Jaleswar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balasore district, Odisha.[1]
| Jaleswar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 35 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Balasore |
| LS constituency | Balasore |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 2,34,896 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Biju Janata Dal |
| Elected year | 2019 |
Area of this constituency includes Jaleswar, Jaleswar block and 11 GPs (Natakata, Purusottampur, Kulida, Santoshpur, Raghunathpur, Chormara, Singla, Paunsakulli, Tadada, Putura and Nabara) of Basta block.[2][3]
Elected Members
15 elections held during 1951 to 2014. Elected members from the Jaleswar constituency are:[5][6]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | |||
| 2019 | Aswini Kumar Patra[7] | BJD | |
| 2014 | Aswini Kumar Patra | BJD | |
| 2009 | Debiprasanna Chand | INC | |
| 2004 | Aswini Kumar Patra | BJP | |
| 2000 | Jayanarayan Mohanty | INC | |
| 1995 | Jayanarayan Mohanty | INC | |
| 1990 | Aswini Kumar Patra | JD | |
| 1985 | Judhisthir Jena | INC | |
| 1980 | Gadadhar Giri | JP | |
| 1977 | Gadadhar Giri | JP | |
| 1974 | Gadadhar Giri | Socialist | |
| 1971 | Prasanna Kumar Paul | PSP | |
| 1967 | Prasanna Kumar Paul | PSP | |
| 1961 | Prasanna Kumar Paul | PSP | |
| 1957 | Prasanna Kumar Paul | PSP | |
| 1951 | Karunakar Panigrahi | INC | |
Election Results
2024
Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Aswini Kumar Patra | ||||
| BJP | Braja Pradhan | ||||
| INC | Sudarshan Das | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| gain from | |||||
2019
In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Aswini Kumar Patra defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jaynarayan Mohanty by a margin of 35,443 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Aswini Kumar Patra | 85,435 | 48.38 |  3.85 | |
| BJP | Jaynarayan Mohanty | 49,992 | 28.31 |  20.14 | |
| INC | Sudarsan Das | 35,026 | 19.84 | 11.85 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 918 | 0.52 | ||
| Majority | 35,443 | 20.07 | |||
| Turnout | 176579 | 74.41 | |||
| BJD hold | |||||
2014
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Aswini Kumar Patra defeated Indian National Congress candidate Debiprasanna Chand by a margin of 33,860 votes.[9]
| 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 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 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 | |||||
2009
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.[12]
| 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 | - | |
| Majority | 6,304 | 4.33[a] | - | ||
| Turnout | 1,45,770 | 71.01 | - | ||
| INC gain from BJP | |||||