Choudwar-Cuttack (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Choudwar Cuttack
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District Cuttack
Blocks Tangi-Choudwar
Electorate 2,05,767[1][lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements Cuttack
Current constituency
Created 1961
Party BJD
MLA Pravat Ranjan Biswal
Const. No. 91
Lok Sabha Constituencies Cuttack

Choudwar Cuttack (Sl. No.: 91) 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 4 Gram panchayats (Nakhara, Kayalpada, Indranipatna 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%

Elected member from the Choudwar Cuttack constituency is:

  • 2014: (93): Pravat Biswal (BJD)

Choudwar constituency

13 Odisha Legislative Assembly elections were held between 1961 and 2014. Elected members from the Choudwar constituency are: [6][7]

  • 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)

2014 Election Candidates

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Choudwar Cuttack [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Bichitrananda Routray -
AOP Sriram Pandey -
BJD Pravat Ranjan Biswal -
BJP Nayan Kishore Mohanty -
BSP Bijay Kumar Samal -
INC Suresh Mohapatra -
SUCI(C) Ganesh Kumar Tripathy -
Independent Jines Das -
NOTA None -
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.[8]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Choudwar-Cuttack[9]
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

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  3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. Seats of Odisha
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  9. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf