Balasore Assembly constituency

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This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Balasore.

Balasore
Constituency No. 38 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictBalasore
Lok Sabha constituencyBalasore
Established1951
Total electors2,29,852[a][b]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2024

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

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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[7] Manas Kumar Dutta Bharatiya Janata Party
2020 (bypoll)[c][8] Swarup Kumar Das Biju Janata Dal
2019[9][10] Madanmohan Dutta Bharatiya Janata Party
2014[11] Jiban Pradip Dash Biju Janata Dal
2009[12]
2004 Arun Dey Odisha Gana Parisad
2000 Jiban Pradip Dash Bharatiya Janata Party
1995 Arun Dey Independent politician
1990 Communist Party of India
1985 Gopanarayan Das Indian National Congress
1980 Arun Dey Communist Party of India
1977 Kartik Chandra Rout Janata Party
1974 Arun Dey Communist Party of India
1971 Priyanath Nandy Indian National Congress (R)
1967 Rabindra Mohan Das Praja Socialist Party
1961 Bijoy Krushna De Indian National Congress
1957 Rabindra Mohan Das Praja Socialist Party
1951 Surendra Nath Das Indian National Congress

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.[13] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Manas Kumar Dutta defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Swarup Kumar Das by a margin of 28,626 votes.[7]

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 1,75,560 76.38
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.[8]

2020 Odisha Legislative Assembly by-election : Balasore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Swarup Kumar Das 84,097 51.8
BJP Manas Kumar Dutta[14] 70,746 43.58
INC Mamata Kundu[15] 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 Madanmohan Dutta defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Jiban Pradip Das by a margin of 13,406 votes.[10][16]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Balasore [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Madanmohan Dutta 74,815 47.26
BJD Jiban Pradip Dash 61,409 38.79
INC Manas Ranjan Das Pattnaik 19,704 12.45
NOTA None of the above 668 0.42
Majority 13,406 8.46
Turnout 1,58,313 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 Madanmohan Dutta by a margin of 9,791 votes.[11]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Balasore[18][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Jiban Pradip Das 47,615 32.82 −12.6
BJP Madanmohan 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
NOTA None of the above 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 Anup Kumar Das by a margin of 13,490 votes.[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Balasore [20]
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 −
Majority 13,490 11.00[d] −
Turnout 1,22,680 65.25 −
BJD gain from Odisha Gana Parisad

Notes

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  1. ^ as on 2024
  2. ^ as data published by election commission
  3. ^ Death of Madanmohan Dutta
  4. ^ %of total valid votes

References

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  2. ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  3. ^ Seats of Odisha
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  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. ^ a b "Balasore Assembly Election Results 2024: Balasore Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday". India Today. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  8. ^ a b "Odisha Bypoll Results 2020: BJD Wrests Balasore from BJP, Retains Tirtol". News18. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  9. ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Balasore Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  11. ^ a b "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  12. ^ a b "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2014. 13490
  13. ^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
  14. ^ "BJD, BJP field sons of departed MLAs in next month's Odisha bypolls". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  15. ^ "Congress finalizes candidates for Odisha by-elections". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  16. ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2019". results.eci.gov.in.
  17. ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  18. ^ "Odisha - Balasore". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  19. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Balasore (38)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  20. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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