Aska Assembly constituency

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

Aska
Constituency No. 128 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Aska Assembly constituency in Ganjam district
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Southern Division
District	Ganjam
Lok Sabha constituency	Aska
Established	1951
Total electors	2,03,348 [a] [b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Saroj Kumar Padhi
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

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

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]
2024			49.21%
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 [7]	Saroj Kumar Padhi		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 [8]	Manjula Swain		Biju Janata Dal
2014 [9]	Debaraj Mohanty
2009 [10]
2004	Saroj Kumar Padhi		Independent politician
2000	Debaraj Mohanty		Biju Janata Dal
1995	Usha Rani Panda		Indian National Congress
1990	Dwitikrushna Panda		Communist Party of India
1985	Raghab Parida		Indian National Congress
1980			Indian National Congress (I)
1977	Harihar Swain		Janata Party
1974	Harihara Das		Communist Party of India
1971	Krushna Chandra Tripathy		Utkal Congress
1967	Harihara Das		Communist Party of India
1961	Lokanath Mishra		Indian National Congress
1957	Harihara Das		Communist Party of India
1951 [c]
	Mohana Naik

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. ^[11] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Saroj Kumar Padhi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Manjula Swain by a margin of 8,059 votes. ^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Aska

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Saroj Kumar Padhi	59,083	49.21
	BJD	Manjula Swain	51,024	42.50
	INC	Surabhi Bisoyi	5,316	4.43
	NOTA	None of the above	1,922	1.6
Majority			8,059	6.71
Turnout			1,20,067	59.05
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Manjula Swain defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Debaraj Mohanty by a margin of 27,233 votes. ^[8]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Aska ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Manjula Swain	66,872	55.5
	BJP	Debaraj Mohanty	39,639	32.9
	INC	Manoj Kumar Jena	9,285	7.71
	NOTA	None of the above	1,854	1.54
Majority			27,233	22.6
Turnout			1,20,495	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. ^[9]

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Aska ^{[13] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Debaraj Mohanty	59,412	54.84	2.59
	INC	Saroj Kumar Padhi	35,913	33.15	15.57
	BJP	Narayan Behera	6,436	5.94	0.12
	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 Padhi by a margin of 29,986 votes. ^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Aska ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Debaraj Mohanty	46,059	52.25	−
	Independent	Saroj Kumar Padhi	16,073	18.23	−
	INC	Alekha Chaudhury	15,497	17.58	−
	BJP	Surya Narayan Das	5,128	5.82	−
Majority			29,986	34.02 [d]	−
Turnout			88,168	52.63	−
	BJD hold

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. It was a 2 member constituency
4. %of total valid votes

References

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