Dhenkanal is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in Coastal Odisha of Odisha and is located in East India. Dhenkanal Lok Sabha is reserved for General.
It is a Rural constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 78.78%. There are 13,63,471 voters of which 7,22,329 are male and 6,41,088 are female and 54 voters of the third gender.
Tathagata Satpathy of BJD (alliance: Others) won in this seat defeating BJP. BJD polled 4,53,277 of the total of 10,42,101 votes polled. BJD won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Dhenkanal goes to the polls in the 3st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 76.43%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 9 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 7 |
| Reservation for | General |
| Number of Voters | 13,63,471 |
| Number of Male Voters | 7,22,329 |
| Number of Female Voters | 6,41,088 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | BJD | BJD |
| Turnout % | 76.43% | 66.74% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,37,340 | 1,86,587 |
| Margin of Victory % | 13.18% | 21.78% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | BJD | BJD |
| Turnout % | 76.43% | 66.74% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,37,340 | 1,86,587 |
| Margin of Victory % | 13.18% | 21.78% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | 522884 | 46.21% | Mahesh SahooWinner |
| BJP | 487472 | 43.08% | Rudra Narayan Pany |
| INC | 80349 | 7.10% | Raja Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo |
| NOTA | 11254 | 0.99% | Nota |
| BSP | 7789 | 0.69% | Pradyumna Kumar Naik |
| HND | 6946 | 0.61% | Priyabrata Garnaik |
| APOI | 4742 | 0.42% | Bijaya Kumar Behera |
| SKD | 3877 | 0.34% | Saroj Kumar Satpathy |
| SUCI | 3295 | 0.29% | Manasi Swain |
| BMFP | 2914 | 0.26% | Ranjan Kumar Sahoo |
