Elections Archive

GEN · Orissa

Balasore

Samarendra Kundu (BLD) won by 59,461 votes (17.4%).

Electors
6,15,737
Votes polled
3,50,771
Valid votes
Turnout
57.0%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1977 national median: 17.4% (median 24.7%). Back to Orissa · 1977 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

19521957196219671971197719801984198919911996199819992004200920142019202436%

Candidates

Candidates · Balasore 1977
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Samarendra KunduWinnerBLD1,90,21955.7%
2Shyam Sundar MahapatraINC1,30,75838.3%
3Pitambar PandaCPI20,2835.9%

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