Assembly Constituency Watch: Angul

Location  

Angul assembly constituency is located in Angul district and consists of:  

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. 

Category 

Designated as a General Constituency. 

Voter Turnout 

Voter Turnout |Angul | Machine Dalal
Angul Electoral Turnout Rates

During the 2014 elections, the total number of electors was 198753, and the turnout stood at 76.07%, in real numbers- 151192 voters. 2019 witnessed a turnout decrease; out of the 218045 electors, 72.03% of voters exercised their constitutional rights. In real numbers though it was a reasonable jump-157064 voters.    

Representation and Results  

Voter Turnaout | Angul | Machine Dalal
Angul Electoral Turnout Rates

2019’s assembly election winner, BJD’s Rajanikant Singh gained a vote share of 41.60% and defeated BJP’s Pratap Chandra Pradhan whose vote share stood at 36.00%. The remaining candidates in the fray were INC’s Biplap Kumar Jena with 19.50% vote share and APOI’s Anil Bhoi with 0.70% of vote share.  

Voting History -2014 & 2019 

Voter’s Choice Over the Years | Angul |Meradesh
Angul Voter’s Choice Over the Years
Assembly Eleaction 2017 Winning Parties | Angul | Machine Dalal
District-Wise Electoral Results

In 2014, BJD won the constituency and earned 72379 votes and 65338 votes in 2019. On the other hand, INC garnered 52036 votes in 2014 and 30572 votes in 2019 while BJP got 19948 votes in 2014 and 56565 votes in 2019. APOI got 1060 votes in 2019 elections. BJD completely dominated the district of Angul in 2019 by winning all 5 seats.   

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Data Source – Meradesh.org