GEN · Orissa
Balasore
Srikant Kumar Jena (INC) won by 38,900 votes (4.4%).
- Electors
- 12,69,342
- Votes polled
- 8,92,345
- Valid votes
- 8,92,008
- Turnout
- 70.3%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 2009-04-16
Margin vs 2009 national median: 4.4% (median 7.0%). Back to Orissa · 2009 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 | Srikant Kumar JenaWinner | INC | 3,13,888 | 35.2% |
| 2 | Arun Dey | NCP | 2,74,988 | 30.8% |
| 3 | Mahamegha Bahan Aira Kharabela Swain | BJP | 2,19,908 | 24.6% |
| 4 | Arun Jena | JMM | 25,577 | 2.9% |
| 5 | Debasish Ranjan Dash | SAMO | 25,485 | 2.9% |
| 6 | Laximikanta Behera | IND | 11,432 | 1.3% |
| 7 | Rakesh Ranjan Patra | JHKP | 7,962 | 0.9% |
| 8 | Shradhanjali Pradhan | BSP | 6,980 | 0.8% |
| 9 | Ghasiram Mohanta | IND | 6,042 | 0.7% |
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