Balasore is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balasore district, Odisha.[1]

Balasore
Constituency No. 38 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictBalasore
LS constituencyBalasore
Established1951
Total electors195,846
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2024

Area of this constituency includes Balasore and 18 GPs (Kasipada, Rasulpur, Srirampur, Kasafal, Sartha, Bahabalpur, Chhanua, Haladipada, Olandasaragan, Odangi, Nagaram, Buanl, Sindhia, Gopinathpur, Parikhi, Patrapada, Kuradiha and Srikona) of Balasore block.[2][3]

Elected Members

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Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024
50.90%
2020 (bypoll)
51.80%
2019
47.46%
2014
32.82%
2009
45.42%
2004
47.36%
2000
40.94%
1995
46.37%
1990
86.56%
1985
47.38%
1980
39.33%
1977
49.58%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 2020.

List of members elected from Balasore constituency are:[5][6]

Year Member Party
2024 Manas Kumar Dutta BJP
2020 (bypoll)[a] Swarup Kumar Das BJD
2019 Madan Mohan Dutta[7][8] BJP
2014 Jiban Pradip Dash BJD
2009 Jiban Pradip Dash BJD
2004 Arun Dey Odisha Gana Parisad
2000 Jiban Pradip Dash BJP
1995 Arun Dey Independent
1990 Arun Dey CPI
1985 Gopanarayan Das INC
1980 Arun Dey CPI
1977 Kartik Chandra Rout JP
1974 Arun Dey CPI
1971 Priyanath Nandy Congress (R)
1967 Rabindra Mohan Das PSP
1961 Bijoy Krushna De INC
1957 Rabindra Mohan Das PSP
1951 Surendra Nath Das INC

Election Results

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2024

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Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[9]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Balasore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Manas Kumar Dutta 89,360 50.90
BJD Swarup Kumar Das 60,734 34.59
INC Monalisa Lenka 19,259 10.97
NOTA None of the above 698 0.40
Majority 28,626 16.31
Turnout
BJP gain from BJD

2020 Bypoll

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In 2020 bye-election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Swarup Kumar Das defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Manas Kumar Dutta by a margin of 13,351 votes.

2020 Odisha Legislative Assembly by-election : Balasore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Swarup Kumar Das 84,097 51.8
BJP Manas Kumar Dutta[10] 70,746 43.58
INC Mamata Kundu[11] 4,983 3.07
NOTA None of the above 700 0.43
Majority 13,351 8.22
Turnout 1,64,458 71.33
BJD gain from BJP

2019

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In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Madan Mohan Dutta defeated BJD candidate Jiban Pradip Das by a margin of 13,406 votes.[12]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Balasore [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Madan Mohan Dutta 74,815 47.26
BJD Jiban Pradip Dash 61,409 38.79
INC Manas Ranjan Das Pattnaik 19,704 12.45
BSP Mayadhar Behera 292 0.18
AITC Munsi Abdul Meheraj Alli 216 0.14
Utkal Samaj Prakash Lenka 162 0.1
Purvanchal Janata Party (Secular) Pratap Chandra Mohanty 129 0.08
AIFB Sarbeswar Mishra 92 0.06
HM Sadhana Das 183 0.12
PSP(L) SK Samiruddin 174 0.11
Independent Gajendra Bhuyan 163 0.10
Independent Manoj Kumar Nayak 306 0.19
NOTA None of the above 668 0.42
Majority 13406 8.46
Turnout 158313 80.83
BJP gain from BJD

2014

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In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Jiban Pradip Das defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Madan Mohan Dutta by a margin of 9,791 votes.[14]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Balasore[15][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Jiban Pradip Das 47,615 32.82 −12.6
BJP Madan Mohan Dutta 37,824 26.07 20.03
INC Arun Dey 28,650 19.75 10.55
Independent Manas Ranjan Das Pattnaik 24,720 17.04
Independent Basantalata Pattanayak 1,601 1.1
Utkal Samaj Bhaskar Chandra Jena 813 0.56
CPI Gouranga Charan Panigrahi 812 0.56
AAP Kesu Das 496 0.34
Independent Rajendra Bal 377 0.26
AITC Archana Nandi 366 0.25
BSP Mayadhar Behera 359 0.25
Independent Md Sahirul Haque 269 0.19
Independent Maheswar Behera 235 0.16
Biju Swabhiman Dal Abhishek Das 118 0.08
NOTA None 827 0.51
Majority 9,791 6.75
Turnout 1,45,082 74.08 8.83
Registered electors 1,95,846
BJD hold

2009

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In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Jiban Pradip Dash defeated Independent candidate Anup Kumar Das by a margin of 13,490 votes.[17]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Balasore [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Jiban Pradip Dash 55,710 45.42
Independent Anup Kumar Das 42,220 34.42
INC Subhankar Mohapatra 11,282 9.20
BJP Sanjay Kumar Patra 7,414 6.04
Independent Bhaskar Jena 2,745 2.24
Independent Rajendra Bal 1,453 1.18
BSP Tapas Kumar Sahu 576 0.47
Independent Jiban Mohan Sahu 505 0.41
JMM Sk. Sharfuddin 391 0.32
Kalinga sena Basudev Raul 372 0.30
Majority 13,490 11.00[b]
Turnout 1,22,680 65.25
BJD gain from Odisha Gana Parisad

Notes

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  1. ^ Death of Madanmohan Dutta
  2. ^ %of total valid votes

References

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  2. ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  3. ^ Seats of Odisha
  4. ^ "14 - Balasore Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 23 May 2019. List Of Winning Candidates
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  7. ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Odisha MLA Madan Mohan Dutta dies of heart attack | Bhubaneswar News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  9. ^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
  10. ^ "BJD, BJP field sons of departed MLAs in next month's Odisha bypolls". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Congress finalizes candidates for Odisha by-elections". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2019". results.eci.gov.in.
  13. ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  14. ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
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  16. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Balasore (38)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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  18. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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