Polasara Assembly constituency

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

Polasara
Constituency No. 124 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Ganjam
LS constituency	Aska
Established	2004
Total electors	2,13,647 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Gokula Nanda Malik
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Polasara is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district, Odisha. ^[2]

This constituency includes Polasara, Buguda, Polasara block and Buguda block. ^{[3] [4]}

The constituency was formed in 2008 Delimitation ^[5] and went for polls in 2009 election.

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates
2024			53.33%
2019			50.39%
2014			48.1%
2009			49.04%

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

List of members elected from Polasara constituency are: ^[6]

Year	Member	Party
2024	Gokulananda Mallick		BJP
2019	Srikanta Sahu [7] [8]		BJD
2014	Srikanta Sahu		BJD
2009	Niranjan Pradhan		BJD

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,Polasara ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Gokulananda Mallick	85737	53.33
	BJD	Srikant Sahu	64791	40.3
	INC	Agasti Barada	3763	2.34
	NOTA	None of the above	1791	1.11
Majority			20946
Turnout			160776
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Srikanta Sahu defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Gokula Nanda Mallik by a margin of 12,739 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Polasara ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Srikanta Sahu	80,463	50.39
	BJP	Gokula Nanda Mallik	67724	42.41
	INC	Hari Charan Swain	3493	2.19
	NOTA	None of the above	1565	0.98
Majority			12739	7.98
Turnout			159689	66.93
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Srikant Sahu defeated Indian National Congress candidate Gokul Nanda Mallik by a margin of 21,217 votes. ^[12]

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Srikant Sahu	76,766	48.1	−0.94
	INC	Gokulananda Mallik	45,549	32.82	−6.16
	BJP	Kumudini Patnaik	18,467	13.31	8.33
	AOP	Simanchala Behera	1,442	1.04
	SKD	Brundaban Behera	1,204	0.87
	CPI(ML) Red Star	Bhaskar Sabar	780	0.56
	Independent	Sasmita Mallik	736	0.53
	AITC	Ranjana Kumar Apat	732	0.53
	Independent	Susant Kumar Sahu	715	0.52
	Independent	Babulu Kumar Nayak	496	0.36
	Independent	P. Kalish Chandra Patro	461	0.33
	NOTA	None of the above	1,446	1.04	−
Majority			21,217	15.29	5.23
Turnout			1,38,794	64.96	7.68
Registered electors			2,13,647
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Niranjan Pradhan defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ram Krushna Patnaik by a margin of 11,322 votes. ^[15]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election: Polasara ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Niranjan Pradhan	55,193	49.04	−
	INC	Ram Krushna Patnaik	43,871	38.98	−
	BJP	Jayanti Padhiary	5,604	4.98	−
	Independent	Pratap Chandra Nayak	1,634	1.45	−
	BSP	Manoranjan Sahu	1,352	1.20	−
	Independent	Surya Narayan Sahu	1,049	0.93	−
	SAMO	Prabhasini Sahu	932	0.83	−
	Independent	Duti Krishna Padhi	674	0.60	−
	Jan Hitkari Party	Susanta Kumar Sahu	670	0.60	−
	Independent	P. Kailash Chandra Patra	541	0.48	−
	Independent	Bhagaban Pradhan	538	0.48	−
	RSP	Sudha Nanda Panda	485	0.43	−
Majority			11,322	10.06 [lower-alpha 2]	−
Turnout			1,12,989	57.28	−
	BJD win (new seat)

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. % of total valid votes

References

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