Balasore (Lok Sabha constituency)
Balasore is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Odisha. Assembly constituencies which constitute this parliamentary constituency are: Baisinga, Khunta, Bhograi, Jaleswar, Basta, Balasore and Soro.[1]
Members of Parliament
- 2014: Rabindra Kumar Jena, Biju Janata Dal
- 2009: Srikant Kumar Jena, Congress
- 2004: Kharabela Swain, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1999: Kharabela Swain, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1998: Kharabela Swain, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1996: Kartik Mohapatra, Congress
- 1991: Karitkeswar Patra, Congress
- 1989: Samarendra Kundu, Janata Dal
- 1984: Chintamani Jena, Congress
- 1980: Chintamani Jena, Congress
- 1977: Samarendra Kundu, Janata Party
- 1971: Shyam Sunder Mahapatra, Congress
- 1967: Samarendra Kundu, Praja Socialist Party
- 1962: Gokulananda Mohanty, Congress
- 1957: Bhagabat Sahu, Congress
- 1951: Bhagabat Sahu, Congress
2014 Election Results
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.
| 2014 General Election, Balasore[2] |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
BJD |
Rabindra Kumar Jena |
4,33,768 |
|
|
|
BJP |
Pratap Chandra Sarangi |
2,91,943 |
|
|
|
INC |
Srikant Kumar Jena |
2,77,517 |
|
|
|
CPI |
Prashant Kumar Mishra |
14,538 |
|
|
|
AITMC |
Kartikeswar Patra |
9,856 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Saroj Kumar Panda |
4,529 |
|
|
|
BSP |
Bichitra Nanda Das |
3,240 |
|
|
|
AAP |
Mamata Kundu |
2,664 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Jagannath Das |
1,856 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Biswajit Rai |
1,823 |
|
|
|
NOTA |
None |
7,716 |
|
|
| Majority |
1,41,825 |
|
|
| Turnout |
10,49,450 |
|
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|
BJD gain from INC |
References
Lok Sabha constituencies of Odisha |
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