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Balasore, Odisha — Lok Sabha Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Balasore (Odisha) was won by Pratap Chandra Sarangi (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 12,956 votes over Rabindra Kumar Jena. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Balasore, Odisha, from 1951 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1951–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1951 Kanhu Charan Jena Indian National Congress 205,151 33.7% Bhagabat Sahu (Indian National Congress) 53,338 (8.8 pts)
1957 Kanhu Charan Jena Indian National Congress 158,978 22.9% Bhagbat Sahu (Indian National Congress) 13,815 (2.0 pts)
1962 Gokulananda Mahanty Indian National Congress 87,250 57.4% Rabindra Mohan Das (Praja Socialist Party) 29,559 (19.5 pts)
1967 S. Kundu Praja Socialist Party 113,022 49.7% K. K. Pattanayak (Indian National Congress) 35,369 (15.6 pts)
1971 Shyamsundar Mohapatra Indian National Congress 98,926 38.0% Samarendra Kundu (Praja Socialist Party) 23,787 (9.1 pts)
1977 Samarendra Kundu Bharatiya Lok Dal 190,219 55.7% Shyam Sundar Mahapatra (Indian National Congress) 59,461 (17.4 pts)
1980 Chintamani Jena Congress (I) 229,040 59.1% Samarendra Kundu (Janata Party) 139,889 (36.1 pts)
1984 Chintamani Jena Indian National Congress 274,294 56.5% Samarendra Kundu (Janata Party) 79,185 (16.3 pts)
1989 Samarendra Kundu Janata Dal 362,537 56.3% Chintamani Jena (Indian National Congress) 117,804 (18.3 pts)
1991 Kartikeswar Patra Indian National Congress 266,139 44.1% Samarendra Kundu (Janata Dal) 13,218 (2.2 pts)
1996 Kartik Mohapatra Indian National Congress 411,168 52.9% Arun Dey (Independent) 190,681 (24.5 pts)
1998 Mahameghabhan Aira Kharabela Swain Bharatiya Janata Party 421,068 53.2% Kartik Mohapatra (Indian National Congress) 84,002 (10.6 pts)
1999 Mahameghabahan Aira Kharabela Swain Bharatiya Janata Party 428,070 55.7% Subhankar Mohapatra (Indian National Congress) 136,372 (17.7 pts)
2004 Mahamegha Bahan Aira Kharbela Swain Bharatiya Janata Party 553,087 58.4% Niranjan Panda (Indian National Congress) 236,955 (25.0 pts)
2009 Srikant Kumar Jena Indian National Congress 313,888 35.2% Arun Dey (Nationalist Congress Party) 38,900 (4.4 pts)
2014 Rabindra Kumar Jena Biju Janata Dal 433,768 41.3% Pratap Chandra Sarangi (Bharatiya Janata Party) 141,825 (13.5 pts)
2019 Pratap Chandra Sarangi Bharatiya Janata Party 483,858 42.1% Rabindra Kumar Jena (Biju Janata Dal) 12,956 (1.1 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kanhu Charan Jena Indian National Congress 205,151 33.7%
Bhagabat Sahu Indian National Congress 151,813 25.0%
Sidheswar Jena Samajwadi Party 94,005 15.5%
Nityananda Mahapatra Samajwadi Party 77,024 12.7%
Madan Behera Ganatantra Parishad 44,209 7.3%
Basudev Nayak Ganatantra Parishad 35,756 5.9%

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kanhu Charan Jena Indian National Congress 158,978 22.9%
Bhagbat Sahu Indian National Congress 145,163 20.9%
Sidheswar Jena Praja Socialist Party 124,795 18.0%
Karunakar Das Praja Socialist Party 117,065 16.9%
Dharanidhar Jena Ganatantra Parishad 86,974 12.5%
Girish Chandra Ray Ganatantra Parishad 60,481 8.7%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Gokulananda Mahanty Indian National Congress 87,250 57.4%
Rabindra Mohan Das Praja Socialist Party 57,691 38.0%
Rajkishore Mohanty Independent 6,959 4.6%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
S. Kundu Praja Socialist Party 113,022 49.7%
K. K. Pattanayak Indian National Congress 77,653 34.2%
P. Sarkar Swatantra Party 36,521 16.1%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Shyamsundar Mohapatra Indian National Congress 98,926 38.0%
Samarendra Kundu Praja Socialist Party 75,139 28.8%
Nilamani Routrai UTC 52,720 20.2%
Kanaklata Devi Swatantra Party 33,772 13.0%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Samarendra Kundu Bharatiya Lok Dal 190,219 55.7%
Shyam Sundar Mahapatra Indian National Congress 130,758 38.3%
Pitambar Panda Communist Party of India 20,283 5.9%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chintamani Jena Congress (I) 229,040 59.1%
Samarendra Kundu Janata Party 89,151 23.0%
Kamini Kanta Patnayak Janata Party (Secular) 43,820 11.3%
Prasanna Kumar Paul Congress (U) 10,718 2.8%
Padmalochan Mahanta JKD 9,162 2.4%
Ramanath Patra Independent 2,976 0.8%
Kamalini Patra Independent 2,759 0.7%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chintamani Jena Indian National Congress 274,294 56.5%
Samarendra Kundu Janata Party 195,109 40.2%
Chaitanya Sahu Independent 9,055 1.9%
Manmohan Mallik Independent 6,593 1.4%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Samarendra Kundu Janata Dal 362,537 56.3%
Chintamani Jena Indian National Congress 244,733 38.0%
Yudhisthir Mohanta JKD 15,017 2.3%
Chaitanya Prasad Sahu JNP (JP) 14,754 2.3%
Raghunath Mahalik Bahujan Samaj Party 4,182 0.6%
Pradip Das Mohapatra Independent 1,927 0.3%
Abhay Kumar Pati Independent 1,174 0.2%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kartikeswar Patra Indian National Congress 266,139 44.1%
Samarendra Kundu Janata Dal 252,921 41.9%
Kalyankumar Raymahasay Bharatiya Janata Party 61,360 10.2%
Aswani Kumar Pal Independent 9,111 1.5%
Maheswar Bag Janata Party 6,293 1.0%
Surya Hansada Independent 4,105 0.7%
Pitambar Bhuyan PBI 1,221 0.2%
Manoranjan Das OVP 1,116 0.2%
Anam Dhinda Bahujan Samaj Party 760 0.1%
Gajendranath Jena DDP 425 0.1%
Gopinath Mallik Independent 335 0.1%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kartik Mohapatra Indian National Congress 411,168 52.9%
Arun Dey Independent 220,487 28.4%
M.A. Kharabela Swain Bharatiya Janata Party 99,409 12.8%
Upendranath Mahanta Independent 31,738 4.1%
Jugal Pattanaik AIIC(T) 7,272 0.9%
Chaitanya Sahu Janata Party 2,328 0.3%
Bhaskar Jena PSSS 1,150 0.1%
Jagannath Patra Independent 1,075 0.1%
Ajaya Lenka Independent 843 0.1%
Parsuram Mohanty Independent 711 0.1%
Ghasiram Mahanta Independent 555 0.1%
Gajendranath Jena Independent 530 0.1%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mahameghabhan Aira Kharabela Swain Bharatiya Janata Party 421,068 53.2%
Kartik Mohapatra Indian National Congress 337,066 42.6%
Dr. Ananta Majhi Janata Dal 14,424 1.8%
Tapas Rath Independent 11,072 1.4%
Jagannath Lenka PSSS 2,809 0.4%
Panchanan Parida Bahujan Samaj Party 2,459 0.3%
Upendranath Mahanta Rashtriya Janata Dal 1,272 0.2%
Jagannath Patra Independent 899 0.1%
Dr. Kunja Bihari Dhal AJBP 852 0.1%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mahameghabahan Aira Kharabela Swain Bharatiya Janata Party 428,070 55.7%
Subhankar Mohapatra Indian National Congress 291,698 37.9%
Sambhunath Mohanty Communist Party of India 26,586 3.5%
Tapas Kumar Ratha JMM 14,813 1.9%
Chaitanya Prasad Sahu Janata Party 2,901 0.4%
Gopal Khandelwal Nationalist Congress Party 2,729 0.4%
Jagannath Patra Independent 1,109 0.1%
Niranjan Jena BRPP 863 0.1%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mahamegha Bahan Aira Kharbela Swain Bharatiya Janata Party 553,087 58.4%
Niranjan Panda Indian National Congress 316,132 33.4%
Mrutyunjay Mohapatra Independent 28,247 3.0%
Nalini Kumar Jena Bahujan Samaj Party 21,204 2.2%
Trailokya Nath Das RPI 15,026 1.6%
Malayendra Kisor Chaudhuri BMVP 13,873 1.5%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Srikant Kumar Jena Indian National Congress 313,888 35.2%
Arun Dey Nationalist Congress Party 274,988 30.8%
Mahamegha Bahan Aira Kharabela Swain Bharatiya Janata Party 219,908 24.6%
Arun Jena JMM 25,577 2.9%
Debasish Ranjan Dash SAMO 25,485 2.9%
Laximikanta Behera Independent 11,432 1.3%
Rakesh Ranjan Patra JHKP 7,962 0.9%
Shradhanjali Pradhan Bahujan Samaj Party 6,980 0.8%
Ghasiram Mohanta Independent 6,042 0.7%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Rabindra Kumar Jena Biju Janata Dal 433,768 41.3%
Pratap Chandra Sarangi Bharatiya Janata Party 291,943 27.8%
Shrikanta Kumar Jena Indian National Congress 277,517 26.4%
Prasanta Kumar Mishra Communist Party of India 14,538 1.4%
Kartikeswar Patra All India Trinamool Congress 9,856 0.9%
None Of The Above Independent 7,716 0.7%
Saroj Kumar Panda Independent 4,529 0.4%
Bichitra Nanda Das Bahujan Samaj Party 3,240 0.3%
Mamata Kundu Aam Aadmi Party 2,664 0.3%
Jagannath Das Independent 1,856 0.2%
Biswajit Ray Independent 1,823 0.2%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Pratap Chandra Sarangi Bharatiya Janata Party 483,858 42.1%
Rabindra Kumar Jena Biju Janata Dal 470,902 40.9%
Navajyoti Patnaik Indian National Congress 179,403 15.6%
Haji Sk Abdul Istar All India Trinamool Congress 3,900 0.3%
Saroj Kumar Panda Independent 2,582 0.2%
Ramanath Barik Independent 2,454 0.2%
Jadunath Sethi Independent 1,676 0.1%
Basantalata Pattanayak Independent 1,422 0.1%
Mohammed Alli ANC 1,356 0.1%
Ramakanta Panda PJP(S) 1,241 0.1%
Subhash PSP(L) 825 0.1%
Jagannath Das Independent 816 0.1%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

1951: Indian National Congress margin 8.8 pts 1957: Indian National Congress margin 2.0 pts 1962: Indian National Congress margin 19.5 pts 1967: Praja Socialist Party margin 15.6 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 9.1 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 17.4 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 36.1 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 16.3 pts 1989: Janata Dal margin 18.3 pts 1991: Indian National Congress margin 2.2 pts 1996: Indian National Congress margin 24.5 pts 1998: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 10.6 pts 1999: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 17.7 pts 2004: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 25.0 pts 2009: Indian National Congress margin 4.4 pts 2014: Biju Janata Dal margin 13.5 pts 2019: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 1.1 pts 1951 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Balasore has been contested at 17 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1951. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Praja Socialist Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Janata Dal, Bharatiya Janata Party, Biju Janata Dal.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Balasore in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Pratap Chandra Sarangi (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Balasore, Odisha, in 2019 with 483,858 votes (42.1%), a margin of 12,956 votes over Rabindra Kumar Jena.

Which parties have won Balasore since 1951?

Since 1951, Balasore has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Biju Janata Dal, Congress (I), Indian National Congress, Janata Dal, Praja Socialist Party.

What was the closest result in Balasore?

The closest result on record for Balasore was 2019, when Bharatiya Janata Party beat Biju Janata Dal by just 12,956 votes (1.1 percentage points).

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