Ekamra-Bhubaneswar Assembly constituency

Ekamra-Bhubaneswar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Khordha district, Odisha, India.[3]

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Ekamra-Bhubaneswar. For the botanical garden in Bhubaneswar, India, see Ekamra Kanan.

Ekamra-Bhubaneswar
Constituency No. 114 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictKhordha
LS constituencyBhubaneswar[1]
Established2009
Total electors238,949[2][lower-alpha 1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Babu Singh
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2024

This constituency includes 5 Gram panchayats (Basuaghai, Itipur, Tikarapada, Dhauli and Sisupal) of Bhubaneswar block and Ward No.12, 14, 15 and 30 to 34 and Ward No. 38 to 47 of BMC.[4]

The constituency was formed in 2008 Delimitation[5] and went for polls in 2009 election.

Elected Members
Vote share of winning candidates
2024
 
 49.03%
2019
 
 57.07%
2014
 
 57.86%
2009
 
 65.63%

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

List of members elected from Ekamra-Bhubaneswar constituency is:[6]

Year Member Party
2024 Babu Singh BJP
2019 Ashok Chandra Panda[7][8] BJD
2014 Ashok Chandra Panda BJD
2009 Ashok Chandra Panda BJD

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.[9]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Ekamra Bhubaneswar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Babu Singh 74,884
BJD Ashok Chandra Panda 69,861
INC Prasanta Kumar Champati 5,482
NOTA None of the above 987
Majority 5,023
Turnout
BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ashok Chandra Panda defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Babu Singh by a margin of 28,657 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Ekamra-Bhubaneswar[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Ashok Chandra Panda 75,020 57.07 0.79
BJP Babu Singh 46,363 35.27 9.21
INC Rashmi Mohapatra 6,780 5.16 1.94
NOTA None of the above 1,009 0.77 0.28
Majority 28,657 21.80
Turnout 131446 46.77
BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ashok Chandra Panda defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Amiya Dash by a margin of 36,476 votes.

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Ekamra-Bhubaneswar[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Ashok Chandra Panda 66,376 57.86
BJP Amiya Dash 29,900 26.06 -
INC Shivananda Ray 8,148 7.1 -
NOTA None of the above 1204 1.05 -
Majority 36,476 31.80
Turnout 114718 45.97
Registered electors 2,38,949
BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ashok Chandra Panda defeated Indian National Congress candidate Pratap Kumar Jena by a margin of 43,450 votes.[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Ekamra-Bhubaneswar[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Ashok Chandra Panda 55,095 65.63 -
INC Pratap Kumar Jena 11,645 13.87 -
BJP Samir Mohanty 11,070 13.19 -
Independent Rashmi Mohapatra 3,933 4.68 -
Majority 43,450 51.76[lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 83,981 37.21
Registered electors 2,25,707
BJD win (new seat)

Notes
  1. as on 1 January 2014
  2. %of total valid votes

References
  1. "18 - Bhubaneswar Parliamentary (Lok Sabha) Constituency". Datanet India. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  2. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  3. "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.
  4. Seats of Odisha
  5. "Delimitation 2008" (PDF). ECI.
  6. "Ekamra-Bhubaneswar Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  7. "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  8. News18 (2019). "Ekamra-Bhubaneswar Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Ekamra-Bhubaneswar Constituency (Seat) Election Results, Live News". Archived from the original on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
  10. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  11. "Ekamra-Bhubaneswar Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Ekamra-Bhubaneswar Constituency (Seat) Election Results, Live News". News18. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  12. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 43450
  13. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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