Puri (Lok Sabha constituency)

Puri
Existence 1952-present
Current MP Pinaki Misra
Party BJD
Elected Year 2014
State Odisha
Total Electors 13,91,193
Most Successful Party Congress (6 times)
Assembly Constituencies

107. Puri
108. Brahmagiri
109. Satyabadi
110. Pipili
118. Chilika
119. Ranpur

122. Nayagarh

Puri Lok Sabha Constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (Parliamentary) Constituencies in Odisha state in Eastern India.

Assembly segments

Assembly Constituencies which constitute this Parliamentary Constituency, after delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies and Legislative Assembly Constituencies of 2008 are:[1]

  1. Puri
  2. Brahmagiri
  3. Satyabadi
  4. Pipili
  5. Chilika
  6. Ranpur
  7. Nayagarh

Assembly Constituencies which constituted this Parliamentary Constituency, before delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies and Legislative Assembly Constituencies of 2008 are:[2]

  1. Balipatana
  2. Pipili
  3. Satyabadi
  4. Puri
  5. Brahmagiri
  6. Chilka
  7. Ranpur

Members of Parliament

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pinaki Mishra defeated Indian National Congress candidate Sucharita Mohanty by a margin of 2,63,361 votes.[3]

2014 General Election, Puri[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Pinaki Mishra 5,23,161 50.33
INC Sucharita Mohanty 2,59,800 25.00
BJP Ashok Sahu 2,15,763 20.76
Kalinga Sena Sabyasachi Mohapatra 13,190 1.27
BSP Bhaskar Chandra Mohanty 7,094 0.68
CPI(ML) Liberation Ashok Pradhan 6,969 0.67
AAP Nirada Baran Khuntia 4,262 0.41
NOTA None 9,150 0.88 -
Majority 2,63,361 25.34 -
Turnout 10,39,389 74.71
Registered electors 1391193
BJD hold

References

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