Jaleswar (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Jaleswar
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Balasore
Blocks	Jaleswar, Basta
Electorate	2,05,295
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	Indian National Congress
MLA	Debi Prasanna Chand
Const. No.	35
Reserved for	None
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Balasore

Jaleswar (Sl. No.: 35) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balasore district, Odisha.^[1]

Area of this constituency include Jaleswar, Jaleswar block and 11 GPs (Natakata, Purusottampur, Kulida, Santoshpur, Raghunathpur, Chormara, Singla, Paunsakulli, Tadada, Putura and Nabara) of Basta block. ^[2][3]

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Debi Prasanna Chand defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Aswini Kumar Patra by a margin of 6,304 votes.^[4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014			52.23%
2009			40.95%
2004			51.61%
2000			48.97%
1995			44.44%
1990			59.33%
1985			49.07%
1980			38.02%
1977			62.45%

15 elections held during 1951 to 2014. Elected members from the Jaleswar constituency are: ^[6][7]

• 2014: (36): Aswini Kumar Patra (Biju Janata Dal)
• 2009: (36): Debi Prasanna Chand (Congress)
• 2004: (12): Ashwini Kumar Patra (BJP)
• 2000: (12): Jaynarayan Mohanty (Congress)
• 1995: (12): Jaynarayan Mohanty (Congress)
• 1990: (12): Aswini Kumar Patra (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (12): Judhisthira Jena (Congress)
• 1980: (12): Gadadhar Giri (JNP-JP)
• 1977: (12): Gadadhar Giri (Janata Party)
• 1974: (12): Gadadhar Giri (Socialist)
• 1971: (12): Prasanna Kumar Pal(PSP)
• 1967: (12): Prasanna Kumar Pal (PSP)
• 1961: (129): Prasanna Kumar Pal (PSP)
• 1957: (92): Prasanna Kumar Pal (PSP)
• 1951: (51): Karunakar Panigrahi (Congress)

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Aswini Kumar Patra defeated Indian National Congress candidate Debiprasanna Chand by a margin of 33,860 votes.^[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Jaleswar^[9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJD	Aswini Kumar Patra	86,084	52.23
	INC	Debiprasanna Chand	52,224	31.69	-9.26
	BJP	Arun Kumar Bej	13,465	8.17	-28.46
	Independent	Sudarsan Das	7,336	4.45
	CPI(M)	Sisir Kumar Hui	2,285	1.39	-3.49
	Trinamool Congress	Manoj Kumar Sasmal	913	0.55
	BSP	Ramakanta Jena	633	0.38
	SAMO	Brajagopal Raut	366	0.22	-0.33
	AAP	Gagan Bihari Das Mohapatra	350	0.21
	SKD	Subhasish Das	215	0.13
	OJM	Santanu Kumar Das	211	0.13
	NOTA	None	725	0.44	-
Majority			33,860	20.54	16.21
Turnout			1,64,807	78.09	7.08
Registered electors			2,11,057
	BJD gain from INC

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Jaleswar ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Debi Prasanna Chand	59,685	40.95	-
	BJP	Aswini Kumar Patra	53,381	36.63	-
	Independent	Gour Gopal Das	20,251	13.89	-
	CPI(M)	Sisir Kumar Hui	7,118	4.88	-
	JMM	Shyam Sundar Marndi	1,002	0.69	-
	Independent	Madhu Sudan Jati	894	0.61	-
	Independent	Abhijit Pradhan	842	0.58	-
	Samruddha Odisha	Braja Gopal Raut	795	0.55	-
	JDP	Pravakar Hasda	685	0.47	-
	SP	Akshaya Kar	624	0.43	-
	BSP	Sanjit Das	468	0.32	-
Majority			6,304	4.33[lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,45,770	71.01	-

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

1. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 22 February 2014. Constituency: Jaleswar (35) District : Balasore
2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
3. Seats of Odisha
4. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 22 February 2014. 6304
5. "12 - Jaleswar Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 23 February 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
6. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
7. "Jaleswar Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
8. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
9. "Odisha - Jaleswar". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
10. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Jaleswar (36)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
11. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf