Choudwar-Cuttack Assembly constituency

Choudwar-Cuttack
Choudwar-Cuttack
Constituency No. 91 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Cuttack
LS constituency	Cuttack
Established	1961
Total electors	205,767
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Souvic Biswal
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2019

Choudwar-Cuttack 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 6 Gram panchayats (Banipada, Nakhara, Kayalpada, Indranipatna, Kayalpada and Agrahat) Tangi-Choudwar block.^[3]^[4]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates^[5]

2019			48.41%
2014			54.45%
2009			56.53%
2004			57.39%
2000			36.54%
1995			43.13%
1990			75.59%
1985			51.16%
1980			52.66%
1977			64.39%

Since its formation in 1961, 15 elections were held till date.^[6]

List of members elected from Choudwar-Cuttack constituency are:^[7]

Year	Member
2024	Souvic Biswal
2019	Souvic Biswal^[8]	BJD
2014	Pravat Ranjan Biswal	BJD
2009	Pravat Ranjan Biswal	BJD
2004	Dharmananda Behera	BJD
2000	Bidhubhusan Praharaj	Independent
1995	Kanhu Charan Lenka	INC
1990	Raj Kishore Ram	JD
1985	Rasananda Sahoo	INC
1980	Kanhu Charan Lenka	INC
1977	Raj Kishore Ram	JP
1974	Kanhu Charan Lenka	INC
1971	Kanhu Charan Lenka	Congress (R)
1967	Akulananda Behera	PSP
1961	Biju Patnaik	INC

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[9]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Choudwar-Cuttack
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Souvic Biswal	72,325	52.0	−3
	BJP	Nayan Kishore Mohanty	54,509	39.0	+7
	INC	Meera Mallick	5,118	4.0	−7
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority			17,816	13.0
Turnout
	gain from

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Souvic Biswal defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nayan Kishore Mohanty by a margin of 21,584 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Choudwar-Cuttack^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJD	Souvic Biswal	64,686	48.41
	BJP	Nayan Kishore Mohanty	43102	32.29
	Independent	Deepak Kumar Barik	14652	10.99
	INC	Jagdish Chandra Mohanty	6761	5.07
	NOTA	None of the above	1190	0.89
Majority			21584	16.12
Turnout			137121	59.54
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pravat Ranjan Biswal defeated Indian National Congress candidate Suresh Mohapatra by a margin of 41,385 votes.

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Choudwar-Cuttack
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pravat Ranjan Biswal	70,880	54.45	−
	INC	Suresh Mohapatra	29495	22.66	−
	BJP	Nayan Kishore Mohanty	24651	18.94	−
	None of the above	None of the above	1365		−
Majority			41385	31.89
Turnout			130176	61.96
Registered electors			2,05,767
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pravat Ranjan Biswal defeated Independent candidate Deepak Kumar Barik by a margin of 32,777 votes.^[11]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Choudwar-Cuttack^[12]
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^[b]	−
Turnout			1,03,479	53.15	−
Registered electors			1,94,678
	BJD hold

Notes

^ as on 1 January 2014
^ %of total valid votes

References

^ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Constituency: Choudwar-Cuttack (91) District: Cuttack
^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
^ Seats of Odisha
^ "45 - Choudwar Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 20 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Choudwar-Cuttack Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 32777
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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[2] s on 1 January 2014

[14] %of total valid votes

[1] "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.

[3] "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Constituency: Choudwar-Cuttack (91) District: Cuttack

[4] Assembly Constituencies and their Extent

[5] Seats of Odisha

[6] "45 - Choudwar Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 20 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates

[7] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[Candidate-8] "Choudwar-Cuttack Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 20 March 2014.

[election2019-9] "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

[10] "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.

[TP_Ass_Cand-11] "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 20 April 2019.

[12] "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 32777

[election2009-13] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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