Rajanagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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Rajanagar | |
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Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency | |
District | Kendrapara |
Blocks | Rajanagar, Pattamundai |
Electorate | 2,16,286 [1][lower-alpha 1] |
Major settlements | Pattamundai (M) |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1951 |
Party | BJD |
MLA | Dhruba Sahoo |
Const. No. | 99 |
Lok Sabha Constituencies | Kendrapara |
Rajanagar (Sl. No.: 99) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendrapara district, Odisha.[2]
This constituency includes Pattamundai (M), Rajanagar block and 18 Gram panchayats (Bachhara, Srirampur, Damarpur, Sansarphal, Khanata, Oupada, Chandanagar, Sasana, Dosia, Khadianta, Gangarampur, Aradapali, Sanjharia, Badapada, Bilikana, Badamohanpur, Dihudipur and Balabhadrapur) of Pattamundai block.[3][4]
Elected Members[edit]
Sixteen elections were held between 1951 and 2019 including one Bye-Poll in 1971.[5] Elected member from the Rajanagar constituency are:[6][7]
2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Rajnagar | |||
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Party | Candidates | Votes | % |
BJD | Dhruba Sahoo | ||
INC | Anshuman Mohanty | ||
BJP | Alekh Kumar Jena | ||
Independent | Ajaya Kumar Behera | ||
Independent | Sunita Pradhan |
- 2019: (99): Dhruba Sahoo (BJD)
- 2014: (32): Anshuman Mohanty (Congress)
- 2009: (99): Alekh Kumar Jena (BJD)
- 2004: (32): Nalini Kanta Mohanty (Congress)
- 2000: (32): Nalini Kanta Mohanty (BJD)
- 1995: (32): Nalini Kanta Mohanty (Janata Dal)
- 1990: (32): Nalini Kanta Mohanty (Janata Dal)
- 1985: (32): Nalini Kanta Mohanty (Janata Party)
- 1980: (32): Nalini Kanta Mohanty (JNP (SC))
- 1977: (32): Nalini Kanta Mohanty (Janata Party)
- 1974: (32): Biju Patnaik (UTC)
- 1971: (Bye-Poll): Biju Patnaik (UTC)
- 1971: (30): Prahallad Mallick (UTC)
- 1967: (30): Shailendra Bhanja Deo (Independent)
- 1961: (110): Padma Charan Nayak (Independent)
- 1957: (78): Ananta Charan Tripathy (Independent)
- 1951: (68): Saraswati Dei (Congress)
2019 Election Candidates[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJD | Dhruba Sahoo / Winner | - | |||
INC | Anshuman Mohanty | - | |||
BJP | Alekh Kumar Jena | - | |||
Independent | Ajay Kumar Behera | - |
2014 Election Candidates[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJD | Dhruba Ch. Sahoo | 71377 | - | ||
BJP | Jnandev Beura | 4 | - | ||
INC | Anshuman Mohanty / Winner | 76806 | 52 | - | |
Kalinga Sena | Satyajit Rout | - | |||
style="background-color: Template:Odisha Janmorcha/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Odisha Janmorcha|Template:Odisha Janmorcha/meta/shortname]] | Kailas Mohanty | - | ||
NOTA | None | - |
2009 Election Results[edit]
In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Alekh Kumar Jena defeated Indian National Congress candidate Nalini Kanta Mohanty by a margin of 4,335 votes.[9]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJD | Alekh Kumar Jena | 63,683 | 48.15 | ||
INC | Nalini Kanta Mohanty | 59,348 | 44.87 | ||
BJP | Bijay Ketan Swain | 6,661 | 5.04 | - | |
style="background-color: Template:Odisha Communist Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Odisha Communist Party|Template:Odisha Communist Party/meta/shortname]] | Premananda Khilar | 649 | 0.49 | - |
Independent | Ajit Kumar Nayak | 544 | 0.41 | - | |
BSP | Manjulata Das | 522 | 0.39 | - | |
CPI(ML)L | Ram Chandra Patra | 434 | 0.33 | - | |
style="background-color: Template:Samruddha Odisha/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Samruddha Odisha|Template:Samruddha Odisha/meta/shortname]] | Manjulata Rath | 414 | 0.31 | - |
Majority | 4,335 | 3.28[lower-alpha 2] | - | ||
Turnout | 1,32,275 | 68.70 | -7.3[lower-alpha 3] | ||
Registered electors | 1,92,554 | ||||
BJD gain from INC |
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ↑ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
Constituency: Rajanagar (99) District: Kendrapara
- ↑ "Assembly Constituencies and their Extent" (PDF).
- ↑ "Seats of Odisha".
- ↑ "BY-ELECTIONS OF ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (1955-2012)" (PDF). Govt. Of Odisha. 2011. p. 450. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
- ↑ http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
- ↑ "Rajanagar Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
- ↑ "32 - Rajanagar Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
List Of Winning Candidates
- ↑ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
4335
- ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.