Rajanagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Rajanagar
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Kendrapara
Blocks	Rajanagar, Pattamundai
Electorate	2,16,286 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Pattamundai (M)
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	BJD
MLA	Dhruba Sahoo
Const. No.	99
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Kendrapara

Rajanagar (Sl. No.: 99) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendrapara district, Odisha. ^[2]

This constituency includes Pattamundai (M), Rajanagar block and 18 Gram panchayats (Bachhara, Srirampur, Damarpur, Sansarphal, Khanata, Oupada, Chandanagar, Sasana, Dosia, Khadianta, Gangarampur, Aradapali, Sanjharia, Badapada, Bilikana, Badamohanpur, Dihudipur and Balabhadrapur) of Pattamundai block. ^{[3] [4]}

Elected Members

Sixteen elections were held between 1951 and 2019 including one Bye-Poll in 1971. ^[5] Elected member from the Rajanagar constituency are: ^{[6] [7]}

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Rajnagar
Party	Candidates	Votes	%
BJD	Dhruba Sahoo
INC	Anshuman Mohanty
BJP	Alekh Kumar Jena
Independent	Ajaya Kumar Behera
Independent	Sunita Pradhan

Vote share of Winning candidates [8]
2009			48.15%
2004			52.11%
2000			71.11%
1995			53.40%
1990			59.20%
1985			50.85%
1980			55.93%
1977			59.09%

• 2019: (99): Dhruba Sahoo (BJD)
• 2014: (32): Anshuman Mohanty (Congress)
• 2009: (99): Alekh Kumar Jena (BJD)
• 2004: (32): Nalini Kanta Mohanty (Congress)
• 2000: (32): Nalini Kanta Mohanty (BJD)
• 1995: (32): Nalini Kanta Mohanty (Janata Dal)
• 1990: (32): Nalini Kanta Mohanty (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (32): Nalini Kanta Mohanty (Janata Party)
• 1980: (32): Nalini Kanta Mohanty (JNP (SC))
• 1977: (32): Nalini Kanta Mohanty (Janata Party)
• 1974: (32): Biju Patnaik (UTC)
• 1971: (Bye-Poll): Biju Patnaik (UTC)
• 1971: (30): Prahallad Mallick (UTC)
• 1967: (30): Shailendra Bhanja Deo (Independent)
• 1961: (110): Padma Charan Nayak (Independent)
• 1957: (78): Ananta Charan Tripathy (Independent)
• 1951: (68): Saraswati Dei (Congress)

2019 Election Candidates

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Rajanagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Dhruba Sahoo / Winner			-
	Congress	Anshuman Mohanty			-
	BJP	Alekh Kumar Jena			-
	Independent	Ajay Kumar Behera			-

2014 Election Candidates

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Rajanagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Dhruba Ch. Sahoo	71377		-
	BJP	Jnandev Beura		4	-
	Congress	Anshuman Mohanty / Winner	76806	52	-
	Kalinga Sena	Satyajit Rout			-
	OJM	Kailas Mohanty			-
	NOTA	None			-

2009 Election Results

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Alekh Kumar Jena defeated Indian National Congress candidate Nalini Kanta Mohanty by a margin of 4,335 votes. ^[9]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Rajanagar ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Alekh Kumar Jena	63,683	48.15
	Congress	Nalini Kanta Mohanty	59,348	44.87
	BJP	Bijay Ketan Swain	6,661	5.04	-
	OCP	Premananda Khilar	649	0.49	-
	Independent	Ajit Kumar Nayak	544	0.41	-
	BSP	Manjulata Das	522	0.39	-
	CPI(ML)L	Ram Chandra Patra	434	0.33	-
	SAMO	Manjulata Rath	414	0.31	-
Majority			4,335	3.28 [lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,32,275	68.70	-7.3 [lower-alpha 3]
Registered electors			1,92,554
	BJD gain from Congress

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 76.00%

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: Rajanagar (99) District: Kendrapara
3. "Assembly Constituencies and their Extent" (PDF).
4. "Seats of Odisha".
5. "BY-ELECTIONS OF ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (1955-2012)" (PDF). Govt. Of Odisha. 2011. p. 450. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
6. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
7. "Rajanagar Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
8. "32 - Rajanagar Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 16 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
9. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 4335
10. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.