Korei (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Korei
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Jajpur
Blocks	Korei, Rasulpur
Electorate	1,61,098
Major settlements	Byasanagar
Current constituency
Created	1974
Party	BJD
MLA	Ashok Kumar Bal
Const. No.	53
Reserved for	None
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Jajpur

Korei (Sl. No.: 53) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jajpur district, Odisha. ^[1]

Area of this constituency include Byasanagar, Korei block and 9 GPs (Bhotaka, Laxminagar, Pahanga, Badakainchi, Gandhan, Tikarpada, Bahadalpur, Narasinghpur and Mugupal) of Rasulpur block. ^{[2] [3]}

Ashok Kumar Bal of Biju Janata Dal Represents the constituency after 2019 assembly elections.

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [4]
2014			49.6%
2014			55.75%
2009			56.98%
2004			55.18%
2000			38.21%
1995			49.58%
1990			63.37%
1985			47.77%
1980			54.38%
1977			60.55%

11 elections have been held during 1974 to 2014. The elected members from the Korei constituency are: ^{[5] [6]}

• 2019: (52): Ashok Kumar Bal (BJD)
• 2014: (52): Akash Das Nayak (BJD)
• 2009: (52): Pritiranjan Ghadai (BJD)
• 2004: (25): Sanchita Mohanty (BJP)
• 2000: (25): Ashok Kumar Das (JD (S))
• 1995: (25): Ashok Kumar Das (Janata Dal)
• 1990: (25): Ashok Kumar Das (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (25): Rama Chandra Khuntia (Congress)
• 1980: (25): Niranjan Jena (JNP (S))
• 1977: (25): Ashok Kumar Das (Janata Party)
• 1974: (25): Ashok Kumar Das (Utkal Congress)

2019 Assembly Election

Elections to Korei constituency was held along with 2019 General elections on 29 April. The vote counting was held on 23 May. Biju Janata Dal candidate Ashok Kumar Bal defeated Bharatiya Janata Party Candidate Biswajeet Nayak by margin of 30724 votes. ^{[7] [8]}

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Korei ^{[9] [10] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Ashok Kumar Bal	73403	49.6	-6.15
	INC	Bandita Parida	28486	19.25	-4.19
	BJP	Biswajeet Nayak	42679	28.84	+17
	Independent	Biswajit Mohanty	403	0.27	-
	Bahujan Mukti Party	Rama Chandra Barik	333	0.23	-
	BSP	Kajal Kinnar	1497	1.01	-
	ABHM	Dhirendra Nayak	457	0.31	-
	NOTA	None	731	0.49	-0.3
Majority			30724	20.76	-11.55
Turnout			147989	75.51	-0.16
Registered electors			194105
	BJD hold

2014 Election Results

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Akash Das Nayak defeated Indian National Congress candidate Biswajeet Nayak a margin of 42,867 votes. ^[11]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Korei ^{[12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Akash Das Nayak	73,966	55.75	-1.23
	INC	Biswajeet Nayak	31,099	23.44	-10.25
	BJP	Sanchita Mohanty	15,761	11.88	6.22
	Independent	Pratap Kumar Mohanty	7,170	5.4
	AAP	Satyabrata Prusty	1,481	1.12
	Biju Swabhiman Dal	Paramananda Jyotish	758	0.57
	Independent	Bimal Kumar Dash	456	0.34
	Independent	Gopal Krushna Mohanty	427	0.32
	SKD	Biswanath Sahoo	402	0.3
	Independent	Tapan Kumar Khandai	250	0.19
	NOTA	None	911	0.69	-
Majority			42,867	32.31	9.03
Turnout			1,32,681	76.28	9.32
Registered electors			1,73,934
	BJD hold

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pritiranjan Ghadai defeated Indian National Congress candidate Hemalata Khuntia by a margin of 25,112 votes. ^[14]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Korei ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pritiranjan Ghadai	61,448	56.98	-
	INC	Hemalata Khuntia	36,336	33.69	-
	BJP	Sanchita Mohanty	6,101	5.66	-
	SAMO	Priyabrata Mohapatra	1,594	1.48	-
	Independent	Mayadhar Nayak	846	0.78	-
	Independent	Anil Kumar Das	479	0.44	-
	Independent	Padmanabh Mall	478	0.44	-
	AITC	Mrutyunjaya Prasad Devnath	289	0.27	-
	Independent	Gopal Krushna Mohanty	276	0.26	-
Majority			25,112	23.28 [lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,07,871	66.96	-

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

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