Ekamra-Bhubaneswar Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Ekamra-Bhubaneswar. For the botanical garden in Bhubaneswar, India, see Ekamra Kanan.

Ekamra-Bhubaneswar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Khordha district, Odisha, India.^[1]

Ekamra-Bhubaneswar
Constituency No. 114 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Ekamra-Bhubaneswar Assembly constituency in Khordha district
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Central Division
District	Khordha
Lok Sabha constituency	Bhubaneswar
Established	2009
Total electors	2,69,327[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Babu Singh
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

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 BMC.^[2]

The constituency was formed in 2008 Delimitation^[3] and went for polls in 2009 election.

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates
2024			49.03%
2019			57.07%
2014			57.86%
2009			65.63%

Since its formation in 2009, 4 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Ekamra-Bhubaneswar constituency is:^[4]

Year	Portrait	Member	Party
2024[5]		Babu Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019[6]		Ashok Chandra Panda		Biju Janata Dal
2014[4]
2009[7]

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 25 May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.^[8] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Babu Singh defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Ashok Chandra Panda by a margin of 5,023 votes.^[5]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Ekamra Bhubaneswar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Babu Singh	74,884	49.03	13.76
	BJD	Ashok Chandra Panda	69,861	45.74	11.33
	INC	Prasanta Kumar Champati	5,482	3.59	1.57
	NOTA	None of the above	987	0.65	0.12
Majority			5,023	3.29
Turnout			1,52,727	56.71
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ashok Chandra Panda defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Babu Singh by a margin of 28,657 votes.^[6]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Ekamra-Bhubaneswar^[9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Ashok Chandra Panda	75,020	57.07	0.79
	BJP	Babu Singh	46,363	35.27	9.21
	INC	Rashmi Mohapatra	6,780	5.16	1.94
	NOTA	None of the above	1,009	0.77	0.28
Majority			28,657	21.80
Turnout			1,31,446	46.77
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ashok Chandra Panda defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Amiya Dash by a margin of 36,476 votes.^[4]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Ekamra-Bhubaneswar^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Ashok Chandra Panda	66,376	57.86	−
	BJP	Amiya Dash	29,900	26.06	−
	INC	Shivananda Ray	8,148	7.1	−
	NOTA	None of the above	1204	1.05	−
Majority			36,476	31.80	−
Turnout			1,14,718	45.97	−
Registered electors			2,38,949
	BJD hold

2009

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^[11]

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	−
Majority			43,450	51.76[c]	−
Turnout			83,981	37.21	−
Registered electors			2,25,707
	BJD win (new seat)

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. %of total valid votes