Balasore (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Balasore
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Balasore
Blocks	Balasore
Electorate	1,95,846
Major settlements	Balasore
Current constituency
Created	1951
MLA	Swarup Kumar Das
Const. No.	38
Reserved for	None
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Balasore

Balasore (Sl. No.: 38) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balasore district, Odisha. ^[1]

Area of this constituency include Balasore and 18 GPs (Kasipada, Rasulpur, Srirampur, Kasafal, Sartha, Bahabalpur, Chhanua, Haladipada, Olandasaragan, Odangi, Nagaram, Buanl, Sindhia, Gopinathpur, Parikhi, Patrapada, Kuradiha and Srikona) of Balasore block. ^{[2] [3]}

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [4]
2020			51.80%
2019			47.46%
2014			32.82%
2009			45.42%
2004			47.36%
2000			40.94%
1995			46.37%
1990			86.56%
1985			47.38%
1980			39.33%
1977			49.58%

16 elections held during 1951 to 2019. Elected members from the Balasore constituency are: ^{[5] [6]}

• 2020 : Swarup Kumar Das (BJD) (By-Poll)
• 2019 : (38)  : Madanmohan Dutta (BJP). But he died in June 2020. ^[7]
• 2014: (38): Jiban Pradip Dash (BJD)
• 2009: (38): Jiban Pradip Dash (BJD)
• 2004: (14): Arun Dey (OGP)
• 2000: (14): Jiban Pradip Dash (BJP)
• 1995: (14): Arun Dey (Independent)
• 1990: (14): Arun Dey (CPI)
• 1985: (14): Gopanarayan Das (Congress)
• 1980: (14): Arun Dey (CPI)
• 1977: (14): Kartik Chandar Rout (Janata Party)
• 1974: (14): Arun Dey (CPI)
• 1971: (14): Priyanath Nandy (Congress)
• 1967: (14): Rabindra Mohan Das (PSP)
• 1961: (127): Bijay Krishna Dey (Congress)
• 1957: (90): Rabindra Mohan Das (PSP)
• 1951: (55): Surendra Nath Dash (Congress)

Election results

2020 By-election

Bye-election, 2020: Balasore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Swarup Kumar Das	84,097	51.8
	BJP	Manas Kumar Dutta [8]	70,746	43.58
	INC	Mamata Kundu [9]	4,983	3.07
	NOTA	None of the above	700	0.43
Majority			13,351
Turnout			1,64,458	71.33
	BJD gain from BJP

2019 Election Result

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Madan Mohan Dutta defeated BJD candidate Jiban Pradip Das by a margin of 13,406 votes. ^[10]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Balasore ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Madan Mohan Dutta	74815	47.26
	BJD	Jiban Pradip Dash	61409	38.79
	INC	Manas Ranjan Das Pattnaik	19704	12.45
	BSP	Mayadhar Behera	292	0.18
	AITC	Munsi Abdul Meheraj Alli	216	0.14
	Utkal Samaj	Prakash Lenka	162	0.1
	Purvanchal Janata Party (Secular)	Pratap Chandra Mohanty	129	0.08
	AIFB	Sarbeswar Mishra	92	0.06
	HM	Sadhana Das	183	0.12
	PSP(L)	SK Samiruddin	174	0.11
	Independent	Gajendra Bhuyan	163	0.10
	Independent	Manoj Kumar Nayak	306	0.19
	NOTA	None of the above	668	0.42
Majority			13406	8.46
Turnout			158313	80.83
	BJP gain from BJD

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Jiban Pradip Das defeated BJP candidate Madan Mohan Dutta by a margin of 9,791 votes. ^[12]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Balasore ^{[13] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Jiban Pradip Das	47,615	32.82	-12.6
	BJP	Madan Mohan Dutta	37,824	26.07	20.03
	INC	Arun Dey	28,650	19.75	10.55
	Independent	Manas Ranjan Das Pattnaik	24,720	17.04
	Independent	Basantalata Pattanayak	1,601	1.1
	Utkal Samaj	Bhaskar Chandra Jena	813	0.56
	CPI	Gouranga Charan Panigrahi	812	0.56
	AAP	Kesu Das	496	0.34
	Independent	Rajendra Bal	377	0.26
	AITC	Archana Nandi	366	0.25
	BSP	Mayadhar Behera	359	0.25
	Independent	Md Sahirul Haque	269	0.19
	Independent	Maheswar Behera	235	0.16
	Biju Swabhiman Dal	Abhishek Das	118	0.08
	NOTA	None	827	0.51	-
Majority			9,791
Turnout			1,45,082	74.08	8.83
Registered electors			1,95,846
	BJD hold

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Jiban Pradip Dash defeated Independent candidate Anup Kumar Das by a margin of 13,490 votes. ^[15]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Balasore ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Jiban Pradip Dash	55,710	45.42	-
	Independent	Anup Kumar Das	42,220	34.42	-
	INC	Subhankar Mohapatra	11,282	9.20	-
	BJP	Sanjay Kumar Patra	7,414	6.04	-
	Independent	Bhaskar Jena	2,745	2.24	-
	Independent	Rajendra Bal	1,453	1.18	-
	BSP	Tapas Kumar Sahu	576	0.47	-
	Independent	Jiban Mohan Sahu	505	0.41	-
	JMM	Sk. Sharfuddin	391	0.32	-
	Kalinga sena	Basudev Raul	372	0.30	-
Majority			13,490	11.00 [lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,22,680	65.25	-

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

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