Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency

Bhadrak (SC)
OD-7
Bhadrak (SC) ; OD-7
Lok Sabha constituency
	Interactive Map Outlining Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Assembly constituencies	Soro; Simulia; Bhandaripokhari; Bhadrak; Basudevpur; Dhamnagar; Chandabali
Established	1962
Total electors	17,67,166
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Avimanyu Sethi
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

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

Assembly Segments

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

#	Name	District	Member
41	Soro (SC)	Balasore	Madhab Dhada	BJD
42	Simulia	Balasore	Padma Lochan Panda	BJP
43	Bhandaripokhari	Bhadrak	Sanjib Kumar Mallick	BJD
44	Bhadrak		Sitansu Sekhar Mohapatra	BJP
45	Basudevpur		Ashok Kumar Das	INC
46	Dhamnagar (SC)		Suryabanshi Suraj	BJP
47	Chandabali		Byomkesh Ray	BJD

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates

2024			44.19%
2019			41.78%
2014			34.19%
2009			30.37%
2004			52.47%
1999			58.52%
1998			49.99%
1996			47.04%
1991			43.34%
1989			57.25%
1984			55.49%
1980			58.46%
1977			60.97%
1971			45.5%

Since its formation in 1962, 16 elections have been held till date.

List of members elected from Bhadrak constituency are

Year	Member
1952	Kanhu Charan Jena	Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967	Dharanidhar Jena	Swatantra Party
1971	Arjun Charan Sethi	Indian National Congress
1977	Bairagi Jena	Janata Party
1980	Arjun Charan Sethi	Indian National Congress (I)
1984	Ananta Prasad Sethi	Indian National Congress
1989	Mangaraj Mallik	Janata Dal
1991	Arjun Charan Sethi	Janata Dal
1996	Muralidhar Jena	Indian National Congress
1998	Arjun Charan Sethi	Biju Janata Dal
1999
2004
2009
2014
2019	Manju Lata Mandal
2024	Avimanyu Sethi	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[2] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Avimanyu Sethi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Manjulata Mandal by a margin of 91,544 votes.

2024 Indian general election: Bhadrak
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Avimanyu Sethi	573,319	44.19	4.68
	BJD	Manjulata Mandal	4,81,775	37.13	2.38
	INC	Ananta Prasad Sethi	2,21,874	17.10	0.12
	NOTA	None of the above	5,478	0.42
Majority			91,544	7.06
Turnout			12,97,377	73.23
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Manjulata Mandal defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Avimanyu Sethi by a margin of 28,803 votes.

2019 Indian general elections: Bhadrak^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Manjulata Mandal	512,305	41.86	4.59
	BJP	Avimanyu Sethi	4,83,502	39.51	19.45
	INC	Madhumita Sethi	2,07,811	16.98	12.88
	NOTA	None of the above	6,536	0.53
	BSP	Muralidhar Jena	4,708	0.38
	AITC	Tilottama Jena	3,327	0.27
Majority			28,803	2.35
Turnout			12,28,046	73.90
	BJD hold		Swing	4.59

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Arjun Charan Sethi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Sangram Keshari Jena by a margin of 1,79,359 votes.

2014 Indian general elections: Bhadrak^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJD	Arjun Charan Sethi	502,338	46.45
	INC	Sangram Keshari Jena	3,22,979	29.86
	BJP	Sarat Dash	2,16,617	20.03
	CPI	Ramesh Chandra Jena	11,930	1.10
	BSP	Arjun Charan Mallik	7,607	0.70
	NOTA	None of the above	6,750	0.62
Majority			1,79,359	16.59
Turnout			10,81,971	73.63
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Arjun Charan Sethi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ananta Prasad Sethi by a margin of 54,938 votes.

2009 Indian general elections: Bhadrak
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJD	Arjun Charan Sethi	416,808	30.37
	INC	Ananta Prasad Sethi	361,870	26.37
	BJP	Ratha Das	122,431	8.92
Majority			54,938	5.91
Turnout			9,29,162	67.71
	BJD hold

Notes

References

^ "17 - Bhadrak Parliamentary (Lok Sabha) Constituency". Retrieved 25 March 2014.
^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
^ "List of Contesting Candidates (Phase-IV) (PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
^ "Lok Sabha Elections 2019 candidate list for Odisha". Business Insider India. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
^ "Odisha - Bhadrak". ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. Retrieved 17 May 2014.

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[1] "17 - Bhadrak Parliamentary (Lok Sabha) Constituency". Retrieved 25 March 2014.

[2] "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.

[FP_Par_Cand-3] "List of Contesting Candidates (Phase-IV) (PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 18 April 2019.

[4] "Lok Sabha Elections 2019 candidate list for Odisha". Business Insider India. Retrieved 18 April 2019.

[5] "Odisha - Bhadrak". ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. Retrieved 17 May 2014.

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