Puri Parliamentary Constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha constituencies of Odisha. It was formed prior to the 1952 elections and comprises of seven segments. The Puri Parliamentary constituency (constituency number 17) has a total of 1,322,817 electorates out of which 628,813 are females and
It has a population of over 2,00,000 of which over 50% are males. It has a sex ratio of 928 females per 1,000 males. It has a 90% Hindu majority. The city has several schools and colleges in the area and Puri boasts of an average literacy of about 90%. It is the first city to have received the Govt.’s Midday Meal initiative which was successful in feeding over 60,000 children in and around the city. It is connected to the National Highway NH-203. The city’s economy is boosted by its huge handicraft and cottage industries. The textile and silk industries are also flourishing and exquisite jewellery is a specialty in Puri.
Puri Lok Sabha Election Results 2019
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.
| Candidate | Party | EVM Votes | Migrant Votes | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % of Votes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinaki Misra | Biju Janata Dal | 537782 | 0 | 539 | 538321 | 47.4 | Winner |
| Dr Sambit Patra | Bharatiya Janata Party | 524504 | 0 | 2103 | 526607 | 46.37 | 1st Runner-up |
| Satya Prakash Nayak | Indian National Congress | 44599 | 0 | 135 | 44734 | 3.94 | 2nd Runner-up |
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 7210 | 0 | 7 | 7217 | 0.64 | 3rd Runner-up |
| Nrusingha Charan Das | Bahujan Samaj Party | 6259 | 0 | 24 | 6283 | 0.55 | 4th Runner-up |
| Jayaprakash Sethi | Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha | 5005 | 0 | 3 | 5008 | 0.44 | 5th Runner-up |
| Mandakini Sethi | Communist Party Of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) | 2648 | 0 | 3 | 2651 | 0.23 | 6th Runner-up |
| Sabyasachi Mohapatra | Kalinga Sena | 2485 | 0 | 2 | 2487 | 0.22 | 7th Runner-up |
| Ranjan Mishra | Communist Party Of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star | 2311 | 0 | 1 | 2312 | 0.2 | 8th Runner-up |
List of winner/current and runner up MPs Puri Parliamentary Constituency.
The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Puri 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 Puri constituency is Shri Pinaki Misra of BJD.| Year | PC No. | PC Name | Category | winner/current MP | Gender | Party | Vote | Runner Up MP | Gender | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 17 | Puri | GEN | Pinaki Misra | M | BJD | 523161 | Sucharita Mohanty | M | INC | 259800 |
| 2009 | 17 | Puri | GEN | Misra,Shri Pinaki | M | BJD | 436961 | Debendra Nath Mansingh | M | INC | 225656 |
| 2004 | 8 | Puri | GEN | Braja Kishore Tripathy | M | BJD | 462248 | Pinaki Misra | M | INC | 401288 |
| 1999 | 8 | Puri | GEN | Braja Kishore Tripathy | M | BJD | 383060 | Jayant Das | M | INC | 251315 |
| 1998 | 8 | Puri | GEN | Braja Kishore Tripathy | M | BJD | 358978 | Pinaki Mishra | M | INC | 306433 |
| 1996 | 8 | Puri | GEN | Pinaki Mishra | M | INC | 352837 | Brajakishore Tripathy | M | JD | 240529 |
| 1991 | 8 | Puri | GEN | Braja Kishore Tripathy | M | JD | 275608 | Gangadhar Mahapatra | M | INC | 236651 |
| 1989 | 8 | Puri | GEN | Nilamani Routray | M | JD | 367618 | Brajamohan Mohanti | M | INC | 228046 |
| 1984 | 8 | Puri | GEN | Brajamohan Mohenty | M | INC | 239019 | Ranjit Mohanty | M | JNP | 134579 |
| 1980 | 8 | Puri | GEN | Brajamohan Mohanty | M | INC(I) | 201753 | Padmacharan Samantasinhar | M | JNP(S) | 79950 |
| 1977 | 8 | Puri | GEN | Padmacharan Samantasinhar | M | BLD | 179802 | Banamali Patnaik | M | INC | 109261 |
| 1971 | 7 | Puri | GEN | Banamali Patanaik | M | INC | 117354 | Padma Charan Samatasinhar | M | UTC | 70577 |
| 1967 | 7 | Puri | GEN | R. Ray | M | SSP | 143901 | B. Misra | M | INC | 84643 |
| 1962 | 13 | Puri | GEN | Bibudhendra Misra | M | INC | 83788 | Prananath Patnaik | M | CPI | 46294 |
| 1957 | 14 | Puri | GEN | Chintamani Panigrahi | M | CPI | 76839 | Lokanath Misra | M | INC | 68803 |
| 1951 | 13 | Puri | GEN | Lokanath Misra | M | INC | 85945 | Man Mohan Misra | M | CPI | 69677 |
List of Assembly Constituencies in Puri Parliamentary Constituency
The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Puri parliamentary constituency.| Names of Assembly Constituencies | ||
|---|---|---|
| Puri | Brahmagiri | Satyabadi |
| Pipili | Chilika | Ranpur |
| Nayagarh | ||
Last Updated on July 13, 2019