Cuttack Sadar Assembly constituency

Cuttack Sadar (SC)
Cuttack Sadar (SC)
Constituency No. 93 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Cuttack
LS constituency	Cuttack
Established	1957
Total electors	196,720
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Chandra Sarathi Behera
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2019

Cuttack Sadar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Cuttack district, Odisha.^[2]

This constituency includes Cuttack Sadar block, 3 wards of Cuttack and 14 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]

2019			55.41%
2014			50.94%
2009			63.78%
2004			46.25%
2000			35.85%
1995			46.98%
1990			66.04%
1985			52.27%
1980			47.88%
1977			57.71%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952 & 1957.

List of members elected from Cuttack Sadar constituency are:^[6]^[7]

Year	Member
2024	Prakash Chandra Sethi
2019	Chandra Sarathi Behera^[8]	BJD
2014	Chandra Sarathi Behera	BJD
2009	Kalindi Behera	BJD
2004	Pravat Ranjan Biswal	Independent
2000	Nibedita Pradhan	BJP
1995	Bijayalaxmi Sahoo	INC
1990	Rajendra Singh	JD
1985	Dolagobinda Pradhan	INC
1980	Dolagobinda Pradhan	INC
1977	Sangram Keshari Mahapatra	JP
1974	Trilochan Kanungo	INC
1971	Sura Sethi	Congress (R)
1967	Sukadeva Jena	Jana Congress
1961	Laxman Mallick	INC
1957^[b]	Purnananda Samal	INC
1957^[b]	Raj Krushna Bose	INC
1951^[c]	Laxman Mallick	INC
1951^[c]	Bhairab Chandra Mohanty	INC

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,Cuttack Sadar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Prakash Chandra Sethi	79,542	48	+9
	BJD	Candra Sarathi Behera	75,733	46	−9
	INC	Rama Chandra Gochhayat	7,010	4	0
	NOTA	None of the above	1,071	1	0
Majority
Turnout
	gain from

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Chandra Sarathi Behera defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dilip Kumar Mallick by a margin of 26,126 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Cuttack Sadar^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJD	Chandra Sarathi Behera	86,254	55.41
	BJP	Dilip Kumar Mallick	60128	38.67
	INC	Abhishek Mahananda	6214	4
	SUCI(C)	Paramananda Sethi	1147	0.74
	Independent	Rakesh Behera	688	0.45
	NOTA	None of the above	1148	0.74
Majority			25791	16.74
Turnout			155799	70.54
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Chandra Sarathi Behera defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dilip Kumar Mallick by a margin of 25,791 votes.

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Cuttack Sadar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Chandra Sarathi Behera	71,247	50.94	−
	BJP	Dilip Kumar Mallick	45456	32.5	−
	INC	Chandra Skhar Samal	18271	13.06	−
	NOTA	None of the above	956	0.68	−
Majority			26126	18.44
Turnout			139856	70.48
Registered electors			1,96,720
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Kalindi Behera defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ashima Mahananda by a margin of 49,344 votes.^[11]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Cuttack Sadar^[12]
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^[d]	−
Turnout			1,12,308	61.36	−
Registered electors			1,83,017
	BJD gain from Independent		Swing	-5.93^[e]

Notes

^ as on 1 January 2014
^ It was a 2 member constituency
^ It was a 2 member constituency
^ %of total valid votes
^ 2004 Voter turnout was 67.29%

References

^ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014. Constituency: Salepur (94) District: Cuttack{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
^ Seats of Odisha
^ "43 - Cuttack Sadar Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 20 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Cuttack Sadar Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 1277
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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[2] s on 1 January 2014

[10] It was a 2 member constituency

[11] It was a 2 member constituency

[16] %of total valid votes

[17] 2004 Voter turnout was 67.29%

[1] "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.

[3] "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014. Constituency: Salepur (94) District: Cuttack{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[4] Assembly Constituencies and their Extent

[5] Seats of Odisha

[6] "43 - Cuttack Sadar Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 20 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates

[7] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[Candidate-8] "Cuttack Sadar Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 20 March 2014.

[election2019-9] "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

[12] "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.

[TP_Ass_Cand-13] "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 20 April 2019.

[14] "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 1277

[election2009-15] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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