Balikuda-Erasama is a

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Jagatsinghpur district Jagatsinghpur District is one of the thirty districts of Odisha in the eastern coast of India. It became a new district on 1 April 1993 (Vide Government Notification No.14218/R dated 27.03.1993 and EOG No.459 dated 01.04.1993) being separated f ...

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. This constituency includes Balikuda block and Erasama block.

Elected Members

Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014. Elected members from the Balikuda-Erasama constituency are: *2014: (103): Prasanta Kumar Muduli ( BJD) *2009: (103): Prasanta Kumar Muduli (BJD) *2004: (37): Umesh Chandra Swain (

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) *2000: (37): Umesh Chandra Swain (Congress) *1995: (37): Lalatendu Mohapatra (Congress) *1990: (37): Umesh Chandra Swain (

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) *1985: (37): Jyotish Chandra Das (Congress) *1980: (37): Basudev Mohapatra (Congress-I) *1977: (37): Umesh Chandra Swain (

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) *1974: (37): Basudeb Mohapatra (Congress) *1971: (35): Basudeb Mohapatra (Congress) *1967: (35): Baikunthanath Mohanty ( PSP) *1961: (106): Bipin Bihari Das (Congress) *1957: (74): Baikunthanath Mohanty (PSP) *1951: (73): Pranakrushna Parija (Independent)

Election results

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prasanta Kumar Muduli defeated Indian National Congress candidate Lalatendu mohapatra by a margin of 29,354 votes.

2009 Election Results

In 2009 election,

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candidate Prasanta Kumar Muduli defeated

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candidate Umesh Chandra Swain by a margin of 31,385 votes.

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References

{{Odisha elections Assembly constituencies of Odisha Jagatsinghpur district