Rajanagar is assembly constituency number 99 in Odisha, in Kendrapara * district, and one of the segments of the Kendrapara Lok Sabha seat. In the 2024 election Dhruba Charan Sahoo of the Biju Janata Dal won with 46.5% of the vote, 18,241 votes ahead of Lalit Kumar Behera (BJP).
- 01Dhruba Charan SahooBJD81,23746.46%
- 02Lalit Kumar BeheraBJP62,99636.03%
- 03Ashok Kumar PratihariINC26,29915.04%
- 04Jiban Krushna RayIndependent2,2581.29%
- 05Prashant Kumar PatraSP3490.20%
- 4 other candidates · 910 votesNOTA · 791 (0.45%)
Margin 18,241 votes · 10.43% of valid votes
All 9 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,74,840 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dhruba Charan SahooMale · 56 yrs | BJD | 81,237 | 46.46% |
| 2 | Lalit Kumar BeheraMale · 37 yrs | BJP | 62,996 | 36.03% |
| 3 | Ashok Kumar PratihariMale · 52 yrs | INC | 26,299 | 15.04% |
| 4 | Jiban Krushna RayMale · 41 yrs | Independent | 2,258 | 1.29% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 791 | 0.45% |
| 5 | Prashant Kumar PatraMale · 46 yrs | SP | 349 | 0.20% |
| 6 | Dibya Ranjan SwainMale · 38 yrs | Independent | 295 | 0.17% |
| 7 | Snehalata RayFemale · 61 yrs | Independent | 242 | 0.14% |
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| 8 | Manoj Kumar RoutMale · 32 yrs | Independent | 230 | 0.13% |
| 9 | Mahendra BaiMale · 51 yrs | Independent | 143 | 0.08% |
BJD held the seat: it also won in 2019.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Rajanagar result 2019
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dhruba Charan Sahoo | BJD | 78,926 | 45.81% |
| 2 | Anshuman Mohanty | INC | 60,518 | 35.13% |
| 3 | Alekha Kumar Jena | BJP | 27,134 | 15.75% |
| 4 | Anirudha Sethi | BSP | 2,568 | 1.49% |
| 5 | Ajaya Kumar Behera | Independent | 1,626 | 0.94% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 716 | 0.42% |
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| 6 | Sunita Pradhan | Independent | 419 | 0.24% |
| 7 | Sudarshan Pradhan | SP | 379 | 0.22% |
Rajanagar result 2014
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anshuman Mohanty | INC | 76,806 | 49.00% |
| 2 | Dhruba Ch. Sahoo | BJD | 71,377 | 45.54% |
| 3 | Jnandev Beura | BJP | 6,632 | 4.23% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 976 | 0.62% |
| 4 | Surendranath Mohanty | KS | 529 | 0.34% |
| 5 | Kailas Mohanty | OJM | 427 | 0.27% |
Rajanagar result 2009
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alekh Kumar Jena | BJD | 63,683 | 48.15% |
| 2 | Nalini Kanta Mohanty | INC | 59,348 | 44.87% |
| 3 | Bijaya Ketan Swain | BJP | 6,661 | 5.04% |
| 4 | Premananda Khilar | OCP | 649 | 0.49% |
| 5 | Ajit Kumar Nayak | Independent | 544 | 0.41% |
| 6 | Manju Lata Das | BSP | 522 | 0.39% |
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| 7 | Rama Chandra Patra | CPI(ML)(L) | 434 | 0.33% |
| 8 | Manjulata Rath | SAMO | 414 | 0.31% |
Rajanagar outlined in orange among the other Odisha seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2024. Click any seat to open its page.
Other seats in Kendrapara * district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Rajanagar is one of the assembly segments of Kendrapara. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Kendrapara candidates.
- Anshuman MohantyBJD90,154 52.0%
- Baijayant PandaBJP74,015 42.7%
- Sidharth Swarup DashINC7,856 4.5%
- Soubhagya Ketan SamalSUCI338 0.2%
- Sekha Sadika HosenBSP151 0.1%
In the assembly election BJD won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJD led here by 16,139 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Rajanagar.
Who won the Rajanagar assembly seat in 2024?
Dhruba Charan Sahoo of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) won Rajanagar in the 2024 Odisha assembly election with 81,237 votes, which was 46.46% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Rajanagar?
The margin was 18,241 votes (10.43% of valid votes). The runner-up was Lalit Kumar Behera of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 62,996 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Rajanagar in 2024?
Turnout was 66.67%: 1,75,140 of 2,62,707 registered electors voted, across 288 polling stations. That is 3.9 points lower than in 2019.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Rajanagar part of?
Rajanagar is an assembly segment of the Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency in Odisha. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Anshuman Mohanty got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Rajanagar a reserved constituency?
No. Rajanagar is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Rajanagar?
The Odisha assembly elected in 2024 completes its five-year term in 2029, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.
Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Odisha assembly elections of 2024 and 2019 and 2014 and 2009 (2024 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.
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- Kendrapara population and religionCensus 2011 district profile
- Gram panchayat list, KendrapadaEvery block, panchayat and village (LGD)
- Odisha state profileSeats, parties and turnout at a glance
- Odisha Lok Sabha resultsEvery parliamentary seat, 2024 and earlier
- Odisha districts: Census 2011Population, religion, SC/ST by district
- Gram panchayat list, OdishaBlocks, panchayats and villages (LGD)
- CSR spend in OdishaCompany CSR spending by year and sector (MCA)
- Urban local bodies in OdishaMunicipal corporations, councils, wards