Rajanagar (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Rajanagar
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Kendrapara
Blocks	Rajanagar, Pattamundai
Electorate	2,16,286 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Pattamundai
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	BJD
MLA	Alekh Kumar Jena
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, 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]
2009			48.15%
2004			52.11%
2000			71.11%
1995			53.40%
1990			59.20%
1985			50.85%
1980			55.93%
1977			59.09%

Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2009 including one Bye-Poll in 1971.^[6] Elected member from the Rajanagar constituency are: ^[7][8]

• 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)

2014 Election Candidates

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Rajanagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJD	Dhruba Ch. Sahoo			-
	BJP	Jnandev Beura			-
	INC	Anshuman Mohanty / Winner		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 Jena	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) Liberation	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. "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. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
8. "Rajanagar Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
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