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:
#NameDistrictMemberPartyLeading32Badasahi (SC)MayurbhanjSanatan Bijuli35JaleswarBalasoreAshwini Kumar Patra36BhograiGoutam Buddha Das37BastaSubasini Jena38BalasoreManas Kumar Dutta39Remuna (SC)Gobinda Chandra Das40NilgiriSantosh 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
YearMemberParty1952Bhagabat Sahu19571962Gokulananda Mohanty1967Samarendra Kundu1971Shyam Sunder Mahapatra1977Samarendra Kundu1980Chintamani Jena19841989Samarendra Kundu1991Kartik Mohapatra19961998M. A. Kharabela Swain199920042009Srikant Kumar Jena2014Rabindra Kumar Jena2019Pratap Chandra Sarangi2024
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. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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