Polasara Assembly constituency

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

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][lower-alpha 1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Srikanta Sahu
PartyBJD
Elected year2019

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

Elected Members
Vote share of Winning candidates
2014
 
 48.1%
2009
 
 49.04%

Three elections held during 2009 to 2019. Elected members from the Polasara constituency are:[5]

  • 2019: (124): Srikanta Sahu (BJD)[6]
  • 2014: (124): Srikanta Sahu (BJD)
  • 2009: (124): Niranjan Pradhan (BJD)

2019 Election Result
2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Polasara [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Srikanta Sahu 80463 50.39%
INC Hari Charan Swain 3493 2.19%
BJP Gokula Nanda Mallik 67724 42.41%
BSP Kailash Chandra Patro 2305 1.44%
Independent Golap Sahu 880 0.55%
Independent Kedar Nath Maharana
Independent Pitabasa Pradhan
Independent Samarjit Mahanty
Independent Shibaprasad Bishoyi
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
TBA gain from TBA Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Srikant Sahu defeated Indian National Congress candidate Gokulananda Mallik by a margin of 21,217 votes.[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Polasara [9][10]
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
TMC 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

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

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

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election: Polasara[12]
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 -

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. Retrieved 21 March 2014. Constituency: Polasara (124) District: Ganjam
  3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. Seats of Odisha
  5. "Polasara Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  6. News18 (2019). "Polasara Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Polasara Constituency (Seat)". Archived from the original on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  7. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  8. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  9. "Odisha - Polasara". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  10. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Polasara (124)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  11. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2014. 11322
  12. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
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