Bhadrak Lok Sabha Constituency Constituency Number: 7 Total Electors: 14,69,498 (2014 estimates) Male Electors: 7,74,566 Female Electors: 6,94,932 Assembly Constituencies: Soro, Simulia, Bhandaripokhari, Bhadrak, Basudevpur, Dhamnagar, Chandabali Reserved: Yes. For Scheduled Castes Delimited: Yes. In 2008. Results in last four Lok Sabha elections: Arjun Charan Sethi of the BJD has been the sitting MP since 1998. Demography: Bhadrak is one of the few constituencies in Odisha, where Muslims form a significant chunk of the population. In fact, Bhadrak city is estimated to have at least one-third Muslim population. The city was in the news a few years ago for incidents of communal violence. Additionally, Scheduled Castes comprise at least 20 percent of the population in Bhadrak.
Arjun Charan Sethi of the BJD has been the sitting MP since 1998.
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