Udala Assembly constituency

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

Udala (Sl. No.: 31) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha.^[1]

Udala
Constituency No. 31 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Central Division
District	Mayurbhanj
Lok Sabha constituency	Mayurbhanj
Established	1957
Total electors	2,03,084[a][b]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Bhaskar Madhei
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Area of this constituency includes Udala town, Udala block, Gopabandhu Nagar block and 19 GPs (Badabisol, Badagudgudia, Badkhaladi, Chakradharpur, Devala, Jadida, Jambani, Jayantipatta, Samil, Jamudiha, Jhinkpada, Kaptipada, Koliolam, Majhigadia, Manakadpada, Nuddiha, Pedagadi, Pingu and Salchua) of Kaptipada block.^[2][3]

Elected members

Vote share of winning candidates^[4]

2024			42.00%
2019			45.00%
2014			37.00%
2009			35.53%
2004			32.33%
2000			53.42%
1995			30.18%
1990			46.68%
1985			45.91%
1980			56.80%
1977			47.17%
1974			61.80%
1971			37.26%
1967			43.78%
1961			46.89%
1957			33.63%

15 elections held during 1957 to 2024. Elected members from the Udala constituency are:^[5]

Election	Portrait	Name	Party
2024[6]		Bhaskar Madhei		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019[7]
2014[7]		Golak Bihari Naik		Biju Janata Dal
2009[8]		Shrinath Soren
2004		Bhaskar Madhei		Bharatiya Janata Party
2000
1995		Rabaneswar Madhei		Indian National Congress
1990		Rohidas Soren		Janata Dal
1985		Rabaneswar Madhei		Indian National Congress
1980				Indian National Congress (I)
1977		Birabhadra Singh		Janata Party
1974		Rabaneswar Madhei		Indian National Congress
1971		Manmohan Tudu		Indian National Congress (R)
1967				Orissa Jana Congress
1961				Indian National Congress
1957

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.^[9] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bhaskar Madhei defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Srinath Soren by a margin of 6,517 votes.^[6]

2024 Vidhan Sabha Election: Udala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bhaskar Madhei	66,401	42
	BJD	Srinath Soren	59,884	37.88
	INC	Durga Charan Tudu	15,857	10.03
	JMM	Chakradhar Sing	7,017	4.44
	None of the above	None of the above	1,443	0.91
Majority			6,517	4.12
Turnout			1,58,081	77.84
	BJP hold

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bhaskar Madhei defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Srinath Soren by a margin of 1,433 votes.^[7]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election: Udala^[10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bhaskar Madhei	69,725	45.48
	BJD	Srinath Soren	68,292	45.55
	INC	Benudhar Mohapatra	10,212	6.66
	NOTA	None of the above	2,271	1.48
Majority			6,517	4.12
Turnout			1,53,307	79.57
	BJP gain from BJD

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Golak Bihari Naik defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bhaskar Madhei by a margin of 8,529 votes.^[7]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election: Udala^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Golak Bihari Naik	49,628	35.97
	BJP	Bhaskar Madhei	41,099	29.79
	INC	Dhukhishyam Murmu	23345	16.92
	JMM	Thumpu Murmu	15417	11.17
	None of the above	None of the above	2,041	1.48
Majority			8,529	6.18
Turnout			1,37,969	80.49
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Shrinath Soren defeated Indian National Congress candidate Anang Charan Senapati by a margin of 11,193 votes.^[8]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Udala^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Shrinath Soren	40,597	35.53	−
	INC	Anang Charan Senapati	29,404	25.74	−
	JMM	Dulal Soren	12,737	15.09	−
	BJP	Bijay Kumar Senapati	14,472	12.67	−
Majority			11,193	9.80[c]	−
Turnout			1,14,381	70.33	−
	BJD gain from BJP

Notes

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