Record №odisha-20 · 18th Lok Sabha
Dr. Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy
Portrait · PRS mptrack
Berhampur, Odisha
Bharatiya Janata Party
Dr. Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy, a first-term Member of Parliament, represents Berhampur, Odisha in the 18th Lok Sabha for the Bharatiya Janata Party. The public record lists profession as Advocate and qualification as Doctorate.
Compiled from the public record — Election Commission of India, Lok Sabha Secretariat. Every figure below traces to its source.
accountability · Poor
The election
How they won the seat
2024 general election result, as declared by the Election Commission of India.
Margin vs NOTA
The victory margin was larger than the NOTA count in this constituency.
Runner-up: BHRUGU BAXIPATRA (BIJU JANATA DAL).
Updated 4 Jun 2024
Parliamentary work
Did they show up — and speak?
Lok Sabha activity tracked by PRS. House averages: 84% attendance · 26 questions · 6 debates.
What they ask about · questions by ministry
How they used the floor · interventions by type
8 recorded interventions across 4 types, as logged by PRS.
Updated 31 May 2026
The affidavit
What they declared
As self-declared in the sworn 2024 election affidavit. Criminal cases are self-declared — pending ≠ convicted.
Declared assets across 5 sworn affidavits · 2009 → 2014 → 2015 → 2019 → 2024
Each point is a sworn affidavit filed with the Election Commission. Declared assets moved from ₹22.1 L (2009) to ₹3.78 Cr (2024) — a change of +1,607%.
Updated 1 May 2024
The affidavit · in detail
Cases, assets & income, line by line
Reproduced from the sworn 2024 ECI affidavit. Self-declared — pending ≠ convicted.
Cite a serious IPC section
6 of 9
Other declared cases
3
“Serious” follows the ADR / MyNeta criteria (offence punishable by 5+ years, non-bailable, electoral, against the State, or a crime against women); derived from the self-declared sections. MyNeta’s own analysis lists this MP among winners with declared serious criminal cases.
Charges by IPC / BNS section · self-declared
- 6×Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property (§420)
- 4×Forgery of valuable security, will, etc. (§467)
- 4×Forgery for purpose of cheating (§468)
- 1×Having possession of document described in Section 466 or 467, knowing it to be forged and intending to use it as genuine (§474)
- 4×Punishment of criminal conspiracy (§120B)
- 4×Punishment for cheating by personation (§419)
- 4×Forgery for purpose of harming reputation (§469)
- 3×Using as genuine a forged document or electronic record (§471)
- 3×Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention (§34)
Pending · 9· 3 with charges framed
- PS No: 26/2020 CB CID, BBSR serious charges framed
SDJM, Bhubaneswar Special Court
§419§420§467§468§469§474Sec.66-C of IT Act
- PS No: 374, dt. 24/12/2020 of Golanthara PS serious charges framed
Special Court JMFC (Cog.), Berhampur MP/MLA court
§419§420§467§468§469§471§120BSec.66-C/66-D of IT Act
- PS No: 110, dt. 20/4/2021 of Golanthara PS serious
Special Court JMFC (Cog.), Berhampur MP/MLA court
§420§120B - PS no: 81, dt. 24/3/2021 of Golanthara PS serious
Special Court JMFC (Cog.), Berhampur MP/MLA court
§419§420§467§468§469§471§120B§34Sec.- 66-C/66-D of I.T Act
- PS no: 7, dt. 12/1/2021 of Golanthara PS serious
Special Court JMFC (Cog.), Berhampur MP/MLA court
§419§420§467§468§469§471§120B§34Sec.66-C/66-D of IT Act
- PS No: 384, dt. 31/12/2020 of Golanthara PS serious
Special Court JMFC (Cog.), Berhampur MP/MLA court
§420§34 - Vig. Case no: 6/2021 charges framed
Special Judge, Special Court, Bhubaneswar
Section - 13(2) r/w B(1)(b) Prevention of Corruption Act,2018
- ECIR.no: 35/2021
PMLA Court, Bhubaneswar
PMLA Act, 2002(15)2003
- ECIR.no: 34/2021
PMLA Court, Bhubaneswar
PMLA Act, 2002(15)2003
Convicted · 0
None declared.
Reproduced verbatim from the candidate’s sworn ECI affidavit. Self-declared; pending ≠ convicted. Cases marked “charges framed” are pending cases where the court has framed charges and the trial has begun — a court stage, not a verdict.
Where the declared wealth sits
Movable
₹2.09 Cr
Immovable
₹1.69 Cr
Declared sources of income
- SelfSalary & Allowances as MLA & from Legal Consultancy
- SpouseAdvocate Profession
- DependentBusiness
Income declared in ITR, by year (self)
Updated 1 May 2024
Local-area funds
Where the development money went
MPLADS development funds for the constituency. House average: 27% spent.
Updated 31 May 2026
Party funding
Who bankrolled the party
Electoral bonds received by Bharatiya Janata Party between 2019 and 2024 — party-level, not attributable to this MP. The scheme was struck down by the Supreme Court in February 2024.
Top corporate donors to Bharatiya Janata Party
Donor-level breakdown is not disclosed for this party in the public bond data.
Updated 15 Feb 2024
What the numbers suggest
Read between the lines
Arithmetic on the public record — cross-checking what was declared, attended, debated, asked and spent. These are observations about the figures, each cited to its source. dickipedia draws no conclusions about any individual.
Declared assets grew 1,607% across 5 affidavits
Review-worthyFrom ₹22.1 L (2009) to ₹3.78 Cr (2024).
Declared assets rose 13× faster than declared income
FlagAssets increased by ₹3.56 Cr between affidavits, while declared income across 5 ITR years totalled ₹28.0 L.
100% of development funds lie unspent
FlagOnly 0% of MPLADS local-area funds were spent — ₹14.70 Cr unspent.
3 declared case(s) where charges have been framed
FlagSelf-declared in the sworn affidavit — pending ≠ convicted; framing of charges is a court stage, not a verdict.
Declared case(s) cite IPC sections for cheating, forgery of valuable security
FlagSections 420, 467 appear in the self-declared affidavit. Pending ≠ convicted; reproduced as recorded.
Attendance in the bottom 6% of all MPs
NotableAttended 45% of sittings, against a house average that runs far higher.
Reach & roles
Contact & committees
Public contact details as published by the Lok Sabha Secretariat.
VIR- 13, Unit-6 Infront of Bhubaneswar Kalakendra, Beside Bhbaneswar Club Bhubaneswar Odisha, 751001
Updated 31 May 2026
Press coverage
In the news
Recent third-party press matched to this MP via an automated news search — aggregated headlines linking out to the original publishers. These are the publishers’ own words: not verified by dickipedia, not one of the public registries, and excluded from the accountability score. An automated match may occasionally be imperfect.
Panigrahy urges rly min to extend Bhubaneswar-Dhanbad express to Berhampur
MSN · 27 May 2026Panigrahy urges rly min to extend Bhubaneswar-Dhanbad express to Berhampur
The Times of India · 14 May 2026Dr Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy , BJP candidate bio : Assets , Total Income , Liabilities , Criminal Cases and other details.
The Hindu · 11 Nov 2025Berhampur election results 2024: BJP's Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy triumphs in Berhampur, trouncing Congress'
The Times of India · 5 Jun 2024BJP's Pradeep Panigrahy heading for victory from Berhampur LS in Odisha
Sambad English · 4 Jun 2024
Updated 31 May 2026
Provenance
Sources & method
- Election Commission of India
- PRS Legislative Research
- Lok Sabha Secretariat
- ADR / MyNeta — sworn affidavit
- MPLADS eSAKSHI (MoSPI)
- ECI / SBI electoral-bond disclosure
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
- Google News (aggregated press; not verified)
dickipedia reports public records and the arithmetic on them, and cites every figure; it authors no accusations. Criminal data is reproduced as self-declared in sworn affidavits (pending ≠ convicted). Electoral-bond totals are party-level. Spot an error? It’s open data — corrections welcome on GitHub.