Nayagarh Assembly constituency

Nayagarh
Nayagarh
Constituency No. 122 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
LS constituency	Puri
Established	1951
Total electors	2,13,374
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Arun Kumar Sahoo
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

Nayagarh is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Nayagarh district, Odisha.^[2]

This constituency includes Nayagarh, Nayagarh block and 18 Gram panchayats (Sunamuhin, Panderipada, Giridipali, Kurala, Rabigadia, Pantikhari, Korapitha, Sakeri, Sardhapur, Bhadikila, Nandighora, Arada Goudaput, Komanda, Rohibanka, Banthapur, Rabara, Ranganipatna and Odagaon nac of Odagaon Block).

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates^[3]

2024			48.74%
2019			52.41%
2014			52.78%
2009			54.25%
2004			49.24%
2002 (bypoll)			56.88%
2000			63.34%
1995			49.84%
1990			74.12%
1985			49.71%
1980			58.96%
1977			60.79%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 2002. Arun Kumar Sahoo won for the fifth consecutive time in the 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election.

List of members elected from Nayagarh constituency are:^[4]^[5]

Year	Member
2024	Arun Kumar Sahoo	BJD
2019	Arun Kumar Sahoo^[6]	BJD
2014	Arun Kumar Sahoo	BJD
2009	Arun Kumar Sahoo	BJD
2004	Arun Kumar Sahoo	BJD
2002 (bypoll)^[b]	Mandakini Behera	BJD
2000	Bhagabat Behera	BJD
1995	Sitakanta Mishra	INC
1990	Bhagabat Behera	JD
1985	Bhagabat Behera	JP
1980	Banshidhar Sahoo	INC
1977	Bhagabat Behera	JP
1974	Bhagabat Behera	Socialist
1971	Achyutananda Mohanty	Utkal Congress
1967	Achyutananda Mohanty	Independent
1961	Brundaban Chandra Singh	INC
1957	Raja Saheb Krushna Chandra Singh Mandhata	Independent
1951	Raja Saheb Krushna Chandra Singh Mandhata	Independent

Election Results

2024

Voting was held on 25th May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Nayagarh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Arun Kumar Sahoo	81,959	48.74	3.67
	BJP	Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh	81,520	48.48	5.61
	INC	Ranajeet Dash	2,650	1.58	1.14
	NOTA	None of the above	964	0.57
Majority			439
Turnout			168,152
	BJD hold

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Arun Kumar Sahoo defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Irani Ray by a margin of 14,948 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nayagarh^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Arun Kumar Sahoo	81,548	52.41	0.37
	BJP	Irani Ray	66,600	42.87	37.62
	INC	Manoj Kumar Sahoo	4,221	2.72	35.48
	ANC	Subhalaxmi Dash	594	0.38
	Kalinga Sena	Srikanta Dash	345	0.22
	Independent	Giridhari Rout	418	0.27%
	Independent	Balaram Sahoo	446	0.29
	Independent	Hemanta Kumar Prusty	408	0.26%
	NOTA	None of the above	916	0.59%
Majority			14,948	9.54
Turnout			155496	72%	NIL
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Arun Kumar Sahoo defeated Indian National Congress candidate Lala Manoj Kumar Ray by a margin of 20,867 votes.^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nayagarh^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Arun Kumar Sahoo	75,538	52.78	−1.47
	INC	Lala Manoj Kumar Ray	54,671	38.2	34.99
	BJP	Pradipta Jena	7,521	5.25	1.31
	CPI(M)	Biswanath Mahapatra	1,297	0.91	−
	AOP	Purna Chandra Sahoo	1,171	0.82	−
	BSP	Kamal Kumari Patasani	997	0.7	−
	AAP	Manas Kumar Mishra	442	0.31	−
	Independent	Susanta Kumar Dash	309	0.22	−
	SKD	Saroj Kumar Behera	294	0.21	−
	NOTA	None of the above	883	0.62	−
Majority			20,867	14.57	−
Turnout			1,43,123	74.15	6.41
Registered electors			1,93,031
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Arun Kumar Sahoo defeated Independent candidate Hemendra Chandra Singh by a margin of 27,341 votes.^[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nayagarh^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Arun Kumar Sahoo	67,100	54.25	−
	Independent	Hemendra Chandra Singh	39,759	32.15	−
	BJP	Jugansu Sekhar Panda	4,878	3.94	−
	INC	Sandhya Mohapatra	3,967	3.21	−
	Independent	Lala Manoj Kumar Ray	3,760	3.04	−
	Kalinga Sena	Chaitanya Behera	1,334	1.08	−
	Independent	Sunil Pattnaik	657	0.53	−
	Independent	Byomakesh Tripathy	473	0.38	−
	Independent	Antaryami Panda	460	0.37	−
	Independent	Jaladhara Sandha	442	0.36	−
	SAMO	Shyam Sundar Behera	426	0.34	−
	JD(U)	Sansari Sahoo	425	0.34	−
Majority			27,341	22.11^[c]	−
Turnout			1,32,686	67.74	3.69'"`UNIQ−−ref−0000001F−QINU`"'
	BJD hold

Notes

^ as on 1 January 2014
^ Death of Bhagabat Behera
^ % of total valid votes
^ 2004 voter turnout was 64.05%

References

^ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
^ "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
^ "62 - Nayagarh Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 12 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
^ "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.
^ "Nayagarh Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
^ "Odisha - Nayagarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
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^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2014. 27341
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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[2] s on 1 January 2014

[8] Death of Bhagabat Behera

[16] % of total valid votes

[17] 2004 voter turnout was 64.05%

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

[delimitation2008-3] "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2021.

[4] "62 - Nayagarh Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 12 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates

[prevMLAs-5] "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.

[6] "Nayagarh Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 12 April 2014.

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

[9] "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.

[TP_Ass_Cand-10] "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 20 April 2019.

[11] "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.

[12] "Odisha - Nayagarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.

[13] "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Nayagarh (122)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[14] "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2014. 27341

[election2009-15] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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