Korei (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Korei
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Jajpur
Blocks	Korei, Rasulpur
Electorate	1,61,098
Major settlements	Byasanagar
Current constituency
Created	1974
Party	BJD
MLA	Akash Das Nayak
Const. No.	53
Reserved for	None
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Jajpur

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

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]

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pritiranjan Ghadai defeated Indian National Congress candidate Hemalata Khuntia by a margin of 25,112 votes.^[4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
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%

10 elections held during 1974 to 2014. Elected members from the Korei constituency are: ^[6][7]

• 2014: (52): Akash Das Nayak (BJD)
• 2009: (52): Pritiranjan Ghadai (BJD)
• 2004: (25): Sanchita Mohanty (BJP)
• 2000: (25): Ashok Das (JD (S))
• 1995: (25): Ashok Das (Janata Dal)
• 1990: (25): Ashok Das (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (25): Rama Chandra Khuntia (Congress)
• 1980: (25): Niranjan Jena (JNP (S))
• 1977: (25): Ashok Das(Janata Party)
• 1974: (25): Ashok Das (Utkal Congress)

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.^[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Korei[9][10]
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

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Korei [11]
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	-
	AITMC	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

1. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 3 March 2014. Constituency: Korei (53) District : Jajpur
2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
3. Seats of Odisha
4. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 3 March 2014. 25112
5. "24 - Korai Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 3 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
6. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
7. "Korei Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
8. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
9. "Odisha - Korei". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
10. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Korei (53)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
11. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf