Keonjhar Lok Sabha constituency

Kendujhar is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Odisha.^[1]

Kendujhar (ST) OD-4
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive map of Kendujhar Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Assembly constituencies	Telkoi Ghasipura Anandapur Patna Keonjhar Champua Karanjia
Established	1957
Total electors	15,86,553
Reservation	ST
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Ananta Nayak
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Assembly Segments

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		BJP
21	Ghasipura		Badri Narayan Patra		BJD
22	Anandapur (SC)		Abhimanyu Sethi		BJD
23	Patna (ST)		Akhila Chandra Naik		BJP
24	Keonjhar (ST)		Mohan Charan Majhi		BJP
25	Champua		Sanatan Mahakud		BJD
30	Karanjia (ST)	Mayurbhanj	Padma Charan Haiburu		BJP

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates
2024			45.67%
2019			44.74%
2014			32.26%
2009			30.75%
2004			43.66%
1999			67.47%
1998			54.09%
1996			45.82%
1991			44.07%
1989			60.86%
1984			57.68%
1980			68.36%
1977			60.42%
1971			43.47%

Since its formation in 1957, 17 elections have been held till date.

List of members elected from Keonjhar constituency are

Year	Member	Party
1957	Laxmi Narayan Bhanja Deo		Independent
1962			Indian National Congress
1967	Gurucharan Naik		Swatantra Party
1971	Kumar Majhi		Indian National Congress
1977	Govinda Munda		Janata Party
1980	Harihar Soren		Indian National Congress
1984			Indian National Congress
1989	Govind Chandra Munda		Janata Dal
1991
1996	Madhab Sardar		Indian National Congress
1998	Upendra Nath Nayak		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999	Ananta Nayak
2004
2009	Yashbant Narayan Singh Laguri		Biju Janata Dal
2014	Sakuntala Laguri
2019	Chandrani Murmu
2024	Ananta Nayak		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

2024

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.

2024 Indian general election: Keonjhar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ananta Nayak	573,923	45.67
	BJD	Dhanurjay Sidu	4,76,881	37.95
	INC	Binod Bihari Nayak	1,04,944	8.38
	NOTA	None of the above	24,763	1.97
Majority			97,042	7.72
Turnout			1256615	78.97
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In the 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Chandrani Murmu defeated BJP candidate Ananta Nayak by a margin of 66,192 votes.^[4]

2019 Indian general elections: Keonjhar^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Chandrani Murmu	526,359	44.75
	BJP	Ananta Nayak	460,156	39.12
	INC	Mohan Kumar Hembram	128,716	10.94
	NOTA	None of the above	19,207	1.63
Majority			66,203	5.62
Turnout			1,176,479	77.57
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sakuntala Laguri defeated BJP candidate Ananta Nayak by a margin of 157,317 votes.

2014 Indian general elections: Keonjhar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sakuntala Laguri	434,471	40.09
	BJP	Ananta Nayak	277,154	25.54
	INC	Madhaba Sardar	190,531	17.58
	Independent	Basudeb Naik	101,999	9.41
	NOTA	None of the above	26,065	2.40
Majority			157,317	14.51
Turnout			1,084,571	80.54
	BJD hold

2009

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.

2009 Indian general elections: Keonjhar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Yashbant Narayan Singh Laguri	389,104	49.63
	INC	Dhanurjaya Sidu	262,620	29.45
	BJP	Ananta Nayak	164,023	18.29
	Independent	Fakir Mohan Naik	32,356	3.63
Majority			126,484	14.18
Turnout			891,746	70.48
	BJD gain from BJP

Notes

See also

• Kendujhar
• 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. "17 - Keonjhar Parliamentary (Lok Sabha) Constituency". Retrieved 25 March 2014.
3. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
4. News18 (2019). "Keonjhar Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 Live: Keonjhar Constituency Election Results". Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
5. "General Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

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