Balasore Assembly constituency
{{Short description|Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India}}
{{About| the assembly constituency|its eponymous town|Balasore}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
|name = Balasore
|state = Odisha
|constituency_no = 38
|type= SLA
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|mla = Manas Kumar Dutta
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| latest_election_year = 2024
|district = Balasore
| loksabha_cons = Balasore
|established = 1951
|electors = {{formatnum:195846}}
|reservation = None
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Balasore is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balasore district, Odisha.{{cite web |url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=38|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225160303/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=38|url-status=usurped|archive-date=25 February 2014|title= Orissa Assembly Election 2009 |work=empoweringindia.org |quote= Constituency: Balasore (38) District : Balasore|accessdate= 22 February 2014}}
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.[http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Orissa/orissa.pdf Assembly Constituencies and their Extent][http://eci.nic.in/delim/paper1to7/Orissa.xls Seats of Odisha]
Elected Members
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{{bar percent|2024|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|50.90}}
{{bar percent|2020 (bypoll)|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|51.80}}
{{bar percent|2019|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|47.46}}
{{bar percent|2014|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|32.82}}
{{bar percent|2009|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|45.42}}
{{bar percent|2004|{{party color|Odisha Gana Parishad}}|47.36}}
{{bar percent|2000|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|40.94}}
{{bar percent|1995|{{party color|Independent (politician)}}|46.37}}
{{bar percent|1990|{{party color|Communist Party of India}}|86.56}}
{{bar percent|1985|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|47.38}}
{{bar percent|1980|{{party color|Communist Party of India}}|39.33}}
{{bar percent|1977|{{party color|Janata Party}}|49.58}}
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Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 2020.
List of members elected from Balasore constituency are:{{cite web|url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-02-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217121136/http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf |archive-date=2013-12-17 }}{{cite web|title=Balasore Assembly Constituency, Orissa|url=http://www.elections.in/orissa/assembly-constituencies/balasore.html|publisher=Compare Infobase Limited|accessdate=20 February 2014}}
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| Year
!Member !colspan=2|Party |
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| 2024
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |
| 2020 (bypoll){{efn|Death of Madanmohan Dutta}}
|{{party name with color|Biju Janata Dal}} |
| 2019
|Madan Mohan Dutta{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/11679-odisha-legislative-assembly-election-2019/ |title=State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha |publisher=Election Commission of India |accessdate=7 October 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/odisha-mla-madan-mohan-dutta-dies-of-heart-attack/articleshow/76418711.cms|title = Odisha MLA Madan Mohan Dutta dies of heart attack | Bhubaneswar News - Times of India| website=The Times of India }} |{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |
| 2014
|Jiban Pradip Dash |{{party name with color|Biju Janata Dal}} |
| 2009
|Jiban Pradip Dash |{{party name with color|Biju Janata Dal}} |
| 2004
|Arun Dey |{{party name with color|Odisha Gana Parisad}} |
| 2000
|Jiban Pradip Dash |{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |
| 1995
|Arun Dey |{{party name with color|Independent}} |
| 1990
|Arun Dey |{{party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |
| 1985
|Gopanarayan Das |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1980
|Arun Dey |{{party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |
| 1977
|Kartik Chandra Rout |{{party name with color|Janata Party}} |
| 1974
|Arun Dey |{{party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |
| 1971
|Priyanath Nandy |{{party name with color|Congress (R)}} |
| 1967
|Rabindra Mohan Das |{{party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}} |
| 1961
|Bijoy Krushna De |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1957
|Rabindra Mohan Das |{{party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}} |
| 1951
|Surendra Nath Das |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
Election Results
= 2024 =
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.{{Cite web |title=General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024 |url=https://elections24.eci.gov.in/election-details-odisa.html |website=ECI}}
{{Election box begin |
|title= 2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Balasore}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Manas Kumar Dutta
|votes = 89,360
|percentage = 50.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = Swarup Kumar Das
|votes = 60,734
|percentage = 34.59
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Monalisa Lenka
|votes = 19,259
|percentage = 10.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 698
|percentage = 0.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 28,626
|percentage = 16.31
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = BJP
|loser = Biju Janata Dal
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=2020 Bypoll=
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.
{{Election box begin|
|title= 2020 Odisha Legislative Assembly by-election : Balasore}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = Swarup Kumar Das
|votes = 84,097
|percentage = 51.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Manas Kumar Dutta{{cite news |title=BJD, BJP field sons of departed MLAs in next month's Odisha bypolls |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/bjd-bjp-field-sons-of-departed-mlas-in-next-months-odisha-bypolls/article32836659.ece/amp/ |accessdate=13 October 2020 |work=The Hindu}}|votes=70,746|percentage=43.58|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Mamata Kundu{{cite news |title=Congress finalizes candidates for Odisha by-elections |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/congress-finalizes-candidates-for-odisha-by-elections/articleshow/78626759.cms |accessdate=13 October 2020 |work=The Times of India}}|votes=4,983|percentage=3.07|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=700|percentage=0.43|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=13,351|percentage=8.22|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,64,458|percentage=71.33|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2019 =
In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Madan Mohan Dutta defeated BJD candidate Jiban Pradip Das by a margin of 13,406 votes.{{cite web|title=Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2019|url=http://results.eci.gov.in/ac/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS1838.htm?ac=38|publisher=results.eci.gov.in}}
{{Election box begin |
| title=2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Balasore {{cite web |title=List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC) |url=http://www.ceoorissa.nic.in/docs/Election/2019/Form7A/Phase2/List%20of%20Contesting%20Candidates%20%282nd%20Phase-AC%20Wise%29.pdf |website=ceoorissa.nic.in |publisher=Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha |accessdate=17 April 2019}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Madan Mohan Dutta
|votes = 74,815
|percentage = 47.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = Jiban Pradip Dash
|votes = 61,409
|percentage = 38.79
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Manas Ranjan Das Pattnaik
|votes = 19,704
|percentage = 12.45
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Mayadhar Behera
|votes = 292
|percentage = 0.18
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Munsi Abdul Meheraj Alli
|votes = 216
|percentage = 0.14
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Utkal Samaj
|candidate = Prakash Lenka
|votes = 162
|percentage = 0.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Purvanchal Janata Party (Secular)
|candidate = Pratap Chandra Mohanty
|votes = 129
|percentage = 0.08
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = Sarbeswar Mishra
|votes = 92
|percentage = 0.06
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Hindu Mahasabha
|candidate = Sadhana Das
|votes = 183
|percentage = 0.12
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya)
|candidate = SK Samiruddin
|votes = 174
|percentage = 0.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Gajendra Bhuyan
|votes = 163
|percentage = 0.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Manoj Kumar Nayak
|votes = 306
|percentage = 0.19
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 668
|percentage = 0.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 13406
|percentage = 8.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 158313
|percentage = 80.83
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2014 =
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Jiban Pradip Das defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Madan Mohan Dutta by a margin of 9,791 votes.{{cite web|title=Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014|url=http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/2604-constituency-wise-odisha-assembly-election-result.html|publisher=Leadtech.in|access-date=29 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818230907/http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/2604-constituency-wise-odisha-assembly-election-result.html|archive-date=18 August 2014|url-status=dead}}
{{Election box begin |
|title= 2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Balasore{{cite web|title=Odisha - Balasore|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/AC/ConstituencywiseS1838.htm?ac=38|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=29 May 2014}}{{cite web|title=Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Balasore (38)|url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=38|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529122600/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=38|url-status=usurped|archive-date=29 May 2014|publisher=EmpoweringIndia.org|accessdate=29 May 2014}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = Jiban Pradip Das
|votes = 47,615
|percentage = 32.82
|change = -12.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Madan Mohan Dutta
|votes = 37,824
|percentage = 26.07
|change = 20.03
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Arun Dey
|votes = 28,650
|percentage = 19.75
|change = 10.55
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Manas Ranjan Das Pattnaik
|votes = 24,720
|percentage = 17.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Basantalata Pattanayak
|votes = 1,601
|percentage = 1.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Utkal Samaj
|candidate = Bhaskar Chandra Jena
|votes = 813
|percentage = 0.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Gouranga Charan Panigrahi
|votes = 812
|percentage = 0.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Aam Aadmi Party
|candidate = Kesu Das
|votes = 496
|percentage = 0.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Rajendra Bal
|votes = 377
|percentage = 0.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Archana Nandi
|votes = 366
|percentage = 0.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Mayadhar Behera
|votes = 359
|percentage = 0.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Md Sahirul Haque
|votes = 269
|percentage = 0.19
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Maheswar Behera
|votes = 235
|percentage = 0.16
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Biju Swabhiman Dal
|candidate = Abhishek Das
|votes = 118
|percentage = 0.08
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None
|votes = 827
|percentage = 0.51
|change = -
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 9,791
|percentage = 6.75
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,45,082
|percentage = 74.08
|change = 8.83
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,95,846
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2009 =
In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Jiban Pradip Dash defeated Independent candidate Anup Kumar Das by a margin of 13,490 votes.{{cite web |url=http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/431-odisha-election-result-2009-votemargin.html |title=Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin |work=leadtech.in |quote=13490 |access-date=22 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527163949/http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/431-odisha-election-result-2009-votemargin.html |archive-date=27 May 2013 |url-status=dead }}
{{Election box begin |
|title= 2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Balasore {{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3630-orissa-2009/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date= 6 October 2021}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate =Jiban Pradip Dash
|votes = 55,710
|percentage = 45.42
|change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate minor party|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Anup Kumar Das
|votes = 42,220
|percentage = 34.42
|change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Subhankar Mohapatra
|votes = 11,282
|percentage = 9.20
|change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Sanjay Kumar Patra
|votes = 7,414
|percentage = 6.04
|change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate minor party|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Bhaskar Jena
|votes = 2,745
|percentage = 2.24
|change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Rajendra Bal
|votes = 1,453
|percentage = 1.18
|change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Tapas Kumar Sahu
|votes = 576
|percentage = 0.47
|change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Jiban Mohan Sahu
|votes = 505
|percentage = 0.41
|change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
|candidate = Sk. Sharfuddin
|votes = 391
|percentage = 0.32
|change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Kalinga sena
|candidate = Basudev Raul
|votes = 372
|percentage = 0.30
|change = -
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 13,490
|percentage = 11.00{{efn|%of total valid votes}}
|change = -
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,22,680
|percentage = 65.25
|change = -
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
|loser = Odisha Gana Parisad
}}
{{Election box end}}
Notes
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References
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Category:Assembly constituencies of Odisha