Kantabanji
Part of the Bolangir Lok Sabha seat.
Laxman Bag (Bharatiya Janta Party) won Kantabanji in 2024, 16,344 votes ahead of Naveen Patnaik.
Who stood in 2024
From each candidate's sworn affidavit , as filed. Elector does not rank anyone.
90,876 votes · 44.4%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- NPBiju Janata Dal
74,532 votes · 36.4%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- SSIndian National Congress
26,839 votes · 13.1%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- DMIndependent
1,903 votes · 0.9%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- PBCommunist Party Of India
1,454 votes · 0.7%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- SKAmbedkarite Party Of India
1,239 votes · 0.6%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- ADAll India Forward Bloc
1,217 votes · 0.6%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- SBIndependent
1,204 votes · 0.6%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- KCIndependent
1,127 votes · 0.6%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- SSIndependent
1,092 votes · 0.5%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- DJKoshal Mukti Morcha
742 votes · 0.4%
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70 · Kantabanji
General2,78,205 registered voters · 11 candidates · 16,344 votes between the first two
Elected 2024
Laxman Bag
BJP · Male · 90,876 votes (44.57%) · 16,344 ahead of Naveen Patnaik
- 73.62%
- Turnout
- 2,04,801
- Votes cast
- 2,02,225
- Valid votes
- 1,649
- None of the above
- 1,37,284
- Women electors
1,01,013 men and 1,03,095 women voted in person, plus 677 postal ballots. 14 postal ballots were rejected. Service electors: 150.
- BJP90,876282 postal44.57%
- Naveen PatnaikMale
BJD74,532259 postal36.56% 
INC26,83993 postal13.16%- Dhaneswar MajhiMaleINDRoad roller1,90317 postal0.93%
- None of the aboveNOTA1,6490.81%
- Pandab BhoiMale
CPI1,4541 postal0.71% - Sudam KaletMaleAPOICoat1,2392 postal0.61%
- Abhiram DharuaMaleAIFBLion1,2170.60%
- Suratha BeheraMaleINDWhistle1,2044 postal0.59%
- INDAuto- rickshaw1,1272 postal0.55%
- Sohan SipkaMaleINDDiamond1,0920.54%
- KOMMPot7420.36%
The bar compares each count with the highest count on this seat. The percentage is the share of valid votes plus None of the above, which is the figure the Commission prints.
Official counts from the Election Commission of India.