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
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Aswini Kumar Patra
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2019

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]}

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. ^[4]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [5]
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: ^{[6] [7]}

• 2014: (36): Aswini Kumar Patra (Biju Janata Dal)
• 2009: (36): Debi Prasanna Chand (Congress)
• 2004: (12): Ashwini Kumar Patra (BJP)
• 2000: (12): Jayanarayan Mohanty (Congress)
• 1995: (12): Jayanarayan Mohanty (Congress)
• 1990: (12): Aswini Kumar Patra (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (12): Judhisthira Jena (Congress)
• 1980: (12): Gadadhar Giri (CPI)
• 1977: (12): Gadadhar Giri (CPI)
• 1974: (12): Gadadhar Giri (CPI)
• 1971: (12): Prasanna Kumar Pal(CPI)
• 1967: (12): Prasanna Kumar Pal (CPI)
• 1961: (129): Prasanna Kumar Pal (CPI)
• 1957: (92): Prasanna Kumar Pal (Praja Socialist Party)
• 1951: (51): Karunakar Panigrahi (Congress)

Year	Member	Party
2019	Aswini Kumar Patra [8]		Biju Janata Dal

Election results

2019

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
	Independent	Madhu Sudan Das	3,322	1.88
	NOTA	None	918	0.52
		Rest of the Candidates	1,886	1.07
Majority			35,443	20.07
Turnout
Registered electors
	BJD hold		Swing

2014 Election Result

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
	AITC	Manoj Kumar Sasmal	913	0.55
	BSP	Ramakanta Jena	633	0.38
	SAMO	Brajagopal Raut	366	0.22	0.33
	AAP	Gagan Bihari Das Mohapatra	350	0.21
	SKD	Subhasish Das	215	0.13
	OJM	Santanu Kumar Das	211	0.13
	NOTA	None	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

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Jaleswar ^[12]

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	-
	Independent	Madhu Sudan Jati	894	0.61	-
	Independent	Abhijit Pradhan	842	0.58	-
	SAMO	Braja Gopal Raut	795	0.55	-
	JDP	Pravakar Hasda	685	0.47	-
	SP	Akshaya Kar	624	0.43	-
	BSP	Sanjit Das	468	0.32	-
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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2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
3. Seats of Odisha
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8. "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 October 2021.
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12. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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