Aul is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendrapara district, Odisha.[2]

Aul
Constituency No. 98 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictKendrapara
LS constituencyKendrapara
Established1951
Total electors237,969[1][a]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2019

This constituency includes Aul block and Rajkanika block.[3][4]

Elected Members edit

Vote share of winning candidates[5]
2014
48.90%
2009
50.00%
2004
53.08%
2000
59.40%
1995
51.09%
1990
56.60%
1985
52.07%
1980
51.96%
1977
57.18%

Sixteen elections were held between 1951 and 2019. Elected members from the Aul constituency are:[6][7]

Year Member Party
2019 Pratap Keshari Deb[8] Biju Janata Dal

Election results edit

2014 edit

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Aul
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Devendra Sharma 81,254 48.9 -
AAP Soumya Ranjan Dhal 248 0.15 -
AOP Pramila Samal 264 0.16 -
BJD Pratap Keshari Deb 77751 46.8 -
BJP Braja Sundar Bhuyan 3914 2.36 -
BSP Birabara Jena 726 0.44
CPI(ML)L Bidhan Chandra Das 335 0.20 -
OJM Akshaya Kumar Karan 165 0.10 -
SUCI(C) Abani Das 342 0.21 -
NOTA NOTA 1153 0.69 -
Registered electors

2009 edit

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pratap Keshari Deb defeated Indian National Congress candidate Devendra Sharma by a margin of 5,877 votes.[9]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Aul[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Pratap Keshari Deb 72,012 50.00 -3.08
INC Devendra Sharma 66,135 45.92 0.76
BJP Braja Sundar Bhuyan 3,358 2.33 -
CPI(ML)L Bidhan Chandra Das 930 0.65 -
BSP Akshaya Kumar Mallik 842 0.58 -
SAMO Pravati Sahu 409 0.28 -
RPI(A) Prasant Kumar Nayak 344 0.24 -
Majority 5,877 4.08[b] -
Turnout 1,44,062 63.11 0.41[c]
Registered electors 2,28,257
BJD hold

Notes edit

  1. ^ as on 1 January 2014
  2. ^ %of total valid votes
  3. ^ 2004 Voter turnout was 62.70%

References edit

  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: Aul (98) District: Kendrapara
  3. ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. ^ Seats of Odisha
  5. ^ "30 - Aul Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 16 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  6. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Aul Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  8. ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 5877
  10. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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