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Dhenkanal Lok Sabha — MP & election results

Who is the MP of Dhenkanal? — Rudra Narayan Pany (BJP), who won the Lok Sabha Election 2024 by 76,567 votes. Below: history of 2 elections and every candidate's votes.
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MP · 2024

Rudra Narayan Pany

BJP
Margin: 76,567Comfortable win

Election history — every MP of Dhenkanal

2 elections · newest first

Wins by party

  • BJP 1
  • BJD 1
  1. 2024Jun 2024Rudra Narayan PanyBJPCurrent MPLok Sabha Election 2024 · defeated Abinash Samal (BJD)Margin76,567
  2. 2019May 2019Mahesh SahooBJDLok Sabha Election 2019 · defeated Rudra Narayan Pany (BJP)Margin35,412

Lok Sabha Election 2024 — results

Winner

Rudra Narayan Pany

BJPComfortable win

votes

5,98,721

Margin

76,567(6.4%)

Winner vs Runner-up

Rudra Narayan Pany · BJPAbinash Samal · BJD
5,98,7215,22,154
Candidate (11)votes
  1. 1Rudra Narayan Pany✓ WinnerBJP5,98,72150.24%
  2. 2Abinash SamalBJD5,22,15443.82%
  3. 3Sashmita BeheraINCDeposit lost34,7302.91%
  4. 4NOTA13,7771.16%
  5. 5Prafulla Kumar NaikBSPDeposit lost4,8950.41%
  6. 6Maheswar SahooINDDeposit lost4,6290.39%
See all candidates (+5)
  1. 7Manasi SwainSocialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)Deposit lost3,3840.28%
  2. 8Priyabrata GarnaikINDDeposit lost2,9090.24%
  3. 9Janardan NaikINDDeposit lost2,6530.22%
  4. 10Kailas Chandra PradhanINDDeposit lost2,2130.19%
  5. 11Swapna Rani JamesUtkal SamajDeposit lost1,6080.13%
Total votes11,91,673

Deposit lost: 8 of 10 candidates — those not elected who polled no more than one-sixth of the valid votes of all candidates, NOTA excluded (Representation of the People Act 1951, s.158).

Electors & turnout — Lok Sabha election 2024

From the Election Commission of India's statistical report

Electors
15,33,702

incl. service voters

Votes cast
12,02,003

incl. 8,672 postal

Turnout
78.37%
Polling stations
1,715

Turnout of men and women

Women78.6%

5,82,084 of 7,40,900 voted on EVMs

Men77.1%

6,11,216 of 7,92,631 voted on EVMs

Third-gender electors: 171; 31 voted.

  • Candidates10 (3 women)
  • Lost deposit8
  • NOTA13,777
  • Valid votes11,77,896

Women candidates: Sashmita Behera, Manasi Swain, Swapna Rani James

Past elections

Lok Sabha Election 2019Winner: Mahesh Sahoo (BJD)Full result ▾
Candidate (10)votes
  1. 1Mahesh Sahoo✓ WinnerBJD5,22,88446.21%
  2. 2Rudra Narayan PanyBJP4,87,47243.08%
  3. 3Raja Kamakhya Prasad Singh DeoINCDeposit lost80,3497.1%
See all candidates (+7)
  1. 4NOTA11,2540.99%
  2. 5Pradyumna Kumar NaikBSPDeposit lost7,7890.69%
  3. 6Priyabrata GarnaikHindusthan Nirman DalDeposit lost6,9460.61%
  4. 7Bijaya Kumar BeheraAmbedkarite Party of IndiaDeposit lost4,7420.42%
  5. 8Saroj Kumar SatpathySamata Kranti DalDeposit lost3,8770.34%
  6. 9Manasi SwainSOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST)Deposit lost3,2950.29%
  7. 10Ranjan Kumar SahooBhartiya Manavadhikaar Federal PartyDeposit lost2,9140.26%
Total votes11,31,522

Lok Sabha Election 2019 — full result page →

Assembly segments

Frequently asked questions

Who is the MP of Dhenkanal?

Rudra Narayan Pany (BJP) won Dhenkanal in the Lok Sabha Election 2024 with 5,98,721 votes.

What was the winning margin in Dhenkanal?

Rudra Narayan Pany defeated Abinash Samal (BJD) by 76,567 votes.

Who were the previous MPs of Dhenkanal?

2019: Mahesh Sahoo (BJD)

What was the turnout in Dhenkanal in 2024?

78.37% — 12,02,003 of 15,33,702 electors voted (postal votes included). Women's turnout was 78.6%, men's 77.1%.

How many voters does Dhenkanal have?

15,33,702 electors at the 2024 election — 7,92,631 men, 7,40,900 women, 171 third gender (service voters included), and 1,715 polling stations.

Source: eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ge/2024/1 · eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ge/2019/cat/1551 · verify with the original source for official use · Disclaimer