Nayagarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

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Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Nayagarh
Blocks	Nayagarh, Odagaon
Electorate	1,93,031 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Nayagarh
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	BJD
MLA	Arun Kumar Sahoo
Const. No.	122
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Puri

Nayagarh (Sl. No.: 122) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Nayagarh district, Odisha. ^[2]

This constituency includes Nayagarh, Nayagarh block and 18 Gram panchayats (Sunamuhin, Panderipada, Giridipali, Kurala, Rabigadia, Pantikhari, Korapitha, Sakeri, Sardhapur, Bhadikila,Nandighora,Arada Goudaput, Komanda, Rohibanka, Banthapur, Rabara,Ranganipatna and odagaon nac of odagaon Block

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [3]
2019			52.41%
2014			52.78%
2009			54.25%
2004			49.24%
2000			63.34%
1995			49.84%
1990			74.12%
1985			49.71%
1980			58.96%
1977			60.79%

Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014. Elected member from the Nayagarh constituency is: ^{[4] [5]}

• 2014: (122): Arun Kumar Sahoo (BJD)
• 2009: (122): Arun Kumar Sahoo (BJD)
• 2004: (62): Arun Kumar Sahoo (BJD)
• 2002: (62): Mandakini Behera (BJD)
• 2000: (62): Bhagabat Behera (BJD)
• 1995: (62): Sitakanta Mishra (Congress)
• 1990: (62): Bhagabat Behera (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (62): Bhagabat Behera (Janata Party)
• 1980: (62): Bansidhar Sahoo (Congress-I)
• 1977: (62): Bhagabat Behera (Janata Party)
• 1974: (62): Bhagabat Behera (Socialist Party)
• 1971: (59): Achyutananda Mohanty (Utkal Congress)
• 1967: (59): Achyutananda Mohanty (Congress)
• 1961: (84): Brundaban Chandra Singh (Congress)
• 1957: (57): Krushna Chandra Singh Mandhata (Independent)
• 1951: (93): Krushna Chandra Singh Mandhata (Independent)

2019 Election Result

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nayagarh ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Arun Kumar Sahoo	81,548	52.41	0.37
	BJP	Irani Ray	66,600	42.87	37.62
	Congress	Manoj Kumar Sahoo	4,221	2.72	35.48
	ANC	Subhalaxmi Dash	594	0.38
	Kalinga Sena	Srikanta Dash	345	0.22
	Independent	Giridhari Rout	418	0.27%
	Independent	Balaram Sahoo	446	0.29
	Independent	Hemanta Kumar Prusty	408	0.26%
	NOTA	None of the above	916	0.59%
Majority			14,948	9.54
Turnout			155496	72%	NIL
	BJD hold		Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Arun Kumar Sahoo defeated Indian National Congress candidate Lala Manoj Kumar Ray by a margin of 20,867 votes. ^[7]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nayagarh ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Arun Kumar Sahoo	75,538	52.78	-1.47
	Congress	Lala Manoj Kumar Ray	54,671	38.2	34.99
	BJP	Pradipta Jena	7,521	5.25	1.31
	CPI(M)	Biswanath Mahapatra	1,297	0.91	-
	AOP	Purna Chandra Sahoo	1,171	0.82	-
	BSP	Kamal Kumari Patasani	997	0.7	-
	AAP	Manas Kumar Mishra	442	0.31	-
	Independent	Susanta Kumar Dash	309	0.22	-
	SKD	Saroj Kumar Behera	294	0.21	-
	NOTA	None of the above	883	0.62	-
Majority			20,867	14.57	-
Turnout			1,43,123	74.15	6.41
Registered electors			1,93,031
	BJD hold

2009 Election Results

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Arun Kumar Sahoo defeated Independent candidate Hemendra Chandra Singh by a margin of 27,341 votes. ^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nayagarh ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Arun Kumar Sahoo	67,100	54.25	-
	Independent	Hemendra Chandra Singh	39,759	32.15	-
	BJP	Jugansu Sekhar Panda	4,878	3.94	-
	Congress	Sandhya Mohapatra	3,967	3.21	-
	Independent	Lala Manoj Kumar Ray	3,760	3.04	-
	Kalinga Sena	Chaitanya Behera	1,334	1.08	-
	Independent	Sunil Pattnaik	657	0.53	-
	Independent	Byomakesh Tripathy	473	0.38	-
	Independent	Antaryami Panda	460	0.37	-
	Independent	Jaladhara Sandha	442	0.36	-
	SAMO	Shyam Sundar Behera	426	0.34	-
	JD(U)	Sansari Sahoo	425	0.34	-
Majority			27,341	22.11 [lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,32,686	67.74	3.69 [lower-alpha 3]
	BJD hold

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 64.05%

References

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