Polasara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Polasara (Sl. No.: 124) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district, Odisha.[2]

Polasara
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Ganjam
Blocks	Polasara, Buguda
Electorate	2,13,647 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Polasara, Buguda
Current constituency
Created	2004
Party	BJD
MLA	Srikanta Sahu
Const. No.	124
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Aska

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%

Two elections held during 2009 to 2014. Elected member from the Polasara constituency are:[5]

• 2014: (124): Srikanta Sahu (BJD)
• 2014: (124): Srikanta Sahu (BJD)
• 2009: (124): Niranjan Pradhan (BJD)

2019 Election Result

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Polasara [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Srikanta Sahu
	INC	Hari Charan Swain
	BJP	Gokula Nanda Mallik
	BSP	Kailash Chandra Patro
	Independent	Golap Sahu
	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.[7]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Polasara [8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Srikant Sahu	76,766	58.1	-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

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.[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Polasara [11]

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. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
7. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
8. "Odisha - Polasara". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
9. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Polasara (124)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
10. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2014. 11322
11. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf