Aska Assembly constituency

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

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

Aska
Constituency No. 128 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Ganjam
Lok Sabha constituency	Aska
Established	1951
Total electors	197,443
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Saroj Kumar Padhi
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

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[a]	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[b]	−
Turnout			88,168	52.63	−
	BJD hold

Notes

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