Berhampur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Berhampur is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Odisha. Assembly constituencies which constitute this parliamentary constituency are: Chatrapur, Gopalpur, Berhampur, Chikiti, Digapahandi, Mohana and Parlakhemundi.[1]

Berhampur
Lok Sabha Constituency
Incumbent	Chandra Sekhar Sahu
Parliamentary Party	BJD
Constituency Details
State	Odisha
Former MP	Siddhanta Mahapatra
Most Successful Party	Indian National Congress
Assembly Constituencies	Chatrapur Gopalpur Berhampur Chikiti Digapahandi Mohana Parlakhemundi

Members of Parliament

• 2019: Chandra Sekhar Sahu, BJD
• 2014: Siddhanta Mahapatra, BJD
• 2009: Siddhanta Mahapatra, BJD
• 2004: Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Congress[2]
• 1999: Anadi Charan Sahu, BJP
• 1998: Jayanti Patnaik, Congress
• 1996: P. V. Narasimha Rao, Congress
• 1991: Gopinath Gajapati, Congress[3]
• 1989: Gopinath Gajapati, Congress[4]
• 1984: Jagannath Rao, Congress
• 1980: Jagannath Rao, Congress
• 1977: Jagannath Rao, Congress
• 1971: Jagannath Rao, Congress (as Chatrapur seat)
• 1967: Jagannath Rao, Congress (as Chatrapur seat)
• 1962: Ananta Tripathi Sarma, Congress (as Chatrapur seat)
• 1957: Mohan Nayak, Congress (as Ganjam seat)
• 1957: Uma Charan Patnaik (Independent) (as Ganjam )
• 1952: Bijay Chandra Das (CPI)(as Ganjam seat)
• 1952: Uma Charan Patnaik, Independent (as Ghumsur seat )

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Election results

2019 Election Result

2019 Indian general elections: Berhampur [6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Chandra Sekhar Sahu	4,43,843	44.84	+0.87
	BJP	Bhrugu Baxipatra	3,48,999	35.26	+17.72
	INC	V. Chandrasekhar Naidu	1,42,632	14.41	-19.42
	NOTA	None of the above	14,381	1.45
	BSP	Tirupathi Rao Karanam	8,290	0.84	+0.42
	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	+0.45
	Independent	Chakradhar Sahu	7,081	0.72
Majority			94,844	9.58	-4.53
Turnout			9,90,087	65.90	-2.87
	BJD hold		Swing	-8.43

2014 Election Results

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

2014 Indian general elections: Berhampur [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Siddhanta Mahapatra	3,98,107	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
	AAP	Dhanada Kanta Mishra	8,248
	Independent	Sri Hari Pattnaik	4,081
	BSP	Aswin Kumar Padhi	3,865	0.42
	Independent	A Raghunath Varma	3,719
	Independent	K Shyamababu Subhudhi	3,383	0.37
	AITC	Manoj Chowdhry	3,314
	SKD	Bidhan Chandra Panda	2,773
Majority			1,28,728	14.11
Turnout			9,05,933	67.90
Registered electors			13,34,268
	BJD hold		Swing

General Election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Berhampur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD
	INC
	BJP
Majority
Turnout
	BJD hold		Swing

References

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. "Can Cong protect its citadel?". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
3. "Tenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha Secretariat. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
4. Patnaik, Sunil. "Scandal buffets Odisha palace". The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
5. "A film star takes on a veteran". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
6. "Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency of Odisha: Full list of candidates, polling dates". Zee News. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
7. "Lok Sabha Elections 2019 candidate list for Odisha". Business Insider India. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
8. http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS1820.htm?ac=20

External links

• Berhampur lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule