Rajanagar Assembly constituency

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

Rajanagar
Constituency No. 99 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Kendrapara
LS constituency	Kendrapara
Established	1951
Total electors	2,16,286 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Dhruba Charan Sahoo
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2019

Rajanagar 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

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 were held till date including one bypoll in 1971. ^[6]

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

Year	Member	Party
2024
2019	Dhruba Charan Sahoo [9]		BJD
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) [lower-alpha 2]	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Dhruba Charan Sahu	78,926	45.81
	INC	Anshuman Mohanty	60518	35.13
	BJP	Alekh Kumar Jena	27134	15.75
	NOTA	None of the above	716	0.42
Majority			18,408	10.68
Turnout			1,72,286	70.48
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Anshuman Mohanty	76,806	49
	BJD	Dhruba Charan Sahoo	71377	45.54
	BJP	Jnandev Beura	6632	4.23
	NOTA	None of the above	976	0.62
Majority			5,429	3.46
Turnout			1,56,747	71.2
	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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Alekh Kumar Jena	63,683	48.15
	INC	Nalinikanta 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 3]
Turnout			1,32,275	68.70	7.3 [lower-alpha 4]
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
4. 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. "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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