Cuttack Sadar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Cuttack Sadar
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Cuttack
Blocks	Cuttack Sadar, Nischintakoili
Electorate	1,96,720 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Cuttack
Current constituency
Created	1957
Party	BJD
MLA	Chandra Sarathi Behera
Const. No.	93
Reserved for	Scheduled Castes
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Cuttack

Cuttack Sadar (Sl. No.: 93) 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]
2009			63.78%
2004			46.25%
2000			35.85%
1995			46.98%
1990			66.04%
1985			52.27%
1980			47.88%
1977			57.71%

Thirteen elections were held between 1957 and 2009. Elected members from the Cuttack Sadar constituency are: ^{[6] [7]}

• 2019 (93): Chandra Sarathi Behera (BJD)
• 2014: (93): Chandra Sarathi Behera (BJD)
• 2009: (93): Kalindi Charan Behera (BJD)
• 2004: (43): Pravat Ranjan Biswal (Independent)
• 2000: (43): Nibedita Pradhan (BJP)
• 1995: (43): Bijay Lakshmi Sahoo (Congress)
• 1990: (43): Rajendra Singh (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (43): Dolagobinda Pradhan (Congress)
• 1980: (43): Dolagobinda Pradhan (Congress-I)
• 1977: (43): Sangram Keshari Mohapatra (Janata Party)
• 1974: (43): Trilochan Kanungo (Congress)
• 1971: (42): Sura Sethi (Congress)
• 1967: (42): Sukadeva Jena (Orissa Jana Congress)
• 1961: (101): Laxman Mallick (Congress)
• 1957: (71): Purnananda Samal (Congress)

2019 Election Result

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Cuttack Sadar ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Chandra Sarathi Behera	86254	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
Majority
Turnout
	TBA gain from TBA		Swing

2014 Election Result

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Cuttack Sadar ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Pranakrushna Bhoi			-
	AITC	Birendra Kumar Samal			-
	AOP	Manas Ranjan Khatua			-
	BJD	Chandra Sarathi Behera			-
	BJP	Dilip Kumar Mallick			-
	BSP	Minakhi Das			-
	SUCI(C)	Rajakishore Mallik			-
	INC	Chandra Skhar Samal			-
	SAMO	Hari Gochhayat			-
	Independent	Bilasa Mallik			-
	NOTA	None of the above			-
Registered electors			1,96,720

2009 Election Results

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Kalindi Behera defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ashima Mahananda by a margin of 49,344 votes. ^[9]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Cuttack Sadar ^[10]

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 [lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,12,308	61.36	-
Registered electors			1,83,017
	BJD gain from Independent		Swing	-5.93 [lower-alpha 3]

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 67.29%

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: Salepur (94) District: Cuttack
3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
4. Seats of Odisha
5. "43 - Cuttack Sadar 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. "Cuttack Sadar Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
8. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
9. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 1277
10. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.