Kendrapara is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in Coastal Odisha of Odisha and is located in East India. Kendrapara Lok Sabha is reserved for General.
It is a Rural constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 84.94%. There are 15,55,444 voters of which 8,28,491 are male and 7,26,929 are female and 24 voters of the third gender.
Baijayant Panda of BJD (alliance: Others) won in this seat defeating INC. BJD polled 6,01,574 of the total of 11,40,999 votes polled. BJD won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Kendrapara goes to the polls in the 4st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Monday, April 29, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 73.14%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 15 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 7 |
| Reservation for | General |
| Number of Voters | 15,55,444 |
| Number of Male Voters | 8,28,491 |
| Number of Female Voters | 7,26,929 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | BJD | BJD |
| Turnout % | 73.14% | 68.53% |
| Margin of Victory | 2,09,300 | 1,27,107 |
| Margin of Victory % | 18.34% | 12.93% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | BJD | BJD |
| Turnout % | 73.14% | 68.53% |
| Margin of Victory | 2,09,300 | 1,27,107 |
| Margin of Victory % | 18.34% | 12.93% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | 628939 | 50.87% | Anubhav MohantyWinner |
| BJP | 476355 | 38.53% | Baijayant Panda |
| INC | 113841 | 9.21% | Dharanidhar Nayak |
| NOTA | 6588 | 0.53% | Nota |
| SP | 5138 | 0.42% | Rabindra Nath Behera |
| IND | 2281 | 0.18% | Santosh Kumar Patra |
| KRPP | 1868 | 0.15% | Srikanta Samal |
| IND | 1456 | 0.12% | Santosh Kumar Das |
