Puri Lok Sabha Constituency of Odisha: Full list of candidates, polling dates

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Puri Parliamentary Constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha constituencies of Odisha.

Puri registered 72.53 per cent voter turnout in 2019, a loss of 1.47
 percent. The total number of electors in the constituency is 1559548 while the total voter turnout is 1131091. While in 2014, the constituency registered 74.00 per cent voter turnout. The total number of electors in the constituency was 1402308 while the total voter's turnout was 1037751.

Nrusingha Charan Das of Bahujan Samaj Party, Pinaki Misra of Biju Janata Dal, Satya Prakash Nayak of Indian National Congress and Dr. Sambit Patra of Bharatiya Janata Party are a few noted candidates for general election 2019 from the Puri Lok Sabha Constituency of Odisha.

It was formed prior to the 1952 elections and comprises of seven assembly segments.

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Puri Lok Sabha Constituency of Odisha.

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	NRUSINGHA CHARAN DAS	Bahujan Samaj Party
2	PINAKI MISRA	Biju Janata Dal
3	SATYA PRAKASH NAYAK	Indian National Congress
4	Dr Sambit Patra	Bharatiya Janata Party
5	JAYAPRAKASH SETHI	Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha
6	Mandakini Sethi	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)
7	RANJAN MISHRA	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star
8	Sabyasachi Mohapatra	Kalinga Sena

The election here was conducted on April 23, 2019, as per the Phase III schedule announced by the ECI. The results will be declared on May 23.

Pinaki Misra of the BJD is the incumbent MP from this constituency. In the 2014 polls, Misra bagged 523161 votes and trounced Sucharita Mohanty of the INC.