Bhubaneswar Central (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)

Bhubaneswar Central (Madhya)
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Khordha
Electorate	2,22,337 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Bhubaneswar
Current constituency
Created	2009
Party	BJD
MLA	Ananta Narayan Jena
Const. No.	112
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Bhubaneswar [2]

Bhubaneswar Central (Madhya) (Sl. No.: 112) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Khordha district, Odisha, India. ^[3]

This constituency includes Ward No. 16 to 29 and 35 to 37 of Bhubaneswar. ^{[4] [5]}

Elected Members

Two elections were held between 2009 and 2014. Elected member from the Bhubaneswar Central constituency are: ^[6]

• 2014: (112): Bijaya Kumar Mohanty (BJD)
• 2009: (112): Bijaya Kumar Mohanty (BJD)

Vote share of Winning candidates
2014			53%
2009			60.89%

2019 Election Result

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Bhubaneshwar Central (Madhya) ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Ananta Narayan Jena	54022
	BJP	Jagannath Pradhan	42580
	INC	Rajib Patnaik	2560
	AITC	Pradip Kumar Bhuyan	1272
Majority
Turnout			1,03,432	43.33
	BJD hold

2014 Election Result

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhubaneswar Central (Madhya) ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bijaya Kumar Mohanty	50,107	53%	-8%
	BJP	Jagannath Pradhan	27,718	29%	+18%
	INC	Shuvendu Mohanty	11,429	12%	-
	AAP	Ranjan Kumar Das	1,251	1%	-
	AOP	Gitanjali Bakshi	710	0.6%	-
	AIFB	Debi Prasad Prusti	220	0.2%	-
	OJM	Jayadarshi Nayak	180	0.1%	-
	Independent	Harihara Deo	139	0.1%	-
	SKD	Lalit Mohan Patnaik	112	0.1%	-
	Socialist Workers Party	Anita Manjari Samal	99	0.1%	-
	Independent	Subash Chandra Chau Pattnayak	82	0.08%	-
	Proutist Bloc, India	Pitambar Bhuyan	71	0.07%	-
	AITC	Sangram Keshari Pattnayak	62	0.06%	-
	SP	Sudarshan Pradhan	55	0.05%	-
	CPI(ML) Red Star	Shikhara Bhoi	41	0.04%	-
	NOTA	None	1009	0.08%	-
Turnout			93,285	41.96%
Registered electors			2,22,337 [9]
	BJD hold

2009 Election Results

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bijaya Kumar Mohanty defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Biswabhusan Harichandan by a margin of 34,985 votes. ^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhubaneswar Central (Madhya) ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bijaya Kumar Mohanty	46,417	60.89	-
	BJP	Biswabhusan Harichandan	11,432	15.00	-
	Independent	Jagannath Pradhan	8,159	10.70	-
	INC	Alok Jena	7,176	9.41	-
	SAMO	Panchanan Kanungo	1,670	2.19	-
	Independent	Susama Nanda	577	0.76	-
	BSP	Kalinga Kishore Das	213	0.28	-
	Independent	Gopinath Nayak	185	0.24	-
	LJP	Ugrasen Mangaraj	179	0.23	-
	Independent	Bairagi Jena	117	0.15	-
	Independent	Dipti Ranjan Mohanty	107	0.14	-
Majority			34,985	45.89 [lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			76,284	33.78
Registered electors			2,25,828
	BJD win (new seat)

Notes

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

References

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4. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent Retrieved 9 October 2017
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7. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
8. "Election Commission of India". Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
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