Choudwar-Cuttack (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

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 2013-12-17. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
7. "Choudwar-Cuttack Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
8. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 32777
9. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf