Polasara Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Polasara.

Polasara is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district, Odisha.^[1]

Polasara
Constituency No. 124 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Bhanjanagar Assembly constituency in Ganjam district
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Southern Division
District	Ganjam
Lok Sabha constituency	Aska
Established	2009
Total electors	2,49,263 [a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Gokulananda Mallick
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes Polasara, Buguda, Polasara block and Buguda block.^[2][3]

The constituency was formed in 2008 Delimitation^[4] and went for polls in 2009 election.

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates
2024			53.33%
2019			50.39%
2014			48.1%
2009			49.04%

Since its formation in 2009, 4 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Polasara constituency are:^[5]

Year	Member	Party
2024[6]	Gokulananda Mallick		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019[7]	Srikanta Sahu		Biju Janata Dal
2014[8]
2009[9]	Niranjan Pradhan

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.^[10] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Gokulananda Mallick defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Srikanta Sahu by a margin of 20,946 votes.^[6]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Polasara^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Gokulananda Mallick	85,737	53.33
	BJD	Srikanta Sahu	64,791	40.3
	INC	Agasti Barada	3,763	2.34
	NOTA	None of the above	1,791	1.11
Majority			20,946	13.03
Turnout			1,60,776	64.5
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Srikanta Sahu defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Gokulananda Mallick by a margin of 12,739 votes.^[7]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Polasara^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Srikanta Sahu	80,463	50.39
	BJP	Gokulananda Mallick	67,724	42.41
	INC	Hari Charan Swain	3,493	2.19
	NOTA	None of the above	1,565	0.98
Majority			12,739	7.98
Turnout			1,59,689	66.93
	BJD hold

2014

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

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Polasara^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Srikanta Sahu	76,766	48.1	0.94
	INC	Gokulananda Mallick	45,549	32.82	6.16
	BJP	Kumudini Patnaik	18,467	13.31	8.33
	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

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Niranjan Pradhan defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ram Krushna Patnaik by a margin of 11,322 votes.^[9]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election: Polasara^[15]

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	−
Majority			11,322	10.06[c]	−
Turnout			1,12,989	57.28	−
	BJD win (new seat)

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. % of total valid votes