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Assembly constituency 42 · Odisha

Simulia is assembly constituency number 42 in Odisha, in Baleshwar district, and one of the segments of the Bhadrak Lok Sabha seat. In the 2024 election Padma Lochan Panda of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 49.5% of the vote, 13,183 votes ahead of Subasini Sahoo (BJD).

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Simulia · 2024AC 42
  1. 01
    Padma Lochan Panda
    BJP
    90,676
    49.54%
  2. 02
    Subasini Sahoo
    BJD
    77,493
    42.34%
  3. 03
    Himanshu Shekhar Behera
    INC
    13,067
    7.14%
  4. 04
    Pruthwiraj Das
    BSP
    499
    0.27%
  5. 05
    Ranjan Kumar Samal
    NAPt
    393
    0.21%
  6. 1 other candidate · 207 votesNOTA · 693 (0.38%)

Margin 13,183 votes · 7.20% of valid votes

2,57,238
Registered electors
2024 election
71.2%
Turnout
-1.7 pts vs 2019
13,183
Victory margin
7.2% of valid votes
May 2024 · candidate-wise result

All 6 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,83,028 valid votes, NOTA included.

Simulia 2024 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Padma Lochan PandaMale · 69 yrsBJP90,676
49.54%
2Subasini SahooFemale · 50 yrsBJD77,493
42.34%
3Himanshu Shekhar BeheraMale · 51 yrsINC13,067
7.14%
—NOTANOTA693
0.38%
4Pruthwiraj DasMale · 40 yrs · SCBSP499
0.27%
5Ranjan Kumar SamalMale · 48 yrsNAPt393
0.21%
6Sabitarani PakalFemale · 41 yrsIndependent207
0.11%
Past results

The seat changed hands: BJD won in 2019, BJP in 2024.

0%20%40%60%2009201420192024BJP 49.5%BJD 42.3%INC 7.1%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2019Jyoti Prakash PanigrahiBJD · 51.4% · margin 14,959Turnout72.9%
2024Padma Lochan PandaBJP · 49.5% · margin 13,183Turnout71.2%
2014Jyoti Prakash PanigrahiBJD · 42.2% · margin 7,937Turnout73.1%
2009Parsuram PanigrahiBJD · 47.9% · margin 10,927Turnout67.6%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Simulia result 2019

Simulia 2019 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Jyoti Prakash PanigrahiBJD90,083
51.35%
2Padmalochan PandaBJP75,124
42.82%
3Ananta Prasad SethiINC8,353
4.76%
—NOTANOTA802
0.46%
4Pruthwiraj DasBSP728
0.41%
5Gangadhar DasPUJP340
0.19%

Simulia result 2014

Simulia 2014 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Jyoti Prakash PanigrahiBJD65,854
42.24%
2Padmalochan PandaINC57,917
37.15%
3Shashi Kumar SahooBJP28,011
17.97%
4Santosh BiswalCPI1,284
0.82%
—NOTANOTA769
0.49%
5Gajendra JenaBSP693
0.44%
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6Kamalesh Kumar DasAOP511
0.33%
7Sridhar TripathyOJM440
0.28%
8Ratikanta NayakAAP427
0.27%

Simulia result 2009

Simulia 2009 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Parsuram PanigrahiBJD63,479
47.87%
2Padmalochan PandaINC52,552
39.63%
3Mahendra Prasad JenaIndependent8,047
6.07%
4Tanuja PandaBJP5,023
3.79%
5Gopal Krishna DasBSP1,969
1.48%
6Mamatanjali TripathySP1,019
0.77%
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7Rabindra Kumar MohantySAMO506
0.38%
Map

Simulia 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 Baleshwar district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

BJPBJDINCCPI(M)Others
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Simulia is one of the assembly segments of Bhadrak. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Bhadrak candidates.

  • Avimanyu SethiBJP1,00,018 55.1%
  • Manjulata MandalBJD68,198 37.6%
  • Ananta Prasad SethiINC11,321 6.2%
  • Adv. Arjun Charan MallikBSP525 0.3%
  • Kirtan Bihari MalikSUCI373 0.2%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 31,820 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Simulia.

Who won the Simulia assembly seat in 2024?

Padma Lochan Panda of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Simulia in the 2024 Odisha assembly election with 90,676 votes, which was 49.54% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Simulia?

The margin was 13,183 votes (7.20% of valid votes). The runner-up was Subasini Sahoo of the Biju Janata Dal with 77,493 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Simulia in 2024?

Turnout was 71.18%: 1,83,100 of 2,57,238 registered electors voted, across 271 polling stations. That is 1.7 points lower than in 2019.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Simulia part of?

Simulia is an assembly segment of the Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency in Odisha. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Avimanyu Sethi got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Simulia a reserved constituency?

No. Simulia is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Simulia?

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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