Ekamra-Bhubaneswar (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Ekamra-Bhubaneswar
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Khordha
Blocks	Bhubaneswar
Electorate	2,38,949[1][lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Bhubaneswar
Current constituency
Created	2009
Party	BJD
MLA	Ashok Chandra Panda
Const. No.	114
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Bhubaneswar[2]

Ekamra-Bhubaneswar (Sl. No.: 114) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Khordha district, Odisha, India.^[3]

This constituency includes 5 Gram panchayats (Basuaghai, Itipur, Tikarapada, Dhauli and Sisupal) of Bhubaneswar block and Ward No.12, 14, 15 and 30 to 34 and Ward No. 38 to 47 of Bhubaneswar.^[4][5]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates
2009			65.63%

Only One election was held in 2009. Elected member from the Ekamra-Bhubaneswar constituency is: ^[6]

• 2009: (114): Ashok Chandra Panda (BJD)

2014 Election Candidates

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Ekamra-Bhubaneswar ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	AAP	Debi Prasad Mishra			-
	AOP	Sunjoy Hans			-
	BSP	Subrat Samal			-
	BJD	Ashok Chandra Panda			-
	BJP	Amiya Dash			-
	CPI(M-L)	Bijay Barik			-
	CPI(ML) Liberation	Rabindra Nath Dash			-
	INC	Shivananda Ray			-
	OJM	Rabi Maharana			-
	SKD	Saudamini Dash			-
	SP	Sonali Dakua			-
	PBI	Khageswar Bal			-
	SLWP	Jagatjit Padhi			-
	Independent	Chhabindra Jena			-
	Independent	Gyanendra Mohanty			-
	NOTA	None			-
Registered electors			2,38,949

2009 Election Results

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ashok Chandra Panda defeated Indian National Congress candidate Pratap Kumar Jena by a margin of 43,450 votes.^[7]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Ekamra-Bhubaneswar ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJD	Ashok Chandra Panda	55,095	65.63	-
	INC	Pratap Kumar Jena	11,645	13.87	-
	BJP	Samir Mohanty	11,070	13.19	-
	Independent	Rashmi Mohapatra	3,933	4.68	-
	Independent	Raghunath Dhal	370	0.44	-
	LJP	Sanjit Kumar Mohanty	326	0.39	-
	SAMO	Prasanna Kumar Sahoo	2,41	0.29	-
	BSP	Mallik Kumar Uddin	228	0.27	-
	Independent	Jajati Keshari Pattanaik	191	0.23	-
	Independent	Santosh Kumar Dash	171	0.20	-
	AJSU	Chhabindra Jena	143	0.17	-
	Independent	Gyanendra Mohanty	120	0.14	-
	JD(U)	Chandramani Nayak	115	0.14	-
	RPD	Naba Behera	115	0.14	-
	Kalinga Sena	Biswajit Debata	102	0.12	-
	CPI(ML) Liberation	Rabindra Nath Dash	86	0.10	-
Majority			43,450	51.76[lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			83,981	37.21
Registered electors			2,25,707
	BJD win (new seat)

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. "18 - Bhubaneswar Parliamentary (Lok Sabha) Constituency". Datanet India. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
3. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 25 April 2014. Constituency: Ekamra-Bhubaneswar (114) District: Khordha
4. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
5. Seats of Odisha
6. "Ekamra-Bhubaneswar Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
7. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 43450
8. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf