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
District	Mayurbhanj
Lok Sabha constituency	Mayurbhanj
Established	1957
Total electors	1,98,170
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]

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Shrinath Soren defeated Indian National Congress candidate Anang Charan Senapati by a margin of 11,193 votes.^[4]

Elected members

2024 Assembly election result map

Vote share of winning candidates[5]
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:^[6]

Election	AC No.	Portrait	Name	Vote share	Party
2024	31		Bhaskar Madhei	42.00		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	31		Bhaskar Madhei	45.00		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	31		Golak Bihari Nayak	37.00		Biju Janata Dal
2009	31		Shrinath Soren	35.53		Biju Janata Dal
2004	10		Bhaskar Madhei	32.33		Bharatiya Janata Party
2000	10		Bhaskar Madhei	53.42		Bharatiya Janata Party
1995	10		Rabaneswar Madhei	30.18		Indian National Congress
1990	10		Rohidas Soren	46.68		Janata Dal
1985	10		Rabaneswar Madhei	45.91		Indian National Congress
1980	10		Rabaneswar Madhei	56.80		Indian National Congress
1977	10		Birabhadra Singh	47.17		Janata Party
1974	10		Rabaneswar Madhei	61.80		Indian National Congress
1971	10		Manmohan Tudu	37.26		Indian National Congress
1967	10		Manmohan Tudu	43.78		Orissa Jana Congress
1961	10		Manmohan Tudu	46.89		Indian National Congress
1957	10		Manmohan Tudu	33.63		Indian National Congress
1951[†]	44		Harachand Hasada	72.78		Socialist Party

^† Before 1952 delimitation, Udala was part of Kaptipada Assembly constituency.^[7][8]

Election results

2024

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
	Independent	Rabindranath Tudu	1,211	0.77
	Independent	Raimani Biswal	1,202	0.76
	Independent	Rajkishore Marndi	1,110	0.7
	Independent	Kallol Kumar Singh	733	0.46
	Ambedkarite Party of India	Maya Tudu	563	0.36
	Independent	Kali Charan Patra	523	0.33
	AJSU	Madan Mohan Majhi	509	0.32
	Independent	Meenakshi Murmu	490	0.31
	Bharatiya Nyay-Adhikar Raksha Party	Biswanath Marndi	408	0.26
	Independent	Benudhar Mohapatra	396	0.25
	National Apni Party	Jogendra Nath Barsalia	334	0.46
	NOTA	None	1,443	0.91
Majority			6,517	4.12
Turnout			1,58,081
Registered electors			1,98,170	[9]

2019

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
	RAIM	Maya Tudu	1,486	0.97
	JKPP	Tulasi Marndi	1,321	0.86
	NOTA	None	2,271	1.48
Registered electors			1,53,307

2014

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election: Udala^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Golakbihari Naik	49,628	35.97
	BJP	Bhaskar Madhei	41,099	29.79
	INC	Dhukhishyam Murmu	23345	16.92
	JMM	Thumpu Murmu	15417	11.17
	AOP	Ananga Charan Senapati	2183	1.58
	Independent	Dinamani Salangi	1203	0.87
	BSP	Dhaneshwar Naik	1129	0.81
	Independent	Maya Tudu	1062	0.77	−
	JDP	Kali Charan Murmu	871	0.63
	NOTA	None	2041	1.48
Registered electors			137,969

2009

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	−
	Independent	Shishirbindu Naik	6,382	5.59	−
	SP	Dukhishyam Murmu	2,322	2.03	−
	Independent	Benudhar Mohapatra	1,166	1.02	−
	Independent	Kailash Chandra Singh	1,066	0.93	−
	Samruddha Odisha	Maku Singh	1,048	0.92	−
	Independent	Naresh Tudu	562	0.49	−
Majority			11,193	9.80[a]	−
Turnout			1,14,381	70.33	−

Notes

1. % of total valid votes