Odisha 2024 Lok Sabha polls: Politically, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has clinched victory from this Lok Sabha seat on four occasions. However, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) emerged victorious for the first time in the 2014 election, marking a shift from the historical dominance of the Congress party post-independence. Notably, in the 1967 elections, the Communist Party of India secured its foothold in this constituency with Samarendra Kundu emerging victorious.
Pratap Sarangi, former union minister is the BJP candidate, ex-union minister Shrikant Jena Congress candidate while Lekhashree Samantsinghar is the BJD candidate
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