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Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive map of Balasore Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Assembly constituencies	Badasahi Jaleswar Bhograi Basta Balasore Remuna Nilgiri
Established	1952
Total electors	16,05,157
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Pratap Chandra Sarangi
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

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:

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

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.

2024 Indian general election: Balasore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pratap Chandra Sarangi	563,865	45.49	3.7
	BJD	Lekhashree Samantsinghar	4,16,709	33.62	7.0
	INC	Srikant Kumar Jena	2,37,007	19.12	3.63
	NOTA	None of the above	7,350	0.59
Majority			1,47,156	11.87
Turnout			12,39,635	76.77
	BJP hold

2019

In 2019 Indian general election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pratap Chandra Sarangi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Rabindra Kumar Jena by a margin of 12,956 votes.

2019 Indian general elections: Balasore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pratap Chandra Sarangi	483,858	41.79	13.98
	BJD	Rabindra Kumar Jena	4,70,902	40.62	0.66
	INC	Nabajyoti Patnaik	1,79,403	15.49	10.95
	NOTA	None of the above	7,436	0.64	0.09
	AITC	Haji Sk Abdul Istar	3,900	0.34	0.59
Majority			12,956	1.12
Turnout			11,59,335	75.69
	BJP gain from BJD		Swing	7.32

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.

Notes

1. It was a 2 member constituency
2. It was a 2 member constituency

References

1. "17 - Puri Parliamentary (Lok Sabha) Constituency". Retrieved 25 March 2014.
2. "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Orissa" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2005. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
3. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
4. "List of Contesting Candidates (Phase-IV) (PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
5. "Lok Sabha Elections 2019 candidate list for Odisha". Business Insider India. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
6. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2014 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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• Lok Sabha constituencies in Odisha
• Balasore district
• Mayurbhanj district