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Balasore

Parliamentary constituency 6 (GEN) · Odisha · 14 contests, 1977–2024

State boardOdisha 2024
Held by
BJP
Pratap Chandra Sarangi · 2024
Contests
14
1977–2024
Parties that won
5
Across all 14 contests
Median margin
16.6pp
Over all 14 contests
Margin 2024
1,47,156votes
11.9 pp of votes polled
Turnout 2024
77.1%
Seat median 63.6% over 14 contests

[01]Winners and margins

Newest first · bars scaled to the widest margin, 33.6 pp
  1. 2024
    11.9 pp
    Pratap Chandra SarangiBharatiya Janata Partyby 1,47,156 votes
  2. 2019
    1.1 pp
    Pratap Chandra SarangiBharatiya Janata Partyby 12,956 votes
  3. 2014
    13.5 pp
    Rabindra Kumar JenaBiju Janata Dalby 1,41,825 votes
  4. 2009
    4.4 pp
    Srikant Kumar JenaIndian National Congressby 38,900 votes
  5. 2004
    21.1 pp
    Bhartruhari MahtabBiju Janata Dalby 1,73,198 votes
  6. 1999
    32.9 pp
    Bhartruhari MahtabBiju Janata Dalby 2,05,317 votes
  7. 1998
    16.9 pp
    Bhartruhari MahatabBiju Janata Dalby 1,12,694 votes
  8. 1996
    8.2 pp
    Biju PatnaikJanata Dalby 57,807 votes
  9. 1991
    7.5 pp
    Srikanta JenaJanata Dalby 43,693 votes
  10. 1989
    31.2 pp
    Srikanta JenaJanata Dalby 2,04,685 votes
  11. 1984
    16.2 pp
    Jayanti PattanikIndian National Congressby 78,921 votes
  12. 1981
    17.8 pp
    J.Patnaik(W)Indian National Congressby 49,852 votes
  13. 1980
    33.6 pp
    Janaki Ballav PatnaikIndian National Congressby 1,23,952 votes
  14. 1977
    18.3 pp
    Sarat Kumar KarBharatiya Lok Dalby 60,402 votes

[02]Parties on this seat

Top 8 by wins · 33 parties and independents
BJD 4 of 666.7% won · 2 secondJD 3 of 475% wonINC 2 of 1216.7% won · 7 secondIndian National CongressBJP 2 of 633.3% won · 1 secondINC 2 of 2100% wonIndian National Congress (I)BLD 1 of 1100% wonIND 0 of 480% wonBSP 0 of 40% won

Won of candidatures, counted from the published candidate lines; independents are counted together.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. BJD and INC won 4 each of 14 contests on record.

    wins by party: BJD 4 · INC 4 · JD 3 · BJP 2 · BLD 1

  2. The seat changed party 6 times in 13 successive pairs of contests.

    1977 BLD → 1980 INC → 1981 INC → 1984 INC → 1989 JD → 1991 JD → 1996 JD → 1998 BJD → 1999 BJD → 2004 BJD → 2009 INC → 2014 BJD → 2019 BJP → 2024 BJP

  3. The closest contest was 2019 at 1.1 pp; the widest 1980 at 33.6 pp.

    min / max of margin % over 14 contests

  4. The 2024 margin of 11.9 pp was 4.7 pp below the seat's median of 16.6 pp.

    11.9 − 16.6 = −4.7

  5. Turnout moved from 52.9% in 1977 to 77.1% in 2024, +24.2 pp.

    77.1 − 52.9 = +24.2

  6. The name Pratap Chandra Sarangi appears as winner in 2 contests: 2019 and 2024.

    winner names matched across years, ignoring spacing and punctuation

Each line is arithmetic over the contests on this page.

[04]Turnout by year

White mark: seat median, 63.6%
2024 77.1%
2019 75.6%
2014 76.8%
2009 70.3%
2004 66.3%
1999 51.4%
1998 57.0%
1996 62.8%
1991 59.4%
1989 68.0%
1984 64.3%
1981 39.8%
1980 52.3%
1977 52.9%

[05]Every contest

14 rows · most recent first
Every Lok Sabha contest on record for Balasore, Odisha
Year Winner Party Margin Margin % Turnout %
2024 Pratap Chandra Sarangi Bharatiya Janata Party 1,47,156 11.9 77.1
2019 Pratap Chandra Sarangi Bharatiya Janata Party 12,956 1.1 75.6
2014 Rabindra Kumar Jena Biju Janata Dal 1,41,825 13.5 76.8
2009 Srikant Kumar Jena Indian National Congress 38,900 4.4 70.3
2004 Bhartruhari Mahtab Biju Janata Dal 1,73,198 21.1 66.3
1999 Bhartruhari Mahtab Biju Janata Dal 2,05,317 32.9 51.4
1998 Bhartruhari Mahatab Biju Janata Dal 1,12,694 16.9 57.0
1996 Biju Patnaik Janata Dal 57,807 8.2 62.8
1991 Srikanta Jena Janata Dal 43,693 7.5 59.4
1989 Srikanta Jena Janata Dal 2,04,685 31.2 68.0
1984 Jayanti Pattanik Indian National Congress 78,921 16.2 64.3
1981 J.Patnaik(W) Indian National Congress 49,852 17.8 39.8
1980 Janaki Ballav Patnaik Indian National Congress 1,23,952 33.6 52.3
1977 Sarat Kumar Kar Bharatiya Lok Dal 60,402 18.3 52.9
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 2,05,317 votes

ContestsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha · Balasore, Odisha · 14 contests · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Party recordCounted from the published candidate lines for this seat · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Medians and countsComputed from the contests on this page when the page was built

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