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
District	Balasore
LS constituency	Bhadrak
Established	1951
Total electors	2,11,136
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2019

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

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Parsuram Panigrahi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Padma Lochan Panda by a margin of 10,927 votes.^[4]

Elected Members

15 elections held during 1951 to 2019. Elected members from the Simulia constituency are:^[5][6]

• 2019: (41): Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi (BJD)
• 2014: (41): Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi (BJD)
• 2009: (41): Parsuram Panigrahi (BJD)
• 2004: (16): Padma Lochan Panda (Congress)
• 2000: (16): Parsuram Panigrahi (BJD)
• 1995: (16): Padma Lochan Panda (Congress)
• 1990: (16): Parsuram Panigrahi (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (16): Padma Lochan Panda (Congress)
• 1980: (16): Parsuram Panigrahi (JNP (JP))
• 1977: (16): Gopinath Das (Janata Party)
• 1974: (16): Sailen Mohapatra (Congress)
• 1971: (17): Chintamani Jena(Communist)
• 1967: (17): Utsav Charan Jena (PSP)
• 1961: (125): Bhagirathi Das (Congress)
• 1951: (31): Bisi Bibhar (Congress)

Year	Member	Party
2019	Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi^[7]		Biju Janata Dal

Vote share of winning candidates^[8]
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%

Election results

2014

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

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Simulia^[10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi	65,854	42.24	-5.63
	INC	Padmalochan Panda	57,917	37.15	-2.48
	BJP	Shashi Kumar Sahoo	28,011	17.97	14.18
	CPI	Santosh Biswal	1,284	0.82
	BSP	Gajendra Jena	693	0.44	-1.04
	AOP	Kamalesh Kumar Das	511	0.33
	Odisha Jana Morcha	Sridhar Tripathy	440	0.28
	AAP	Ratikanta Nayak	427	0.27
	NOTA	None	769	0.49	-
Majority			7,937	5.09	-3.15
Turnout			1,55,906	73.84	6.28
Registered electors			2,11,136
	BJD hold

2009

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Simulia^[12]

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	-
	BSP	Gopal Krishna Das	1,969	1.48	-
	SP	Mamatanjali Tripathy	1,019	0.77	-
	Samruddha Odisha	Rabindra Kumar Mohanty	506	0.38	-
Majority			10,927	8.24^[a]	-
Turnout			1,32,618	67.56	-

1. % of total valid votes

References

1. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 24 February 2014. Constituency: Simulia (42) District : Balasore
2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
3. Seats of Odisha
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6. "Simulia Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
7. "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
8. "16 - Simulia Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 23 February 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
9. . Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
10. "Odisha - Simulia". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
11. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Simulia (42)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
12. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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