Simulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Simulia
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Balasore
Blocks	Simulia, Khaira
Electorate	2,11,136
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	Biju Janata Dal
MLA	Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi
Const. No.	42
Reserved for	None
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Bhadrak

Simulia (Sl. No.: 42) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balasore district, Odisha.

Area of this constituency include Simulia block and Khaira block.

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

Elected Members

14 elections held during 1951 to 2014. Elected members from the Simulia constituency are:

• 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)

Vote share of Winning candidates
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%

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Simulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

2014 Election Result

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

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2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Simulia

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

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Simulia

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	-
Turnout			1,32,618	67.56	-