Angul Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Angul.

Angul is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Angul district, Odisha, India.^[1]

Angul
Constituency No. 61 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Northern Division
District	Angul
Lok Sabha constituency	Dhenkanal
Established	1951
Total electors	2,15,625[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Pratap Chandra Pradhan
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Constituent Areas

Sources:^[2][3]

• Angul
• Nalconagar
• 23 GPs of Angul block: Khalari, Kangulabentapur, Angar Bandha, Badakera, Rantalei, Chheliapada, Baluakata, Kumurisingha, Inkarbandha, Sankhapur, Pokatunga, Talagarh, Baragounia, Basala, Bedasasan, Khinda, Gadatarasa, Badakantakul, Dhokuta, Balasingha, Bantala, Nandapur and Balanga
• 13 GPs of Banarpal block: Bauligad, Bhogabereni, Bonda, Budhapank, Fulpada, Garhasantri, Gotamara, Balaramprasad, Kulad, Mahidharpur, Nuahata, Talmul and Tulasipal.

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			52.03%
2019			41.36%
2014			47.87%
2009			49.70%
2004			44.73%
2000			68.49%
1995			44.38%
1990			68.09%
1985			50.40%
1980			52.98%
1977			65.46%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952 & 1957.

List of members elected from Angul constituency are:^[5][6]

Year	Member	Party
2024[7]	Pratap Chandra Pradhan		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019[8]	Rajani Kant Singh		Biju Janata Dal
2014[9]
2009[10]
2004
2000	Adwait Prasad Singh
1995	Ramesh Jena		Indian National Congress
1990	Adwait Prasad Singh		Janata Dal
1985	Prafulla Misra		Indian National Congress
1980	Santosh Kumar Pradhan		Indian National Congress (I)
1977	Adwait Prasad Singh		Janata Party
1974			Utkal Congress
1971	Debaraja Sahu
1967	Kumuda Chandra Singh		Orissa Jana Congress
1961
1957[c]	Narendra Kumar Nayak		Communist Party of India
	Kumuda Chandra Singh		Independent politician
1951[d]	Arkhit Naik		Indian National Congress
	Hrushikesh Tripathy

Election Result

2024

Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[11] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pratap Chandra Pradhan defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Sanjukta Singh by a margin of 17,433 votes.^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Angul

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pratap Chandra Pradhan	88,868	52.03
	BJD	Sanjukta Singh		41.82
	INC	Ambika Bhatta	6,653	3.89
	NOTA	None of the above	1326	0.78
Majority			17,433	10.21
Turnout			1,70,817	79.22
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajani Kant Singh defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pratap Chandra Pradhan by a margin of 8823 votes.^[8]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Angul^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rajani Kant Singh	65,388	41.36
	BJP	Pratap Chandra Pradhan	56,565	35.78
	INC	Biplab Kumar Jena	30,572	19.34
	NOTA	None of the above	1,019	0.64
Majority			8,823	5.58	−7.87
Turnout			1,58,083	72.5	−4.58
Registered electors			2,18,053
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajani Kant Singh defeated Indian National Congress candidate Pratap Chandra Pradhan by a margin of 20,343 votes.^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Angul ^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rajani Kant Singh	72,379	47.87	−1.83
	INC	Pratap Chandra Pradhan	52,036	34.42	1.29
	BJP	Minaketan Amant	19,948	13.19	3.69
	NOTA	None of the above	1,787	1.18	−
Majority			20,343	13.45	−3.12
Turnout			1,51,192	77.08	10.03
Registered electors			1,96,157
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajani Kant Singh defeated Indian National Congress candidate Sangram Keshari Mishra by a margin of 20,463 votes.^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Angul^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rajani Kant Singh	61,381	49.70	−
	INC	Sangram Keshari Mishra	40,918	33.13	−
	BJP	Minaketan Amanta	11,731	9.50	−
Majority			20,463	16.57[e]	−
Turnout			1,23,521	67.05	0.42 '"`UNIQ−−ref−0000003E−QINU`"'
Registered electors			1,84,218
	BJD hold

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. It was a 2 member constituency
4. It was a 2 member constituency
5. %of total valid votes