Kandhamal Parliamentary Constituency Election and Results Update

The Parliamentary Constituency of Kandhamal is one of the 21 Lok Sabha constituencies of the state of Odisha and was formed after the 2008 Presidential notification of delimitation of constituencies. The total number of electorates in the Kandhamal Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 13) according to Election Commission of India 2009 reports are 1,065,279 of which 539,127 are males and 526,152 are females. It has seven segments of which one is reserved for the SC category and three are reserved for the ST category. With its headquarters located in Phulbani, the district of Kandhamal was formed in 1994. The district covers an area of 8,021 sq km with an average elevation of 700 m. It is 211 km from Bhubaneshwar. The prevalent languages here are Oriya, English and Hindi.

Kandhamal Lok Sabha Election Results 2019

With a population density of 91 inhabitants per sq km, it has a total population of 731,952 and a sex ratio of 1037 females for every 1000 males. It is the 497th most populous district of India and had a population growth rate of 12.92% over the decade 2001-2011. 52% of the population comprises of the ST category. It has an average literacy rate of 65.12% and has several schools and colleges. Agriculture and handloom are the primary economic activities here. Horticulture is also prevalent here. NH-217 passes through the district placing it on a large network of roads.

Candidate	Party	EVM Votes	Migrant Votes	Postal Votes	Total Votes	% of Votes	Status
Achyutananda Samanta	Biju Janata Dal	461154	0	525	461679	49.01	Winner
Mahameghabahan Aira Kharabela Swain	Bharatiya Janata Party	310883	0	1580	312463	33.17	1st Runner-up
Manoj Kumar Acharya	Indian National Congress	138647	0	346	138993	14.76	2nd Runner-up
NOTA	None Of The Above	13247	0	6	13253	1.41	3rd Runner-up
Tuna Mallick	Communist Party Of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star	8278	0	5	8283	0.88	4th Runner-up
Amir Nayak	Bahujan Samaj Party	7289	0	25	7314	0.78	5th Runner-up

List of winner/current and runner up MPs Kandhamal Parliamentary Constituency

The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Kandhamal 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 Kandhamal constituency is Shri Hemendra Chandra Singh of BJD.

Year	PC No.	PC Name	Category	Winner	Gender	Party	Vote	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Vote
2014	13	Kandhamal	GEN	Hemendra Chandra Singh	M	BJD	421458	Harihar Karan	M	INC	240441
2009	13	Kandhamal	GEN	Ray,Shri Rudra Madhab	M	BJD	315314	Suzit Kumar Padhi	M	INC	164307

List of Assembly Constituencies in Kandhamal Parliamentary Constituency

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

Names of Assembly Constituencies
Baliguda (ST)	G. Udayagiri (ST)	Phulbani (ST)
Kantamal	Boudh	Daspalla (SC)
Bhanjanagar