Aska Lok Sabha constituency

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

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Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Aska Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Assembly constituencies	Polasara Kabisuryanagar Khallikote Aska Surada Sanakhemundi Hinjili
Established	1952
Total electors	16,19,339
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Anita Subhadarshini Patnaik
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Assembly Segments

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

#	Name	District	Member	Party
124	Polasara	Ganjam	Gokulananda Mallik		BJP
125	Kabisuryanagar		Pratap Chandra Nayak
126	Khallikote (SC)		Purna Chandra Sethy
128	Aska		Saroj Kumar Padhi
129	Surada		Nilamani Bisoyi
130	Sanakhemundi		Ramesh Chandra Jena		INC
131	Hinjili		Naveen Patnaik		BJD

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates
2024			48.55%
2019			54.52%
2014			38.44%
2009			32.64%
2004			56.1%
2000 (bypoll)			70.31%
1999			74.91%
1998			53.89%
1996			54.14%
1991			47.83%
1989			60.45%
1984			60.76%
1980			49.94%
1977			41.79%

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

List of members elected from Aska constituency are

Year	Member	Party
As Ghumusar Constituency
1952	Uma Charan Patnaik		Independent
1956 : Constituency did not exist
As Bhanjanagar Constituency
1962	Mohan Nayak		INC
1967	Ananta Tripathi Sarma		INC
1971	Duti Krushna Panda		CPI
As Aska Constituency
1977	Rama Chandra Rath		INC
1980			INC
1984	Somanath Rath		INC
1989	Ananta Narayan Singh Deo		JD
1991	Rama Chandra Rath		INC
1996	Biju Patnaik		JD
1998	Naveen Patnaik		BJD
1999
2000 (bypoll)	Kumudini Patnaik
2004	Hari Har Swain
2009	Nityananda Pradhan
2014	Ladu Kishore Swain
2019	Pramila Bisoyi
2024	Anita Subhadarshini		BJP

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. In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Anita Subhadarshini defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Ranjita Sahu by a margin of 99,974 votes.

2024 Indian general election: Aska

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anita Subhadarshini	494,226	48.55
	BJD	Ranjita Sahu	3,94,252	38.73
	INC	Debakanta Sarma	75,255	7.39
	NOTA	None of the above	21,941	2.16
Majority			99,974	9.82
Turnout			10,17,914	62.67
	BJP gain from BJD

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.

2019 Indian general elections: Aska

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pramila Bisoyi	552,749	54.52	5.89
	BJP	Anita Subhadarshini	3,48,042	34.33	26.81
	CPI	Rama Krushna Panda	59,978	5.92
	NOTA	None of the above	17,344	1.71
	BSP	Purna Chandra Nayak	8,549	0.84
Majority			2,04,707	20.19
Turnout			10,13,890	65.79
	BJD hold

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.

2014 Indian general elections: Aska

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Ladu Kishore Swain	541,473	60.41
	INC	Srilokanath Rath	2,29,476	25.6
	BJP	Mahesh Chandra Mohanty	67,361	7.52
	NOTA	None of the above	15,382	1.72	−
	AAP	Prabhat Kumar Mohanty	11,063	1.23
	BSP	Bijaya Kumar Mahapatro	9,127	1.02
Majority			3,11,997	34.81	−
Turnout			8,96,461	63.63
Registered electors			14,08,780
	BJD hold

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.

2009 Indian general elections: Aska

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Nityananda Pradhan	419,862	59.81
	INC	Ramachandra Rath	1,87,028	26.64
	BJP	Shanti Devi	42,165	6.01
	IND.	K. Shyam Babu Subudhi	12,586	1.79
Majority			2,32,834	33.17
Turnout			7,01,880	54.57
	BJD hold