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{{Short description|Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Barabati-Cuttack
| state = [[Odisha]]
| constituency_no = 90
| type = SLA
| map_image =
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| division = Central Division
| district = [[Cuttack district|Cuttack]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Cuttack (Lok Sabha constituency)|Cuttack]]
| established = 2009
| reservation = None
| incumbent_image =
| mla = [[Sofia Firdous]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
| electors = 2,44,574{{efn|as on 2024}}{{efn|as data published by election commission}}
}}

'''Barabati-Cuttack''' is a [[Legislative Assembly of Odisha|Vidhan Sabha]] [[List of constituencies of Odisha Legislative Assembly|constituency]] of [[Cuttack district]], [[Odisha]], [[India]].

This constituency includes 25 wards of Cuttack.<ref name=delimitation2008>{{cite web |title=Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005180821/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |archive-date=5 October 2010 |access-date=13 October 2021 }}</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/delim/paper1to7/Orissa.xls Seats of Odisha]</ref>

The constituency was formed in 2008 Delimitation<ref>{{Cite web |title=Delimitation 2008 |url=https://www.elections.tn.gov.in/Web/forms/int1.pdf |website=[[Election Commission of India|ECI]] }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> after subsuming [[Kissannagar Assembly Constituency]] and went for polls in [[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009 election]].

==Elected members==

{{bar box
|float=right
|title=Vote share of winning candidates
|titlebar=#ddd
|width=300px
|barwidth=275px
|bars=
{{bar percent|2024|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|37.86}}
{{bar percent|2019|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|37.57}}
{{bar percent|2014|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|45.8}}
{{bar percent|2009|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|53.61}}
}}

Since its formation in 2009, 4 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Barabati-Cuttack constituency are:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Member
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|[[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Barabati-Cuttack Assembly Election Results 2024: Barabati-Cuttack Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/odisha/barabati-cuttack-constituency-result-18090 |access-date=2025-06-22 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Sofia Firdous]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019]]<ref name="election2019" />
|[[Mohammed Moquim]]
|-
|[[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Barabati-cuttack Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency |url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/barabati-cuttack-odisha-assembly-constituency |access-date=2025-06-22 |website=resultuniversity.com}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |[[Debashish Samantaray]]
|{{Full party name with color|Biju Janata Dal|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009]]<ref name=":0" />
|-
| colspan="4" |{{Center|''Before 2009 : See [[Kissannagar Assembly Constituency|Kissannagar]]''}}
|}

==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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024 |url=https://elections24.eci.gov.in/election-details-odisa.html |website=[[Election Commission of India|ECI]]}}</ref> In 2024 election, [[Indian National Congress]] candidate [[Sofia Firdous]] defeated [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate Purna Chandra Mahapatra by a margin of 8,001 votes. <ref name=":2" />

{{Election box begin |
|title= [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election]], Barabati-Cuttack}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party=Indian National Congress
|candidate=[[Sofia Firdous]]
|votes=53,339
|percentage=37.86
|change={{increase}}0.29}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate=Purnachandra Mohapatra
|votes=45,338
|percentage=32.18
|change={{increase}}6.88}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Biju Janata Dal
|candidate=Prakash Behera
|votes=40,035
|percentage=28.42
|change={{decrease}}6.29}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=None of the above
|candidate=None of the above
|votes=585
|percentage=0.42
|change={{decrease}}0.55}}

{{Election box majority|
|votes=8,001
|percentage=5.68
|change=}}

{{Election box turnout|
|votes=1,40,887
|percentage=57.61
|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Indian National Congress
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2019===
In 2019 election, [[Indian National Congress]] candidate [[Mohammed Moquim]] defeated [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Debashish Samantaray]] by a margin of 3,827 votes.<ref name="election2019">{{cite web |title=State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/11679-odisha-legislative-assembly-election-2019/ |accessdate=7 October 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>

{{Election box begin|
|title=[[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Barabati-Cuttack<ref name="TP Ass Cand">{{cite web |title=List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC) |url=http://www.ceoorissa.nic.in/docs/Election/2019/Form7A/Phase3/List%20of%20Contesting%20Candidates%20%283rd%20Phase-AC%20Wise%29.pdf|website=ceoorissa.nic.in |publisher=Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha |accessdate=20 April 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Mohammed Moquim]]
|votes = 50,244
|percentage = 37.57
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Debashish Samantaray]]
|votes = 48,101
|percentage = 34.71
|change =
|Symbol =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Samir Dey]]
|votes = 33,825
|percentage = 25.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 1,298
|percentage = 0.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,827
|percentage = 2.86
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,33,718
|percentage = 56.71
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2014 ===
In 2014 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Debashish Samantaray]] defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate [[Mohammed Moquim]] by a margin of 14,289 votes.<ref name=":1" />

{{Election box begin |
| title=[[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Barabati-Cuttack}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Debashish Samantaray]]
|votes = 57,663
|percentage = 45.8
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Mohammed Moquim]]
|votes = 43,335
|percentage = 34.44
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Pradeep Swain
|votes = 20,552
|percentage = 16.33
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 1,238
|percentage = 0.98
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 14,289
|percentage = 11.36
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,25,824
|percentage = 59.85
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2009 ===
In 2009 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Debashish Samantaray]] defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate Suresh Mohapatra by a margin of 24,485 votes.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/431-odisha-election-result-2009-votemargin.html |title=Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin |work=leadtech.in |quote=24485 |accessdate=16 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527163949/http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/431-odisha-election-result-2009-votemargin.html |archive-date=2013-05-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Lobbying begins for new seats in Cuttack |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/article30789.ece?service=print |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422233229/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/article30789.ece?service=print |archive-date=22 April 2014 |publisher=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

{{Election box begin |
|title= [[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Barabati-Cuttack<ref name=election2009>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3630-orissa-2009/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 6 October 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Debashish Samantaray]]
|votes = 52,097
|percentage = 53.61
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Suresh Mohapatra
|votes = 27,612
|percentage = 28.41
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Samir Dey]]
|votes = 15,131
|percentage = 15.57
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 24,485
|percentage = 25.19{{efn|%of total valid votes}}
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 97,187
|percentage = 50.55
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,92,277
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Cuttack district}}
{{Assembly constituencies of Odisha|state=expanded}}
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Odisha]]
[[Category:Politics of Cuttack district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Orissa]]

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