Barabati-Cuttack Assembly constituency

Barabati-Cuttack is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Cuttack district, Odisha, India.

Barabati-Cuttack
Constituency No. 90 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictCuttack
LS constituencyCuttack
Established2009
Total electors199,965[1][lower-alpha 1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2024

This constituency includes 25 wards of Cuttack.[2][3]

The constituency was formed in 2008 Delimitation[4] and went for polls in 2009 election.

Elected Members
Vote share of winning candidates
2009
 
 53.61%
2014
 
 45.8%
2019
 
 37.57%
2024
 
 37.86%

Since its formation in 2009, 4 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Barabati-Cuttack constituency are:

Year Member Party
2009 Debashish Samantaray Biju Janata Dal
2014
2019 Mohammed Moquim[5] Indian National Congress
2024 Sofia Firdous

Election Results

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.[6]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Barabati-Cuttack
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sofia Firdous 53,339 37.86 0.29
BJP Purnachandra Mohapatra 45,338 32.18 6.88
BJD Prakash Behera 40,035 28.42 6.29
NOTA None of the above 585 0.42 0.55
Majority 8,001 5.68
Turnout 140,887 55.17
Registered electors 238,450
INC hold

2019

In 2019 election, Indian National Congress candidate Mohammed Moquim defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Debashish Samantaray by a margin of 3827 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Barabati-Cuttack[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mohammed Moquim 50,244 37.57
BJD Debashish Samantaray 48101 34.71
BJP Sameer Dey 33825 25.30
AAP Shaikh Muntaqeem Buksh 268 0.20 -
HM Sheetal Kinnar 210 0.16
SUCI(C) Priyadarshan Pavel 313 0.23 -
Kalinga Sena Jaya Shankar Acharya 217 0.16 -
Krupa Dal Biswanath Rout 165 0.12 -
Independent Hemanta Behera 761 0.57 -
NOTA None of the above 1298 0.97
Majority 3827 2.86
Registered electors 2,27,777[8]
Turnout 1,33,718 56.71
INC gain from BJD

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Debashish Samantaray defeated Indian National Congress candidate Mohammed Moquim by a margin of 14,289 votes.[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Barabati-Cuttack
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Debashish Samantaray 57,663 45.8 -
INC Mohammed Moquim 43,335 34.44 -
BJP Pradeep Swain 20,552 16.33 -
NOTA None of the above 1238 0.98 -
Majority 14,289 11.36
Turnout 125824 59.85
Registered electors 1,99,965
BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Debashish Samantaray defeated Indian National Congress candidate Suresh Mohapatra by a margin of 24,485 votes.[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Barabati-Cuttack[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Debashish Samantaray 52,097 53.61 -
INC Suresh Mohapatra 27,612 28.41 -
BJP Samir Dey 15,131 15.57 -
Independent Subhash Sharma 639 0.66 -
BSP Sk. Muntaqeem Buksh 606 0.62 -
Independent Shaikh Mamiluddin Ahmed 226 0.23 -
AJSU Alok Prasad Nanda 224 0.23 -
SP Geeta Chayani 220 0.23 -
Jan Hitkari Party Dr. Guru Prasad Mohanty 177 0.18 -
Independent Amarendra Rath 130 0.13 -
JD(U) Sanjit Kumar Samal 120 0.12 -
Majority 24,485 25.19[lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 97,187 50.55 -
Registered electors 1,92,277
BJD win (new seat)

Cuttack City Constituency

Most of the areas of Barabati-Cuttack constituency were under the Cuttack City constituency before 2009.[12]

Elected Members
Vote share of winning candidates[13]
2004
 
 52.73%
2000
 
 62.47%
1995
 
 32.57%
1990
 
 66.39%
1985
 
 51.59%
1980
 
 59.72%
1977
 
 59.85%

14 elections were held between 1951 and 2004 including one bypoll in 1972.

List of members elected from the Cuttack City constituency are:[14]

Year Member Party
2004 Samir Dey BJP
2000 Samir Dey BJP
1995 Samir Dey BJP
1990 Sayed Mustafiz Ahmed JD
1985 Sayed Mustafiz Ahmed JP
1980 Srikanta Panda INC
1977 Biswanath Pandit JP
1974 Srikanta Panda Utkal Congress
1972 (bypoll) [lower-alpha 3] Nandini Satpathy INC
1971 Bhairab Chandra Mohanty Congress (R)
1967 Biren Mitra INC
1961 Biren Mitra INC
1957 Biren Mitra INC
1951 Biren Mitra INC

Notes
  1. as on 1 January 2014
  2. %of total valid votes
  3. Resignation of Bhairab Chandra Mohanty

References
  1. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  3. Seats of Odisha
  4. "Delimitation 2008" (PDF). ECI.
  5. "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  6. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
  7. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  8. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF).
  9. "Triangular fight likely for Barabati-Cuttack seat". OrissaPOST. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  10. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 24485
  11. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  12. "Lobbying begins for new seats in Cuttack". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014.
  13. "44 - Cuttack City Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 20 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  14. "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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