Korei (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Korei (Sl. No.: 53) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jajpur district, Odisha.[1]

Korei
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
DistrictJajpur
BlocksKorei, Rasulpur
Electorate1,61,098
Major settlementsByasanagar
Current constituency
Created1974
PartyBJD
MLAAshok Kumar Bal
Const. No.53
Reserved forNone
Lok Sabha ConstituenciesJajpur

Area of this constituency include Byasanagar, Korei block and 9 GPs (Bhotaka, Laxminagar, Pahanga, Badakainchi, Gandhan, Tikarpada, Bahadalpur, Narasinghpur and Mugupal) of Rasulpur block.[2][3]

Ashok Kumar Bal of Biju Janata Dal Represents the constituency after 2019 assembly elections.

Elected Members
Vote share of Winning candidates [4]
2014
 
 49.6%
2014
 
 55.75%
2009
 
 56.98%
2004
 
 55.18%
2000
 
 38.21%
1995
 
 49.58%
1990
 
 63.37%
1985
 
 47.77%
1980
 
 54.38%
1977
 
 60.55%

11 elections have been held during 1974 to 2014. The elected members from the Korei constituency are:[5][6]

2019 Assembly Election

Elections to Korei constituency was held along with 2019 General elections on 29 April. The vote counting was held on 23 May. Biju Janata Dal candidate Ashok Kumar Bal defeated Bharatiya Janata Party Candidate Biswajeet Nayak by margin of 30724 votes.[7][8]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Korei[9][10][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJD Ashok Kumar Bal 73403 49.6 -6.15
INC Bandita Parida 28486 19.25 -4.19
BJP Biswajeet Nayak 42679 28.84 +17
Independent Biswajit Mohanty 403 0.27 -
Bahujan Mukti Party Rama Chandra Barik 333 0.23 -
BSP Kajal Kinnar 1497 1.01 -
ABHM Dhirendra Nayak 457 0.31 -
NOTA None 731 0.49 -0.3
Majority 30724 20.76 -11.55
Turnout 147989 75.51 -0.16
Registered electors 194105
BJD hold

2014 Election Results

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Akash Das Nayak defeated Indian National Congress candidate Biswajeet Nayak a margin of 42,867 votes.[11]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Korei[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJD Akash Das Nayak 73,966 55.75 -1.23
INC Biswajeet Nayak 31,099 23.44 -10.25
BJP Sanchita Mohanty 15,761 11.88 6.22
Independent Pratap Kumar Mohanty 7,170 5.4
AAP Satyabrata Prusty 1,481 1.12
Biju Swabhiman Dal Paramananda Jyotish 758 0.57
Independent Bimal Kumar Dash 456 0.34
Independent Gopal Krushna Mohanty 427 0.32
SKD Biswanath Sahoo 402 0.3
Independent Tapan Kumar Khandai 250 0.19
NOTA None 911 0.69 -
Majority 42,867 32.31 9.03
Turnout 1,32,681 76.28 9.32
Registered electors 1,73,934
BJD hold

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pritiranjan Ghadai defeated Indian National Congress candidate Hemalata Khuntia by a margin of 25,112 votes.[14]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Korei [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJD Pritiranjan Ghadai 61,448 56.98 -
INC Hemalata Khuntia 36,336 33.69 -
BJP Sanchita Mohanty 6,101 5.66 -
SAMO Priyabrata Mohapatra 1,594 1.48 -
Independent Mayadhar Nayak 846 0.78 -
Independent Anil Kumar Das 479 0.44 -
Independent Padmanabh Mall 478 0.44 -
AITC Mrutyunjaya Prasad Devnath 289 0.27 -
Independent Gopal Krushna Mohanty 276 0.26 -
Majority 25,112 23.28[lower-alpha 1] -
Turnout 1,07,871 66.96 -

Notes
  1. %of total valid votes

References
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  2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  3. Seats of Odisha
  4. "24 - Korai Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 3 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-17. Retrieved 2014-02-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Korei Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  7. BusinessToday.In (2019-04-10). "Lok Sabha Election 2019: Poll dates, full schedule, voting phase7 FAQs, election results, constituencies' detail". Business News. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  8. "Korei Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Korei Constituency (Seat) Election Results, Live News". News18. 2019-04-29. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  9. "Election Commission of India". Election Commission of India. 2019-04-12. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  10. "Election Commission of India". Assembly Election 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  11. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  12. "Odisha - Korei". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  13. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Korei (53)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  14. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2014. 25112
  15. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf
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