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, 2019
Shashi Bhusan Behera
BJD
Elections held
15
1961–2024
Most successful party
BJD
won 4 of 15
Margin, 2019
6,585
4.35% of valid votes
Result, 2019
Runner-up
INCGaneswar Behera
- Votes
- 59,547
- Vote share
- 39.34%
- Behind by
- 6,585
Electors
2,17,523
Total votes polled
1,51,367
Valid votes
1,51,367
NOTA votes
486
0.32% of votes polled
Turnout
69.6%
Full result, 2019
9 candidates · 1,51,367 valid votes
Shashi Bhusan BeheraBJDwon
66,132
43.7%
Ganeswar BeheraINC
59,547
39.3%
SUNAKAR BEHERABJP
22,842
15.1%
RANJAN KUMAR MALLIKBSP
884
0.6%
Urmila SethiIND
694
0.5%
Padma Charan MalikIND
213
0.1%
Rabindra MuduliIND
209
0.1%
Narendra Kumar MalikICPA
184
0.1%
Alok Kumar JenaIND
176
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
