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{{Short description|Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India}}
{{About| the assembly constituency|its eponymous town|Asika}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Aska
| state = [[Odisha]]
| constituency_no = 128
| type = SLA
| map_image = 128-Aska.svg
| map_caption = Aska Assembly constituency in [[Ganjam district]]
| map_alt =
| division = Southern Division
| district = [[Ganjam district|Ganjam]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Aska (Lok Sabha constituency)|Aska]]
| established = 1951
| reservation = None
| incumbent_image =
| mla = [[Saroj Kumar Padhi]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
| electors = 2,03,348{{efn|as on 2024}}{{efn|as data published by election commission}}
}}

'''Aska''' (Sl. No.: 128) is a [[Odisha Legislative Assembly|Vidhan Sabha]] [[List of constituencies of Odisha Vidhan Sabha|constituency]] of [[Ganjam district]], [[Odisha]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=128 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131219161209/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=128 |url-status= usurped |archive-date= 19 December 2013 |title= Orissa Assembly Election 2009 |work=empoweringindia.org |quote=Constituency: Aska (128) District : Ganjam |accessdate=19 December 2013}}</ref>

This constituency includes [[Asika|Aska]], Aska block and 12 [[Gram panchayat|GP]]s ([[Subalaya]], Kaniari, Barida, Paikajamuna, Sunapalli, Sialia, Nandiagada, Borasingi, Ambapua, Baliasara, Bolasara and Sunarijhola) of Kabisuryanagar block.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Orissa/orissa.pdf Assembly Constituencies and their Extent]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/delim/paper1to7/Orissa.xls Seats of Odisha]</ref>

==Elected members==
{{bar box
|float=right
|title= Vote share of winning candidates<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S18/partycomp68.htm|title= 68 - Aska Assembly Constituency|year=2006 |quote=List Of Winning Candidates |accessdate= 9 March 2014}}</ref>
|titlebar=#ddd
|width=300px
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|bars=
{{bar percent|2024|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|49.21}}
{{bar percent|2019|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|55.50}}
{{bar percent|2014|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|54.84}}
{{bar percent|2009|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|52.25}}
{{bar percent|2004|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|30.49}}
{{bar percent|2000|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|44.09}}
{{bar percent|1995|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|36.50}}
{{bar percent|1990|{{party color|Communist Party of India}}|63.06}}
{{bar percent|1985|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|44.78}}
{{bar percent|1980|{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}|45.88}}
{{bar percent|1977|{{party color|Janata Party}}|59.17}}
}}

Since its formation in 1951, Seventeen elections were held. It was a two seat constituency in 1951.

List of members elected from Aska constituency are:<ref name="prevMLAs">{{cite web|url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf |title=Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004) |access-date=6 October 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217121136/http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf |archive-date=17 December 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Aska Assembly Constituency, Orissa|url=http://www.elections.in/orissa/assembly-constituencies/aska.html|publisher=Compare Infobase Limited|accessdate= 17 June 2014}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Member
!colspan=2|Party
|-
||[[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Aska Assembly Election Results 2024: Aska Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/odisha/aska-constituency-result-18128 |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Saroj Kumar Padhi]]
|{{full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019]]<ref name="Odisha Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners">{{cite news |last1=Zee News |date=24 May 2019 |title=Odisha Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://zeenews.india.com/assembly-elections/odisha-assembly-election-results-2019-full-list-of-winners-2205899.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108183944/https://zeenews.india.com/assembly-elections/odisha-assembly-election-results-2019-full-list-of-winners-2205899.html |archivedate=8 November 2022 |accessdate=8 November 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Manjula Swain]]
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=3|Biju Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<ref name=":1" />
| rowspan="2" |Debaraj Mohanty
|-
|[[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009]]<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[2004 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2004]]
|[[Saroj Kumar Padhi]]
|{{full party name with color|Independent}}
|-
|[[2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
|Debaraj Mohanty
|{{full party name with color|Biju Janata Dal}}
|-
||[[1995 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|Usha Rani Panda
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||[[1990 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|Dwitikrushna Panda
|{{full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
||[[1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
| rowspan="2" |Raghab Parida
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||[[1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}}
|-
||[[1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|[[Harihar Swain]]
|{{full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
||[[1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1974]]
|Harihara Das
|{{full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
||[[1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|Krushna Chandra Tripathy
|{{full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
||[[1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|Harihara Das
|{{full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
||[[1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1961]]
|Lokanath Mishra
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||[[1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
| rowspan="2" |Harihara Das
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=3|Communist Party of India}}
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[1951 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1951]]{{efn|It was a 2 member constituency}}
|-
|Mohana Naik
|}

==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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024 |url=https://elections24.eci.gov.in/election-details-odisa.html |website=[[Election Commission of India|ECI]]}}</ref> In 2024 election, [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate [[Saroj Kumar Padhi]] defeated [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Manjula Swain]] by a margin of 8,059 votes.<ref name=":0" />

{{Election box begin
|title= [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election]],Aska}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Saroj Kumar Padhi]]
|votes = 59,083
|percentage = 49.21
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Manjula Swain]]
|votes = 51,024
|percentage = 42.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Surabhi Bisoyi
|votes = 5,316
|percentage = 4.43
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 1,922
|percentage = 1.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 8,059
|percentage = 6.71
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,20,067
|percentage = 59.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2019 ===
In 2019 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Manjula Swain]] defeated [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate Debaraj Mohanty by a margin of 27,233 votes.<ref name="Odisha Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners" />

{{Election box begin
| title=[[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Aska <ref name="SP Ass Cand">{{cite web |title=List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC) |url=http://www.ceoorissa.nic.in/docs/Election/2019/Form7A/Phase2/List%20of%20Contesting%20Candidates%20%282nd%20Phase-AC%20Wise%29.pdf |website=ceoorissa.nic.in |publisher=Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha |accessdate=17 April 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Manjula Swain]]
|votes = 66,872
|percentage = 55.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Debaraj Mohanty
|votes = 39,639
|percentage = 32.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Manoj Kumar Jena
|votes = 9,285
|percentage = 7.71
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 1,854
|percentage = 1.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 27,233
|percentage = 22.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,20,495
|percentage = 61.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2014 ===
In 2014 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate Debaraj Mohanty defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate [[Saroj Kumar Padhi]] by a margin of 23,499 votes.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014|url=http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/2604-constituency-wise-odisha-assembly-election-result.html|publisher=Leadtech.in|accessdate=17 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818230907/http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/2604-constituency-wise-odisha-assembly-election-result.html|archive-date=18 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{Election box begin
|title= [[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election]], Aska<ref>{{cite web|title=Odisha - Aska|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/AC/ConstituencywiseS18128.htm?ac=128|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=17 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Aska (128)|url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=128|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106062756/https://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=128|url-status=usurped|archive-date=6 November 2023|publisher=EmpoweringIndia.org|accessdate=17 June 2014}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = Debaraj Mohanty
|votes = 59,412
|percentage = 54.84
|change = {{up}}2.59
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Saroj Kumar Padhi]]
|votes = 35,913
|percentage = 33.15
|change = {{up}}15.57
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Narayan Behera
|votes = 6,436
|percentage = 5.94
|change = {{up}}0.12
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 1,713
|percentage = 1.58
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 23,499
|percentage = 21.69
|change = {{down}}12.33
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,08,334
|percentage = 60.27
|change = {{up}}7.64
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2009 ===
In 2009 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate Debaraj Mohanty defeated [[Independent politician|Independent]] candidate [[Saroj Kumar Padhi]] by a margin of 29,986 votes.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |url=http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/431-odisha-election-result-2009-votemargin.html |title=Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin |work=leadtech.in |quote=29986 |accessdate=19 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527163949/http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/431-odisha-election-result-2009-votemargin.html |archive-date=27 May 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{Election box begin |
|title= [[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Aska<ref name=election2009>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3630-orissa-2009/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 6 October 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = Debaraj Mohanty
|votes = 46,059
|percentage = 52.25
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = [[Saroj Kumar Padhi]]
|votes = 16,073
|percentage = 18.23
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Alekha Chaudhury
|votes = 15,497
|percentage = 17.58
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Surya Narayan Das
|votes = 5,128
|percentage = 5.82
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 29,986
|percentage = 34.02{{efn|%of total valid votes}}
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 88,168
|percentage = 52.63
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

{{Ganjam district}}
{{Assembly constituencies of Odisha|state=expanded}}
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Odisha]]
[[Category:Politics of Ganjam district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Orissa]]

Aska Assembly constituency - Revision history

Ankushraj at 03:15, 14 April 2026