# Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency

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

## Assembly Segments

After delimitation of Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency, the seven legislative assembly segments which constitute this parliamentary constituency are Before delimitation in 2008, legislative assembly segments which constituted this parliamentary constituency were: Birmaharajpur, Athmallik, Angul, Hindol, Dhenkanal, Gondia and Kamakhyanagar.
| # | Name | District | Member | Party | Leading (in 2024) |
| 55 | Dhenkanal | Dhenkanal | Krushna Chandra Patra | BJP | BJP |
| 56 | Hindol (SC) | Dhenkanal | Seemarani Nayak | BJP | BJP |
| 57 | Kamakhyanagar | Dhenkanal | Satrughan Jena | BJP | BJP |
| 58 | Parjanga | Dhenkanal | Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan | BJP | BJP |
| 59 | Pallahara | Angul | Ashok Mohanty | BJP | BJP |
| 60 | Talcher | Angul | Braja Kishore Pradhan | BJD | BJD |
| 61 | Angul | Angul | Pratap Chandra Pradhan | BJP | BJP |

## Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates :
| 2024 | 2024 | 50.24% | 50.24% |
| 2019 | 2019 | 46.14% | 46.14% |
| 2014 | 2014 | 33.25% | 33.25% |
| 2009 | 2009 | 31.05% | 31.05% |
| 2004 | 2004 | 53.59% | 53.59% |
| 1999 | 1999 | 61.75% | 61.75% |
| 1998 | 1998 | 51.02% | 51.02% |
| 1996 | 1996 | 47.65% | 47.65% |
| 1991 | 1991 | 51.23% | 51.23% |
| 1989 | 1989 | 58.94% | 58.94% |
| 1984 | 1984 | 72.74% | 72.74% |
| 1980 | 1980 | 63.04% | 63.04% |
| 1977 | 1977 | 56.69% | 56.69% |
| 1971 | 1971 | 42.23% | 42.23% |
Since its formation in 1952, 18 elections have been held till date. It was a two-member constituency in 1952.
List of members elected from Dhenkanal constituency are
| Year | Member | Party |
| As Dhenkanal West Cuttack Constituency ||||
| 1952 | Niranjan Jena | Indian National Congress |
| 1952 | Sarangadhar Das | Socialist Party |
| As Dhenkanal Constituency ||||
| 1957 | Surendra Mohanty | Ganatantra Parishad |
| 1962 | Baishnab Charan Patnaik | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo | Swatantra Party |
| 1971 | Devendra Satpathy | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Devendra Satpathy | Bharatiya Lok Dal |
| 1980 | Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo | Indian National Congress |
| 1984 | Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Bhajaman Behara | Janata Dal |
| 1991 | Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo | Indian National Congress |
| 1996 | Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo | Indian National Congress |
| 1998 | Tathagata Satpathy | Biju Janata Dal |
| 1999 | Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo | Indian National Congress |
| 2004 | Tathagata Satpathy | Biju Janata Dal |
| 2009 | Tathagata Satpathy | Biju Janata Dal |
| 2014 | Tathagata Satpathy | Biju Janata Dal |
| 2019 | Mahesh Sahoo | Biju Janata Dal |
| 2024 | Rudra Narayan Pany | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election Results
### 2024

Voting were held on 25 May 2024 in 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024. In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rudra Narayan Pany defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Avinash Samal by a margin of 76,567 votes.
2024 Indian general election: Dhenkanal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Rudra Narayan Pany | 598,721 | 50.24 | |
| | BJD | Avinash Samal | 5,22,154 | 43.82 | |
| | INC | Sashmita Behera | 34,730 | 2.91 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 13,777 | 1.16 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 76,567 | 6.42 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,91,673 | 78.01 | |
| | BJP gain from BJD | BJP gain from BJD | BJP gain from BJD | BJP gain from BJD | BJP gain from BJD |

### 2019

In 2019 Indian general election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Mahesh Sahoo defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rudra Narayan Pany by a margin of 35,412 votes.
2019 Indian general elections: Dhenkanal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJD | Mahesh Sahoo | 522,884 | 46.21 | |
| | BJP | Rudra Narayan Pany | 487,472 | 43.08 | |
| | INC | Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo | 80,349 | 7.10 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 11,254 | 0.99 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 35,412 | 3.13 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,133,213 | 75.33 | |
| | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold |

### 2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Tathagata Satpathy defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rudra Narayan Pany by a margin of 1,37,340 votes.
2014 Indian general elections: Dhenkanal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJD | Tathagata Satpathy | 453,277 | 43.50 | |
| | BJP | Rudra Narayan Pany | 315,937 | 30.32 | |
| | INC | Sudhir Kumar Samal | 213,794 | 20.52 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 13,205 | 1.27 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 137,340 | 13.18 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,042,111 | 76.43 | |
| | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold |

### 2009

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Tathagata Satpathy defeated Indian National Congress candidate Chandra Sekhar Tripathi by a margin of 1,86,587 votes.
2009 Indian general elections: Dhenkanal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJD | Tathagata Satpathy | 398,568 | 31.05 | |
| | INC | Chandra Sekhar Tripathi | 211,981 | 16.51 | |
| | BJP | Rudra Narayan Pany | 208,296 | 16.23 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 186,587 | 21.78 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 856,631 | 66.74 | |
| | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold |