Simulia Assembly constituency

Simulia is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balasore district, Odisha.^[1]

Simulia
Constituency No. 42 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Central Division
District	Balasore
Lok Sabha constituency	Bhadrak
Established	1961
Total electors	2,57,238[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Padma Lochan Panda
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Area of this constituency includes Simulia block and Khaira block.^[2][3]

Elected members

Vote share of winning candidates^[4]

2024			49.54%
2019			51.35%
2014			42.24%
2009			47.87%
2004			50.28%
2000			49.95%
1995			49.41%
1990			64.08%
1985			46.94%
1980			28.32%
1977			39.03%

Since its formation in 1961, 15 elections were held till date.

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

Year	Member	Party
2024[7]	Padma Lochan Panda		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019[8]	Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi		Biju Janata Dal
2014[9]
2009[10]	Parsuram Panigrahi
2004	Padma Lochan Panda		Indian National Congress
2000	Parsuram Panigrahi		Biju Janata Dal
1995	Padma Lochan Panda		Indian National Congress
1990	Parsuram Panigrahi		Janata Dal
1985	Padma Lochan Panda		Indian National Congress
1980	Parsuram Panigrahi		Janata Party
1977	Gopinath Das
1974	Sailen Mohapatra		Indian National Congress
1971	Chintamani Jena		Communist Party of India
1967	Uchhab Charan Jena		Praja Socialist Party
1961	Bhagiratha Das		Indian National Congress

Election results

2024

Voting were held on 1 June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.^[11] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Padma Lochan Panda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Subhashini Sahu by a margin of 13,183 votes.^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Simulia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Padma Lochan Panda	90,676	49.54
	BJD	Subhashini Sahu	77,493	42.34
	INC	Himanshu Sekhar Behera	13,067	7.14
	NOTA	None of the above	693	0.38
Majority			13,183	7.2
Turnout			1,83,028	71.15
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Padma Lochan Panda by a margin of 14,959 votes.^[8]

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Simulia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi	90,083	51.35
	BJP	Padma Lochan Panda	75,124	42.82
	INC	Ananta Prasad Sethi	8,353	4.76
	NOTA	None of the above	802	0.46
Majority			14,959	8.53
Turnout			1,75,430	72.55
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Padma Lochan Panda by a margin of 7,937 votes.^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Simulia^[12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi	65,854	42.24	5.63
	INC	Padma Lochan Panda	57,917	37.15	2.48
	BJP	Shashi Kumar Sahoo	28,011	17.97
	NOTA	None of the above	769	0.49
Majority			7,937	5.09
Turnout			1,55,906	73.84
Registered electors			2,11,136
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Parsuram Panigrahi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Padma Lochan Panda by a margin of 10,927 votes.^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Simulia^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Parsuram Panigrahi	63,479	47.87	−
	INC	Padma Lochan Panda	52,552	39.63	−
	Independent	Mahendra Prasad Jena	8,047	6.07	−
	BJP	Tanuja Panda	5,023	3.79	−
Majority			10,927	8.24 [c]
Turnout			1,32,618	67.56	−
	BJD gain from INC

Notes

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