Bhubaneswar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha Constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (Parliamentary) Constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India.

Bhubaneswar
Lok Sabha Constituency
Incumbent	Aparajita Sarangi
Parliamentary Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency Details
State	Odisha
Former MP	Prasanna Kumar Patasani
Most Successful Party	Indian National Congress
Assembly Constituencies	Jayadev Bhubaneswar Central (Madhya) Bhubaneswar North (Uttar) Ekamra-Bhubaneswar Jatni Begunia Khurda

Assembly segments

Assembly Constituencies which constitute this Parliamentary Constituency, after delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies and Legislative Assembly Constituencies of 2008 are:[1]

1. Jayadev
2. Bhubaneswar Central (Madhya)
3. Bhubaneswar North (Uttar)
4. Ekamra-Bhubaneswar
5. Jatni
6. Begunia
7. Khurda

Assembly Constituencies which constituted this Parliamentary Constituency, before delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies and Legislative Assembly Constituencies of 2008 are:[2]

1. Bhubaneswar
2. Jatni
3. Khurda
4. Begunia
5. Nayagarh
6. Khandapara
7. Daspalla

Members of Parliament

• 1952: Pandit Lingraj Mishra, Congress ( as Khurda seat )
• 1957: Nrusinha Charan Samantasinhar, Congress
• 1962: Raja P. C. Deo Bhanj, Congress
• 1967: Chintamani Panigrahi, Congress
• 1971: Chintamani Panigrahi, Congress
• 1977: Sivaji Patnaik, CPI (M)
• 1980: Chintamani Panigrahi, Congress
• 1984: Chintamani Panigrahi, Congress
• 1989: Sivaji Patnaik, CPI (M)
• 1991: Sivaji Patnaik, CPI (M)
• 1996: Soumya Ranjan Patnaik, Congress
• 1998: Prasanna Kumar Patasani, Biju Janata Dal
• 1999: Prasanna Kumar Patasani, Biju Janata Dal
• 2004: Prasanna Kumar Patasani, Biju Janata Dal
• 2009: Prasanna Kumar Patasani, Biju Janata Dal
• 2014: Prasanna Kumar Patasani, Biju Janata Dal
• 2019: Aparajita Sarangi, Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

General Election 2019

2019 Indian general election: Bhubaneswar [3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Aparajita Sarangi	4,86,991	48.45	+20.45
	BJD	Arup Patnaik	4,63,152	46.07	-3.18
	INC	Manoranjan Behera	1,78,663	22.58
	CPI (M)	Janardan Pati	23,026	2.29
	AITC	Niranjan Sahoo	19,410	1.56
	NOTA	None of the above	6,156	0.61
Majority			23,839	2.38
Turnout			10,05,624	59.17
	BJP gain from BJD		Swing

General Election 2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prasanna Kumar Patasani defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pruthwiraj Harichandan by a margin of 1,89,477 votes.

2014 Indian general elections: Bhubaneswar [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Prasanna Kumar Patasani	4,39,252	49.25
	BJP	Prithiviraj Harichandan	2,49,775	28.00
	INC	Bijay Mohanty	1,45,783	16.34
	AOP	Sunjoy Hans	29,505	3.31
	NOTA	None of the above	8,140	0.91
	AAP	Bismaya Mahapatra	7,112	0.80
Majority			1,89,477	21.25
Turnout			8,91,958	58.38
	BJD hold		Swing

General Election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Bhubaneswar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Prasanna Kumar Patasani	4,00,472	56.31
	INC	Santosh Mohanty	1,47,712	20.77
	BJP	Archana Nayak	93,980	13.21
	BOP	Nabaghan Parida	22,325	3.14
Majority			2,52.760	35.55
Turnout			7,11,041	49.14
	BJD hold		Swing

References

1. "Bhubaneswar, Odisha". Retrieved 25 March 2014.
2. "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.
3. "List of Contesting Candidates (Phase-III) (PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
4. "Lok Sabha Elections 2019 candidate list for Odisha". Business Insider India. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
5. "Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 Live: Bhubaneswar Constituency Election Results, News, Candidates, Vote Paercentage". News18. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
6. "Odisha - Bhubaneswar". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.