Cuttack Sadar Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Cuttack.

Cuttack Sadar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Cuttack district, Odisha.^[1]

Cuttack Sadar
Constituency No. 93 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Central Division
District	Cuttack
Lok Sabha constituency	Cuttack
Established	1957
Total electors	2,29,006[a][b]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Prakash Chandra Sethi
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes Cuttack Sadar block, 3 wards of Cuttack and 14 Gram panchayats (Santapur, Isaniberhampur, Manpur, Janardanpur, Sirlo, Babujanga, Uttarkul, Manijanga, Palada, Mahammadpur, Nemalo, Tilakana, Kalamishri and Bandhupur) Nischintakoili block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			48.49%
2019			55.41%
2014			50.94%
2009			63.78%
2004			46.25%
2000			35.85%
1995			46.98%
1990			66.04%
1985			52.27%
1980			47.88%
1977			57.71%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952 & 1957.

List of members elected from Cuttack Sadar constituency are:^[5][6]

Year	Member	Party
2024[7]	Prakash Chandra Sethi		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019[8]	Chandra Sarathi Behera		Biju Janata Dal
2014[9]
2009[10]	Kalindi Behera
2004	Pravat Ranjan Biswal		Independent politician
2000	Nibedita Pradhan		Bharatiya Janata Party
1995	Bijayalaxmi Sahoo		Indian National Congress
1990	Rajendra Singh		Janata Dal
1985	Dolagobinda Pradhan		Indian National Congress
1980			Indian National Congress (I)
1977	Sangram Keshari Mahapatra		Janata Party
1974	Trilochan Kanungo		Indian National Congress
1971	Sura Sethi		Indian National Congress (R)
1967	Sukadeva Jena		Orissa Jana Congress
1961	Laxman Mallick		Indian National Congress
1957[c]	Purnananda Samal
	Raj Krushna Bose
1951[d]	Laxman Mallick
	Bhairab Chandra Mohanty

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.^[11] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Prakash Chandra Sethi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Chandra Sarathi Behera by a margin of 3,809 votes.^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Cuttack Sadar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Prakash Chandra Sethi	79,542	48.49
	BJD	Chandra Sarathi Behera	75,733	46.17
	INC	Rama Chandra Gochhayat	7,010	4.27
	NOTA	None of the above	1,071	0.65	0
Majority			3,809	2.32
Turnout			1,64,034	71.63
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Chandra Sarathi Behera defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dilip Kumar Mallick by a margin of 26,126 votes.^[8]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Cuttack Sadar^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Chandra Sarathi Behera	86,254	55.41
	BJP	Dilip Kumar Mallick	60,128	38.67
	INC	Abhishek Mahananda	6,214	4
	NOTA	None of the above	1,148	0.74
Majority			25,791	16.74
Turnout			1,55,799	70.54
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Chandra Sarathi Behera defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dilip Kumar Mallick by a margin of 25,791 votes.^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Cuttack Sadar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Chandra Sarathi Behera	71,247	50.94	−
	BJP	Dilip Kumar Mallick	45456	32.5	−
	INC	Chandra Skhar Samal	18271	13.06	−
	NOTA	None of the above	956	0.68	−
Majority			26126	18.44
Turnout			139856	70.48
Registered electors			1,96,720
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Kalindi Behera defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ashima Mahananda by a margin of 49,344 votes.^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Cuttack Sadar^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Kalindi Behera	71,631	63.78	−
	INC	Ashima Mahananda	22,287	19.84	−
	BJP	Dilip Kumar Mallick	15,407	13.72	−
Majority			49,344	43.94[e]	−
Turnout			1,12,308	61.36	−
Registered electors			1,83,017
	BJD gain from Independent		Swing	5.93[f]

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. It was a 2 member constituency
4. It was a 2 member constituency
5. %of total valid votes
6. 2004 Voter turnout was 67.29%