Rajanagar Assembly constituency

Rajanagar
Constituency No. 99 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictKendrapara
LS constituencyKendrapara
Established1951
Total electors2,16,286[1][a]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Dhruba Charan Sahoo
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2019

Rajanagar 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

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Vote share of winning candidates[5]
2019
45.81%
2014
49%
2009
48.15%
2004
52.11%
2000
71.11%
1995
53.40%
1990
59.20%
1985
50.85%
1980
55.93%
1977
59.09%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1971.[6]

List of members elected from Rajanagar constituency are:[7][8]

Year Member Party
2024
2019 Dhruba Charan Sahoo[9] BJD
2014 Anshuman Mohanty INC
2009 Alekh Kumar Jena BJD
2004 Nalinikanta Mohanty INC
2000 Nalinikanta Mohanty BJD
1995 Nalinikanta Mohanty JD
1990 Nalinikanta Mohanty JD
1985 Nalinikanta Mohanty JP
1980 Nalinikanta Mohanty LKD
1977 Nalinikanta Mohanty JP
1974 Biju Patnaik Utkal Congress
1971 (bypoll)[b] Biju Patnaik Utkal Congress
1971 Prahlad Mallik Utkal Congress
1967 Raja Sailendra Narayan Bhanja Deo Independent
1961 Padma Charan Naik PSP
1957 Ananta Charan Tripathy Independent
1951 Saraswati Devi INC

Election Results

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2024

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Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[10]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Rajanagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Dhruba Charan Sahu
BJP Lalit Behera
INC Ashok Pratihari
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
gain from

2019

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In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Dhruba Charan Sahu defeated Indian National Congress candidate Anshuman Mohanty by a margin of 18,408 votes.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Rajanagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Dhruba Charan Sahu 78,926 45.81
INC Anshuman Mohanty 60518 35.13
BJP Alekh Kumar Jena 27134 15.75
NOTA None of the above 716 0.42
Majority 18,408 10.68
Turnout 1,72,286 70.48
BJD gain from INC

2014

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In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Anshuman Mohanty defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Dhruba Charan Sahu by a margin of 5,429 votes.

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Rajanagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Anshuman Mohanty 76,806 49
BJD Dhruba Charan Sahoo 71377 45.54
BJP Jnandev Beura 6632 4.23
NOTA None of the above 976 0.62
Majority 5,429 3.46
Turnout 1,56,747 71.2
INC gain from BJD

2009

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In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Alekh Kumar Jena defeated Indian National Congress candidate Nalinikanta Mohanty by a margin of 4,335 votes.[11]

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Rajanagar[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Alekh Kumar Jena 63,683 48.15
INC Nalinikanta Mohanty 59,348 44.87
BJP Bijay Ketan Swain 6,661 5.04
OCP 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
SAMO Manjulata Rath 414 0.31
Majority 4,335 3.28[c]
Turnout 1,32,275 68.70 7.3'"`UNIQ−−ref−0000001E−QINU`"'
Registered electors 1,92,554
BJD gain from INC

Notes

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  1. ^ as on 1 January 2014
  2. ^ Resignation of Prahlad Mallik
  3. ^ % of total valid votes
  4. ^ 2004 Voter turnout was 76.00%

References

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  1. ^ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 17 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014. Constituency: Rajanagar (99) District: Kendrapara{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "Assembly Constituencies and their Extent" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Seats of Odisha".
  5. ^ "32 - Rajanagar Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 16 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  6. ^ "BY-ELECTIONS OF ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (1955-2012)" (PDF). Govt. Of Odisha. 2011. p. 450. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  7. ^ "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Rajanagar Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  9. ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  10. ^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
  11. ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 4335
  12. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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