Balasore Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha Constituency in Odisha
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Balasore is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Odisha.
| Balasore OD-6 | |
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| 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 | 16,10,043[a][b] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party |  BJP |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Assembly Segments
Assembly Constituencies which constitute this Parliamentary Constituency, after delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies and Legislative Assembly Constituencies of 2008 are:[1]
| # | Name | District | Member | Party | Leading
(in 2024) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | Badasahi (SC) | Mayurbhanj | Sanatan Bijuli | BJP | BJP | ||
| 35 | Jaleswar | Balasore | Ashwini Kumar Patra | BJD | |||
| 36 | Bhograi | Goutam Buddha Das | BJD | ||||
| 37 | Basta | Subasini Jena | |||||
| 38 | Balasore | Manas Kumar Dutta | BJP | BJP | |||
| 39 | Remuna (SC) | Gobinda Chandra Das | |||||
| 40 | Nilgiri | Santosh Khatua | |||||
Elected members
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
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]
| 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 | 12,40,999 | 77.08 | |||
| 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]
| 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 |
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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]
| 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.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Srikant Kumar Jena | 313,888 | 35.17 | ||
| NCP | Arun Dey | 2,74,988 | 30.84 | ||
| BJP | M. A. 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 | |||||