Aul (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Aul
Constituency No. 98 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Odisha
District	Kendrapara
LS constituency	Kendrapara
Established	1951
Total electors	237,969 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Pratap Keshari Deb
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2019

Aulis a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendrapara district, Odisha. ^[2]

This constituency includes Aul block and Rajkanika block. ^{[3] [4]}

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014			48.90%
2009			50.00%
2004			53.08%
2000			59.40%
1995			51.09%
1990			56.60%
1985			52.07%
1980			51.96%
1977			57.18%

Sixteen elections were held between 1951 and 2019. Elected member from the Aul constituency are: ^{[6] [7]}

• 2019: (98): Pratap Keshari Deb (BJD)
• 2014: (98): Devendra Sharma (Congress)
• 2009: (98): Pratap Keshari Deb (BJD)
• 2004: (30): Pratap Keshari Deb (BJD)
• 2000: (30): Pratap Keshari Deb (BJD)
• 1995: (30): Dolagobinda Nayak (Congress)
• 1990: (30): Sushree Devi (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (30): Dolagobinda Nayak (Congress)
• 1980: (30): Sarat Kumar Deb (JNP (SC))
• 1977: (30): Sarat Kumar Deb (Janata Party)
• 1974: (30): Sarat Kumar Deb (Swatantra)
• 1971: (28): Sarat Kumar Deb (Swatantra)
• 1967: (28): Dibakar Nath Sharma (Congress)
• 1961: (111): Sailendra Narayan Bhanj Deo (Congress)
• 1957: (79): Sailendra Narayan Bhanj Deo (Congress)
• 1951: (66): Sailendra Narayan Bhanj Deo (Independent)

2014 Election Candidates

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Aul

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Soumya Ranjan Dhal	248	0.15	-
	AOP	Pramila Samal	264	0.16	-
	BJD	Pratap Keshari Deb	77751	46.8	-
	BJP	Braja Sundar Bhuyan	3914	2.36	-
	BSP	Birabara Jena	726	0.44
	CPI(ML)L	Bidhan Chandra Das	335	0.20	-
	INC	Devendra Sharma	81254	48.9	-
	OJM	Akshaya Kumar Karan	165	0.10	-
	SUCI(C)	Abani Das	342	0.21	-
	NOTA	NOTA	1153	0.69	-
Registered electors

2009 Election Results

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pratap Keshari Deb defeated Indian National Congress candidate Devendra Sharma by a margin of 5,877 votes. ^[8]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Aul ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pratap Keshari Deb	72,012	50.00	-3.08
	INC	Devendra Sharma	66,135	45.92	0.76
	BJP	Braja Sundar Bhuyan	3,358	2.33	-
	CPI(ML)L	Bidhan Chandra Das	930	0.65	-
	BSP	Akshaya Kumar Mallik	842	0.58	-
	SAMO	Pravati Sahu	409	0.28	-
	RPI(A)	Prasant Kumar Nayak	344	0.24	-
Majority			5,877	4.08 [lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,44,062	63.11	0.41 [lower-alpha 3]
Registered electors			2,28,257
	BJD hold

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 62.70%

References

1. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
2. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 14 April 2014. Constituency: Aul (98) District: Kendrapara
3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
4. Seats of Odisha
5. "30 - Aul Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 16 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
7. "Aul Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
8. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 5877
9. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.