In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the Kandhamal constituency, defeating Achyutananda Samanta of Biju Janata Dal by a margin of 21,371 votes.
In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the Kandhamal constituency, defeating Achyutananda Samanta of Biju Janata Dal by a margin of 21,371 votes.