Aska Lok Sabha constituency explained

Type:LS
Aska
State:Odisha
Established:1952
Reservation:None
Electors:16,19,339
Mp:Anita Subhadarshini Patnaik
Latest Election Year:2024
Assembly Cons:Polasara
Kabisuryanagar
Khallikote
Aska
Surada
Sanakhemundi
Hinjili

Aska Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India.

Assembly Segments

Presently, after the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008, the following 7 Legislative Assembly segments constitute Aska Lok Sabha constituency:[1] [2]

NameDistrictMemberParty
124PolasaraGanjamGokulananda Mallik
125KabisuryanagarPratap Chandra Nayak
126Khallikote (SC)Purna Chandra Sethy
128AskaSaroj Kumar Padhi
129SuradaNilamani Bisoyi
130SanakhemundiRamesh Chandra Jena
131HinjiliNaveen Patnaik

Elected Members

Since its formation in 1952, 18 elections have been held till date.

List of members elected from Aska constituency are

YearMemberParty
1952Uma Charan Patnaik
1962Mohan Nayak
1967Ananta Tripathi Sarma
1971Duti Krushna Panda
1977Rama Chandra Rath
1980
1984Somanath Rath
1989Ananta Narayan Singh Deo
1991Rama Chandra Rath
1996Biju Patnaik
1998Naveen Patnaik
1999
2000 (bypoll)Kumudini Patnaik
2004Hari Har Swain
2009Nityananda Pradhan
2014Ladu Kishore Swain
2019Pramila Bisoyi
2024Anita Subhadarshini

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 20th May 2024 in 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[3] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Anita Subhadarshini defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Ranjita Sahu by a margin of 99,974 votes.

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pramila Bisoyi defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Anita Subhadarshini by a margin of 2,04,707 votes.

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ladu Kishore Swain defeated Indian National Congress candidate Srilokanath Rath by a margin of 3,11,997 votes.

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Nityananda Pradhan defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ramachandra Rath by a margin of 2,32,834 votes.

References

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Notes and References

  1. http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Orissa/orissa.pdf Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  2. http://eci.nic.in/delim/paper1to7/Orissa.xls Seats of Odisha
  3. Web site: General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024 . ECI.