Aul Assembly constituency

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

Aul is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendrapara district, Odisha.^[1]

Aul
Constituency No. 98 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Central Division
District	Kendrapara
Lok Sabha constituency	Kendrapara
Established	1951
Total electors	2,75,973[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Pratap Keshari Deb
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes Aul block and Rajkanika block.^[2][3]

Elected members

Vote share of winning candidates^[4]

2024			42.37%
2019			57.67%
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%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date.

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

Year	Member	Party
2024[7]	Pratap Keshari Deb		Biju Janata Dal
2019[8]
2014[9]	Devendra Sharma		Indian National Congress
2009[10]	Pratap Keshari Deb		Biju Janata Dal
2004
2000
1995	Dolagobinda Nayak		Indian National Congress
1990	Sushree Devi		Janata Dal
1985	Dolagobinda Nayak		Indian National Congress
1980	Sarat Kumar Deb		Janata Party (Secular)
1977			Janata Party
1974			Swatantra Party
1971
1967	Dibakarnath Sharma		Indian National Congress
1961	Raja Sailendra Narayan Bhanja Deo
1957
1951			Independent politician

Election results

2024

Voting were held on 1 June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.^[11] In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pratap Keshari Deb defeated Indian National Congress candidate Debasmita Sharma by a margin of 19,628 votes.^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Aul

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pratap Keshari Deb	73,678	42.37	15.30
	INC	Debasmita Sharma	54,050	31.08	5.62
	BJP	Krishna Chandra Panda	44,852	25.79	10.49
	NOTA	None of the above	510	0.29	0.03
Majority			19,628	11.29
Turnout			1,73,882	63.01
	BJD hold

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pratap Keshari Deb defeated Indian National Congress candidate Devendra Sharma by a margin of 55,851 votes.^[8]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Aul^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pratap Keshari Deb	99,837	57.67
	INC	Devendra Sharma	43,986	25.46
	BJP	Dolagobinda Nayak	26,487	15.3
	NOTA	None of the above	547	0.32
Majority			55,851	32.21
Turnout			1,73,106	65.98
	BJD gain from INC

2014

In 2014 election,Indian National Congress candidate Devendra Sharma defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Pratap Keshari Deb by a margin of 3,503 votes.^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election: Aul

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Devendra Sharma	81,254	48.9	−
	BJD	Pratap Keshari Deb	77,751	46.8	−
	BJP	Braja Sundar Bhuyan	3,914	2.36	−
	NOTA	None of the above	1,153	0.69	−
Majority			3,503	2.1
Turnout			1,73,106	65.98
	INC gain from BJD

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pratap Keshari Deb defeated Indian National Congress candidate Devendra Sharma by a margin of 5,877 votes.^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Aul^[13]

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	−
Majority			5,877	4.08[c]	−
Turnout			1,44,062	63.11	0.41
Registered electors			2,28,257
	BJD hold

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. %of total valid votes