Angul (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Angul
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District Angul
Blocks Angul, Banarpal
Electorate1,96,157 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements Angul
Current constituency
Created1951
Party Independent
Const. No.61
Lok Sabha Constituencies Dhenkanal

Angul (Sl. No.: 61) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Angul district, Odisha, India. [2]

Odisha Legislative Assembly Unicameral state legislature of the Indian state of Odisha

The Odisha Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Odisha state in India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Bhubaneswar, the capital of the state. The Legislative Assembly comprises 147 Members of Legislative Assembly.. It was announced by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik that the Sachivalaya or the Secretariat building in Bhubaneswar will be called Lok Seva Bhavan.

Angul district District in Odisha, India

Angul is an administrative and municipal district, one of the thirty in Odisha, India. The city of Angul is the district of Angul's headquarters.

India Country in South Asia

India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.

Contents

Area of this constituency include Angul, Nalconagar, 23 GPs (Khalari, Kangulabentapur, Angar Bandha, Badakera, Rantalei, Chheliapada, Baluakata, Kumurisingha, Inkarbandha, Sankhapur, Pokatunga, Talagarh, Baragounia, Basala, Bedasasan, Khinda, Gadatarasa, Badakantakul, Dhokuta, Balasingha, Bantala, Nandapur and Balanga) of Angul block and 13GPs (Bauligad, Bhogabereni, Bonda, Budhapank, Fulpada, Garhasantri, Gotamara, Balaramprasad, Kulad, Mahidharpur, Nuahata, Talmul and Tulasipal) of Banarpal block. [3] [4]

Nalconagar, Angul city in Odisha, India

Nalconagar is a census town in Angul district in the Indian state of Odisha. Nalconagar, Angul is a suburb of Angul, Odisha.

A gram panchayat or village panchayat is the only grassroots-level of panchayati raj formalised local self-governance system in India at the village or small-town level, and has a sarpanch as its elected head.

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014
47.87%
2009
49.70%
2004
44.73%
2000
68.49%
1995
44.38%
1990
68.09%
1985
50.40%
1980
52.98%
1977
65.46%

15 elections held during 1951 to 2014. Elected members from the Angul constituency are: [6] [7]

Biju Janata Dal Political party in India

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is a state political party of the Indian state of Odisha led by Naveen Patnaik, the current Chief Minister of Odisha and the son of former Chief minister Biju Patnaik, after whom the party was named. It was founded on 26 December 1997.

Indian National Congress Major political party in India

The Indian National Congress(pronunciation ) is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement. Congress led India to independence from Great Britain, and powerfully influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire.

Janata Dal political party of India, active 1988–98

Janata Dal was an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Jagjivan), and the Jan Morcha united on 11 October 1988 on the birth anniversary of Jayaprakash Narayan under the leadership of V. P. Singh.

2019 Election Result

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Angul [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
BJD Rajanikant Singh6538841.36
INC Biplab Kumar Jena3057219.34
BJP Pratap Chandra Pradhan5656535.78
BSP Trilochan Naik
SUCI(C) Mandodari Roul
API Anil Bhoi
HND Sukanta Kumar Nath
RIM Duryodhan Naik
Independent Santosh Kumar Naik
IndependentLaxman Kumar Sahu
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
TBA gain from TBA Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajani Kant Singh defeated Indian National Congress candidate Pratap Chandra Pradhan by a margin of 20,343 votes. [9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Angul [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
BJD Rajani Kant Singh72,37947.87-1.83
INC Pratap Chandra Pradhan52,03634.421.29
BJP Minaketan Amant19,94813.193.69
AOP Laxman Kumar Sahu1,3560.9
BSP Pramod Chandra Naik9930.66
SUCI(C) Mandodari Roul9560.63
AAP Pradipta Kumar Tripathy7570.5
SKD Debadatta Pati5660.37
OJM Pradip Sahu4140.27
NOTA None of the above1,7871.18-
Majority20,34313.45-3.12
Turnout 1,51,19277.0810.03
Registered electors 1,96,157
BJD hold

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajani Kant Singh defeated Indian National Congress candidate Sangram Keshari Mishra by a margin of 20,463 votes. [12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Angul [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
BJD Rajani Kant Singh61,38149.70+4.97
INC Sangram Keshari Mishra40,91833.13-
BJP Minaketan Amanta11,7319.50-
SP Shankaracharya Pradhan5,1294.15-
BSP Lokesh Chandra Jena2,1761.76-
SAMO Sanghamitra Pradhan1,2401.00-
Indian Justice Party Dayanidhi Padhan9320.75-
Majority20,46316.57 [lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 1,23,52167.050.42 [lower-alpha 3]
Registered electors 1,84,218
BJD hold

Notes

  1. as on 1 January 2014
  2. %of total valid votes
  3. 2004 Voter turnout was 66.63%

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