Orissa · PC 6

Balasore

Name: Balasore
Address: Orissa, IN

Lok Sabha General Election 1998

← Lok Sabha General Election 1998 · Orissa

1,199,981

Electors

791,921

Votes polled

65.99%

Turnout

84,002

Margin

Winner

Mahameghabhan Aira Kharabela Swain

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Mahameghabhan Aira Kharabela Swain Won Male	BJP	421,068	53.17%
2	Kartik Mohapatra Male	INC	337,066	42.56%
3	Dr. Ananta Majhi Male	JD	14,424	1.82%
4	Tapas Rath Male	IND	11,072	1.40%
5	Jagannath Lenka Male	PSSS	2,809	0.35%
6	Panchanan Parida Male	BSP	2,459	0.31%
7	Upendranath Mahanta Male	RJD	1,272	0.16%
8	Jagannath Patra Male	IND	899	0.11%
9	Dr. Kunja Bihari Dhal Male	AJBP	852	0.11%

Overall vote % (Pie)

EVM voters — male vs female

Gender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.

Year	Winner	Vote share	Runner-up	Vote share
2024	Pratap Chandra Sarangi BJP	45.41%	Lekhasri Samantsinghar Female BJD	33.55%
2019	Pratap Chandra Sarangi BJP	41.74%	Rabindra Kumar Jena BJD	40.62%
2014	Rabindra Kumar Jena BJD	41.66%	Pratap Chandra Sarangi BJP	27.98%
2009	Srikant Kumar Jena INC	35.18%	Arun Dey NCP	30.82%
2004	Mahamegha Bahan Aira Kharbela Swain Male BJP	58.37%	Niranjan Panda Male INC	33.36%
1999	Mahameghabahan Aira Kharabela Swain Male BJP	55.68%	Subhankar Mohapatra Male INC	37.94%
1998	Mahameghabhan Aira Kharabela Swain Male BJP	53.17%	Kartik Mohapatra Male INC	42.56%
1996	Kartik Mohapatra Male INC	52.90%	Arun Dey Male IND	28.37%
1991	Kartikeswar Patra Male INC	44.08%	Samarendra Kundu Male JD	41.89%
1989	Samarendra Kundu Male JD	56.27%	Chintamani Jena Male INC	37.98%
1984	Chintamani Jena Male INC	56.55%	Samarendra Kundu Male JnP	40.22%
1980	Chintamani Jena Male INC(I)	59.09%	Samarendra Kundu Male JnP	23.00%
1977	Samarendra Kundu Male BLD	55.74%	Shyam Sundar Mahapatra Male INC	38.32%
1971	Shyamsundar Mohapatra Male INC	37.97%	Samarendra Kundu Male PSP	28.84%
1967	S. Kundu Male PSP	49.75%	K. K. Pattanayak Male INC	34.18%
1951	Kanhu Charan Jena INC	33.74%	Bhagabat Sahu INC	24.97%