Balasore is a

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Balasore district Balasore District, also known as Baleswar District, is an administrative district of Odisha state, in eastern India. Balasore is one of the coastal districts of Odisha and lies on the northernmost part of the state. Etymology Baleswar is sa ...

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. Area of this constituency includes

Balasore Balasore, also known as Baleswar, is a city in the state of Odisha, about from the state capital Bhubaneswar and from Kolkata, in eastern India. It is the administrative headquarters of Balasore district and the largest city as well as heal ...

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.

Elected Members

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 2020. List of members elected from Balasore constituency are:

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.

2020 Bypoll

In 2020 bye-election,

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candidate Swarup Kumar Das defeated

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candidate Manas Kumar Dutta by a margin of 13,351 votes.

2019

In 2019 election,

candidate Madan Mohan Dutta defeated BJD candidate Jiban Pradip Das by a margin of 13,406 votes.

2014

In 2014 election,

candidate Jiban Pradip Das defeated

candidate Madan Mohan Dutta by a margin of 9,791 votes.

2009

In 2009 election,

candidate Jiban Pradip Dash defeated Independent candidate Anup Kumar Das by a margin of 13,490 votes.

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References

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