Balasore Lok Sabha Constituency of Odisha: Full list of candidates, polling dates

Balasore Lok Sabha Constituency, is one of 21 Lok Sabha constituencies in the eastern state of Odisha and cast its vote in the 2019 election on April 29.

Balasore registered 75.55 per cent voter turnout in 2019, a loss of 1.27 per cent. The total number of electors in the constituency is 1529871 while the total voter turnout is 1155786. While in 2014, the constituency registered 76.82 per cent voter turnout. The total number of electors in the constituency was 1363842 while the total voter's turnout was 1047752.

Navajyoti Patnaik of Indian National Congress, Pratap Chandra Sarangi of Bharatiya Janata Party, Rabindra Kumar Jena of Biju Janata Dal and Haji SK Abdul Istar of All India Trinamool Congress are a few noted candidates for general election 2019 from the Balasore Lok Sabha Constituency of Odisha.

Votings for Lok Sabha election happened in 4 phases in Odisha – on April 11, April 18, April 23 and April 29. The results will be declared on May 23. 

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Balasore Lok Sabha Constituency of Odisha.

Odisha Lok Sabha constituencies: All you need to know

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	NAVAJYOTI PATNAIK	Indian National Congress
2	PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	RABINDRA KUMAR JENA	Biju Janata Dal
4	HAJI SK ABDUL ISTAR	All India Trinamool Congress
5	MOHAMMED ALLI	Ambedkar National Congress
6	RAMAKANTA PANDA	Purvanchal Janta Party (Secular)
7	SUBHASH	Pragatishil Samajwadi Party (Lohia)
8	JAGANNATH DAS	Independent
9	BASANTALATA PATTANAYAK	Independent
10	JADUNATH SETHI	Independent
11	RAMANATH BARIK	Independent
12	SAROJ KUMAR PANDA	Independent

Also read: Balasore Lok Sabha Constituency

Balasore Lok Sabha constituency covers seven assembly segments –  Badasahi, Jaleswar, Bhograi, Basta, Balasore, Remuna and Nilagiri.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Rabindra Kumar Jena of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) – won with a  margin of over 1.41 lakh votes. He had defeated Pratap Chandra Sarangi of the Bharatiya Janata Party. While Jena had secured 433768 votes Sarangi got 291943 votes.