Bhubaneswar Central is assembly constituency number 112 in Odisha, in Khordha * district, and one of the segments of the Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha seat. In the 2024 election Ananta Narayan Jena of the Biju Janata Dal won with 47.7% of the vote, 37 votes ahead of Jagannath Pradhan (BJP).
- 01Ananta Narayan JenaBJD53,75947.68%
- 02Jagannath PradhanBJP53,72247.65%
- 03Prakash Chandra JenaINC3,3082.93%
- 04Dr. Arun Kumar NayakAAP5060.45%
- 05Sanatan BeheraIndependent1320.12%
- 8 other candidates · 638 votesNOTA · 689 (0.61%)
Margin 37 votes · 0.03% of valid votes
All 13 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,12,754 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ananta Narayan JenaMale · 55 yrs | BJD | 53,759 | 47.68% |
| 2 | Jagannath PradhanMale · 54 yrs | BJP | 53,722 | 47.65% |
| 3 | Prakash Chandra JenaMale · 59 yrs | INC | 3,308 | 2.93% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 689 | 0.61% |
| 4 | Dr. Arun Kumar NayakMale · 47 yrs | AAP | 506 | 0.45% |
| 5 | Sanatan BeheraMale · 73 yrs | Independent | 132 | 0.12% |
| 6 | Kishan Kumar BalodiaMale · 50 yrs | Independent | 130 | 0.12% |
| 7 | Dr. Nagendra Nath MisraMale · 67 yrs | BSP | 100 | 0.09% |
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| 8 | Laxmi DoraFemale · 27 yrs · ST | AIFB | 91 | 0.08% |
| 9 | Dr. Akshaya Kumar BarikMale · 56 yrs | Independent | 85 | 0.08% |
| 10 | Srikanta SamalMale · 44 yrs | KRUP | 66 | 0.06% |
| 11 | Ranjan Kumar KarMale · 47 yrs | BHRJWNKP | 61 | 0.05% |
| 12 | Uma Charana MishraMale · 75 yrs | SAMO | 57 | 0.05% |
| 13 | Naresh Chandra SahooMale · 45 yrs | ODSHJP | 48 | 0.04% |
BJD held the seat: it also won in 2019.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Bhubaneswar Central result 2019
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ananta Narayan Jena | BJD | 54,022 | 53.40% |
| 2 | Jagannath Pradahan | BJP | 42,580 | 42.09% |
| 3 | Rajeeb Kumar Pattanaik | INC | 2,746 | 2.71% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 740 | 0.73% |
| 4 | Pradip Kumar Bhuyan | TMC | 172 | 0.17% |
| 5 | Subhasis Patanaik | AAP | 140 | 0.14% |
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| 6 | Birendra Nayak | BSP | 130 | 0.13% |
| 7 | Subhadra Mishra | KS | 112 | 0.11% |
| 8 | Ranjana Jena | Independent | 110 | 0.11% |
| 9 | Sunil Kumar Agrawal | Independent | 99 | 0.10% |
| 10 | Sumanta Kumar Swain | ABHM | 95 | 0.09% |
| 11 | Mahesh Chandra Sethi | Independent | 93 | 0.09% |
| 12 | Pradeep Kumar Das | AIFB | 65 | 0.06% |
| 13 | Nilamadhav Behera | FPI | 59 | 0.06% |
Bhubaneswar Central result 2014
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bijaya Kumar Mohanty | BJD | 50,107 | 53.71% |
| 2 | Jagannath Pradhan | BJP | 27,718 | 29.71% |
| 3 | Shuvendu Mohanty | INC | 11,429 | 12.25% |
| 4 | Ranjan Kumar Das | AAP | 1,251 | 1.34% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,009 | 1.08% |
| 5 | Gitanjali Bakshi | AOP | 710 | 0.76% |
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| 6 | Debi Prasad Prusti | AIFB | 220 | 0.24% |
| 7 | Jayadarshi Nayak | OJM | 180 | 0.19% |
| 8 | Harihara Deo | Independent | 139 | 0.15% |
| 9 | Lalit Mohan Patnaik | SKD | 112 | 0.12% |
| 10 | Anita Manjari Samal | SOWP | 99 | 0.11% |
| 11 | Subash Chandra Chau Pattnayak | Independent | 82 | 0.09% |
| 12 | Pitambar Bhuyan | PBI | 71 | 0.08% |
| 13 | Sangram Keshari Pattnayak | TMC | 62 | 0.07% |
| 14 | Sudarshan Pradhan | SP | 55 | 0.06% |
| 15 | Sikhara Bhoi | CPI(M) | 41 | 0.04% |
Bhubaneswar Central result 2009
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bijaya Kumar Mohanty | BJD | 46,417 | 60.89% |
| 2 | Biswabhusan Harichandan | BJP | 11,432 | 15.00% |
| 3 | Jagannath Pradhan | Independent | 8,159 | 10.70% |
| 4 | Alok Jena | INC | 7,176 | 9.41% |
| 5 | Panchanan Kanungo | SAMO | 1,670 | 2.19% |
| 6 | Susama Nanda | Independent | 577 | 0.76% |
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| 7 | Kalinga Kishore Das | BSP | 213 | 0.28% |
| 8 | Gopinath Nayak | Independent | 185 | 0.24% |
| 9 | Ugrasen Mangaraj | LJP | 179 | 0.23% |
| 10 | Bairagi Jena | Independent | 117 | 0.15% |
| 11 | Dipti Ranjan Mohanty | Independent | 107 | 0.14% |
Bhubaneswar Central outlined in orange among the other Odisha seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2024. Click any seat to open its page.
Other seats in Khordha * district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Bhubaneswar Central is one of the assembly segments of Bhubaneswar. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Bhubaneswar candidates.
- Aparajita SarangiBJP58,471 52.5%
- Manmath Kumar RoutrayBJD46,951 42.1%
- Syed Yashir NawazINC5,136 4.6%
- Suresh Chandra PanigrahyCPI(M)193 0.2%
- Hulas SenapatiIndependent122 0.1%
In the assembly election BJD won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 11,520 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Bhubaneswar Central.
Who won the Bhubaneswar Central assembly seat in 2024?
Ananta Narayan Jena of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) won Bhubaneswar Central in the 2024 Odisha assembly election with 53,759 votes, which was 47.68% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Bhubaneswar Central?
The margin was 37 votes (0.03% of valid votes). The runner-up was Jagannath Pradhan of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 53,722 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Bhubaneswar Central in 2024?
Turnout was 51.44%: 1,12,782 of 2,19,233 registered electors voted, across 201 polling stations. That is 8.1 points higher than in 2019.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Bhubaneswar Central part of?
Bhubaneswar Central is an assembly segment of the Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha constituency in Odisha. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Aparajita Sarangi got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Bhubaneswar Central a reserved constituency?
No. Bhubaneswar Central is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Bhubaneswar Central?
The Odisha assembly elected in 2024 completes its five-year term in 2029, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.
Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Odisha assembly elections of 2024 and 2019 and 2014 and 2009 (2024 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.
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- Khordha population and religionCensus 2011 district profile
- Gram panchayat list, KhordhaEvery block, panchayat and village (LGD)
- Odisha state profileSeats, parties and turnout at a glance
- Odisha Lok Sabha resultsEvery parliamentary seat, 2024 and earlier
- Odisha districts: Census 2011Population, religion, SC/ST by district
- Gram panchayat list, OdishaBlocks, panchayats and villages (LGD)
- CSR spend in OdishaCompany CSR spending by year and sector (MCA)
- Urban local bodies in OdishaMunicipal corporations, councils, wards