Balasore Lok Sabha constituency

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Balasore
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Lok Sabha constituency
Balasore Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive map of Balasore Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Odisha
Assembly constituencies Badasahi
Jaleswar
Bhograi
Basta
Balasore
Remuna
Nilgiri
Established1952
Total electors16,10,043 [a] [b]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Pratap Chandra Sarangi.jpg
Incumbent
PartyBJP flag.svg BJP
Elected year 2024

Balasore is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Odisha.

Contents

Assembly Segments

Assembly Constituencies which constitute this Parliamentary Constituency, after delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies and Legislative Assembly Constituencies of 2008 are: [1]

#NameDistrictMemberPartyLeading

(in 2024)

32 Badasahi (SC) Mayurbhanj Sanatan Bijuli BJP BJP
35 Jaleswar Balasore Ashwini Kumar Patra BJD BJP
36 Bhograi Goutam Buddha Das BJD BJD
37 Basta Subasini Jena BJD BJD
38 Balasore Manas Kumar Dutta BJP BJP
39 Remuna (SC) Gobinda Chandra Das BJP BJP
40 Nilgiri Santosh Khatua BJP BJP

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates
2024
45.49%
2019
41.74%
2014
31.75%
2009
24.73%
2004
58.37%
1999
55.68%
1998
53.17%
1996
52.9%
1991
44.08%
1989
56.27%
1984
56.55%
1980
59.09%
1977
55.74%
1971
37.97%

Since its formation in 1952, 18 elections have been held till date. It was a two member constituency for 1952 & 1957.

List of members elected from Balasore constituency are

YearMemberParty
1952 Bhagabat Sahu Indian National Congress
1957
1962 Gokulananda Mohanty
1967 Samarendra Kundu Praja Socialist Party
1971 Shyam Sunder Mahapatra Indian National Congress
1977 Samarendra Kundu Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980 Chintamani Jena Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Indian National Congress
1989 Samarendra Kundu Janata Dal
1991 Kartikeswar Patra Indian National Congress
1996 Kartik Mohapatra
1998 M. A. Kharabela Swain Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004
2009 [2] Srikant Kumar Jena Indian National Congress
2014 [3] Rabindra Kumar Jena Biju Janata Dal
2019 [4] Pratap Chandra Sarangi Bharatiya Janata Party
2024 [5]

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. [6] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pratap Chandra Sarangi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Lekhashree Samantsinghar by a margin of 1,47,156 votes. [5]

2024 Indian general election: Balasore
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Pratap Chandra Sarangi 563,865 45.49 Increase2.svg3.7
BJD Lekhashree Samantsinghar4,16,70933.62Decrease2.svg7.0
INC Srikant Kumar Jena 2,37,00719.12Increase2.svg3.63
NOTA None of the above7,3500.59
Majority 1,47,15611.87
Turnout 12,40,99977.08
BJP hold

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pratap Chandra Sarangi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Rabindra Kumar Jena by a margin of 12,956 votes. [4]

2019 Indian general elections: Balasore [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Pratap Chandra Sarangi 483,858 41.79 Increase2.svg13.98
BJD Rabindra Kumar Jena 4,70,90240.62Decrease2.svg0.66
INC Nabajyoti Patnaik1,79,40315.49Decrease2.svg10.95
NOTA None of the above7,4360.64Decrease2.svg0.09
AITC Haji Sk Abdul Istar3,9000.34Decrease2.svg0.59
Majority 12,9561.12
Turnout 11,59,33575.69
BJP gain from BJD Swing Increase2.svg7.32

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rabindra Kumar Jena defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pratap Chandra Sarangi by a margin of 1,41,825 votes. [3]

2014 Indian general elections: Balasore [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJD Rabindra Kumar Jena 433,768 41.33
BJP Pratap Chandra Sarangi 2,91,94327.81
INC Srikant Kumar Jena 2,77,51726.44
CPI Prashant Kumar Mishra14,5380.99
AITC Kartikeswar Patra9,8560.93
NOTA None of the above7,7160.73
Majority 1,41,82513.51
Turnout 10,49,86176.84
Registered electors 13,66,218
BJD gain from INC

2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Srikant Kumar Jena defeated Nationalist Congress Party candidate Arun Dey by a margin of 38,900 votes. [2]

2009 Indian general elections: Balasore
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Srikant Kumar Jena 313,888 35.17
NCP Arun Dey2,74,98830.84
BJP M. A. Kharabela Swain 2,19,90824.64
JMM Arun Jena25,5772.87
Majority 38,9004.36
Turnout 8,92,26370.29
INC gain from BJP

Notes

  1. as on 2024
  2. as data published by election commission

References

  1. "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Orissa" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2005. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
  2. 1 2 "IndiaVotes PC: Balasore 2009". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  3. 1 2 "IndiaVotes PC: Balasore 2014". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  4. 1 2 "IndiaVotes PC: Balasore 2019". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Balasore lok sabha election results 2024: Balasore Winning Candidates List and Vote Share". India Today. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  6. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI .
  7. "List of Contesting Candidates (Phase-IV) (PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  8. "Lok Sabha Elections 2019 candidate list for Odisha". Business Insider India. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  9. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2014 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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