<p>The Banki constituency in the Cuttack district of <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/search?q=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/odisha">Odisha</a> went to polls on April 19, 2024. Over 3.32 crore voters in the state were eligible to exercise their franchise in the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/odisha-assembly-elections-2024">Legislative Assembly elections</a> this year, which are being held alongside the<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/lok-sabha-elections-2024"> Lok Sabha election</a>s. Odisha voted in four phases—May 13, May 20, May 25, and June 1, which coincided with phases 4, 5, 6, and 7 of the Lok Sabha elections.</p><p>The term of the 147-member Legislative Assembly is slated to end on June 24, 2024.</p><p><strong>What happened in the 2019 Legislative Assembly elections?</strong></p><p>Banki is one of the 113 Assembly seats won by the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/bjd">BJD </a>in the 2019 Legislative Assembly elections.</p><p>In the 2019 elections, Banki constituency had 209767 voters, and saw a voter turnout of 76.1 %.</p><p>BJD candidate Devi Ranjan Tripathy won the Banki constituency in the 2019 elections, with a margin of 24118 votes.</p><p>In the 2019 Legislative Assembly elections in Odisha, the BJD swept the polls, helping Naveen Patnaik secure a fifth consecutive term as the Chief Minister of the state.</p><p>While the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/bjp">BJP</a> also contested all seats in the state, the saffron party could win only 23. The<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/congress"> Congress</a>, meanwhile, won a mere nine seats, despite contesting 138 seats. That being said, the 2019 Assembly polls in Odisha saw the BJP experience a notable surge in its vote share, with the saffron party's share of votes rising from 18% in 2014 to over 30% in 2019. One of the seats not won by the BJD, BJP, or the Congress went to the<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/cpim"> CPI(M), </a>while the remaining seat was won by an independent candidate.</p><p>Polling was not held in the Patkura seat during the Assembly polls owing to the passing of the sitting MLA. However, in the bypolls held later in July 2019, the BJD won the seat by a comfortable margin of victory.</p>.<p><em><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/lok-sabha-elections-2024">Lok Sabha Elections 2024</a> | Will it be <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/narendra-modi">Narendra Modi</a>'s 'Viksit Bharat' or <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/rahul-gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</a>'s I.N.D.I.A.? As the world's largest democracy votes to choose its future, track live news, in-depth opinions, and analyses only on <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/">Deccan Herald</a>.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/assembly-elections-2024">Assembly Elections 2024</a> | Don't miss out on our detailed coverage of the polls in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sikkim-assembly-elections-2024">Sikkim</a>, <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/arunachal-pradesh-assembly-elections-2024">Arunachal Pradesh</a>, <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/andhra-pradesh-assembly-elections-2024">Andhra Pradesh</a>, and <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/odisha-assembly-elections-2024">Odisha</a>. Subscribe and follow DH on <a href="https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va4ifN6AYlULZASc7V3S">Whatsapp</a>, <a href="https://x.com/DeccanHerald">X</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/deccanherald/">Facebook</a>, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/deccanherald/?hl=en">Instagram</a> to never miss out on anything.</strong></em></p>
<p>The Banki constituency in the Cuttack district of <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/search?q=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/odisha">Odisha</a> went to polls on April 19, 2024. Over 3.32 crore voters in the state were eligible to exercise their franchise in the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/odisha-assembly-elections-2024">Legislative Assembly elections</a> this year, which are being held alongside the<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/lok-sabha-elections-2024"> Lok Sabha election</a>s. Odisha voted in four phases—May 13, May 20, May 25, and June 1, which coincided with phases 4, 5, 6, and 7 of the Lok Sabha elections.</p><p>The term of the 147-member Legislative Assembly is slated to end on June 24, 2024.</p><p><strong>What happened in the 2019 Legislative Assembly elections?</strong></p><p>Banki is one of the 113 Assembly seats won by the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/bjd">BJD </a>in the 2019 Legislative Assembly elections.</p><p>In the 2019 elections, Banki constituency had 209767 voters, and saw a voter turnout of 76.1 %.</p><p>BJD candidate Devi Ranjan Tripathy won the Banki constituency in the 2019 elections, with a margin of 24118 votes.</p><p>In the 2019 Legislative Assembly elections in Odisha, the BJD swept the polls, helping Naveen Patnaik secure a fifth consecutive term as the Chief Minister of the state.</p><p>While the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/bjp">BJP</a> also contested all seats in the state, the saffron party could win only 23. The<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/congress"> Congress</a>, meanwhile, won a mere nine seats, despite contesting 138 seats. That being said, the 2019 Assembly polls in Odisha saw the BJP experience a notable surge in its vote share, with the saffron party's share of votes rising from 18% in 2014 to over 30% in 2019. One of the seats not won by the BJD, BJP, or the Congress went to the<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/cpim"> CPI(M), </a>while the remaining seat was won by an independent candidate.</p><p>Polling was not held in the Patkura seat during the Assembly polls owing to the passing of the sitting MLA. However, in the bypolls held later in July 2019, the BJD won the seat by a comfortable margin of victory.</p>.<p><em><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/lok-sabha-elections-2024">Lok Sabha Elections 2024</a> | Will it be <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/narendra-modi">Narendra Modi</a>'s 'Viksit Bharat' or <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/rahul-gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</a>'s I.N.D.I.A.? As the world's largest democracy votes to choose its future, track live news, in-depth opinions, and analyses only on <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/">Deccan Herald</a>.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/assembly-elections-2024">Assembly Elections 2024</a> | Don't miss out on our detailed coverage of the polls in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sikkim-assembly-elections-2024">Sikkim</a>, <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/arunachal-pradesh-assembly-elections-2024">Arunachal Pradesh</a>, <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/andhra-pradesh-assembly-elections-2024">Andhra Pradesh</a>, and <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/odisha-assembly-elections-2024">Odisha</a>. Subscribe and follow DH on <a href="https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va4ifN6AYlULZASc7V3S">Whatsapp</a>, <a href="https://x.com/DeccanHerald">X</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/deccanherald/">Facebook</a>, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/deccanherald/?hl=en">Instagram</a> to never miss out on anything.</strong></em></p>