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	41.33
	BJP	Pratap Chandra Sarangi	2,91,943	27.81
	INC	Srikant Kumar Jena	2,77,517	26.44
	CPI	Prashant Kumar Mishra	14,538	0.99
	Trinamool Congress	Kartikeswar Patra	9,856	0.93
	Independent	Saroj Kumar Panda	4,529	0.43
	BSP	Bichitra Nanda Das	3,240	0.30
	AAP	Mamata Kundu	2,664	0.25
	Independent	Jagannath Das	1,856	0.17
	Independent	Biswajit Rai	1,823	0.17
	NOTA	None	7,716	0.73
Majority			1,41,825	13.51
Turnout			10,49,450
	BJD gain from INC		Swing

References

1. "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Orissa" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-11-08. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
2. http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS186.htm?ac=6