| Type: | LS |
| Balasore | |
| State: | Odisha |
| Established: | 1952 |
| Reservation: | None |
| Electors: | 16,05,157 |
| Incumbent Image: | Pratap Chandra Sarangi.jpg |
| Mp: | Pratap Chandra Sarangi |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Latest Election Year: | 2024 |
| Assembly Cons: | Badasahi Jaleswar Bhograi Basta Balasore Remuna Nilgiri |
Balasore is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Odisha.
Assembly Constituencies which constitute this Parliamentary Constituency, after delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies and Legislative Assembly Constituencies of 2008 are:[1] [2]
| Name | District | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | Badasahi (SC) | Mayurbhanj | Sanatan Bijuli | ||
| 35 | Jaleswar | Balasore | Ashwini Kumar Patra | ||
| 36 | Bhograi | Goutam Buddha Das | |||
| 37 | Basta | Subasini Jena | |||
| 38 | Balasore | Manas Kumar Dutta | |||
| 39 | Remuna (SC) | Gobinda Chandra Das | |||
| 40 | Nilgiri | Santosh Khatua | |||
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
Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[3] 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.
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.
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.
In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Srikant Kumar Jena defeated Nationalist Congress Party candidate Arun Dey by a margin of 38,900 votes.