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Bhadrak (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Member of parliament
  
Arjun Charan Sethi

State
  
Odisha

Female electors
  
694,932

Party
  
Biju Janata Dal

Male electors
  
774,566

Last election
  
Indian general election, 2014

Assembly segments
  
Soro, Chandabali, Dhamnagar, Simulia, Bhandaripokhari, Bhadrak, Basudevpur

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

Contents

Map of Bhadrak, Odisha

Assembly segments

Before delimitation in 2008, legislative assembly segments which constituted this parliamentary constituency were: Simulia, Nilgiri, Bhandaripokhari, Bhadrak, Dhamnagar, Chandbali, Basudebpur.

Post-delimitation, this constituency comprises at present the following legislative assembly segments:

  1. Soro
  2. Simulia
  3. Bhandaripokhari
  4. Bhadrak
  5. Basudebpur
  6. Dhamnagar
  7. Chandabali

Members of Parliament

  • 2014: Arjun Charan Sethi, Biju Janata Dal
  • 2009: Arjun Charan Sethi, Biju Janata Dal
  • 2004: Arjun Charan Sethi, Biju Janata Dal
  • 1999: Arjun Charan Sethi, Biju Janata Dal
  • 1998: Arjun Charan Sethi, Biju Janata Dal
  • 1996: Muralidhar Jena, Indian National Congress
  • 1991: Arjun Charan Sethi, Janata Dal
  • 1989: Mangaraj Malik, Janata Dal
  • 1984: Ananta Prasad Sethi, Indian National Congress
  • 1980: Arjun Charan Sethi, Indian National Congress (I)
  • 1977: Bairagi Jena, Janata Party
  • 1971: Arjun Charan Sethi, Indian National Congress
  • 1967: Dharanidhar Jena, Swatantra Party
  • 1962: Kanhu Charan Jena, Indian National Congress
  • 1957: Kanhu Charan Jena, Indian National Congress
  • 1951: Kanhu Charan Jena, Indian National Congress
  • 2014 Election

    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.

    References

    Bhadrak (Lok Sabha constituency) Wikipedia