Barabati-Cuttack (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Barabati Cuttack
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Cuttack
Electorate	1,99,965[1][lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Cuttack
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	BJD
MLA	Debashish Samantaray
Const. No.	90
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Cuttack

Barabati-Cuttack (Sl. No.: 90) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Cuttack district, Odisha, India.^[2]

This constituency includes 25 wards of Cuttack.^[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates[5]
2009			53.61%
2004			52.73%
2000			62.47%
1995			32.57%
1990			66.39%
1985			51.59%
1980			59.72%
1977			59.85%

Elected member from the Barabati-Cuttack constituency is:

• 2014: (90): Debasish Samantaray (BJD)

Cuttack City constituency

Most of the areas of Barabati-Cuttack constituency were under the Cuttack City constituency before 2009. ^[6]Eleven elections were held between 1961 and 2004. Elected members from the Cuttack City constituency are: ^[7]

• 2009: (90): Debasish Samantary (BJD)
• 2004: (44): Samir Dey (BJP)
• 2000: (44): Samir Dey (BJP)
• 1995: (44): Samir Dey (BJP)
• 1990: (44): Sayed Mustafiz Ahmed (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (44): Sayed Mustafiz Ahmed (Janata Party)
• 1980: (44): Srikant Panda (Congress-I)
• 1977: (44): Biswanath Pandit (Janata Party)
• 1974: (44): Srikant Panda (Utkal Congress)
• 1971: (41): Bhairab Chandra Mohanty Jana Congress
• 1967: (41): Biren Mitra (Congress)
• 1961: (99): Biren Mitra (Congress)
• 1957: (70): Biren Mitra (Congress)
• 1951: (78): Biren Mitra (Congress)

2014 Election Candidates

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Barabati-Cuttack[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Shaikh Muntaqeem Buksh			-
	AOP	Md. Wahid Shakeel			-
	BJD	Debashish Samantaray			-
	BJP	Pradeep Swain			-
	BSP	Syed Saif Ali			-
	INC	Mohammed Moquim			-
	SUCI(C)	Pratap Chandra Mishra			-
	Independent	Bipin Bihari Sahoo			-
	Independent	Dr. Ramaraman Sarangi			-
	NOTA	None			-
Registered electors			1,99,965

2009 Election Results

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Debashish Samantaray defeated Indian National Congress candidate Suresh Mohapatra by a margin of 24,485 votes.^[9]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Barabati-Cuttack[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Debashish Samantaray	52,097	53.61	-
	INC	Suresh Mohapatra	27,612	28.41	-
	BJP	Samir Dey	15,131	15.57	-
	Independent	Subhash Sharma	639	0.66	-
	BSP	Sk. Muntaqeem Buksh	606	0.62	-
	Independent	Shaikh Mamiluddin Ahmed	226	0.23	-
	AJSU	Alok Prasad Nanda	224	0.23	-
	SP	Geeta Chayani	220	0.23	-
	Jan Hitkari Party	Dr. Guru Prasad Mohanty	177	0.18	-
	Independent	Amarendra Rath	130	0.13	-
	JD(U)	Sanjit Kumar Samal	120	0.12	-
Majority			24,485	25.19[lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			97,187	50.55	-
Registered electors			1,92,277

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: Barabati-Cuttack (90) District: Cuttack
3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
4. Seats of Odisha
5. "44 - Cuttack City Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 20 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
6. "Lobbying begins for new seats in Cuttack". The New Indian Express.
7. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
8. "Barabati-Cuttack Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
9. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 24485
10. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf