GEN · Orissa
Balasore
Shyamsundar Mohapatra (INC) won by 23,787 votes (9.1%).
- Electors
- 5,24,558
- Votes polled
- 2,72,407
- Valid votes
- 2,60,557
- Turnout
- 51.9%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1971-01-03
Margin vs 1971 national median: 9.1% (median 21.5%). Back to Orissa · 1971 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 | Shyamsundar MohapatraWinner | INC | 98,926 | 38.0% |
| 2 | Samarendra Kundu | PSP | 75,139 | 28.8% |
| 3 | Nilamani Routrai | UTC | 52,720 | 20.2% |
| 4 | Kanaklata Devi | SWA | 33,772 | 13.0% |
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