Puri Lok Sabha constituency

Puri Lok Sabha Constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (Parliamentary) Constituencies in Odisha state in Eastern India.

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Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Puri Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Assembly constituencies	Puri Brahmagiri Satyabadi Pipili Chilika Ranpur Nayagarh
Established	1952
Total electors	15,89,698[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Sambit Patra
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Assembly Segments

Assembly Constituencies which constitute this Parliamentary Constituency, after delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies and Legislative Assembly Constituencies of 2008 are:^[1]

#	Name	District	Member	Party		Leading (in 2024)
107	Puri	Puri	Sunil Kumar Mohanty		BJD		BJP
108	Brahmagiri		Upasna Mohapatra		BJP		BJP
109	Satyabadi		Om Prakash Mishra		BJP		BJP
110	Pipili		Ashrit Pattanayak		BJP		BJP
118	Chilika	Khurda	Prithiviraj Harichandan		BJP		BJP
119	Ranpur	Nayagarh	Surama Padhy		BJP		BJP
122	Nayagarh		Arun Kumar Sahoo		BJD		BJP

Assembly Constituencies which constituted this Parliamentary Constituency, before delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies and Legislative Assembly Constituencies of 2008 are:^[2] Baliapatana, Pipili, Satyabadi, Puri, Brahmagiri, Chilka and Ranpur.

Elected members

Vote share of winning candidates

2024			52.58%
2019			47.38%
2014			37.25%
2009			33.03%
2004			51.99%
1999			57.98%
1998			51.51%
1996			51.82%
1991			48.69%
1989			59.85%
1984			52.56%
1980			59.87%
1977			62.2%
1971			40.47%

Since its formation in 1952, 18 elections have been held till date.

List of members elected from Puri constituency are

Year	Name	Party
1952	Lokenath Mishra		Indian National Congress
1957	Chintamani Panigrahi		Communist Party of India
1962	Bibudhendra Mishra		Indian National Congress
1967	Rabi Ray		Samyukta Socialist Party
1971	Banamali Patnaik		Indian National Congress
1977	Padmacharan Samantasinhar		Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980	Brajamohan Mohanty		Indian National Congress (I)
1984			Indian National Congress
1989	Nilamani Routray		Janata Dal
1991	Braja Kishore Tripathy
1996	Pinaki Misra		Indian National Congress
1998	Braja Kishore Tripathy		Biju Janata Dal
1999
2004
2009[3]	Pinaki Misra
2014[4]
2019[5]
2024[6]	Sambit Patra		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2024

Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[7] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sambit Patra defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Arup Mohan Patnaik by a margin of 1,04,709 votes.^[6]

2024 Indian general election: Puri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sambit Patra	629,330	52.58	6.21
	BJD	Arup Mohan Patnaik	5,24,621	43.83	3.57
	INC	Jay Narayan Patnaik	24,342	2.03	1.91
	NOTA	None of the above	7,610	0.64
Majority			104,709	8.75	7.72
Turnout			12,01,434	75.58	2.86
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pinaki Misra defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sambit Patra with a margin of 11,714 votes.^[5]

2019 Indian general elections: Puri^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pinaki Misra	538,321	47.40	2.93
	BJP	Sambit Patra	5,26,607	46.37	25.61
	INC	Satya Prakash Nayak	44,734	3.94	21.06
	NOTA	None of the above	7,217	0.64	0.24
Majority			11,714	1.03	24.31
Turnout			11,36,124	72.72	1.99
Registered electors			15,62,331
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pinaki Misra defeated Indian National Congress candidate Sucharita Mohanty by a margin of 2,63,361 votes.^[4]

2014 Indian general elections: Puri^[10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pinaki Misra	523,161	50.33
	INC	Sucharita Mohanty	2,59,800	25.00
	BJP	Ashok Sahu	2,15,763	20.76
	NOTA	None of the above	9,150	0.88	−
Majority			2,63,361	25.34	−
Turnout			10,39,487	74.01
Registered electors			14,04,581
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pinaki Misra defeated Indian National Congress candidate Debendra Nath Mansingh by a margin of 2,11,305 votes.^[3]

2009 Indian general elections: Puri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pinaki Misra	436,961	47.98
	INC	Debendra Nath Mansingh	2,25,656	24.78
	BJP	Braja Kishore Tripathy	2,09,287	22.98
Majority			2,11,305	23.22
Turnout			9,10,431	68.83
	BJD hold

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission