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Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Orissa state in eastern India.

Assembly Segments

Before delimitation in 2008, the legislative assembly segments, which constituted this parliamentary constituency were: Khariar, Dharamgarh, Koksara, Junagarh, Bhawanipatna, Narla and Kesinga.

Following delimitation, this constituency currently comprises the following legislative assembly segments:

Elected Members

Since its formation in 1952, 16 elections have been held till date. It was a two member constituency for 1952 & 1957

List of members elected from Kalahandi constituency are

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 13th May 2024 in 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Malvika Devi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Lambodhar Nial by a margin of 1,33,813 votes.

2024 Indian general election: Kalahandi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Malvika Devi	544,303	40.79	5.53
	BJD	Lambodhar Nial	4,10,490	30.77	2.31
	INC	Droupadi Majhi	3,03,199	22.72	3.27
	NOTA	None of the above	19715	1.48
Majority			1,33,813	10.02
Turnout			13,34,244	77.90	1.49
	BJP hold

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Basanta Kumar Panda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Puspendra Singhdeo by a margin of 26,814 votes.

2019 Indian general elections: Kalahandi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Basanta Kumar Panda	433,073	35.26	7.12
	BJD	Puspendra Singhdeo	4,06,260	33.08	0.11
	INC	Bhakta Charan Das	3,19,202	25.99	1.57
	NOTA	None of the above	21,199	1.73
	BMP	Kamalini Yadav	15,864	1.29
	API	Chhabilal Nial	12,409	1.01
	BSP	Premananda Bag	10,448	0.85
Majority			26,814	2.18
Turnout			12,30,929	76.41
	BJP gain from BJD

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Arka Keshari Deo defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradeep Kumar Naik by a margin of 56,347 votes.

2009

In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Bhakta Charan Das defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Subash Chandra Nayak by a margin of 1,54,037 votes.

Notes

1. It was a 2 member constituency
2. It was a 2 member constituency

References

1. "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Orissa" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2005. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
2. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
3. "Kalahandi 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. "Odisha Result Status". ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
6. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2014 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
7. "Lok Sabha Election 2014 - Orissa, Constituency: Kalahandi (11)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 1 June 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

External links

• Kalahandi lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule

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• Lok Sabha constituencies in Odisha
• Kalahandi district
• Nuapada district