Cuttack Sadar (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Cuttack Sadar
Legislative Assembly of Odisha constituency
District Cuttack
Blocks Cuttack Sadar, Nischintakoili
Electorate 1,96,720[1][lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements Cuttack
Current constituency
Created 1957
Party BJD
MLA Kalindi Charan Behera
Const. No. 93
Reserved for Scheduled Castes
Lok Sabha Constituencies Cuttack

Cuttack Sadar (Sl. No.: 93) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Cuttack district, Odisha.[2]

This constituency includes Cuttack Sadar block, 3 words of Cuttack and 11 Gram panchayats (Santapur, Isaniberhampur, Manpur, Janardanpur, Sirlo, Babujanga, Uttarkul, Manijanga, Palada, Mahammadpur, Nemalo, Tilakana, Kalamishri and Bandhupur) Nischintakoili block.[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates[5]
2009
  
 63.78%
2004
  
 46.25%
2000
  
 35.85%
1995
  
 46.98%
1990
  
 66.04%
1985
  
 52.27%
1980
  
 47.88%
1977
  
 57.71%

Thirteen elections were held between 1957 and 2009. Elected members from the Cuttack Sadar constituency are: [6][7]

2014 Election Candidates

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Cuttack Sadar[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Pranakrushna Bhoi -
AITMC Birendra Kumar Samal -
AOP Manas Ranjan Khatua -
BJD Chandra Sarathi Behera -
BJP Dilip Kumar Mallick -
BSP Minakhi Das -
SUCI(C) Rajakishore Mallik -
INC Chandra Skhar Samal -
SAMO Hari Gochhayat -
Independent Bilasa Mallik -
NOTA None -
Registered electors 1,96,720

2009 Election Results

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Kalindi Behera defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ashima Mahananda by a margin of 49,344 votes.[8]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Cuttack Sadar[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Kalindi Behera 71,631 63.78 -
INC Ashima Mahananda 22,287 19.84 -
BJP Dilip Kumar Mallick 15,407 13.72 -
SAMO Hari Gochhayat 1,660 1.48 -
BSP Minakhi Das 1,321 1.18 -
Majority 49,344 43.94[lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 1,12,308 61.36 -
Registered electors 1,83,017
BJD gain from Independent Swing -5.93[lower-alpha 3]

Notes

  1. ↑ as on 1 January 2014
  2. ↑ %of total valid votes
  3. ↑ 2004 Voter turnout was 67.29%

References

  1. ↑ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 14 April 2014. Constituency: Salepur (94) District: Cuttack
  3. ↑ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. ↑ Seats of Odisha
  5. ↑ "43 - Cuttack Sadar Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 20 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  6. ↑ http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Cuttack Sadar Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 1277
  9. ↑ http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf