Choudwar-Cuttack Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Choudwar-Cuttack.

Choudwar Cuttack
Constituency No. 91 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Cuttack
LS constituency	Cuttack
Established	1961
Total electors	205,767 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Souvic Biswal
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2019

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

This constituency includes Choudwar, 19 wards of Cuttack, Charibatia (C.T), Choudwar (O.G), and 6 Gram panchayats (Banipada,Nakhara, Kayalpada, Indranipatna, Kayalpada and Agrahat) Tangi-Choudwar block. ^{[3] [4]}

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [5]
2009			56.53%
2004			57.39%
2000			36.54%
1995			43.13%
1990			75.59%
1985			51.16%
1980			52.66%
1977			64.39%

Source ^{[6] [7]}

• 2014: (93): Pravat Biswal (BJD)
• 2009: (93): Pravat Biswal (BJD)
• 2004: (45): Dharmananda Behera (BJD)
• 2000: (45): Bidhu Bhusan Praharaj (Independent)
• 1995: (45): Kanhu Charan Lenka (Congress)
• 1990: (45): Raj Kishore Ram (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (45): Rasananda Sahu (Congress)
• 1980: (45): Kanhu Charan Lenka (Congress-I)
• 1977: (45): Raj Kishore Ram (Janata Party)
• 1974: (45): Kanhu Charan Lenka (Congress)
• 1971: (40): Kanhu Charan Lenka (Congress)
• 1967: (42): Akulananda Behera (PSP)
• 1961: (100): Biju Patnaik (Congress)

Year	Member	Party
2019	Souvic Biswal [8]		Biju Janata Dal

Election results

2019

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Choudwar-Cuttack ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sauvik Biswal	64,686	48.52%
	INC	Jagdish Chandra Mohanty	6761	5.07%
	BJP	Nayan Kishore Mohanty	43102	32.33%
	BSP	Naba Kumar Das	371	0.28%	-
	SUCI(C)	Sasmita Mohanty	411	0.31%
	HND	Biswa Ranjan Jethy	350	0.26%
	Independent	Deepak Kumar Barik	14652	10.99%
	Independent	Prasna Kumari Nayak	247	0.19%
	Independent	Ranjeet Mallick	1436	1.04%
	Independent	Subhendu Mohanty	585	0.44%
	Independent	Sameer Kumar Sahoo	532	0.40%
	NOTA	None of the above	1190	0.89%
Majority
Turnout
	TBA gain from TBA		Swing

2014 Election Result

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Choudwar Cuttack ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pravat Ranjan Biswal			-
	AAP	Bichitrananda Routray			-
	AOP	Sriram Pandey			-
	BJP	Nayan Kishore Mohanty			-
	BSP	Bijay Kumar Samal			-
	INC	Suresh Mohapatra			-
	SUCI(C)	Ganesh Kumar Tripathy			-
	Independent	Jines Das			-
	NOTA	None of the above			-
Registered electors			2,05,767

2009 Election Results

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pravat Ranjan Biswal defeated Independent candidate Deepak Kumar Barik by a margin of 32,777 votes. ^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Choudwar-Cuttack ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pravat Ranjan Biswal	58,495	56.53	-
	Independent	Deepak Kumar Barik	25,718	24.85	-
	BJP	Nayan Kishore Mohanty	8,988	8.69	-
	INC	Sabitri Chowdhury	8,498	8.21	-
	Independent	Sakuntala Barik	441	0.43	-
	BSP	Dr. Niranjan Tripathy	407	0.39	-
	RPD	Sanjay Kumar Samal	294	0.28	-
	Bira Oriya Party	Padmini Jena	266	0.26	-
	JD(U)	Satyanarayan Mohanty	200	0.19	-
	Kalinga Sena	Laxmikanta Behera	166	0.16	-
Majority			32,777	31.68 [lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,03,479	53.15	-
Registered electors			1,94,678

Notes

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

References

1. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
2. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 14 April 2014. Constituency: Choudwar-Cuttack (91) District: Cuttack
3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
4. Seats of Odisha
5. "45 - Choudwar Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 20 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
7. "Choudwar-Cuttack Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
8. "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 October 2021.
9. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
10. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 32777
11. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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