# Bhubaneswar Central Assembly constituency

Bhubaneswar Central (Madhya) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Khordha district, Odisha, India.
This constituency includes Ward No. 16 to 29 and 35 to 41 of BMC.
The constituency was formed in 2008 Delimitation and went for polls in 2009 election.

## Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates :
| 2024 | 2024 | 47.68% | 47.68% |
| 2019 | 2019 | 53.40% | 53.40% |
| 2014 | 2014 | 53.71% | 53.71% |
| 2009 | 2009 | 60.89% | 60.89% |
Since its formation in 2009, 4 elections were held till date.
List of members elected from Bhubaneswar Central constituency are:
| Year | Member | Party |
| Till 2009 : See Bhubaneswar ||||
| 2009 | Bijaya Kumar Mohanty | Biju Janata Dal |
| 2014 | Bijaya Kumar Mohanty | Biju Janata Dal |
| 2019 | Ananta Narayan Jena | Biju Janata Dal |
| 2024 | Ananta Narayan Jena | Biju Janata Dal |

## 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.
2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhubaneswar Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJD | Ananta Narayan Jena | 53,759 | 47.68 | 5.72 |
| | BJP | Jagannath Pradhan | 53,722 | 47.65 | 5.56 |
| | INC | Prakash Chandra Jena | 3,308 | 2.93 | 0.22 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 689 | 0.61 | 0.12 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 37 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 112,754 | | |
| | BJD hold | BJD hold | Swing | | |

### 2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ananta Narayan Jena defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jagannath Pradhan by a margin of 11,442 votes.
2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Bhubaneshwar Central (Madhya) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJD | Ananta Narayan Jena | 54,022 | 53.40 | 0.31 |
| | BJP | Jagannath Pradhan | 42,580 | 42.09 | 12.38 |
| | INC | Rajib Patnaik | 2,746 | 2.71 | 9.54 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 740 | 0.73 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,442 | 11.31 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,03,432 | 43.33 | |
| | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold |

### 2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bijaya Kumar Mohanty defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jagannath Pradhan by a margin of 22,389 votes.
2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhubaneswar Central (Madhya) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJD | Bijaya Kumar Mohanty | 50,107 | 53.71 | 7.18 |
| | BJP | Jagannath Pradhan | 27,718 | 29.71 | 14.71 |
| | INC | Shuvendu Mohanty | 11,429 | 12.25 | 2.84 |
| | NOTA | None | 1009 | 0.08 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 22389 | 24 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 93,285 | 41.96% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,22,337 | | |
| | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold |

### 2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bijaya Kumar Mohanty defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Biswabhusan Harichandan by a margin of 34,985 votes.
2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhubaneswar Central (Madhya) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJD | Bijaya Kumar Mohanty | 46,417 | 60.89 | − |
| | BJP | Biswabhusan Harichandan | 11,432 | 15.00 | − |
| | Independent | Jagannath Pradhan | 8,159 | 10.70 | − |
| | INC | Alok Jena | 7,176 | 9.41 | − |
| | SAMO | Panchanan Kanungo | 1,670 | 2.19 | − |
| | Independent | Susama Nanda | 577 | 0.76 | − |
| | BSP | Kalinga Kishore Das | 213 | 0.28 | − |
| | Independent | Gopinath Nayak | 185 | 0.24 | − |
| | LJP | Ugrasen Mangaraj | 179 | 0.23 | − |
| | Independent | Bairagi Jena | 117 | 0.15 | − |
| | Independent | Dipti Ranjan Mohanty | 107 | 0.14 | − |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 34,985 | 45.89 | − |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 76,284 | 33.78 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,25,828 | | |
| | BJD win (new seat) | BJD win (new seat) | BJD win (new seat) | BJD win (new seat) | BJD win (new seat) |