Angul (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Angul.

Angul
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Angul
Blocks	Angul, Banarpal
Electorate	1,96,157 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Angul
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	Biju Janata Dal
MLA	Rajani Kant Singh
Const. No.	61
Reserved for	General
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Dhenkanal

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

Constituent Areas

Sources: ^{[3] [4]}

• Angul
• Nalconagar
• 23 GPs of Angul block: 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
• 13 GPs of Banarpal block: Bauligad, Bhogabereni, Bonda, Budhapank, Fulpada, Garhasantri, Gotamara, Balaramprasad, Kulad, Mahidharpur, Nuahata, Talmul and Tulasipal.

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%

16 elections held during 1951 to 2014. Elected members from the Angul constituency are: ^{[6] [7]}

• 1951: (14): Hrushikesh Tripathy (Congress)
• 1957: (53): Kumuda Chandra Singh (Independent)
• 1961: (79): Kumuda Chandra Singh (Congress)
• 1967: (139): Kumuda Chandra Singh (Congress)
• 1971: (139): Debaraja Sahu (Utkal Congress)
• 1974: (116): Adwait Prasad Singh (Utkal Congress)
• 1977: (116): Adwait Prasad Singh (Janata Party)
• 1980: (116): Santosh Kumar Pradhan (Congress-I)
• 1985: (116): Prafulla Misra (Congress)
• 1990: (116): Adwait Prasad Singh (Janata Dal)
• 1995: (116): Ramesh Jena (Congress)
• 2000: (116): Adwait Prasad Singh (BJD)
• 2004: (116): Rajani Kant Singh (BJD)
• 2009: (61): Rajani Kant Singh (BJD)
• 2014: (61): Rajani Kant Singh (BJD)
• 2019: (61): Rajani Kant Singh (BJD)

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. ^[8]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Angul ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rajani Kant Singh	61,381	49.70	+4.97
	INC	Sangram Keshari Mishra	40,918	33.13	-
	BJP	Minaketan Amanta	11,731	9.50	-
	SP	Shankaracharya Pradhan	5,129	4.15	-
	BSP	Lokesh Chandra Jena	2,176	1.76	-
	SAMO	Sanghamitra Pradhan	1,240	1.00	-
	IJP	Dayanidhi Padhan	932	0.75	-
Majority			20,463	16.57 [lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,23,521	67.05	0.42 [lower-alpha 3]
Registered electors			1,84,218
	BJD hold

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. ^[10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Angul ^{[11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rajani Kant Singh	72,379	47.87	-1.83
	INC	Pratap Chandra Pradhan	52,036	34.42	1.29
	BJP	Minaketan Amant	19,948	13.19	3.69
	AOP	Laxman Kumar Sahu	1,356	0.9
	BSP	Pramod Chandra Naik	993	0.66
	SUCI(C)	Mandodari Roul	956	0.63
	AAP	Pradipta Kumar Tripathy	757	0.5
	SKD	Debadatta Pati	566	0.37
	OJM	Pradip Sahu	414	0.27
	NOTA	None of the above	1,787	1.18	-
Majority			20,343	13.45	-3.12
Turnout			1,51,192	77.08	10.03
Registered electors			1,96,157
	BJD hold

2019 Election Result

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Angul ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rajanikant Singh	65388	41.36
	INC	Biplab Kumar Jena	30572	19.34
	BJP	Pratap Chandra Pradhan	56565	35.78
	BSP	Trilochan Naik
	SUCI(C)	Mandodari Roul
	API	Anil Bhoi
	HND	Sukanta Kumar Nath
	RIM	Duryodhan Naik
	Independent	Santosh Kumar Naik
	Independent	Laxman Kumar Sahu
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	TBA gain from TBA		Swing

Notes

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

References

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