Aska Assembly constituency

Aska (Sl. No.: 128) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district, Odisha.[1]

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Asika.

Aska
Constituency No. 128 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictGanjam
LS constituencyAska
Established1951
Total electors197,443
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Manjula Swain
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2019

This constituency includes Aska, Aska block and 12 GPs (Subalaya, Kaniari, Barida, Paikajamuna, Sunapalli, Sialia, Nandiagada, Borasingi, Ambapua, Baliasara, Bolasara and Sunarijhola) of Kabisuryanagar block.[2][3]

Elected Members
Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2019
 
 55.50%
2014
 
 54.84%
2009
 
 52.25%
2004
 
 30.49%
2000
 
 44.09%
1995
 
 36.50%
1990
 
 63.06%
1985
 
 44.78%
1980
 
 45.88%
1977
 
 59.17%

Since its formation in 1951, Seventeen elections were held. It was a two seat constituency in 1951.

List of members elected from Aska constituency are:[5][6]

Year Member Party
2024 Saroj Kumar Padhy BJP
2019 Manjula Swain[7][8] BJD
2014 Debaraj Mohanty BJD
2009 Debaraj Mohanty BJD
2004 Saroj Kumar Padhy Independent
2000 Debaraj Mohanty BJD
1995 Usha Rani Panda INC
1990 Dwitikrushna Panda CPI
1985 Raghab Parida INC
1980 Raghab Parida INC
1977 Harihar Swain JP
1974 Harihara Das CPI
1971 Krushna Chandra Tripathy Utkal Congress
1967 Harihara Das CPI
1961 Lokanath Mishra INC
1957 Harihara Das CPI
1951[lower-alpha 1] Harihara Das CPI
Mohana Naik CPI

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 20th May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[9]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Aska
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Manjula Swain
BJP Saroj Kumar Padhi
INC Surabhi Bisoyi
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
gain from

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Manjula Swain defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Debaraj Mohanty by a margin of 27,233 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Aska [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Manjula Swain 66,872 55.5
BJP Debaraj Mohanty 39639 32.9
INC Manoj Kumar Jena 9285 7.71
NOTA None of the above 1854 1.54
Majority 27233 22.6
Turnout 120495 61.04
BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Debaraj Mohanty defeated Indian National Congress candidate Saroj Kumar Padhi by a margin of 23,499 votes.[11]

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Aska[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Debaraj Mohanty 59,412 54.84
INC Saroj Kumar Padhi 35,913 33.15
BJP Narayan Behera 6,436 5.94
NOTA None of the above 1,713 1.58
Majority 23,499 21.69 -12.33
Turnout 1,08,334 60.27 7.64
BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Debaraj Mohanty defeated Independent candidate Saroj Kumar Padhy by a margin of 29,986 votes.[14]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Aska[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Debaraj Mohanty 46,059 52.25 25.46
Independent Saroj Kumar Padhy 16,073 18.23 -
INC Alekha Chaudhury 15,497 17.58 -
BJP Surya Narayan Das 5,128 5.82 -
SP Gangadhar Panigrahi 1,968 2.23 -
Independent Subash Chandra Maharana 1,209 1.37 -
SAMO V. Ramakrushna Rao 662 0.75 -
Independent Shasi Bhusana Sahu 537 0.61 -
RSP Lingaraj Kar 527 0.60 -
Independent Banchha Pradhan 494 1.56 -
Majority 29,986 34.02[lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 88,168 52.63 -
BJD hold

Notes
  1. It was a 2 member constituency
  2. %of total valid votes

References
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  2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  3. Seats of Odisha
  4. "68 - Aska Assembly Constituency". 2006. Retrieved 9 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  5. "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  6. "Aska Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  7. "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  8. Zee News (24 May 2019). "Odisha Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners". Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  9. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
  10. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  11. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  12. "Odisha - Aska". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  13. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Aska (128)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  14. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013. 29986
  15. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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