The fast, accurate, and affordable determination of efonidipine (EFO) is the need of the time for human mental health. In this work, we proposed a ZnO-adorned glassy carbon electrode (ZnO/GCE) for the voltammetric sensing and electro-kinetic investigations of efonidipine in pharmaceutical samples. ZnOdecorated glassy carbon electrode exhibit enhanced electro-catalytic activity, higher surface area, rapid electron transfer rate, and enhanced electrical conductivity, these properties result in an ampli ed peak current response for the electro-reduction of EFO. The ZnO nanoparticles are synthesized by a simple and economical sol-gel method and characterized by XRD, SEM, and EDS techniques. The electro-kinetic studies of efonidipine on the ZnO fabricated glassy carbon electrode was investigated using CV, EIS, LSV, DPSV, and Chronocoulometry techniques. The diffusion-controlled electro-reduction of EFO produced three well-de ned peaks in the cyclic voltammograms. The various electro-kinetics parameters like diffusion coe cient (D o ), heterogeneous rate constant (K h ), electron transfer coe cient (α), and surface coverage (Γ) were evaluated and the mechanism of electro-reduction was proposed. The peak current in LSV and DPSV techniques shows a linear relationship with the concentration of EFO in the range of 0.14-0.98 µmolL − 1 with detection limits of 0.21 and 0.07 µmolL − 1 , respectively. The proposed ZnO/GCE sensor demonstrates a cost-effective and environmentally compatible approach for the detection of efonidipine in pharmaceutical samples.