Aska Lok Sabha constituency

Aska Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India.

Aska
OD-19
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Aska Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
Assembly constituenciesPolasara
Kabisuryanagar
Khallikote
Aska
Surada
Sanakhemundi
Hinjili
Established1952
Total electors16,19,339
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party   BJP
Elected year2024

Assembly Segments

Presently, after the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008, the following 7 Legislative Assembly segments constitute Aska Lok Sabha constituency:[1][2]

# Name District Member Party
124 Polasara Ganjam Gokulananda Mallik BJP
125 Kabisuryanagar Pratap Chandra Nayak
126 Khallikote (SC) Purna Chandra Sethy
128 Aska Saroj Kumar Padhi
129 Surada Nilamani Bisoyi
130 Sanakhemundi Ramesh Chandra Jena INC
131 Hinjili Naveen Patnaik BJD

Elected Members
Vote share of winning candidates
2024
 
 48.55%
2019
 
 54.52%
2014
 
 38.44%
2009
 
 32.64%
2004
 
 56.1%
2000 (bypoll)
 
 70.31%
1999
 
 74.91%
1998
 
 53.89%
1996
 
 54.14%
1991
 
 47.83%
1989
 
 60.45%
1984
 
 60.76%
1980
 
 49.94%
1977
 
 41.79%

Since its formation in 1952, 18 elections have been held till date.

List of members elected from Aska constituency are

Year Member Party
As Ghumusar Constituency
1952 Uma Charan Patnaik Independent
1956 : Constituency did not exist
As Bhanjanagar Constituency
1962 Mohan Nayak INC
1967 Ananta Tripathi Sarma INC
1971 Duti Krushna Panda CPI
As Aska Constituency
1977 Rama Chandra Rath INC
1980 INC
1984 Somanath Rath INC
1989 Ananta Narayan Singh Deo JD
1991 Rama Chandra Rath INC
1996 Biju Patnaik JD
1998 Naveen Patnaik BJD
1999
2000 (bypoll)[lower-alpha 1] Kumudini Patnaik
2004 Hari Har Swain
2009 Nityananda Pradhan
2014 Ladu Kishore Swain
2019 Pramila Bisoyi
2024 Anita Subhadarshini BJP

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 20th May 2024 in 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[3] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Anita Subhadarshini defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Ranjita Sahu by a margin of 99,974 votes.

2024 Indian general election: Aska
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Anita Subhadarshini 494,226 48.55
BJD Ranjita Sahu 3,94,252 38.73
INC Debakanta Sarma 75,255 7.39
NOTA None of the above 21,941 2.16
Majority 99,974 9.82
Turnout 10,17,914 62.67
BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pramila Bisoyi defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Anita Subhadarshini by a margin of 2,04,707 votes.

2019 Indian general elections: Aska[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Pramila Bisoyi 552,749 54.52 5.89
BJP Anita Subhadarshini 3,48,042 34.33 26.81
CPI Rama Krushna Panda 59,978 5.92
NOTA None of the above 17,344 1.71
BSP Purna Chandra Nayak 8,549 0.84
Majority 2,04,707 20.19
Turnout 10,13,890 65.79
BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ladu Kishore Swain defeated Indian National Congress candidate Srilokanath Rath by a margin of 3,11,997 votes.

2014 Indian general elections: Aska[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Ladu Kishore Swain 541,473 60.41
INC Srilokanath Rath 2,29,476 25.6
BJP Mahesh Chandra Mohanty 67,361 7.52
NOTA None of the above 15,382 1.72 -
AAP Prabhat Kumar Mohanty 11,063 1.23
BSP Bijaya Kumar Mahapatro 9,127 1.02
Majority 3,11,997 34.81 -
Turnout 8,96,461 63.63
Registered electors 14,08,780
BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Nityananda Pradhan defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ramachandra Rath by a margin of 2,32,834 votes.

2009 Indian general elections: Aska
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Nityananda Pradhan 419,862 59.81
INC Ramachandra Rath 1,87,028 26.64
BJP Shanti Devi 42,165 6.01
IND. K. Shyam Babu Subudhi 12,586 1.79
Majority 2,32,834 33.17
Turnout 7,01,880 54.57
BJD hold

Notes
  1. Resignation of Naveen Patnaik

References
  1. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  2. Seats of Odisha
  3. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
  4. "List of Contesting Candidates (Phase-II) (PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2014 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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