Nayagarh Assembly constituency

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

Nayagarh
Constituency No. 122 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
LS constituency	Puri
Established	1951
Total electors	2,13,374 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Arun Kumar Sahoo
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

Nayagarh 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]
2024			48.74%
2019			52.41%
2014			52.78%
2009			54.25%
2004			49.24%
2002 (bypoll)			56.88%
2000			63.34%
1995			49.84%
1990			74.12%
1985			49.71%
1980			58.96%
1977			60.79%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 2002. Arun Kumar Sahoo won for the fifth consecutive time in the 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election.

List of members elected from Nayagarh constituency are: ^{[4] [5]}

Year	Member	Party
2024	Arun Kumar Sahoo		BJD
2019	Arun Kumar Sahoo [6]		BJD
2014	Arun Kumar Sahoo		BJD
2009	Arun Kumar Sahoo		BJD
2004	Arun Kumar Sahoo		BJD
2002 (bypoll) [lower-alpha 2]	Mandakini Behera		BJD
2000	Bhagabat Behera		BJD
1995	Sitakanta Mishra		INC
1990	Bhagabat Behera		JD
1985	Bhagabat Behera		JP
1980	Banshidhar Sahoo		INC
1977	Bhagabat Behera		JP
1974	Bhagabat Behera		Socialist
1971	Achyutananda Mohanty		Utkal Congress
1967	Achyutananda Mohanty		Independent
1961	Brundaban Chandra Singh		INC
1957	Raja Saheb Krushna Chandra Singh Mandhata		Independent
1951	Raja Saheb Krushna Chandra Singh Mandhata		Independent

Election Results

2024

Voting was held on 25th May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. ^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Nayagarh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Arun Kumar Sahoo	81,959	48.74	3.67
	BJP	Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh	81,520	48.48	5.61
	INC	Ranajeet Dash	2,650	1.58	1.14
	NOTA	None of the above	964	0.57
Majority			439
Turnout			168,152
	BJD hold

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Arun Kumar Sahoo defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Irani Ray by a margin of 14,948 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nayagarh ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Arun Kumar Sahoo	81,548	52.41	0.37
	BJP	Irani Ray	66,600	42.87	37.62
	INC	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

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Arun Kumar Sahoo defeated Indian National Congress candidate Lala Manoj Kumar Ray by a margin of 20,867 votes. ^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nayagarh ^{[10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Arun Kumar Sahoo	75,538	52.78	-1.47
	INC	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

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Arun Kumar Sahoo defeated Independent candidate Hemendra Chandra Singh by a margin of 27,341 votes. ^[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nayagarh ^[13]

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	-
	INC	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 3]	-
Turnout			1,32,686	67.74	3.69 [lower-alpha 4]
	BJD hold

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. Death of Bhagabat Behera
3. % of total valid votes
4. 2004 voter turnout was 64.05%

References

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