Rajanagar Assembly constituency

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Rajanagar
Constituency No. 99 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Odisha
District Kendrapara
Lok Sabha constituency Kendrapara
Established1951
Total electors2,16,286 [1] [a]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Dhruba Charan Sahoo.jpg
Incumbent
Party Biju Janata Dal
Elected year 2024

Rajanagar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendrapara district, Odisha. [2]

Contents

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

Vote share of winning candidates [5]
2019
 
45.81%
2014
 
49%
2009
 
48.15%
2004
 
52.11%
2000
 
71.11%
1995
 
53.40%
1990
 
59.20%
1985
 
50.85%
1980
 
55.93%
1977
 
59.09%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections have been held here till date including one bypoll in 1971. [6]

List of members elected from Rajanagar constituency are: [7] [8]

YearMemberParty
2024 Dhruba Charan Sahoo BJD
2019 [9]
2014 Anshuman Mohanty INC
2009 Alekh Kumar Jena BJD
2004 Nalinikanta Mohanty INC
2000 Nalinikanta Mohanty BJD
1995 Nalinikanta Mohanty JD
1990 Nalinikanta Mohanty JD
1985 Nalinikanta Mohanty JP
1980 Nalinikanta Mohanty LKD
1977 Nalinikanta Mohanty JP
1974 Biju Patnaik Utkal Congress
1971 (bypoll) [b] Biju Patnaik Utkal Congress
1971 Prahlad Mallik Utkal Congress
1967 Raja Sailendra Narayan Bhanja Deo Independent
1961 Padma Charan Naik PSP
1957 Ananta Charan Tripathy Independent
1951 Saraswati Devi INC

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. [10]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Rajanagar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJD Dhruba Charan Sahu
BJP Lalit Behera
INC Ashok Pratihari
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
gain from

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Dhruba Charan Sahu defeated Indian National Congress candidate Anshuman Mohanty by a margin of 18,408 votes.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Rajanagar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJD Dhruba Charan Sahu 78,926 45.81
INC Anshuman Mohanty 6051835.13
BJP Alekh Kumar Jena2713415.75
NOTA None of the above7160.42
Majority18,40810.68
Turnout 1,72,28670.48
BJD gain from INC

2014

In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Anshuman Mohanty defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Dhruba Charan Sahu by a margin of 5,429 votes.

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Rajanagar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Anshuman Mohanty 76,806 49
BJD Dhruba Charan Sahoo7137745.54
BJP Jnandev Beura66324.23
NOTA None of the above9760.62
Majority5,4293.46
Turnout 1,56,74771.2
INC gain from BJD

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Alekh Kumar Jena defeated Indian National Congress candidate Nalinikanta Mohanty by a margin of 4,335 votes. [11]

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Rajanagar [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJD Alekh Kumar Jena 63,683 48.15
INC Nalinikanta Mohanty59,34844.87
BJP Bijay Ketan Swain6,6615.04
OCP Premananda Khilar6490.49
Independent Ajit Kumar Nayak5440.41
BSP Manjulata Das5220.39
CPI(ML)L Ram Chandra Patra4340.33
SAMO Manjulata Rath4140.31
Majority4,3353.28 [c]
Turnout 1,32,27568.707.3'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000034−QINU`"'
Registered electors 1,92,554
BJD gain from INC

Notes

  1. ↑ as on 1 January 2014
  2. ↑ Resignation of Prahlad Mallik
  3. ↑ % of total valid votes

References

  1. ↑ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 17 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014. Constituency: Rajanagar (99) District: Kendrapara
  3. ↑ "Assembly Constituencies and their Extent" (PDF).
  4. ↑ "Seats of Odisha".
  5. ↑ "32 - Rajanagar Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 16 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  6. ↑ "BY-ELECTIONS OF ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (1955-2012)" (PDF). Govt. Of Odisha. 2011. p. 450. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "Rajanagar Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  9. ↑ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  10. ↑ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI .
  11. ↑ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 4335
  12. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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