant Mohapatra | 319,839 | 26.49 | ||
| INC | Chandra Sekhar Sahu | 2,62,552 | 21.74 | ||
| BJP | Bharat Paik | 78,929 | 6.54 | ||
| Majority | 57,287 | 8.06 | |||
| Turnout | 7,11,444 | 58.92 | |||
| BJD gain from INC | |||||
Notes
[edit]- ^ It was a 2 member constituency
References
[edit]- ^ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Orissa" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
- ^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
- ^ "Brahmapur Lok Sabha constituency of Odisha: Full list of candidates, polling dates". Zee News. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ "Lok Sabha Elections 2019 candidate list for Odisha". Business Insider India. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ "Election Commission of India".