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: Pinaki Misra, Biju Janata Dal
• 2009: Pinaki Misra, Biju Janata Dala
• 2004: Braja Kishore Tripathy, Biju Janata Dal
• 1999: Braja Kishore Tripathy, Biju Janata Dal
• 1998: Braja Kishore Tripathy, Biju Janata Dal
• 1996: Pinaki Misra, Indian National Congress
• 1991: Braja Kishore Tripathy, Janata Dal
• 1989: Nilamani Routray, Janata Dal
• 1984: Brajmohan Mohanty, Indian National Congress
• 1980: Brajmohan Mohanty, Indian National Congress (Indira)
• 1977: Padmacharan Samantasinhar, Janata Party
• 1971: Banamali Patnaik, Indian National Congress
• 1967: Rabi Ray, Samyukta Socialist Party
• 1962: B. Mishra, Indian National Congress
• 1957: Chintamani Panigrahi, Communist Party of India (later Indian National Congress)
• 1952: Lokenath Mishra, Indian National Congress

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 and Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Shri Ashok Sahu ji.^[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

1. "17 - Puri Parliamentary (Lok Sabha) Constituency". Retrieved 25 March 2014.
2. "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Orissa" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
3. "Odisha Result Status". ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
4. http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS1817.htm?ac=17
5. "Lok Sabha Election 2014 - Orissa, Constituency: Puri (17)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 31 May 2014.