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{{Short description|Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India}}
{{About| the assembly constituency|its eponymous town|Kendrapara}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Kendrapara
| state = [[Odisha]]
| constituency_no = 97
| type = SLA
| map_image =
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| division = Central Division
| district = [[Kendrapara district|Kendrapara]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency|Kendrapara]]
| established = 1951
| reservation = SC
| incumbent_image =
| mla = [[Ganeswar Behera]]
| party = [[Biju Janata Dal]]
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
| electors = 2,30,413{{efn|as on 2024}}{{efn|as data published by election commission}}
}}

'''Kendrapara''' (Sl. No.: 97) is a [[Legislative Assembly of Odisha|Vidhan Sabha]] [[List of constituencies of Odisha Legislative Assembly|constituency]] of [[Kendrapara district]], [[Odisha]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=97|title= Orissa Assembly Election 2009|work= empoweringindia.org|quote= Constituency: Kendrapara (105) District: Kendrapara|accessdate= 14 April 2014|archive-date= 16 April 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140416180510/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=97|url-status= usurped}}</ref>

This constituency includes [[Kendrapara]], Kendrapara block and 12 [[Gram panchayat]]s (Alapua, Taradipal, Penthapal, Andara, Baluria, Amrutamanohi, Nilakanthapur, Balipatana, Narasinghpur, Badamulabasanta, Dihapada and Singhagan) of Pattamundai block.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Orissa/orissa.pdf Assembly Constituencies and their Extent]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/delim/paper1to7/Orissa.xls Seats of Odisha]</ref>

== Elected members ==

{{bar box
|float=right
|title= Vote share of winning candidates<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S18/partycomp33.htm|title= 33 - Kendrapara Assembly Constituency|work=eci.nic.in |quote=List Of Winning Candidates |accessdate= 14 April 2014}}</ref>|titlebar=#ddd
|width=300px
|barwidth=275px
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{{bar percent|2024|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|58.49}}
{{bar percent|2019|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|43.69}}
{{bar percent|2014|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|46.93}}
{{bar percent|2009|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|52.61}}
{{bar percent|2004|{{party color|Odisha Gana Parishad}}|50.96}}
{{bar percent|2000|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|47.90}}
{{bar percent|1995|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|52.68}}
{{bar percent|1990|{{party color|Janata Dal}}|60.80}}
{{bar percent|1985|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|48.28}}
{{bar percent|1980|{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}|52.15}}
{{bar percent|1977|{{party color|Janata Party}}|62.51}}
}}

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1955.<ref name="byElections1952-95">{{cite web |url=http://www.eci.gov.in/ByeElection/Bye-ele-results%2052-95.xls |title=Details of Assembly By- Elections since 1952 (Year-Wise) |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=22 December 2021}}</ref>

List of members elected from Kendrapara constituency are:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf |title=Odisha Reference Annual – 2011: List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly (1951–2004) |accessdate=2014-02-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217121136/http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf |archivedate=2013-12-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Kendrapara Assembly Constituency, Orissa|url=http://www.elections.in/orissa/assembly-constituencies/kendrapara.html|publisher=Compare Infobase Limited|accessdate= 14 April 2014}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Member
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Kendrapara Assembly Election Results 2024: Kendrapara Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/odisha/kendrapara-constituency-result-18097 |access-date=2025-06-22 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Ganeswar Behera]]
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=4|Biju Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019]]<ref name="election2019">{{cite web |title=State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/11679-odisha-legislative-assembly-election-2019/ |url-access=limited |access-date=7 October 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
|[[Shashi Bhusan Behera]]
|-
|[[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<ref name=":1" />
|Kishore Chandra Tarai
|-
|[[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009]]<ref name=":2" />
|[[Sipra Mallick]]
|-
|[[2004 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2004]]
|Utkal Keshari Parida
|{{full party name with color|Odisha Gana Parisad}}
|-
|[[2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
||[[Bed Prakash Agarwal]]
|{{full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1995 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|[[Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty]]
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1990 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
||[[Bed Prakash Agarwal]]
|{{full party name with color|Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|[[Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty]]
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|Indramani Rout
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Bed Prakash Agarwal]]
|{{full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1974]]
|{{full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
|[[1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|[[Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty]]
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=2|Praja Socialist Party}}
|-
|[[1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|Sarojakanta Kanungo
|-
|[[1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1961]]
|Dhruba Charan Sahu
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=5|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1957]]{{efn|It was a 2 member constituency}}
|Prahlad Mallik
|-
|Dinabandhu Sahoo
|-
|1955 (bypoll){{efn|Resignation of Dinabandhu Sahoo}}
|Purusottam Nayak
|-
|[[1951 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|Dinabandhu Sahoo
|}

== Election results ==

=== 2024 ===
Voting were held on 1 June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024 |url=https://elections24.eci.gov.in/election-details-odisa.html |website=[[Election Commission of India|ECI]]}}</ref> In 2024 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Ganeswar Behera]] defeated [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate Geetanjali Sethi by a margin of 35,418 votes.<ref name=":0" />

{{Election box begin |
|title= [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election]], Kendrapara}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Ganeswar Behera]]
|votes = 90,173
|percentage = 58.49
|change = {{increase}}14.80
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Geetanjali Sethi|votes=54,755|percentage=35.52|change={{increase}}20.43}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Sipra Mallick]]|votes=7,478|percentage=4.85|change={{decrease}}34.49}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=638|percentage=0.41|change={{increase}}0.09}}
{{Election box majority||votes=35,418|percentage=22.97|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,54,166|percentage=66.91|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2019===
In 2019 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Shashi Bhusan Behera]] defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate [[Ganeswar Behera]] by a margin of 6,585 votes.<ref name="election2019" />

{{Election box begin|
| title= [[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Kendrapara<ref name="FP Ass Cand">{{cite web |title=List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) ( AC / PC ) |url=http://ceoorissa.nic.in/docs/Election/2019/Form7A/Phase%201/Form%207%20A%20to%20English%28Phase-I%29.pdf |website=ceoorissa.nic.in |publisher=Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha |accessdate=14 April 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Shashi Bhusan Behera]]
|votes = 66,132
|percentage = 43.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Ganeswar Behera]]
|votes = 59,547
|percentage = 39.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Sunakar Behera
|votes = 22,842
|percentage = 15.09
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 486
|percentage = 0.32
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 6,585
|percentage = 4.35
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,51,367
|percentage = 69.59
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2014 ===
In 2014 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate Kishore Chandra Tarai defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate [[Ganeswar Behera]] by a margin of 5,431 votes.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014|url=http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/2604-constituency-wise-odisha-assembly-election-result.html|publisher=Leadtech.in|accessdate=31 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818230907/http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/2604-constituency-wise-odisha-assembly-election-result.html|archive-date=2014-08-18|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{Election box begin|
|title= [[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Kendrapara<ref>{{cite web|title=Odisha - Kendrapara|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/AC/ConstituencywiseS1897.htm?ac=97|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=31 May 2014|archive-date=1 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140601011830/http://eciresults.nic.in/AC/ConstituencywiseS1897.htm?ac=97|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Kendrapara (97)|url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=97|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531224142/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=97|url-status=usurped|archive-date=31 May 2014|publisher=EmpoweringIndia.org|accessdate=31 May 2014}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = Kishore Chandra Tarai
|votes = 65,037
|percentage = 46.93
|change = {{up}}5.68
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Ganeswar Behera]]
|votes = 59,606
|percentage = 43.01
|change = {{up}}3.82
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Sunakar Behera
|votes = 9,981
|percentage = 7.2
|change = {{up}}1.42
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 682
|percentage = 0.49
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,431
|percentage = 3.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,38,583
|percentage = 71.52
|change = {{up}}5.51
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,93,764
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2009 ===
In 2009 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Sipra Mallick]] defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate [[Ganeswar Behera]] by a margin of 15,931 votes.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |url=http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/431-odisha-election-result-2009-votemargin.html |title=Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin |work=leadtech.in |quote=15931 |accessdate=12 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527163949/http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/431-odisha-election-result-2009-votemargin.html |archive-date=2013-05-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{Election box begin |
|title= [[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Kendrapara<ref name=election2009>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3630-orissa-2009/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 6 October 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Sipra Mallick]]
|votes = 62,436
|percentage = 52.61
|change = {{up}}3.92
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Ganeswar Behera]]|votes=46,505|percentage=39.19|change={{up}}4.28}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Bijay Kumar Mallick|votes=6,861|percentage=5.78|change=''-''}}
{{Election box majority||votes=15,931|percentage=13.42{{efn|% of total valid votes}}|change=''-''}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,18,678|percentage=66.01|change={{up}}0.86{{efn|2004 Voter turnout was 65.15%}}}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,79,787
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
|loser = Odisha Gana Parishad
}}
{{Election box end}}

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Kendrapara district}}
{{Assembly constituencies of Odisha|state=expanded}}
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Odisha]]
[[Category:Kendrapara district]]
[[Category:Politics of Odisha]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Orissa]]

Kendrapara Assembly constituency - Revision history

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