Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency

Berhampur
OD-20
Berhampur ; OD-20
Lok Sabha constituency
	Interactive Map Outlining Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Assembly constituencies	Chhatrapur; Gopalpur; Brahmapur; Digapahandi; Chikiti; Mohana; Paralakhemundi
Established	1952
Total electors	15,95,228
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Brahmapur is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Odisha, India.^[1] Former prime minister PV Narishama Rao represented this in 1996.

Assembly Segments

Constituency number	Name	District	Member
127	Chhatrapur (SC)	Ganjam	Krushna Chandra Nayak	BJP	BJP
132	Gopalpur		Bibhuti Bhushan Jena
133	Brahmapur		K. Anil Kumar
134	Digapahandi		Sidhant Mohapatra
135	Chikiti		Manoranjan Dyan Samantara
136	Mohana (ST)	Gajapati	Dasarathi Gomango	INC
137	Paralakhemundi	Gajapati	Rupesh Kumar Panigrahi	BJD

Elected members

Since its formation in 1952, 19 elections have been held till date including one bypoll in 1961. It was a two member constituency in 1957. List of members elected from Berhampur constituency are

Year	Winner
As Ganjam Constituency
1952	Bijay Chandra Das	Communist Party of India
1957^[c]	Uma Charan Patnaik	Independent
1957^[c]	Mohan Nayak	Indian National Congress
1961 (bypoll)^[d]	Ananta Tripathi Sarma	Indian National Congress
As Chatrapur Constituency
1962	Ananta Tripathi Sarma	Indian National Congress
1967	R. Jagannath Rao
1971	R. Jagannath Rao
As Berhampur Constituency
1977	R. Jagannath Rao	Indian National Congress
1980		Indian National Congress (I)
1984		Indian National Congress
1989	Gopinath Gajapati Narayan Deo
1991	Gopinath Gajapati Narayan Deo
1996	P. V. Narasimha Rao
1998	Jayanti Patnaik
1999	Anadi Charan Sahu	Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	Chandra Sekhar Sahu	Indian National Congress
2009^[2]	Sidhant Mohapatra	Biju Janata Dal
2014^[3]	Sidhant Mohapatra
2019^[4]	Chandra Sekhar Sahu
2024^[5]	Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2024			49.20%
2019			44.83%
2014			43.97%
2009			44.99%
2004			49.48%
1999			54.46%
1998			49.05%
1996			62.57%
1991			51.96%
1989			49.35%
1984			67.86%
1980			65.68%
1977			57.82%
1971			60.33%
1967			53.11%
1962			60.16%
1961 (By-Poll)			60.93%
1957			22.00%
1957			23.38%
1952			55.61%

2024

Voting were held on 13 May 2024 in 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.^[6] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Bhrugu Baxipatra by a margin of 1,65,476 votes.^[5]

2024 Indian general election: Berhampur^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy	513,102	49.20	13.94
	BJD	Bhrugu Baxipatra	3,47,626	33.33	11.51
	INC	Rashmi Ranjan Patnaik	1,29,744	12.44	1.91
	NOTA	None of the above	15,942	1.53
Majority			1,65,476	15.87
Turnout			10,46,688	65.61
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Chandra Sekhar Sahu defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bhrugu Baxipatra by a margin of 94,844 votes.^[4]

2019 Indian general election: Berhampur^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJD	Chandra Sekhar Sahu	443,843	44.83
	BJP	Bhrugu Baxipatra	348,999	35.25
	INC	V. Chandrasekhar Naidu	142,632	14.41
	NOTA	None of the Above	14,381	1.45
	OPD^[e]	Srihari Patnaik	8,304	0.84
	SUCI(C)	Somanath Behera	8,296	0.84
	BSP	Tirupathi Rao Karanam	8,290	0.84
	IND	K. Shyambabu Subudhi	8,084	0.82
	IND	Chakradhar Sahu	7,081	0.72
Majority			94,844	9.58
Turnout
	BJD hold		Swing

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sidhant Mohapatra defeated Indian National Congress candidate Chandra Sekhar Sahu by a margin of 1,27,720 votes.^[3]^[11]

2014 Indian general election: Berhampur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJD	Sidhant Mohapatra	398,107	43.97
	INC	Chandra Sekhar Sahu	270,387	29.87
	BJP	Rama Chandra Panda	158,811	17.54
	CPI(M)	Ali Kishor Patnaik	35,968	3.97
	NOTA	None of the Above	12,706	1.40
	IND	3 Independent Candidates	11,183	1.24
	OTH	4 Other Party Candidates	18,200	2.01
Majority			127,720	14.10
Turnout			9,05,933	67.90
	BJD hold		Swing

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sidhant Mohapatra defeated Indian National Congress candidate Chandra Sekhar Sahu by a margin of 57,287 votes.

2009 Indian general election: Berhampur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJD	Sidhant Mohapatra	319,839	44.99
	INC	Chandra Sekhar Sahu	262,552	36.93
	BJP	Bharat Paik	78,929	11.10
	BSP	Pabitra Gamango	14,186	2.00
	IND	4 Independent Candidates	28,558	4.02
	OTH	1 Other Party Candidate	6,859	0.96
Majority			57,287	8.06
Turnout
	Swing to BJD from INC		Swing

2004

2004 Indian general election: Berhampur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Chandra Sekhar Sahu	355,973	49.48
	BJP	Anadi Sahu	304,316	42.30
	IND	Jaganath Patro	34,032	4.73
	IND	K. Shyambabu Subudhi	25,058	3.48
Majority			51,657	7.18
Turnout			719,379
	Swing to INC from BJP		Swing

1999

1999 Indian general election: Berhampur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Anadicharan Sahu	310,704	54.46
	INC	Jayanti Patnaik	256,581	44.97
	IND	Katakota Shyambabu Subudhi	3,271	0.57
Majority			54,123	9.49
Turnout			580,577	50.07
	Swing to BJP from INC		Swing

1998

1998 Indian general election: Berhampur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Jayanti Patnaik	271,044	49.05
	BJP	Gopinath Gajapati Narayan Deo	235,804	42.68
	CPI(M)	Ali Kishore Pattanayak	36,606	6.62
	RJD	Aliya Begum	5,073	0.92
	AJBP^[f]	K. Shyambabu Subudhi	2,594	0.47
	IND	Dhanu Sahoo	1,433	0.26
Majority			35,240	6.38
Turnout			564,119	50.76
	INC hold		Swing

1996

1996 Indian general election: Berhampur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	P. V. Narasimha Rao	340,555	62.57
	JD	V. Sugnana Kumari Deo	172,015	31.61
	IND	11 Independent Candidates	31,666	5.80
Majority			168,540	30.96
Turnout			558,038	53.19
	INC hold		Swing

1991

1991 Indian general election: Berhampur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Gopinath Gajapathi Narayan Deo	235,260	51.96
	JD	Surjya Narayan Patro	161,436	35.65
	BJP	Bipin Bihary Ratho	32,938	7.27
	JP	Damodar Patra	10,593	2.34
	DDP	S. Pandaba	1,980	0.44
	IND	6 Independent Candidates	10,568	2.33
Majority			73,824	16.31
Turnout			464,429	49.54
	INC hold		Swing

1989

1989 Indian general election: Berhampur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Gopinath Gajapathi Narayan Deo	232,082	49.35
	JD	Surjya Narayan Patro	217,336	46.21
	IND	Brundaban Khatai	11,279	2.40
	IND	Rama Chandra Sahu	9,618	2.05
Majority			14,746	3.14
Turnout			486,137	52.14
	INC hold		Swing

1984

1984 Indian general election: Berhampur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	R. Jagannath Rao	235,466	67.86
	JP	Surjya Narayan Patra	90,606	26.11
	IND	Rama Chandra Sahu	10,583	3.05
	IND	K. Tulasi Rao	10,349	2.98
Majority			144,860	41.75
Turnout			358,221	50.42
	INC hold		Swing

1980

1980 Indian general election: Berhampur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC(I)	R. Jagannath Rao	158,990	65.68
	JP(S)	Ramanath Das	44,820	18.52
	JP	Narayan Patra	27,975	11.56
	IND	Venkata Ramana Tata	10,276	4.25
Majority			114,170	47.16
Turnout			252,858	38.20
	INC(I) hold		Swing

1977

1977 Indian general election: Berhampur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	R. Jagannath Rao	119,132	57.82
	JP	Varahagiri Shanker Giri	69,043	33.51
	IND	Venkata Ramana Tata	10,483	5.09
	IND	Amaresh Prasad Misra	7,381	3.58
Majority			50,089	24.31
Turnout			214,711	35.37
	INC hold		Swing

1971

1971 Indian general election: Chatrapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Jaganath Rao R.	150,279	60.33
	Utkal Congress	Brundaban Naiyak	64,346	25.83
	IND	Jaganath Mishra	22,956	9.22
	INC(O)	Ananta Tripathi Sarma	11,534	4.63
Majority			85,933	34.50
Turnout			259,232	46.30
	INC hold		Swing

1967

1967 Indian general election: Chatrapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	J. R. Rachakonda	107,071	53.11
	SWA	J. Praharaja	65,410	32.44
	IND	C. Patro	15,184	7.53
	IND	S. Misra	13,954	6.92
Majority			41,661	20.67
Turnout			212,036	41.69
	INC hold		Swing

1962

1962 Indian general election: Chatrapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Sarma Ananta Tripathy	47,958	60.16
	SWA	Harihara Das	22,743	28.53
	Socialist	Naryan Sahu	9,013	11.31
Majority			25,215	31.63
Turnout			82,677	20.01
	INC hold		Swing

1961 by-election

1961 by-election: Chatrapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	A. T. Sarma	101,184	60.93
	AIGP	J. Misra	48,616	29.27
	IND	G. Rath	16,277	9.80
Majority			52,568	31.65
Turnout

1957

1957 Indian general election: Ganjam (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Mohan Nayak	127,558	23.38
	IND	Uma Charan Patnaik	120,057	22.00
	INC	Ganesh Mahapatra	110,405	20.24
	IND	Sapua Naik	75,971	13.92
	AIGP	Satananda Padhi	62,251	11.41
	AIGP	Iswar Naik	49,348	9.04
Majority			7,501	1.38
Turnout			545,590	36.29

1952

1951–52 Indian general election: Ganjam South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	Bijoy Chandra Das	61,002	55.61
	IND	Dataram Varaha Narsingh Rao	28,524	26.00
	IND	Sadananda Padhi	20,169	18.39
Majority			32,478	29.61
Turnout			109,695	28.11
	CPI win (new seat)

Notes

↑ as on 2024
↑ as data published by election commission
↑ It was a 2 member constituency
↑ Death of Uma Charan Patnaik
↑ Odisha Pragati Dal
↑ Ajeya Bharat Party

References

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↑ "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Berhampur". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 24 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
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External links

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[1] s on 2024

[2] s data published by election commission

[4] It was a 2 member constituency

[5] Death of Uma Charan Patnaik

[OPD-15] Odisha Pragati Dal

[AJBP-17] Ajeya Bharat Party

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[16] "Election Commission of India".

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Lok Sabha constituencies of Odisha
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