Bolangir Lok Sabha constituency

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

Bolangir OD-10
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Bolangir Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Assembly constituencies	Birmaharajpur Sonepur Loisingha Patnagarh Bolangir Titlagarh Kantabanji
Established	1962
Total electors	18,00,136
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Assembly Segments

Following delimitation, at present this constituency comprises the following legislative assembly segments:

#	Name	District	Member	Party
64	Birmaharajpur (SC)	Subarnapur	Raghunath Jagadala		BJP
65	Sonepur		Niranjan Pujari		BJD
66	Loisingha (SC)	Bolangir	Mukesh Mahaling		BJP
67	Patnagarh		Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo
68	Bolangir		Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo		BJD
69	Titlagarh		Nabin Kumar Jain		BJP
70	Kantabanji		Laxman Bag

Before delimitation in 2008, the legislative assembly segments, which constituted this parliamentary constituency were: Nawapara, Titilagarh, Kantabanji, Patnagarh, Saintala, Loisinga and Bolangir.^[1]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates
2024			44.12%
2019			38.12%
2014			29.02%
2009			29.8%
2004			44.33%
1999			64.06%
1998			61.75%
1996			34.81%
1991			36.22%
1989			64.25%
1984			52.63%
1980			55.59%
1977			63.09%
1971			61.88%

Since its formation in 1962, 16 elections have been held till date.

List of members elected from Bolangir constituency are

Year	Member	Party
1962	Hrushikesh Mahanand		AIGP
1967	Raj Raj Singh Deo		SWA
1971
1977	Ainthu Sahoo		JP
1980	Nityananda Misra		INC
1984
1989	Balgopal Mishra		JD
1991	Sarat Pattanayak		INC
1996
1998	Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo		BJP
1999
2004
2009	Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo		BJD
2014
2019	Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo		BJP
2024

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 20 May 2024 in 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.^[2] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Surendra Singh Bhoi by a margin of 1,32,664 votes.^[3]

2024 Indian general election: Bolangir

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo	617,744	44.12	6
	BJD	Surendra Singh Bhoi	4,85,080	34.64	1.98
	INC	Manoj Kumar Mishra	2,30,874	16.49	4.25
	NOTA	None of the above	16,064	1.15	0.07
Majority			1,32,664	9.48	7.98
Turnout			14,00,248	77.52	2.61
	BJP hold

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo by a margin of 19,516 votes.

2019 Indian general elections: Bolangir

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo	498,086	38.12	+8.29
	BJD	Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo	4,78,570	36.62	−2.84
	INC	Samarendra Mishra	2,71,056	20.74	−2.97
	NOTA	None of the above	16,001	1.22	−0.57
	API	Dinesh Nag	13,909	1.09
	BSP	Rana Nag	12,229	0.94
Majority			19,516	1.50
Turnout			13,06,744	74.91
	BJP gain from BJD		Swing	+5.57

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo by a margin of 1,04,299 votes.

2014 Indian general elections: Bolangir^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo	453,519	38.74
	BJP	Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo	3,49,220	29.83
	INC	Sarat Pattanayak	2,77,616	23.71
	AAP	Saraswati Nanda	24,515	2.09
	API	Achyutananda Nag	14,626	1.24
	BSP	Rana Nag	11,513	0.98
	NOTA	None of the above	21,043	1.79
Majority			1,04,299	8.91
Turnout			11,70,961	74.92
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo defeated Indian National Congress candidate Narasingha Mishra by a margin of 90,835 votes.

2009 Indian general elections: Bolangir

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo	430,150	29.8
	INC	Narasingha Mishra	3,39,315	23.51
	BJP	Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo	1,91,739	13.28
Majority			90,835	8.98
Turnout			10,12,022	70.11
	BJD gain from BJP

See also

• Bolangir district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

1. "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.
2. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
3. Election Commission of India (5 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Bolangir". Archived from the original on 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
4. "Election Commission of India".

External links

• Bolangir lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule

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