Balasore Assembly constituency

Balasore
Balasore
Constituency No. 38 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Central Division
District	Balasore
Lok Sabha constituency	Balasore
Established	1951
Total electors	2,29,852
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Manas Kumar Dutta
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Last updated June 26, 2025

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

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates^[4]

2024			50.90%
2020 (bypoll)			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%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 2020.

List of members elected from Balasore constituency are:^[5]^[6]

Year	Member
2024 ^[7]	Manas Kumar Dutta	Bharatiya Janata Party
2020 (bypoll) ^[c]^[8]	Swarup Kumar Das	Biju Janata Dal
2019 ^[9]^[10]	Madanmohan Dutta	Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 ^[11]	Jiban Pradip Dash	Biju Janata Dal
2009 ^[12]	Jiban Pradip Dash	Biju Janata Dal
2004	Arun Dey	Odisha Gana Parisad
2000	Jiban Pradip Dash	Bharatiya Janata Party
1995	Arun Dey	Independent politician
1990	Arun Dey	Communist Party of India
1985	Gopanarayan Das	Indian National Congress
1980	Arun Dey	Communist Party of India
1977	Kartik Chandra Rout	Janata Party
1974	Arun Dey	Communist Party of India
1971	Priyanath Nandy	Indian National Congress (R)
1967	Rabindra Mohan Das	Praja Socialist Party
1961	Bijoy Krushna De	Indian National Congress
1957	Rabindra Mohan Das	Praja Socialist Party
1951	Surendra Nath Das	Indian National Congress

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.^[13] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Manas Kumar Dutta defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Swarup Kumar Das by a margin of 28,626 votes.^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Balasore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Manas Kumar Dutta	89,360	50.90
	BJD	Swarup Kumar Das	60,734	34.59
	INC	Monalisa Lenka	19,259	10.97
	NOTA	None of the above	698	0.40
Majority			28,626	16.31
Turnout			1,75,560	76.38
	BJP gain from BJD

2020 Bypoll

In 2020 bye-election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Swarup Kumar Das defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Manas Kumar Dutta by a margin of 13,351 votes.^[8]

2020 Odisha Legislative Assembly by-election : Balasore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJD	Swarup Kumar Das	84,097	51.8
	BJP	Manas Kumar Dutta ^[14]	70,746	43.58
	INC	Mamata Kundu^[15]	4,983	3.07
	NOTA	None of the above	700	0.43
Majority			13,351	8.22
Turnout			1,64,458	71.33
	BJD gain from BJP

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Madanmohan Dutta defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Jiban Pradip Das by a margin of 13,406 votes.^[10]^[16]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Balasore ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Madanmohan Dutta	74,815	47.26
	BJD	Jiban Pradip Dash	61,409	38.79
	INC	Manas Ranjan Das Pattnaik	19,704	12.45
	NOTA	None of the above	668	0.42
Majority			13,406	8.46
Turnout			1,58,313	80.83
	BJP gain from BJD

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Jiban Pradip Das defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Madanmohan Dutta by a margin of 9,791 votes.^[11]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Balasore^[18]^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Jiban Pradip Das	47,615	32.82	−12.6
	BJP	Madanmohan 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
	NOTA	None of the above	827	0.51	−
Majority			9,791	6.75
Turnout			1,45,082	74.08	8.83
Registered electors			1,95,846
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Jiban Pradip Dash defeated Independent Anup Kumar Das by a margin of 13,490 votes.^[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Balasore ^[20]
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	−
Majority			13,490	11.00^[d]	−
Turnout			1,22,680	65.25	−
	BJD gain from Odisha Gana Parisad

Notes

↑ as on 2024
↑ as data published by election commission
↑ Death of Madanmohan Dutta
↑ %of total valid votes

References

↑ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014. Constituency: Balasore (38) District : Balasore
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[1] s on 2024

[2] s data published by election commission

[10] Death of Madanmohan Dutta

[24] %of total valid votes

[3] "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014. Constituency: Balasore (38) District : Balasore

[4] Assembly Constituencies and their Extent

[5] Seats of Odisha

[6] "14 - Balasore Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 23 May 2019. List Of Winning Candidates

[7] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[8] "Balasore Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 20 February 2014.

[:0-9] 1 2 "Balasore Assembly Election Results 2024: Balasore Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday". India Today. Retrieved 20 June 2025.

[:1-11] 1 2 "Odisha Bypoll Results 2020: BJD Wrests Balasore from BJP, Retains Tirtol". News18. Retrieved 20 June 2025.

[election2019-12] "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 October 2021.

[:2-13] 1 2 "Balasore Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 20 June 2025.

[:3-14] 1 2 "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.

[:4-15] 1 2 "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2014. 13490

[16] "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI .

[17] "BJD, BJP field sons of departed MLAs in next month's Odisha bypolls". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 October 2020.

[18] "Congress finalizes candidates for Odisha by-elections". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 October 2020.

[19] "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2019". results.eci.gov.in.

[SP_Ass_Cand-20] "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.

[21] "Odisha - Balasore". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.

[22] "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Balasore (38)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.

[election2009-23] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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v t e Baleswar district
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