Saraskana Assembly constituency

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

Saraskana is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha.^[1]

Saraskana
Constituency No. 27 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Mayurbhanj
Lok Sabha constituency	Mayurbhanj
Established	2009
Total electors	1,59,600
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Bhadav Hansdah
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2019

Area of this constituency includes Saraskana block, Bijatala block, Bisoi block and 3 GPs (Jaypur, Kusumi and Mayurdar) of Kusumi 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
2019			37.79%
2019			34.28%
2014			32.16%
2009			35.75%

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

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

Year	Member	Party
2024	Bhadav Hansdah		BJP
2019	Budhan Murmu[6]		BJP
2014	Bhadav Hansdah		BJD
2009	Rama Chandra Hansdah		NCP

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Saraskana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bhadav Hansdah	59,387	37.79
	BJD	Debashish Marandi	45,735	29.11
	JMM	Anjani Soren	20,725	13.19
	INC	Ram Kumar Soren	19,634	12.49
	NOTA	None of the above	2,009	1.28
Majority
Turnout
	gain from

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Budhan Murmu defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Ram Chandra Murmu by a margin of 6,813 votes.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Saraskana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Budhan Murmu	53,197	34.28
	BJD	Amar Singh Tudu	46384	29.89
	JMM	Mahesh Chandra Hembram	34831	22.44
	Independent	Rama Chandra Hansdah	10036	6.47
	Independent	Iswar Chandra Barda	2544	1.64
	NOTA	None of the above	2206	1.42
Majority			6,813	4.39[a]
Turnout			1,55,184	76.02
	BJP gain from BJD

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bhadav Hansdah defeated Jharkhand Mukti Morcha candidate Ram Chandra Murmu by a margin of 3,839 votes.

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Saraskana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bhadav Hansdah	46,867	32.16
	JMM	Ramchandra Murmu	43,028	29.52
	BJP	Narendra Nath Singh	23,447	16.09
	INC	Berel Sirka	20,040	13.75
	CPI	Balaram Murmu	2,102	1.44
	NOTA	None	1,805	1.24
Majority			3,839	2.64[b]
Turnout			1,45,751	79.67
	BJD gain from NCP

2009

In 2009 election, Nationalist Congress Party candidate Rama Chandra Hansdah defeated Jharkhand Mukti Morcha candidate Ram Chandra Murmu by a margin of 14,590 votes.^[8]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Sarskana^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Rama Chandra Hansdah	39,832	35.75	−
	JMM	Ram Chandra Murmu	25,242	22.65	−
	BJP	Majhiram Tudu	17,657	15.85	−
	INC	Sanatan Munda	16,667	14.96	−
Majority			14,590	13.09[c]	−
Turnout			1,11,516	69.87	−
	NCP win (new seat)

Notes

1. % of total valid votes
2. % of total valid votes
3. % of total valid votes