Dhenkanal Parliamentary Constituency Election and Results Update

One of the 21 constituencies of Odisha, DhenkanalLok Sabha constituency was formed prior to the 1957 elections and comprises of seven Vidhan Sabha. The total number of electorates in the Dhenkanal Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 9) according to Election Commission of India 2009 reports are 1,283,608 of which 678,590 are males and 605,018 are females. The town of Dhenkanal is the centre of administration of the Dhenkanal District and lies in eastern Odisha, bordered by Jajpur, Cuttack and Anugul. It has an average elevation of 80 metres and covers an area of 31 sqkms. The town is famous for the winter festival of MahaShivratri.

As per 2001 census, it has a population of about 58,000, 10% of which is under the age of six. Males comprise 53% of the population and the city has a sex ratio of 947 females per 1,000 males. Oriya is the official language here and English, Hindi and Bengali are also widely used. With an average literacy rate of 79%,Dhenkanal has a male literacy rate of 84% and female literacy being 74%. There are several public and private schools here, affiliated to both the state and central boards of education along with many colleges and prominent research institutions. It is a religious destination for the Hindus and has many temples around the city making tourism an important economic activity. National Highway NH-42 passes through this city.

Dhenkanal Lok Sabha Election Results 2019

In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.

In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.

In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.

List of winner/current and runner up MPs Dhenkanal Parliamentary Constituency.

The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Dhenkanal parliamentary constituency of all the years from the starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Dhenkanal constituency is Shri Tathagata Satpathy of BJD.

Year	PC No.	PC Name	Category	winner/current MP	Gender	Party	Vote	Runner Up MP	Gender	Party	Vote
2014	9	Dhenkanal	GEN	Tathagata Satpathy	M	BJD	453277	Rudra Narayan Pany	M	BJP	315937
2009	9	Dhenkanal	GEN	Satpathy,Shri Tathagata	M	BJD	398568	Chandra Sekhar Tripathi	M	INC	211981
2004	19	Dhenkanal	GEN	Tathagata Satapathy	M	BJD	423539	Kamakhya Prasad Singhdeo	M	INC	300657
1999	19	Dhenkanal	GEN	Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo	M	INC	248824	Tathagata Satpathy	M	BJD	245150
1998	19	Dhenkanal	GEN	Tathagata Satapathy	M	BJD	299156	Kamakshya Prasad Singhdeo	M	INC	266645
1996	19	Dhenkanal	GEN	Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo	M	INC	269966	Adwait Prasad Singh	M	JD	183872
1991	19	Dhenkanal	GEN	Raja Kamakhya Prasad Singhdeo Mahindr Bahadur	M	INC	270123	Tathagata Satpathy	M	JD	228437
1989	19	Dhenkanal	GEN	Bhajaman Behra	M	JD	336435	Raja Ramakhya Prasad Singhdeo	M	INC	213430
1984	19	Dhenkanal	GEN	Raja Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo Mahindra Bahadur	M	INC	295754	Adwait Prasad Singh	M	JNP	92181
1980	19	Dhenkanal	GEN	Raja Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo Mahindra Bahadur	M	INC(I)	182036	Sushil Kumar Patnaik	M	JNP(S)	51004
1977	19	Dhenkanal	GEN	Debendra Satpathy	M	BLD	143008	Raja Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo Mahindra Bahadur	M	INC	98348
1971	19	Dhenkanal	GEN	Devendra Satpathy	M	INC	97491	R. K. P. S. Mahindra Bahadur	M	SWA	65832
1967	19	Dhenkanal	GEN	R.K.P.S.D.M. Bahadur	M	SWA	144806	M.M. Pradhan	M	INC	56761
1962	11	Dhenkanal	GEN	Baishnab Charan Patnaik	M	INC	90250	Raja Sankar Pratap Singh Deb Mahindra Bahadur	M	GP	37962
1957	11	Dhenkanal	GEN	Surendra Mohanty	M	GP	92142	Braja Kishore Dhal	M	INC	75546

List of Assembly Constituencies in Dhenkanal Parliamentary Constituency

The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Dhenkanal parliamentary constituency.

Names of Assembly Constituencies
Dhenkanal	Hindol (SC)	Kamakhyanagar
Parjanga	Pallahara	Talcher
Angul