GEN · Orissa
Balasore
Kanhu Charan Jena (INC) won by 53,338 votes (8.8%).
- Electors
- 7,51,245
- Votes polled
- 6,07,958
- Valid votes
- 6,07,958
- Turnout
- 80.9%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1952-03-27
Margin vs 1952 national median: 8.8% (median 14.5%). Back to Orissa · 1952 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 2019
- Margin · 2024
- 11.9%(+10.8%)
- Turnout
- 77.1%(-1.6%)
- NOTA
- 0.6%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 79.6%
Winning margin over time · Balasore
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kanhu Charan JenaWinner | INC | 2,05,151 | 33.7% |
| 1 | Bhagabat SahuWinner | INC | 1,51,813 | 25.0% |
| 3 | Sidheswar Jena | SP_ABBR1 | 94,005 | 15.5% |
| 4 | Nityananda Mahapatra | SP_ABBR1 | 77,024 | 12.7% |
| 5 | Madan Behera | GP | 44,209 | 7.3% |
| 6 | Basudev Nayak | GP | 35,756 | 5.9% |
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