Jaleswar, Odisha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Jaleswar (Sl. No.: 35) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balasore district, Odisha.[1]

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Jaleswar.

Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
DistrictBalasore
BlocksJaleswar, Basta
Electorate2,05,295
Current constituency
Created1951
PartyBiju Janata Dal
MLAAswini Patra
Const. No.35
Reserved forNone
Lok Sabha ConstituenciesBalasore

Area of this constituency include Jaleswar, Jaleswar block and 11 GPs (Natakata, Purusottampur, Kulida, Santoshpur, Raghunathpur, Chormara, Singla, Paunsakulli, Tadada, Putura and Nabara) of Basta block.[2][3]

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Debi Prasanna Chand defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Aswini Kumar Patra by a margin of 6,304 votes.[4]

Elected Members
Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014
 
 52.23%
2009
 
 40.95%
2004
 
 51.61%
2000
 
 48.97%
1995
 
 44.44%
1990
 
 59.33%
1985
 
 49.07%
1980
 
 38.02%
1977
 
 62.45%

15 elections held during 1951 to 2014. Elected members from the Jaleswar constituency are:[6][7]

  • 2014: (36): Aswini Kumar Patra (Biju Janata Dal)
  • 2009: (36): Debi Prasanna Chand (Congress)
  • 2004: (12): Ashwini Kumar Patra (BJP)
  • 2000: (12): Jaynarayan Mohanty (Congress)
  • 1995: (12): Jaynarayan Mohanty (Congress)
  • 1990: (12): Aswini Kumar Patra (Janata Dal)
  • 1985: (12): Judhisthira Jena (Congress)
  • 1980: (12): Gadadhar Giri (CPI)
  • 1977: (12): Gadadhar Giri (CPI)
  • 1974: (12): Gadadhar Giri (CPI)
  • 1971: (12): Prasanna Kumar Pal(CPI)
  • 1967: (12): Prasanna Kumar Pal (CPI)
  • 1961: (129): Prasanna Kumar Pal (CPI)
  • 1957: (92): Prasanna Kumar Pal (Praja Socialist Party)
  • 1951: (51): Karunakar Panigrahi (Congress)

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Aswini Kumar Patra defeated Indian National Congress candidate Debiprasanna Chand by a margin of 33,860 votes.[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Jaleswar[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Aswini Kumar Patra 86,084 52.23
INC Debiprasanna Chand 52,224 31.69 -9.26
BJP Arun Kumar Bej 13,465 8.17 -28.46
Independent Sudarsan Das 7,336 4.45
CPI (M) Sisir Kumar Hui 2,285 1.39 -3.49
AITC Manoj Kumar Sasmal 913 0.55
BSP Ramakanta Jena 633 0.38
SAMO Brajagopal Raut 366 0.22 -0.33
AAP Gagan Bihari Das Mohapatra 350 0.21
SKD Subhasish Das 215 0.13
OJM Santanu Kumar Das 211 0.13
NOTA None 725 0.44 -
Majority 33,860 20.54 16.21
Turnout 1,64,807 78.09 7.08
Registered electors 2,11,057
BJD gain from INC

Summary of results of the 2009 Election
2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Jaleswar [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Debi Prasanna Chand 59,685 40.95 -
BJP Aswini Kumar Patra 53,381 36.63 -
Independent Gour Gopal Das 20,251 13.89 -
CPI (M) Sisir Kumar Hui 7,118 4.88 -
JMM Shyam Sundar Marndi 1,002 0.69 -
Independent Madhu Sudan Jati 894 0.61 -
Independent Abhijit Pradhan 842 0.58 -
Samruddha Odisha Braja Gopal Raut 795 0.55 -
JDP Pravakar Hasda 685 0.47 -
SP Akshaya Kar 624 0.43 -
BSP Sanjit Das 468 0.32 -
Majority 6,304 4.33[lower-alpha 1] -
Turnout 1,45,770 71.01 -

Notes
  1. %of total valid votes

References
  1. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 22 February 2014. Constituency: Jaleswar (35) District : Balasore
  2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  3. Seats of Odisha
  4. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2014. 6304
  5. "12 - Jaleswar Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 23 February 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Jaleswar Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  8. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  9. "Odisha - Jaleswar". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  10. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Jaleswar (36)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  11. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf
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