Jaleswar, Odisha Assembly constituency

Jaleswar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balasore district, Odisha.

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Jaleswar.
For the constituency in Assam, see Jaleswar, Assam Assembly constituency.

Jaleswar
Constituency No. 35 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictBalasore
LS constituencyBalasore
Established1951
Total electors2,34,896
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2019

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.

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.

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