Jaleswar, Odisha Assembly constituency

Jaleswar
Jaleswar
Constituency No. 35 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Central Division
District	Balasore
Lok Sabha constituency	Balasore
Established	1951
Total electors	2,54,539
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Aswini Kumar Patra
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

Jaleswar is a Bidhana Sabha constituency of Balasore district, Odisha.^[1]

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

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates^[4]

2024			42.37%
2019			48.38%
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:^[5]^[6]

Year	Member
2024^[7]	Aswini Kumar Patra	Biju Janata Dal
2019^[8]
2014^[9]
2009^[10]	Debiprasanna Chand	Indian National Congress
2004	Aswini Kumar Patra	Bharatiya Janata Party
2000	Aswini Kumar Patra	Bharatiya Janata Party
1995	Jayanarayan Mohanty	Indian National Congress
1990	Aswini Kumar Patra	Janata Dal
1985	Judhisthir Jena	Indian National Congress
1980	Gadadhar Giri	Janata Party
1977		Janata Party
1974		Socialist Party
1971	Prasanna Kumar Paul	Praja Socialist Party
1967
1961
1957
1951	Karunakar Panigrahi	Indian National Congress

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[11] In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Aswini Kumar Patra defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Brajamohan Pradhan by a margin of 319 votes.^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Jaleswar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Aswini Kumar Patra	83,105	42.37	6.01
	BJP	Brajamohan Pradhan	82,786	42.21	13.90
	INC	Sudarshan Das	26,692	13.61	6.23
	Independent	Dibyakam Mohanty	1,568	0.80
	NOTA	None of the above	872	0.44	0.08
Majority			319	0.16
Turnout			1,96,131	77.03
	BJD hold

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Aswini Kumar Patra defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jayanarayan Mohanty by a margin of 35,443 votes.^[8]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election,Jaleswar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Aswini Kumar Patra	85,435	48.38	3.85
	BJP	Jayanarayan Mohanty	49,992	28.31	20.14
	INC	Sudarsan Das	35,026	19.84	11.85
	NOTA	None of the above	918	0.52
Majority			35,443	20.07
Turnout			176579	74.41
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Aswini Kumar Patra defeated Indian National Congress candidate Debiprasanna Chand by a margin of 33,860 votes.^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Jaleswar^[12]^[13]
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
	NOTA	None of the above	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

2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Debiprasanna Chand defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Aswini Kumar Patra by a margin of 6,304 votes.^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Jaleswar^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Debiprasanna Chand	59,685	40.95	−
	BJP	Aswini Kumar Patra	53,381	36.63	−
	Independent	Gour Gopal Das	20,251	13.89	−
Majority			6,304	4.33^[c]	−
Turnout			1,45,770	71.01	−
	INC gain from BJP

Notes

^ as on 2024
^ as data published by election commission
^ %of total valid votes

References

^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014. Constituency: Jaleswar (35) District : Balasore
^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
^ Seats of Odisha
^ "12 - Jaleswar Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 23 February 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Jaleswar Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Jaleswar Assembly Election Results 2024: Jaleswar Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday". India Today. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Jaleswar Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2014. 6304
^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
^ "Odisha - Jaleswar". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Jaleswar (36)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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[1] s on 2024

[2] s data published by election commission

[17] %of total valid votes

[3] "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014. Constituency: Jaleswar (35) District : Balasore

[4] Assembly Constituencies and their Extent

[5] Seats of Odisha

[6] "12 - Jaleswar Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 23 February 2014. List Of Winning Candidates

[7] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[8] "Jaleswar Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 20 February 2014.

[:0-9] "Jaleswar Assembly Election Results 2024: Jaleswar Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday". India Today. Retrieved 19 June 2025.

[:1-10] "Jaleswar Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 19 June 2025.

[:2-11] "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.

[:3-12] "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2014. 6304

[13] "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.

[14] "Odisha - Jaleswar". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.

[15] "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Jaleswar (36)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.

[election2009-16] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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Baleswar district
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