Rajanagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

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

Rajanagar
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
DistrictKendrapara
BlocksRajanagar, Pattamundai
Electorate2,16,286 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Major settlementsPattamundai (M)
Current constituency
Created1951
PartyBJD
MLADhruba Sahoo
Const. No.99
Lok Sabha ConstituenciesKendrapara

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 -
INC 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 -
INC 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
INC 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 INC

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
  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
  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. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 4335
  10. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf
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