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
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2020

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

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

Vote share of Winning candidates [4]
2020
 
 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%

16 elections held during 1951 to 2019. Elected members from the Balasore constituency are:[5][6]

Year Member Party
2019 Madanmohan Dutta[7][8] Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2020 By-election

By-election, 2020: Balasore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Swarup Kumar Das 84,097 51.8
BJP Manas Kumar Dutta[9] 70,746 43.58
INC Mamata Kundu[10] 4,983 3.07
NOTA None of the above 700 0.43
Majority 13,351
Turnout 1,64,458 71.33
BJD gain from BJP

2019 Election Result

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Madan Mohan Dutta defeated BJD candidate Jiban Pradip Das by a margin of 13,406 votes.[11]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Balasore [12]
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 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Jiban Pradip Das defeated BJP candidate Madan Mohan Dutta by a margin of 9,791 votes.[13]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Balasore[14][15]
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
Turnout 1,45,082 74.08 8.83
Registered electors 1,95,846
BJD hold

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Jiban Pradip Dash defeated Independent candidate Anup Kumar Das by a margin of 13,490 votes.[16]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Balasore [17]
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[a] -
Turnout 1,22,680 65.25 -

Notes

  1. ^ %of total valid votes

References

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  2. ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  3. ^ Seats of Odisha
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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. ^ "BJD, BJP field sons of departed MLAs in next month's Odisha bypolls". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Congress finalizes candidates for Odisha by-elections". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
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  12. ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  13. ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  14. ^ "Odisha - Balasore". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  15. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Balasore (38)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
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  17. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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