Balasore Lok Sabha constituency
Balasore is a Lok Sabha constituency in Odisha, eastern India. It includes seven assembly segments: Badasahi, Jaleswar, Bhograi, Basta, Balasore, Remuna and Nilgiri. Established in 1952, Balasore was a two-member constituency in 1952 and 1957. The seat has about 1.61 million electors and has no reservation.
The current Member of Parliament is Pratap Chandra Sarangi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), elected in 2024 for the 18th Lok Sabha, by a margin of 147,156 votes over Lekhashree Samantsinghar of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD).
Past results:
- 2019: Pratap Chandra Sarangi (BJP) defeated Rabindra Kumar Jena (BJD) by 12,956 votes.
- 2014: Rabindra Kumar Jena (BJD) defeated Pratap Chandra Sarangi (BJP) by 141,825 votes.
- 2009: Srikant Kumar Jena (Congress) defeated Arun Dey (NCP) by 38,900 votes.
Voting for the 2024 general elections took place on June 1 in the 7th phase, with counting on June 4, 2024.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 01:33 (CET).