Balasore
Assembly seat no. 38 in Odisha · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 15 times since 1961.
Odisha also has a Lok Sabha constituency called BALASORE. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 16 results.
Winner, 2024
Manas Kumar Dutta
BJP
Elections held
15
1961–2024
Most successful party
BJP
won 3 of 15
Margin, 2024
28,626
16.31% of valid votes
Result, 2024
Runner-up
BJDSwarup Kumar Das
- Votes
- 60,734
- Vote share
- 34.59%
- Behind by
- 28,626
Electors
2,29,852
Total votes polled
1,75,560
Valid votes
1,75,560
NOTA votes
698
0.40% of votes polled
Turnout
76.4%
Full result, 2024
7 candidates · 1,75,560 valid votes
Manas Kumar DuttaBJPwon
89,360
50.9%
Swarup Kumar DasBJD
60,734
34.6%
Monalisa SamalINC
19,259
11.0%
Bikram Keshari PandaIND
4,695
2.7%
Santosh Kumar MohapatraBSP
331
0.2%
Parshuram LenkaNBBHNRSVP
252
0.1%
Gopal KhandelwalIND
231
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 15 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Manas Kumar Dutta | BJP | 89,360 | 50.90% | Swarup Kumar Das | 28,626 |
| 2019 | MADAN MOHAN DUTTA | BJP | 74,815 | 47.26% | JIBAN PRADIP DASH | 13,406 |
| 2014 | JIBAN PRADIP DASH | BJD | 47,615 | 32.82% | MADAN MOHAN DUTTA | 9,791 |
| 2009 | JIBAN PRADIP DASH | BJD | 55,710 | 45.42% | ANUP KUMAR DAS | 13,490 |
| 2004 | ARUN DEY | OGP | 73,291 | 47.36% | JIBAN PRADIP DASH | 585 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
