Berhampur Lok Sabha Constituency in Odisha: Candidates, Current MP, Polling Date And Election Results 2019
Behrampur is one of the Lok Sabha Constituency of Odisha. The voting for the parliamentary polls 2019 on this seat will take place in the first phase on April 11.
The results of the Berhampur Lok Sabha election will be declared today. The counting of votes began on the Parliamentary seat in Odisha at 8 am on Thursday, May 23. Voting for the Berhampur seat took place in the first phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2019. Berhampur is one of the Lok Sabha Constituency of Odisha. The constituency currently comprises seven assembly seats - Chatrapur, Gopalpur, Berhampur, Chikiti, Digapahandi, Mohana and Parlakhemundi. The seat is not reserved for any category and its constituency number is 20. Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Schedule: Voting In 7 Phases From April 11 to May 19, Counting And Results On May 23; Check All Dates For General Elections.
The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) fielded Chandra Shekhar Sahu from Berhampur, while V Chandrasekhar Naidu contested on the Congress ticket. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) gave a ticket to Brughu Baxipatra. The last date of filing nomination for the seat was March 25. The scrutiny of nominations papers took place on March 26. Meanwhile, the last date of withdrawal of candidature was March 28. Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Phase I: List of States And Constituencies Voting On April 11.
Here are important details about the phase-I elections:
| Issue of Notification | March 18 |
| Last date for filing nomination | March 25 |
| Scrutiny of nomination | March 26 |
| Last date for withdrawal of candidature | March 28 |
| Date Of Poll | April 11 |
| Date of Result | May 23 |
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In 2014, BJD's Siddhanta Mahapatra defeated Sahu of the Congress with a massive margin of over one lakh votes. While, BJP's Rama Chandra Panda came third. In 2009 also, Mahapatra had won this seat. From 1962 to 1998, the Congress had won all the Lok Sabha elections from this seat.
List of States And Constituencies That Will Vote On April 11 In Phase I
| State (No. of seats voting in this phase) | Constituency |
| Andhra Pradesh (All 25) | Araku, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli, Kakinada, Amalapuram, Rajahmundry, Narasapuram, Eluru, Machilipatnam, Vijayawada, Guntur, Narasaraopet, Bapatla, Ongole, Nandyal, Kurnool, Anantapur, Hindupur, Kadapa, Nellore, Tirupati, Rajampet, Chittoor |
| Arunachal Pradesh (All 2) | Arunachal West, Arunachal East |
| Assam (5) | Tezpur, Kalibor, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur |
| Bihar (4) | Aurangabad, Gaya, Nawada, Jamui |
| Chhattisgarh (1) | Bastar |
| Jammu and Kashmir (2) | Baramulla, Jammu |
| Maharashtra (7) | Wardha, Ramtek, Nagpur, Bhandara - Gondiya, Gadchiroli-Chimur, Chandrapur, Yavatmal-Washim |
| Manipur (1) | Outer Manipur |
| Meghalaya (2) | Shillong, Tura |
| Mizoram (1) | Mizoram |
| Nagaland (1) | Nagaland |
| Odisha (4) | Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Berhampur, Koraput |
| Sikkim (1) | Sikkim |
| Telangana (17) | Adilabad, Peddapalle, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Zahirabad, Medak, Malkajgiri, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Chevella, Mahbubnagar, Nagarkurnool, Nalgonda, Bhongir, Warangal, Mahabubabad, Khammam |
| Tripura (1) | Tripura West |
| Uttar Pradesh (8) | Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar |
| Uttarakhand (5) | Tehri Garhwal, Garhwal, Almora, Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar, Haridwar |
| West Bengal (2) | Coochbehar, Alipurduars |
| Andaman And Nicobar (1) | Andaman And Nicobar |
| Lakshadweep (1) | Lakshadweep |
On March 10, the Election Commission of India announced dates for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The elections will take place in seven phases, and the results will be declared on May 23. Odisha is also going for assembly polls along with the parliamentary elections.
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