2022 Odisha municipal elections

The 5th General Elections to Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) were held on 24 March 2022 and the date of counting was on 26 March 2022. Out of 115 ULBs in the State, elections were held for 111 ULBs (47 Municipalities, 61 Notified Area Councils (NACs) and 3 Municipal Corporations) in the State. Voter turnout was 61.26%. ^[1] In this election, Mayors & Chairpersons were directly elected and None of the Above (NOTA) was introduced for the first time. They were held in concurrently with 2022 Odisha panchayat Elections. ^[1] In this elections, Biju Janata Dal emerged victorious in all mayoral elections and 74 council chairpersons elections. ^{[2] [3]}

Overview

Election were held for 3 Municipal Corporations, 47 Municipalities & 61 Notified Area Councils (NACs). ^[1]

Due to pending court cases, Elections were not held in ^[1]

1. 2 Municipal Corporations i.e. Rourkela Municipal Corporation & Sambalpur Municipal Corporation.
2. 1 Municipality i.e. Puri Municipality.
3. 1 NAC i.e. Odagaon NAC.

Delimitation & Reservation of seats

Reservation of Seats for 2022 Elections ^[1]

ULBs		Unreserved	Reserved for Women	SC	SC Women	ST	ST Women	Total
Municipal Corporations	Mayor	1	2	-	-	-	-	3
	Corporators	74	72	8	9	1	4	168
Municipalities+NAC	Chairpersons	42	39	8	9	3	5	106
	Councillors	660	599	121	170	49	132	1731
Total		777	712	137	188	53	141	2008

Schedule

Poll Event	Date
Notification Date	28.02.2022
Issue of nomination forms	02.03.2022
Last Date for filing nomination	07.03.2022
Scrutiny of nomination	09.03.2022
Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination	14.03.2022
Date of Poll	24.03.2022
Date of Counting of Votes	26.03.2022
Election of Vice Chairperson	07.04.2022

Municipal Corporation Election Result

Mayor result

No.	Corporation Name	Winning Candidate	Party		Losing Candidate	Party		Margin
1	Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation	Sulochana Das		BJD	Suniti Mund		BJP	61143
2	Cuttack Municipal Corporation	Subash Chandra Singh		BJD	Giribala Behera		INC	45206
3	Berhampur Municipal Corporation	Sanghamitra Dalei		BJD	Sabita Suar		BJP	20286

Corporators result

No. [4]	Corporation Name	No. of Wards	Corporators
			BJD	BJP	INC	IND
1	BMC	67	48	10	0	9
2	CMC	59	38	7	8	6
3	BeMC	42	30	7	1	4
	Total	168	116	24	9	19

Municipalities Election Result

No.	District	Municipality	Elected Chairperson	Party		No. of Wards	Councillors
							BJD	BJP	INC	IND
1	Angul	Angul	Akshya Kumar Samanta		BJD	23	10	13	0	0
2		Talcher	Pabitra Bhutia		BJD	21	18	3	0	0
3	Balasore	Balasore	Sabita Sahoo		BJD	31	17	9	0	5
4		Jaleswar	Pratip Kumar Pradhan		BJD	17	12	4	1	0
5		Soro	Madhab Dhada		BJP	19	4	12	3	0
6	Bargarh	Bargarh	Kalpana Majhi		BJD	19	18	1	0	0
7	Bhadrak	Basudevpur	Nibedita Behera		BJD	23	10	4	9	0
8		Bhadrak	Gulmaki Dalwazi		Independent	30	17	1	6	5
9	Balangir	Balangir	Lika Sahu		BJD	21	16	1	4	0
10		Titlagarh	Mamata Debi Jain		BJP	15	10	5	0	0
11	Cuttack	Choudwar	Manasi Swarnaprava Samal		BJD	19	13	1	1	4
12	Deogarh	Deogarh	Santimanjari Dei		BJD	11	4	6	0	1
13	Dhenkanal	Dhenkanal	Jayanti Patra		BJP	23	13	9	0	1
14	Gajapati	Paralakhemundi	Nirmala Sethi		BJD	16	14	2	0	0
15	Ganjam	Hinjilicut	Subash Chandra Polai		BJD	21	15	1	1	4
16	Jagatsinghpur	Jagatsinghpur	Archana Singh		INC	21	9	2	7	3
17		Paradeep	Basanta Biswal		BJD	19	7	3	1	8
18	Jajpur	Jajpur	Ranjulata Hota		BJD	18	18	0	0	0
19		Vyasanagar	Sangita Pingua		BJD	26	15	3	5	3
20	Jharsuguda	Belpahar	Nimai Charan Panda		INC	19	14	3	2	0
21		Brajarajnagar	Jagayseni Oram		BJD	23	20	2	0	1
22		Jharsuguda	Rani Hati		BJD	24	21	3	0	0
23	Kalahandi	Bhawanipatna	Sanjukta Behera		BJD	20	18	1	1	0
24	Kandhamal	Phulbani	Smitarani Mohanty		BJP	13	7	4	0	2
25	Kendrapara	Kendrapara	Sarita Sahoo		BJD	21	11	1	5	4
26		Pattamundai	Hemant Kumar Sahoo		BJD	20	14	3	2	0
27	Keonjhar	Anandapur	Rajanirani Khatua		BJD	16	12	4	0	0
28		Barbil	Laxman Mahanta		BJD	15	12	3	0	0
29		Joda	Jagadish Prasad Sahoo		BJD	14	7	4	0	3
30		Keonjhar	Niku Sahoo		BJP	21	13	8	0	0
31	Khordha	Jatani	Ananta Behera		BJD	23	12	1	5	5
32		Khordha	Kanaka Laxmi Mohanty		BJD	22	13	4	0	5
33	Koraput	Jeypur	Narendra Kumar Mohanty		INC	28	15	0	12	1
34		Koraput	Lalat Ranjan Sethi		BJD	21	15	0	3	3
35		Sunabeda	Rajendra Kumar Patra		Independent	25	19	2	3	1
36	Malkangiri	Malkangiri	Manoj Barik		BJD	19	14	0	5	0
37	Mayurbhanj	Baripada	Krushna Nanda Mohanty		BJD	28	22	3	0	3
38		Rairangpur	Abhishek Pattnaik		BJD	15	11	4	0	0
39	Nabarangpur	Nawarangpur	Kunu Nayak		BJP	17	9	6	0	0
40		Umerkot	Radha Bhatra		BJD	14	11	1	2	0
41	Nayagarh	Nayagarh	Nirupama Khatei		BJD	16	16	0	0	0
42	Rayagada	Gunupur	Mamata Gouda		Independent	19	8	0	0	11
43		Rayagada	Patnaikuni Mahesh Patnaik		BJD	24	21	2	1	0
44	Subarnapur	Sonepur	Tamasi Tamasmita Nayak		BJD	15	12	2	1	0
45	Sundergarh	Biramitrapur	Sandeep Mishra		BJD	11	9	1	1	0
46		Rajgangpur	Madhuri Lugun		BJD	20	12	3	4	1
47		Sundergarh	Tanaya Mishra		BJP	19	11	7	0	1
Total						619	152	85	75

Chairpersons Result

Municipalities [5]	Total	BJD	BJP	INC	IND
Chairpersons	47	34	7	3	3

Notified Area Councils (NACs) Election Result

No.	District	NAC	Elected Chairperson	Party		No. of Wards	Councillors
							BJD	BJP	INC	IND
1	Angul	Athmallik	Asha Kumari Sahoo		BJD	11	9	1	0	1
2	Balasore	Nilagiri	Ambika Das		BJD	13	8	3	1	1
3		Remuna	Tanuja Giri		BJD	13	10	3	0	0
4	Bargarh	Attabira	Banamali Bariha		BJD	12	11	0	1	0
5		Barapali	Dinesh Gahir		Independent	11	10	0	1	0
6		Bijepur	Sita Barik		BJD	11	7	3	0	1
7		Padmapur	Sabitri Bag		BJD	11	7	4	0	0
8	Bhadrak	Chandabali	Santi Sethi		BJD	15	11	3	1	0
9		Dhamanagar	Nibedita Jena		BJD	11	9	2	0	0
10	Balangir	Kantabanji	Bariyam Singh Saluja		INC	16	5	1	10	0
11		Patnagarh	Manasi Biswal		BJD	15	14	0	0	1
12		Tusura	Ajaya Kumar Jaiswal		BJD	11	7	4	0	0
13	Boudh	Boudhgarh	Mrutyunjaya Mishra		BJD	17	15	2	0	0
14	Cuttack	Athagarh	Sasmita Rout		BJD	18	16	0	1	1
15		Banki	Manika Sahoo		BJD	17	11	0	6	0
16	Dhenkanal	Bhuban	Suvendu Kumar Sahoo		BJD	15	8	7	0	0
17		Hindol	Kesab Pradhan		BJD	16	11	5	0	0
18		Kamakhyanagar	Dharmananda Parida		BJD	14	14	0	0	0
19	Gajapati	Kashinagar	Mediboina Sudha Rani		BJD	13	10	2	1	0
20	Ganjam	Aska	Bineta Swain		BJD	18	11	2	3	2
21		Bellaguntha	Phyroj Kumar Sethi		BJD	13	13	0	0	0
22		Bhanjanagar	Gopabandhu Mahapatra		BJD	15	15	0	0	0
23		Buguda	Chitrasen Pradhan		BJD	13	11	2	0	0
24		Chhatrapur	Sarmistha Pradhan		BJP	14	10	3	1	0
25		Chikiti	Dipa Kumari Sahu		BJD	12	12	0	0	0
26		Digapahandi	Prafulla Panda		INC	11	5	0	6	0
27		Ganjam	Prativa Padhy		Independent	12	10	1	0	1
28		Gopalpur	A Janaki Ram		BJD	11	8	3	0	0
29		Kabisuryanagar	CH Laxmi Sethi		BJD	18	17	1	0	0
30		Khallikote	Niranjan Behera		BJD	12	11	1	0	0
31		Kodala	Surjya Narayan Nayak		BJP	13	3	8	1	1
32		Polasara	Sangeeta Behera		BJD	19	13	6	0	0
33		Purusottampur	Priyanka Gouda		Independent	14	11	0	0	3
34		Rambha	Manasi Swain		BJP	13	11	2	0	0
35		Surada	Siba Sankar Panda		BJD	11	9	1	1	0
36	Kalahandi	Dharamgarh	Ashok Kumar Mohanty		BJP	14	9	5	0	0
37		Junagarh	Mukesh Agrawal		BJP	12	10	2	0	0
38		Kesinga	Nruparaj Yadav		BJD	12	10	1	1	0
39	Kandhamal	Baliguda	Gobinda Chandra Pradhan		BJD	13	11	0	2	0
40		G. Udayagiri	Bhanuprava Mishra		BJD	13	7	4	1	1
41	Keonjhar	Champua	Girija Sankar Sahoo		BJD	13	13	0	0	0
42	Khordha	Balugaon	Sukanti Paikaray		BJD	11	6	5	0	0
43		Banapur	Mitu Nayak		BJD	15	9	6	0	0
44	Koraput	Kotpad	M. Shankar Rao		INC	13	3	3	6	1
45	Malkangiri	Balimela	Pradeep Kumar Nayak		BJP	12	8	4	0	0
46	Mayurbhanj	Karanjia	Popi Prusty		BJD	15	12	3	0	0
47		Udala	Pramila Panda		BJP	12	6	5	0	1
48	Nayagarh	Dashapalla	Punam Priyadarshinee		Independent	16	7	1	0	8
49		Khandapada	Arati Pradhan		Independent	13	8	1	0	4
50		Ranapur	Rangeen Mahanti		BJD	15	11	2	0	2
51	Nuapada	Khariar	Ujjwal Gupta		INC	13	5	2	6	0
52		Khariar Road	Sonia Jain		BJP	19	10	8	0	1
53		Nuapada	Mahammad Adam		Independent	14	8	1	1	4
54	Puri	Konark	Sanjukta Tripathy		BJD	13	7	2	3	1
55		Nimapada	Sasmita Sahoo		BJD	11	7	3	0	1
56		Pipili	SK. Babu		BJD	16	13	2	0	1
57	Rayagada	Gudari	Sarimita Sabar		BJD	11	11	0	0	0
58	Sambalpur	Kuchinda	Pradyut Kumar Mohanty		BJD	11	9	2	0	0
59		Redhakhol	Sibaram Sahoo		BJP	13	6	6	1	0
60	Subarnapur	Binka	Subash Chandra Bhue		BJD	12	11	1	0	0
61		Tarbha	Bandita Nayak		BJD	12	11	0	0	1
Total						823	591	139	55	38

Chairpersons result

NACs [5]	Total	BJD	BJP	INC	IND
Chairpersons	61	42	9	4	6

References

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