Rajanagar Assembly constituency

Rajanagar
Rajanagar
Constituency No. 99 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Kendrapara
LS constituency	Kendrapara
Total electors	2,16,286
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Dhruba 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

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

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%

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: (By-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)

Year	Member	Party
2019	Dhruba Sahoo^[9]		Biju Janata Dal

Election results

2019

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Rajanagar
	Candidate	±%
BJD	Dhruba Sahoo / Winner	−
INC	Anshuman Mohanty	−
BJP	Alekh Kumar Jena	−
Independent	Ajay Kumar Behera	−

2014 Election Candidates

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Rajanagar
	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.^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Rajanagar^[11]
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^[b]	−
Turnout			1,32,275	68.70	−7.3'"`UNIQ−−ref−0000001A−QINU`"'
Registered electors			1,92,554
	BJD gain from INC

Notes

^ as on 1 January 2014
^ %of total valid votes
^ 2004 Voter turnout was 76.00%

References

^ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 14 April 2014. Constituency: Rajanagar (99) District: Kendrapara
^ "Assembly Constituencies and their Extent" (PDF).
^ "Seats of Odisha".
^ "BY-ELECTIONS OF ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (1955-2012)" (PDF). Govt. Of Odisha. 2011. p. 450. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
^ "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.
^ "Rajanagar Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
^ "32 - Rajanagar Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 16 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 4335
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

20°35′N 86°20′E / 20.58°N 86.34°E / 20.58; 86.34

[2] s on 1 January 2014

[13] %of total valid votes

[14] 2004 Voter turnout was 76.00%

[1] "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.

[3] "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 14 April 2014. Constituency: Rajanagar (99) District: Kendrapara

[4] "Assembly Constituencies and their Extent" (PDF).

[5] "Seats of Odisha".

[6] "BY-ELECTIONS OF ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (1955-2012)" (PDF). Govt. Of Odisha. 2011. p. 450. Retrieved 27 February 2014.

[prevMLAs-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] "32 - Rajanagar Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 16 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates

[election2019-10] "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

[11] "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 4335

[election2009-12] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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