Balasore is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in Coastal Odisha of Odisha and is located in East India. Balasore Lok Sabha is reserved for General.
It is a Rural constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 77.25%. There are 13,66,218 voters of which 7,09,342 are male and 6,56,857 are female and 19 voters of the third gender.
Rabindra Kumar Jena of BJD (alliance: Others) won in this seat defeating BJP. BJD polled 4,33,768 of the total of 10,49,450 votes polled. INC won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Balasore goes to the polls in the 4st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Monday, April 29, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 76.84%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 6 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 7 |
| Reservation for | General |
| Number of Voters | 13,66,218 |
| Number of Male Voters | 7,09,342 |
| Number of Female Voters | 6,56,857 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | BJD | INC |
| Turnout % | 76.84% | 70.31% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,41,825 | 38,900 |
| Margin of Victory % | 13.51% | 4.36% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | BJD | INC |
| Turnout % | 76.84% | 70.31% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,41,825 | 38,900 |
| Margin of Victory % | 13.51% | 4.36% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | 483858 | 41.79% | Pratap Chandra SarangiWinner |
| BJD | 470902 | 40.67% | Rabindra Kumar Jena |
| INC | 179403 | 15.49% | Navajyoti Patnaik |
| NOTA | 7436 | 0.64% | Nota |
| AITC | 3900 | 0.34% | Haji Sk Abdul Istar |
| IND | 2582 | 0.22% | Saroj Kumar Panda |
| IND | 2454 | 0.21% | Ramanath Barik |
| IND | 1676 | 0.14% | Jadunath Sethi |
| IND | 1422 | 0.12% | Basantalata Pattanayak |
| ANC | 1356 | 0.12% | Mohammed Alli |
| PJP(S) | 1241 | 0.11% | Ramakanta Panda |
| PSP(L) | 825 | 0.07% | Subhash |
| IND | 816 | 0.07% | Jagannath Das |
