Jaleswar, Odisha Assembly constituency

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

For the constituency in Assam, see Jaleswar, Assam Assembly constituency.

Jaleswar
Constituency No. 35 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Balasore
LS constituency	Balasore
Established	1951
Total electors	2,34,896
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Aswini Kumar Patra
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

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

Area of this constituency includes Jaleswar, Jaleswar block and 11 GPs (Natakata, Purusottampur, Kulida, Santoshpur, Raghunathpur, Chormara, Singla, Paunsakulli, Tadada, Putura and Nabara) of Basta block. ^{[2] [3]}

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [4]
2024			42.37%
2019			48.38%
2014			52.23%
2009			40.95%
2004			51.61%
2000			48.97%
1995			44.44%
1990			59.33%
1985			49.07%
1980			38.02%
1977			62.45%

15 elections held during 1951 to 2014. Elected members from the Jaleswar constituency are: ^{[5] [6]}

Year	Member	Party
2024	Aswini Kumar Patra		BJD
2019	Aswini Kumar Patra [7]		BJD
2014	Aswini Kumar Patra		BJD
2009	Debiprasanna Chand		INC
2004	Aswini Kumar Patra		BJP
2000	Jayanarayan Mohanty		INC
1995	Jayanarayan Mohanty		INC
1990	Aswini Kumar Patra		JD
1985	Judhisthir Jena		INC
1980	Gadadhar Giri		JP
1977	Gadadhar Giri		JP
1974	Gadadhar Giri		Socialist
1971	Prasanna Kumar Paul		PSP
1967	Prasanna Kumar Paul		PSP
1961	Prasanna Kumar Paul		PSP
1957	Prasanna Kumar Paul		PSP
1951	Karunakar Panigrahi		INC

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. ^[8]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Jaleswar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Aswini Kumar Patra	83,105	42.37	6.01
	BJP	Brajamohan Pradhan	82,786	42.21	13.90
	INC	Sudarshan Das	26,692	13.61	6.23
	Independent	Dibyakam Mohanty	1,568	0.80
	NOTA	None of the above	872	0.44	0.08
Majority			319
Turnout			196,131
	BJD hold		Swing

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Aswini Kumar Patra defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jaynarayan Mohanty by a margin of 35,443 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election,Jaleswar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Aswini Kumar Patra	85,435	48.38	3.85
	BJP	Jaynarayan Mohanty	49,992	28.31	20.14
	INC	Sudarsan Das	35,026	19.84	11.85
	NOTA	None of the above	918	0.52
Majority			35,443	20.07
Turnout			176579	74.41
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Aswini Kumar Patra defeated Indian National Congress candidate Debiprasanna Chand by a margin of 33,860 votes. ^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Jaleswar ^{[10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Aswini Kumar Patra	86,084	52.23
	INC	Debiprasanna Chand	52,224	31.69	9.26
	BJP	Arun Kumar Bej	13,465	8.17	28.46
	Independent	Sudarsan Das	7,336	4.45
	CPI(M)	Sisir Kumar Hui	2,285	1.39	3.49
	NOTA	None of the above	725	0.44	−
Majority			33,860	20.54	16.21
Turnout			1,64,807	78.09	7.08
Registered electors			2,11,057
	BJD gain from INC

2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Debi Prasanna Chand defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Aswini Kumar Patra by a margin of 6,304 votes. ^[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Jaleswar ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Debi Prasanna Chand	59,685	40.95	−
	BJP	Aswini Kumar Patra	53,381	36.63	−
	Independent	Gour Gopal Das	20,251	13.89	−
	CPI(M)	Sisir Kumar Hui	7,118	4.88	−
	JMM	Shyam Sundar Marndi	1,002	0.69	−
Majority			6,304	4.33 [lower-alpha 1]	−
Turnout			1,45,770	71.01	−
	INC gain from BJP

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

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