Korei Assembly constituency

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

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

Korei
Constituency No. 53 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Central Division
District	Jajpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Jajpur
Established	1974
Total electors	2,09,605[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Akash Dasnayak
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

The area of this state legislature constituency includes Byasanagar, Korei block and 9 GPs (Bhotaka, Laxminagar, Pahanga, Badakainchi, Gandhan, Tikarpada, Bahadalpur, Narasinghpur and Mugupal) of Rasulpur block.^[2][3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			48.01%
2019			49.6%
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%

Since its formation in 1974, 12 elections have been held here till 2024.

The members elected from Korei constituency are:^[5]

Election	Name	Party
2024[6]	Akash Dasnayak		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019[7]	Ashok Kumar Bal		Biju Janata Dal
2014[8]	Akash Dasnayak
2009[9]	Pritiranjan Gharai
2004	Sanchita Mohanty[10]		Bharatiya Janata Party
2000[11]	Ashok Kumar Das		Janata Dal
1995			Janata Dal
1990
1985	Rama Chandra Khuntia		Indian National Congress
1980	Ashok Kumar Das		Janata Party (Secular)
1977			Janata Party
1974			Utkal Congress

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[12] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Akash Dasnayak defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Sandhyarani Das by a margin of 5,646 votes.^[6]

2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Korei

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Akash Dasnayak	79,658	48.01	19.17
	BJD	Sandhyarani Das	74,012	44.61	4.99
	INC	Bandita Parida	8,177	4.93	14.32
	NOTA	None of the above	746	0.45	0.04
Majority			5,646	3.4	17.36
Turnout			1,65,925	79.16
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

Elections to Korei constituency was held along with 2019 General elections on 29 April 2019. The vote counting was held on 23 May 2019. In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ashok Kumar Bal defeated Bharatiya Janata Party Candidate Biswajeet Nayak by margin of 30724 votes.^[7]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Korei^[13][14][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Ashok Kumar Bal	73,403	49.6	6.15
	BJP	Biswajeet Nayak	42679	28.84	17
	INC	Bandita Parida	28486	19.25	4.19
	NOTA	None of the above	731	0.49	0.3
Majority			30724	20.76	11.55
Turnout			147989	75.51	0.16
Registered electors			194,105
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Akash Dasnayak defeated Indian National Congress candidate Biswajeet Nayak by a margin of 42,867 votes.^[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Korei^[15][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Akash Dasnayak	73,966	55.75	1.23
	INC	Biswajeet Nayak	31,099	23.44	10.25
	BJP	Sanchita Mohanty	15,761	11.88	6.22
	NOTA	None of the above	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

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pritiranjan Gharai defeated Indian National Congress candidate Hemalata Khuntia by a margin of 25,112 votes.^[9]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Korei^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pritiranjan Gharai	61,448	56.98	−
	INC	Hemalata Khuntia	36,336	33.69	−
	BJP	Sanchita Mohanty	6,101	5.66	−
Majority			25,112	23.28[c]	−
Turnout			1,07,871	66.96	−
	BJD gain from BJP

Notes

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