Aul (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Aul
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Kendrapara
Blocks	Aul, Rajkanika
Electorate	2,37,969 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	(Congress)
MLA	Devendra Sharma
Const. No.	98
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Kendrapara

Aul (Sl. No.: 98) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendrapara district, Odisha.^[2]

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

Elected Members

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

Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014. Elected member from the Aul constituency are: ^[6][7]

• 2014: (98): Devendra Sharma (Congress)
• 2009: (98): Pratap Keshari Deb (BJD)
• 2004: (30): Pratap Keshari Deb (BJD)
• 2000: (30): Pratap Keshari Deb (BJD)
• 1995: (30): Dolagobinda Nayak (Congress)
• 1990: (30): Sushree Devi (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (30): Dolagobinda Nayak (Congress)
• 1980: (30): Sarat Kumar Deb (JNP (SC))
• 1977: (30): Sarat Kumar Deb (Janata Party)
• 1974: (30): Sarat Kumar Deb (Swatantra)
• 1971: (28): Sarat Kumar Deb (Swatantra)
• 1967: (28): Dibakar Nath Sharma (Congress)
• 1961: (111): Sailendra Narayan Bhanj Deo (Congress)
• 1957: (79): Sailendra Narayan Bhanj Deo (Congress)
• 1951: (66): Sailendra Narayan Bhanj Deo (Independent)

2014 Election Candidates

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Aul
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP				-
	AOP	Pramila Samal			-
	BJD	Pratap Keshari Deb	77751	8565ɥk̚ᵊˤʲ	-
	BJP	Braja Sundar Bhuyan			-
	BSP	Birabara Jena
	CPI(ML) Liberation	Bidhan Chandra Das			-
	INC	Devendra Sharma	81254		-
	OJM	Akshaya Kumar Karan			-
	SUCI(C)	Abani Das			-
	NOTA				-
Registered electors

2009 Election Results

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pratap Keshari Deb defeated Indian National Congress candidate Devendra Sharma by a margin of 5,877 votes.^[8]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Aul [9]
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) Liberation	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[lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,44,062	63.11	0.41[lower-alpha 3]
Registered electors			2,28,257
	BJD hold

Notes

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

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: 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. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
7. "Aul Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
8. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 5877
9. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf