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Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency

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Berhampur
OD-20
Lok Sabha constituency
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
Assembly constituenciesChhatrapur
Gopalpur
Brahmapur
Digapahandi
Chikiti
Mohana
Paralakhemundi
Established1952
Total electors15,50,369
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party   BJP
Elected year2024

Brahmapur is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Odisha, India.[1]

Assembly Segments

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Constituency number Name District Member Party
127 Chhatrapur (SC) Ganjam Krushna Chandra Nayak BJP
132 Gopalpur Bibhuti Bhushan Jena
133 Brahmapur K. Anil Kumar
134 Digapahandi Sidhant Mohapatra
135 Chikiti Manoranjan Dyan Samantara
136 Mohana (ST) Gajapati Dasarathi Gomango INC
137 Paralakhemundi Rupesh Kumar Panigrahi BJD

Elected Members

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Vote share of winning candidates
2024
49.20%
2019
44.83%
2014
29.84%
2009
26.49%
2004
49.48%
1999
54.46%
1998
49.05%
1996
62.57%
1991
51.96%
1989
49.35%
1984
67.86%
1980
65.68%
1977
57.82%
1971
60.33%

Since its formation in 1952, 18 elections have been held till date. It was a two member constituency in 1957.

List of members elected from Berhampur constituency are

Year Winner Party
As Ganjam Constituency
1952 Bijay Chandra Das CPI
1957[a] Uma Charan Patnaik Independent
Mohan Nayak INC
As Chatrapur Constituency
1962 Ananta Tripathi Sarma INC
1967 Jagannath Rao
As Berhampur Constituency
1971 Jagannath Rao INC
1977
1980
1984
1989 Gopinath Gajapati
1991
1996 P. V. Narasimha Rao
1998 Jayanti Patnaik
1999 Anadi Charan Sahu BJP
2004 Chandra Sekhar Sahu INC
2009 Sidhant Mohapatra BJD
2014
2019 Chandra Sekhar Sahu
2024 Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy BJP

Election Results

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2024

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Voting were held on 13th May 2024 in 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[2] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Bhrugu Baxipatra by a margin of 1,65,476 votes.

2024 Indian general election: Berhampur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy 513,102 49.20 Increase13.94
BJD Bhrugu Baxipatra 3,47,626 33.33 Decrease11.51
INC Rashmi Ranjan Patnaik 1,29,744 12.44 Decrease1.91
NOTA None of the above 15,942 1.53
Majority 1,65,476 15.87
Turnout 10,42,923 65.41
BJP gain from BJD

2019

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In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Chandra Sekhar Sahu defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bhrugu Baxipatra by a margin of 94,844 votes.

2019 Indian general elections: Berhampur[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Chandra Sekhar Sahu 443,843 44.84 Increase0.87
BJP Bhrugu Baxipatra 3,48,999 35.26 Increase17.72
INC V. Chandrasekhar Naidu 1,42,632 14.41 Decrease19.42
NOTA None of the above 14,381 1.45
BSP Tirupathi Rao Karanam 8,290 0.84 Increase0.42
SUCI(C) Somanath Behera 8,296 0.84
Odisha Pragati Dal Srihari Patnaik 8,304 0.84
Independent K. Shyambabu Subudhi 8,084 0.82
Independent Chakradhar Sahu 7,081 0.72
Majority 94,844 9.58 Decrease4.53
Turnout 9,90,087 65.90 Decrease2.87
BJD hold Swing Decrease8.43

2014

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In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sidhant Mohapatra defeated Indian National Congress candidate Chandra Sekhar Sahu by a margin of 1,27,720 votes.

2014 Indian general elections: Berhampur[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Sidhant Mohapatra 398,107 43.97
INC Chandra Sekhar Sahu 2,70,387 29.86
BJP Rama Chandra Panda 1,58,811 17.54
CPI(M) Ali Kishor 35,968 3.97
NOTA None of the above 12,706 1.40
AAP Dhanada Kanta Mishra 8,248 0.91
Independent Sri Hari Pattnaik 4,081 0.45
BSP Aswin Kumar Padhi 3,865 0.42
Independent A Raghunath Varma 3,719 0.41
Independent K Shyamababu Subhudhi 3,383 0.37
AITC Manoj Chowdhry 3,314 0.36
SKD Bidhan Chandra Panda 2,773 0.31
Majority 1,28,728 14.11
Turnout 9,05,933 67.90
Registered electors 13,34,268
BJD hold

2009

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In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sidhant Mohapatra defeated Indian National Congress candidate Chandra Sekhar Sahu by a margin of 57,287 votes.

2009 Indian general elections: Berhampur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Sidhant Mohapatra 319,839 26.49
INC Chandra Sekhar Sahu 2,62,552 21.74
BJP Bharat Paik 78,929 6.54
Majority 57,287 8.06
Turnout 7,11,444 58.92
BJD gain from INC

Notes

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  1. ^ It was a 2 member constituency

References

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  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. ^ "Brahmapur Lok Sabha constituency of Odisha: Full list of candidates, polling dates". Zee News. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Lok Sabha Elections 2019 candidate list for Odisha". Business Insider India. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Election Commission of India".
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