GEN · Orissa
Balasore
Kanhu Charan Jena (INC) won by 13,815 votes (2.0%).
- Electors
- 8,19,485
- Votes polled
- 6,93,456
- Valid votes
- 6,93,456
- Turnout
- 84.6%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1957-02-25
Margin vs 1957 national median: 2.0% (median 11.1%). Back to Orissa · 1957 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 | 1,58,978 | 22.9% |
| 1 | Bhagbat SahuWinner | INC | 1,45,163 | 20.9% |
| 3 | Sidheswar Jena | PSP | 1,24,795 | 18.0% |
| 4 | Karunakar Das | PSP | 1,17,065 | 16.9% |
| 5 | Dharanidhar Jena | GP | 86,974 | 12.5% |
| 6 | Girish Chandra Ray | GP | 60,481 | 8.7% |
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