Balasore Lok Sabha constituency
| 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 | 16,10,043[a][b] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
 | |
| Incumbent Pratap Chandra Sarangi | |
| Party |  BJP |
| 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]
| # | Name | District | Member | Party | Leading
(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
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 | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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]
| 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
|
|||
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 | |||||
Notes
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "IndiaVotes PC: Balasore 2009". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ^ a b "IndiaVotes PC: Balasore 2014". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ^ a b "IndiaVotes PC: Balasore 2019". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ^ a b "Balasore lok sabha election results 2024: Balasore Winning Candidates List and Vote Share". India Today. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2014 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.