Simulia Assembly constituency

Simulia
Constituency No. 42 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Balasore
LS constituency	Bhadrak
Established	1961
Total electors	2,11,136
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Padma Lochan Panda
Party	BJP
Elected year	2019

Simulia is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balasore district, Odisha. ^[1]

Area of this constituency includes Simulia block and Khaira block. ^{[2] [3]}

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [4]
2019			51.35%
2014			42.24%
2009			47.87%
2004			50.28%
2000			49.95%
1995			49.41%
1990			64.08%
1985			46.94%
1980			28.32%
1977			39.03%

Since its formation in 1961, 15 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Simulia constituency are: ^{[5] [6]}

Year	Member	Party
2024	Padma Lochan Panda		BJP
2019	Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi [7]		BJD
2014	Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi		BJD
2009	Parsuram Panigrahi		BJD
2004	Padmalochan Panda		INC
2000	Parsuram Panigrahi		BJD
1995	Padmalochan Panda		INC
1990	Parsuram Panigrahi		JD
1985	Padmalochan Panda		INC
1980	Parsuram Panigrahi		JP
1977	Gopinath Das		JP
1974	Sailen Mohapatra		INC
1971	Chintamani Jena		CPI
1967	Uchhab Charan Jena		PSP
1961	Bhagiratha Das		INC

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. ^[8]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Simulia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Padmalochan Panda	90,676	49.54
	BJD	Subhashini Sahu	77,493	42.34
	INC	Himanshu Sekhar Behera
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Padmalochan Panda by a margin of 14,959 votes.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Simulia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi	90,083	51.35
	BJP	Padmalochan Panda	75124	42.82
	INC	Ananta Prasad Sethi	8353	4.76
	NOTA	None of the above	802	0.46
Majority			14959	8.53
Turnout			175430	72.55
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Padmalochan Panda by a margin of 7,937 votes. ^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Simulia ^{[10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi	65,854	42.24	5.63
	INC	Padmalochan Panda	57,917	37.15	2.48
	BJP	Shashi Kumar Sahoo	28,011	17.97
	NOTA	None of the above	769	0.49
Majority			7,937	5.09
Turnout			1,55,906	73.84
Registered electors			2,11,136
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Parsuram Panigrahi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Padma Lochan Panda by a margin of 10,927 votes. ^[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Simulia ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Parsuram Panigrahi	63,479	47.87	−
	INC	Padma Lochan Panda	52,552	39.63	−
	Independent	Mahendra Prasad Jena	8,047	6.07	−
	BJP	Tanuja Panda	5,023	3.79	−
	BSP	Gopal Krishna Das	1,969	1.48	−
	SP	Mamatanjali Tripathy	1,019	0.77	−
	Samruddha Odisha	Rabindra Kumar Mohanty	506	0.38	−
Majority			10,927	8.24 [lower-alpha 1]
Turnout			1,32,618	67.56	−
	BJD gain from INC

1. % of total valid votes

References

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7. "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 October 2021.
8. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI .
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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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