Balasore Lok Sabha constituency

Balasore
OD-6
Balasore ; OD-6
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
Established	1952
Total electors	16,05,157
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Pratap Chandra Sarangi
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Balasore is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Odisha.

Assembly Segments

Assembly Constituencies which constitute this Parliamentary Constituency, after delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies and Legislative Assembly Constituencies of 2008 are:^[1]^[2]

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

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

Year	Member
1952^[a]	Kanhu Charan Jena	INC
1952^[a]	Bhagabat Sahu
1957^[b]	Kanhu Charan Jena
1957^[b]	Bhagabat Sahu
1962	Gokulananda Mohanty
1967	Samarendra Kundu	PSP
1971	Shyam Sunder Mahapatra	INC
1977	Samarendra Kundu	BLD
1980	Chintamani Jena	INC
1984	Chintamani Jena	INC
1989	Samarendra Kundu	JD
1991	Kartik Mohapatra	INC
1996	Kartik Mohapatra	INC
1998	Kharabela Swain	BJP
1999
2004
2009	Srikant Kumar Jena	INC
2014	Rabindra Kumar Jena	BJD
2019	Pratap Chandra Sarangi	BJP
2024	Pratap Chandra Sarangi	BJP

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.^[3] 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.

2024 Indian general election: Balasore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pratap Chandra Sarangi	563,865	45.49	3.7
	BJD	Lekhashree Samantsinghar	4,16,709	33.62	7.0
	INC	Srikant Kumar Jena	2,37,007	19.12	3.63
	NOTA	None of the above	7,350	0.59
Majority			1,47,156	11.87
Turnout			12,39,635	76.77
	BJP hold

2019

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

2019 Indian general elections: Balasore^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pratap Chandra Sarangi	483,858	41.79	13.98
	BJD	Rabindra Kumar Jena	4,70,902	40.62	0.66
	INC	Nabajyoti Patnaik	1,79,403	15.49	10.95
	NOTA	None of the above	7,436	0.64	0.09
	AITC	Haji Sk Abdul Istar	3,900	0.34	0.59
Majority			12,956	1.12
Turnout			11,59,335	75.69
	BJP gain from BJD		Swing	7.32

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.

2014 Indian general elections: Balasore^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJD	Rabindra Kumar Jena	433,768	41.33
	BJP	Pratap Chandra Sarangi	2,91,943	27.81
	INC	Srikant Kumar Jena	2,77,517	26.44
	CPI	Prashant Kumar Mishra	14,538	0.99
	AITC	Kartikeswar Patra	9,856	0.93
	NOTA	None of the above	7,716	0.73
Majority			1,41,825	13.51
Turnout			10,49,861	76.84
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.

2009 Indian general elections: Balasore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Srikant Kumar Jena	313,888	35.17
	NCP	Arun Dey	2,74,988	30.84
	BJP	Kharabela Swain	2,19,908	24.64
	JMM	Arun Jena	25,577	2.87
Majority			38,900	4.36
Turnout			8,92,263	70.29
	INC gain from BJP

Notes

^ It was a 2 member constituency
^ It was a 2 member constituency

References

^ "17 - Puri Parliamentary (Lok Sabha) Constituency". Retrieved 25 March 2014.
^ "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.
^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
^ "List of Contesting Candidates (Phase-IV) (PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
^ "Lok Sabha Elections 2019 candidate list for Odisha". Business Insider India. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2014 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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[3] It was a 2 member constituency

[4] It was a 2 member constituency

[1] "17 - Puri Parliamentary (Lok Sabha) Constituency". Retrieved 25 March 2014.

[2] "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.

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

[FP_Par_Cand-6] "List of Contesting Candidates (Phase-IV) (PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 18 April 2019.

[7] "Lok Sabha Elections 2019 candidate list for Odisha". Business Insider India. Retrieved 18 April 2019.

[election2014-8] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2014 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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