Kendrapara
Assembly seat no. 97 in Odisha · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 15 times since 1961.
Odisha also has a Lok Sabha constituency called KENDRAPARA. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 16 results.
Winner, 2024
Ganeswar Behera
BJD
Elections held
15
1961–2024
Most successful party
BJD
won 4 of 15
Margin, 2024
35,418
22.97% of valid votes
Result, 2024
Runner-up
BJPGeetanjali Sethi
- Votes
- 54,755
- Vote share
- 35.52%
- Behind by
- 35,418
Electors
2,30,413
Total votes polled
1,54,166
Valid votes
1,54,166
NOTA votes
638
0.41% of votes polled
Turnout
66.9%
Full result, 2024
8 candidates · 1,54,166 valid votes
Ganeswar BeheraBJDwon
90,173
58.5%
Geetanjali SethiBJP
54,755
35.5%
Sipra MallickINC
7,478
4.9%
Ranjan Kumar MallikBSP
451
0.3%
Ranjan BeheraIND
284
0.2%
Dinabandhu MallikIND
147
0.1%
Narendra Kumar MalikICPA
121
0.1%
Santosh MalikSAMO
119
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 15 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ganeswar Behera | BJD | 90,173 | 58.49% | Geetanjali Sethi | 35,418 |
| 2019 | Shashi Bhusan Behera | BJD | 66,132 | 43.69% | Ganeswar Behera | 6,585 |
| 2014 | KISHORE CHANDRA TARAI | BJD | 65,037 | 46.93% | GANESWAR BEHERA | 5,431 |
| 2009 | SIPRA MALLICK | BJD | 62,436 | 52.61% | GANESWAR BEHERA | 15,931 |
| 2004 | UTKAL KESHARI PARIDA | OGP | 60,848 | 50.96% | BEDPRAKASH AGRAWALLA | 4,565 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above