# Barabati-Cuttack Assembly constituency

Barabati-Cuttack is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Cuttack district, Odisha, India.
This constituency includes 25 wards of Cuttack.
The constituency was formed in 2008 Delimitation and went for polls in 2009 election.

## Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates :
| 2009 | 2009 | 53.61% | 53.61% |
| 2014 | 2014 | 45.8% | 45.8% |
| 2019 | 2019 | 37.57% | 37.57% |
| 2024 | 2024 | 37.86% | 37.86% |
Since its formation in 2009, 4 elections were held till date.
List of members elected from Barabati-Cuttack constituency are:
| Year | Member | Party |
| Before 2009 : See Cuttack City ||||
| 2009 | Debashish Samantaray | Biju Janata Dal |
| 2014 | Debashish Samantaray | Biju Janata Dal |
| 2019 | Mohammed Moquim | Indian National Congress |
| 2024 | Sofia Firdous | Indian National Congress |

## 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, Barabati-Cuttack :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Sofia Firdous | 53,339 | 37.86 | 0.29 |
| | BJP | Purnachandra Mohapatra | 45,338 | 32.18 | 6.88 |
| | BJD | Prakash Behera | 40,035 | 28.42 | 6.29 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 585 | 0.42 | 0.55 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,001 | 5.68 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 140,887 | 55.17 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 238,450 | | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | INC hold | INC hold | INC hold |

### 2019

In 2019 election, Indian National Congress candidate Mohammed Moquim defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Debashish Samantaray by a margin of 3827 votes.
2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Barabati-Cuttack :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Mohammed Moquim | 50,244 | 37.57 | |
| | BJD | Debashish Samantaray | 48101 | 34.71 | |
| | BJP | Sameer Dey | 33825 | 25.30 | |
| | AAP | Shaikh Muntaqeem Buksh | 268 | 0.20 | − |
| | HM | Sheetal Kinnar | 210 | 0.16 | |
| | SUCI(C) | Priyadarshan Pavel | 313 | 0.23 | − |
| | Kalinga Sena | Jaya Shankar Acharya | 217 | 0.16 | − |
| | Krupa Dal | Biswanath Rout | 165 | 0.12 | − |
| | Independent | Hemanta Behera | 761 | 0.57 | − |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1298 | 0.97 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3827 | 2.86 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,27,777 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,33,718 | 56.71 | |
| | INC gain from BJD | INC gain from BJD | INC gain from BJD | INC gain from BJD | INC gain from BJD |

### 2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Debashish Samantaray defeated Indian National Congress candidate Mohammed Moquim by a margin of 14,289 votes.
2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Barabati-Cuttack :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJD | Debashish Samantaray | 57,663 | 45.8 | − |
| | INC | Mohammed Moquim | 43,335 | 34.44 | − |
| | BJP | Pradeep Swain | 20,552 | 16.33 | − |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1238 | 0.98 | − |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14,289 | 11.36 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 125824 | 59.85 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,99,965 | | |
| | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold |

### 2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Debashish Samantaray defeated Indian National Congress candidate Suresh Mohapatra by a margin of 24,485 votes.
2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Barabati-Cuttack :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJD | Debashish Samantaray | 52,097 | 53.61 | − |
| | INC | Suresh Mohapatra | 27,612 | 28.41 | − |
| | BJP | Samir Dey | 15,131 | 15.57 | − |
| | Independent | Subhash Sharma | 639 | 0.66 | − |
| | BSP | Sk. Muntaqeem Buksh | 606 | 0.62 | − |
| | Independent | Shaikh Mamiluddin Ahmed | 226 | 0.23 | − |
| | AJSU | Alok Prasad Nanda | 224 | 0.23 | − |
| | SP | Geeta Chayani | 220 | 0.23 | − |
| | Jan Hitkari Party | Dr. Guru Prasad Mohanty | 177 | 0.18 | − |
| | Independent | Amarendra Rath | 130 | 0.13 | − |
| | JD(U) | Sanjit Kumar Samal | 120 | 0.12 | − |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 24,485 | 25.19 | − |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 97,187 | 50.55 | − |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,92,277 | | |
| | BJD win (new seat) | BJD win (new seat) | BJD win (new seat) | BJD win (new seat) | BJD win (new seat) |