Saraskana Assembly constituency

Saraskana is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha.[1]

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

Saraskana (ST)
Constituency No. 27 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictMayurbhanj
LS constituencyMayurbhanj
Established2009
Total electors1,59,600
ReservationST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Budhan Murmu
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2019

Area of this constituency includes Saraskana block, Bijatala block, Bisoi block and 3 GPs (Jaypur, Kusumi and Mayurdar) of Kusumi block.[2][3]

The constituency was formed in 2008 Delimitation[4] and went for polls in 2009 election.

Elected Members
Vote share of winning candidates
2019
 
 34.28%
2014
 
 32.16%
2009
 
 35.75%

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

List of members elected from Saraskana constituency are:[5]

Year Member Party
2024
2019 Budhan Murmu[6] BJP
2014 Bhadav Hansdah BJD
2009 Rama Chandra Hansdah NCP

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Saraskana
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Debashish Marandi
BJP Bhadav Hansdah
INC Ram Kumar Soren
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
gain from

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Budhan Murmu defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Ram Chandra Murmu by a margin of 6,813 votes.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Saraskana
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Budhan Murmu 53,197 34.28
BJD Amar Singh Tudu 46384 29.89
JMM Mahesh Chandra Hembram 34831 22.44
Independent Rama Chandra Hansdah 10036 6.47
Independent Iswar Chandra Barda 2544 1.64
NOTA None of the above 2206 1.42
Majority 6,813 4.39[lower-alpha 1]
Turnout 1,55,184 76.02
BJP gain from BJD

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bhadav Hansdah defeated Jharkhand Mukti Morcha candidate Ram Chandra Murmu by a margin of 3,839 votes.

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Saraskana
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Bhadav Hansdah 46,867 32.16
JMM Ramchandra Murmu 43,028 29.52
BJP Narendra Nath Singh 23,447 16.09
INC Berel Sirka 20,040 13.75
CPI Balaram Murmu 2,102 1.44
NOTA None 1,805 1.24
Majority 3,839 2.64[lower-alpha 2]
Turnout 1,45,751 79.67
BJD gain from NCP

2009

In 2009 election, Nationalist Congress Party candidate Rama Chandra Hansdah defeated Jharkhand Mukti Morcha candidate Ram Chandra Murmu by a margin of 14,590 votes.[8]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Sarskana[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NCP Rama Chandra Hansdah 39,832 35.75 -
JMM Ram Chandra Murmu 25,242 22.65 -
BJP Majhiram Tudu 17,657 15.85 -
INC Sanatan Munda 16,667 14.96 -
Majority 14,590 13.09[lower-alpha 3] -
Turnout 1,11,516 69.87 -
NCP win (new seat)

Notes
  1. % of total valid votes
  2. % of total valid votes
  3. % of total valid votes

References
  1. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 18 February 2014. Constituency: Saraskana (27) District : Mayurbhanj
  2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  3. Seats of Odisha
  4. "Delimitation 2008" (PDF). ECI.
  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. "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  7. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
  8. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2014. 14590
  9. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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