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Assembly constituency 137 · Odisha

Paralakhemundi is assembly constituency number 137 in Odisha, in Gajapati * district, and one of the segments of the Berhampur Lok Sabha seat. In the 2024 election Rupesh Kumar Panigrahi of the Biju Janata Dal won with 37.6% of the vote, 3,998 votes ahead of Koduru Narayana Rao (BJP).

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Paralakhemundi · 2024AC 137
  1. 01
    Rupesh Kumar Panigrahi
    BJD
    56,027
    37.58%
  2. 02
    Koduru Narayana Rao
    BJP
    52,029
    34.90%
  3. 03
    Bijay Kumar Patnaik
    INC
    35,674
    23.93%
  4. 04
    Manoj Kumar Badonaik
    AAP
    1,342
    0.90%
  5. 05
    Sanjay Kumar Raut
    Independent
    597
    0.40%
  6. 5 other candidates · 1,912 votesNOTA · 1,488 (1.00%)

Margin 3,998 votes · 2.68% of valid votes

2,17,857
Registered electors
2024 election
68.8%
Turnout
-0.5 pts vs 2019
3,998
Victory margin
2.7% of valid votes
May 2024 · candidate-wise result

All 10 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,49,069 valid votes, NOTA included.

Paralakhemundi 2024 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Rupesh Kumar PanigrahiMale · 40 yrsBJD56,027
37.58%
2Koduru Narayana RaoMale · 61 yrsBJP52,029
34.90%
3Bijay Kumar PatnaikMale · 70 yrsINC35,674
23.93%
—NOTANOTA1,488
1.00%
4Manoj Kumar BadonaikMale · 65 yrsAAP1,342
0.90%
5Sanjay Kumar RautMale · 45 yrsIndependent597
0.40%
6Bikash Chandra SinghMale · 60 yrsIndependent434
0.29%
7Paila Murali KrishnaMale · 27 yrsAIFB429
0.29%
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8Bidyadhara MohankudoMale · 48 yrsIndependent399
0.27%
9Amodh Kumar BardhanMale · 33 yrsIndependent348
0.23%
10Pravindra SinghMale · 36 yrsMLD302
0.20%
Past results

The seat changed hands: BJP won in 2019, BJD in 2024.

0%20%40%60%2009201420192024BJD 37.6%BJP 34.9%INC 23.9%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2024Rupesh Kumar PanigrahiBJD · 37.6% · margin 3,998Turnout68.8%
2014Kengam Surya RaoINC · 45.2% · margin 1,419Turnout69.5%
2009K.narayana RaoBJD · 51.1% · margin 14,941Turnout63.7%
2019K. Narayana RaoBJP · 35.9% · margin 15,335Turnout69.3%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Paralakhemundi result 2019

Paralakhemundi 2019 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1K. Narayana RaoBJP52,415
35.92%
2Tirupati PanigrahiIndependent37,080
25.41%
3Kalyani GajapathiBJD26,645
18.26%
4K. Surya RaoINC24,040
16.47%
—NOTANOTA1,944
1.33%
5Kedar SabarIndependent1,572
1.08%
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6Gouri Sankar MahanandiaBSP1,133
0.78%
7Sunil Kumar Patnaikskd1,098
0.75%

Paralakhemundi result 2014

Paralakhemundi 2014 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Kengam Surya RaoINC61,014
45.20%
2Koduru Narayana RaoBJD59,595
44.14%
3Tripati NayakBJP6,938
5.14%
—NOTANOTA1,548
1.15%
4Kedar ShabarIndependent1,370
1.01%
5Lalichetti Ramgopal RaoCPI(M)1,239
0.92%
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6Amit Kumar PatnaikOJM874
0.65%
7Sisir Kumar Bhanja SamantaAAP579
0.43%
8Sujit PradhanTMC533
0.39%
9Sabita SahukarAOP464
0.34%
10Trinath PandaCPI(ML)(L)446
0.33%
11Meenaketan JennaSKD401
0.30%

Paralakhemundi result 2009

Paralakhemundi 2009 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1K.narayana RaoBJD58,528
51.10%
2Trinath SahuINC43,587
38.06%
3T. KurannaBJP6,686
5.84%
4Jakubo RaitoIndependent2,160
1.89%
5Kailash Chandra MaliKS1,167
1.02%
6Sasmita RajguruSAMO847
0.74%
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7Bibekananda BeheraIndependent789
0.69%
8Bidyadhar PatroCPI(ML)(L)762
0.67%
Map

Paralakhemundi outlined in orange among the other Odisha seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2024. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Gajapati * district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

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Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Paralakhemundi is one of the assembly segments of Berhampur. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Berhampur candidates.

  • Dr. Pradeep Kumar PanigrahyBJP54,871 37.6%
  • Bhrugu BaxipatraBJD49,286 33.8%
  • Rasmi Ranjan PatnaikINC37,457 25.7%
  • Bhaskar ChaudhoryBSP790 0.5%
  • V Chandra ShekharIndependent582 0.4%

In the assembly election BJD won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 5,585 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Paralakhemundi.

Who won the Paralakhemundi assembly seat in 2024?

Rupesh Kumar Panigrahi of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) won Paralakhemundi in the 2024 Odisha assembly election with 56,027 votes, which was 37.58% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Paralakhemundi?

The margin was 3,998 votes (2.68% of valid votes). The runner-up was Koduru Narayana Rao of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 52,029 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Paralakhemundi in 2024?

Turnout was 68.84%: 1,49,982 of 2,17,857 registered electors voted, across 277 polling stations. That is 0.5 points lower than in 2019.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Paralakhemundi part of?

Paralakhemundi is an assembly segment of the Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency in Odisha. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Dr. Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Paralakhemundi a reserved constituency?

No. Paralakhemundi is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Paralakhemundi?

The Odisha assembly elected in 2024 completes its five-year term in 2029, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Odisha assembly elections of 2024 and 2019 and 2014 and 2009 (2024 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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