Berhampur, situated on the eastern coast of Odisha, is one of the 21 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state. It goes to polls on May 13, as part of Phase 4 of the General Elections 2024.
The Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency is composed of seven Assembly constituencies: Chhatrapur (Scheduled Castes), Gopalpur, Brahmapur (Berhampur), Digapahandi, Chikiti, Mohana (Scheduled Tribes), and Paralakhemundi. Elections have been conducted in this constituency since 1952, although it was designated as Berhampur only in 1977. Prior to that, the seat was known as Ghumsur. Behrampur is one of the 21 Lok Sabha constituencies in Odisha.
In 1977, 1980, and 1984, Congress candidates secured victories in the Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency. In 1996, former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao won from this seat as a Congress candidate. The Congress maintained its dominance in the 1998 Lok Sabha election, with Jayanti Patnaik emerging victorious. However, in 1999, the BJP made its mark on this seat by securing a win.
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In the 2019 general election, Chandra Shekhar Sahu of the BJD emerged victorious with 443,843 votes. Meanwhile, Bhrugu Baxipatra of the BJP secured the second position with 348,999 votes, and V Chandrasekhar Naidu of the Congress came in third with 142,632 votes. The voter turnout was 65.57%.
In the 2014 elections, Biju Janata Dal's Siddhant Mahapatra secured victory in the Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency with 398,107 votes, winning by a margin of 127,720 votes. Congress candidate Chandra Shekhar Sahu came in second, receiving 270,387 votes. The BJP candidate, Ramachandra Panda, came in third place with 158,811 votes in this constituency.
In 2024, in the Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency, which is a general seat, the BJD and the BJP are the main political parties vying for electoral success.
This time the main candidates in the fray are:
| Candidate | Party |
| Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy | BJP |
| Rashmi Ranjan Patnaik | INC |
| Bhrugu Baxipatra | BJD |
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