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
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictGanjam
LS constituencyAska
Established2004
Total electors2,13,647[1][a]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Gokula Nanda Malik
PartyBJP
Elected year2024

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[b] −
Turnout 1,12,989 57.28 −
BJD win (new seat)

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014. Constituency: Polasara (124) District: Ganjam{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. ^ Seats of Odisha
  5. ^ "Delimitation 2008" (PDF). ECI.
  6. ^ "Polasara Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  7. ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  8. ^ News18 (2019). "Polasara Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Polasara Constituency (Seat)". Archived from the original on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
  10. ^ "Odisha 2024 Assembly Constituency Result - Polasara". 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 15 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  11. ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  12. ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  13. ^ "Odisha - Polasara". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  14. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Polasara (124)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 19 June 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  15. ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2014. 11322
  16. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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