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{{Short description|Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India}}
{{About| the assembly constituency|its eponymous town|Balikuda-Erasama}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Balikuda-Erasama
| state = [[Odisha]]
| constituency_no = 103
| type = SLA
| map_image = 103-Balikuda-Erasama.svg
| map_caption = Balikuda-Erasama Assembly constituency in [[Jagatsinghpur district]]
| map_alt =
| division = Central Division
| district = [[Jagatsinghpur district|Jagatsinghpur]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jagatsinghpur]]
| established = 1951
| reservation = None
| incumbent_image =
| mla = [[Sarada Prasanna Jena]]
| party = [[Biju Janata Dal]]
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
| electors = 2,70,641{{efn|as on 2024}}{{efn|as data published by election commission}}
}}

'''Balikuda-Erasama''' is a [[Legislative Assembly of Odisha|Vidhan Sabha]] [[List of constituencies of Odisha Legislative Assembly|constituency]] of [[Jagatsinghpur district]], [[Odisha]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=103|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419051214/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=103|url-status=usurped|archive-date=19 April 2014|title= Orissa Assembly Election 2009 |work=empoweringindia.org |quote= Constituency: Balikuda-Erasama (103) District: Jagatsinghpur|accessdate= 14 April 2014}}</ref> Following 2008 delimitation, [[Ersama Assembly constituency]] was subsumed into this constituency.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Election Commission of India |url=http://archive.org/details/delimitation-2008 |title=2008 Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order of India |date=2008-11-26}}</ref>

This constituency includes Balikuda block and Erasama block.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Orissa/orissa.pdf Assembly Constituencies and their Extent]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/delim/paper1to7/Orissa.xls Seats of Odisha]</ref>

==Elected members==

{{bar box
|float=right
|title= Vote share of winning candidates<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S18/partycomp37.htm|title= 37 - Balikuda Assembly Constituency|work=eci.nic.in |quote=List Of Winning Candidates |accessdate= 15 July 2014}}</ref>|titlebar=#ddd
|width=300px
|barwidth=275px
|bars=
{{bar percent|2024|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|46.04}}
{{bar percent|2019|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|53.83}}
{{bar percent|2014|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|38.12}}
{{bar percent|2009|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|57.73}}
{{bar percent|2004|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|42.76}}
{{bar percent|2000|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|47.16}}
{{bar percent|1995|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|49.13}}
{{bar percent|1990|{{party color|Janata Dal}}|62.90}}
{{bar percent|1985|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|51.86}}
{{bar percent|1980|{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}|57.64}}
{{bar percent|1977|{{party color|Janata Party}}|56.43}}
}}

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Balikuda-Erasama constituency are:<ref name=prevMLAs>{{cite web|url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf |title=Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004) |access-date=6 October 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217121136/http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf |archive-date=17 December 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Balikuda-Erasama Assembly Constituency, Orissa|url=http://www.elections.in/orissa/assembly-constituencies/balikuda-ersama.html|publisher=Compare Infobase Limited|accessdate= 15 July 2014}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Member
!colspan=2|Party
|-
! colspan="4"| {{center|''As Balikuda-Erasama Constituency''}}
|-
|[[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Balikuda-Ersama Assembly Election Results 2024: Balikuda-Ersama Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/odisha/balikuda-ersama-constituency-result-18103 |access-date=2025-06-23 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Sarada Prasanna Jena]]
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=4|Biju Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019]]<ref name="election2019">{{cite web |title=State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/11679-odisha-legislative-assembly-election-2019/ |accessdate=7 October 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
|[[Raghunandan Das]]
|-
|[[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<ref name=":1" />
| rowspan="2" |[[Prasanta Kumar Muduli]]
|-
|[[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009]]<ref name=":2" />
|-
! colspan="4"| {{center|''As Balikuda Constituency''}}
|-
|[[2004 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2004]]
| rowspan="2" |Umesh Chandra Swain
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=3|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
|-
|[[1995 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|Lalatendu Mohapatra
|-
|[[1990 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|Umesh Chandra Swain
|{{full party name with color|Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|Jyotish Chandra Das
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|Basudev Mahapatra
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|Umesh Chandra Swain
|{{full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1974]]
| rowspan="2" |Basudev Mahapatra
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|Baikunthanath Mohanty
|{{full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
|-
|[[1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1961]]
|Bipin Bihari Das
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Baikunthanath Mohanty
|{{full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
|-
|[[1951 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|Prana Krushna Parija
|{{full party name with color|Independent}}
|}

==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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024 |url=https://elections24.eci.gov.in/election-details-odisa.html |website=[[Election Commission of India|ECI]]}}</ref> In 2024 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Sarada Prasanna Jena]] defeated [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate Satya Sarathi Mohanty by a margin of 25,959 votes.<ref name=":0" />

{{Election box begin |
|title= [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election]],Balikuda-Erasama}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Sarada Prasanna Jena]]
|votes = 93,517
|percentage = 46.04
|change = {{decrease}}7.78
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Satya Sarathi Mohanty
|votes = 67,558
|percentage = 33.26
|change = {{increase}}13.76
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Nalini Swain
|votes = 27,981
|percentage = 13.78
|change = {{decrease}}11.73
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 475
|percentage = 0.23
|change = {{decrease}}0.07
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 25,959
|percentage = 11.78
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,03,121
|percentage = 75.75
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2019 ===
In 2019 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Raghunandan Das]] defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate Lalatendu Mohapatra by a margin of 54,583 votes.<ref name="election2019" />

{{Election box begin |
|title= [[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election]],Balikuda-Erasama}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Raghunandan Das]]
|votes = 1,03,814
|percentage = 53.83
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Lalatendu Mohapatra
|votes = 49,231
|percentage = 25.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Damodar Rout]]
|votes = 37,611
|percentage = 19.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 576
|percentage = 0.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 54,583
|percentage = 28.32
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,92,854
|percentage = 75.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2014===
In 2014 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Prasanta Kumar Muduli]] defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate Lalatendu Mohapatra by a margin of 29,354 votes.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |url= http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/2604-constituency-wise-odisha-assembly-election-result.html |title= Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014 |work= leadtech.in |access-date= 15 July 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140818230907/http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/2604-constituency-wise-odisha-assembly-election-result.html |archive-date= 2014-08-18 |url-status= dead |df= }}</ref>

{{Election box begin|
|title= [[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Balikuda-Erasama<ref>{{cite web|title=Odisha - Balikuda-Erasama|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/AC/ConstituencywiseS18103.htm?ac=103|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=15 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Balikuda-Erasama (103)|url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=103|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717021349/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=103|url-status=usurped|archive-date=17 July 2014|publisher=EmpoweringIndia.org|accessdate=15 July 2014}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Prasanta Kumar Muduli]]
|votes = 69,335
|percentage = 38.12
|change = {{down}}19.61
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Lalatendu Mohapatra|votes=39,981|percentage=21.98|change={{down}}15.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=[[Raghunandan Das]]|votes=32,135|percentage=17.67|change=''-''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=[[Sarada Prasanna Jena]]|votes=23,948|percentage=13.17|change=''-''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Chitta Ranjan Kansa|votes=3,724|percentage=2.05|change={{down}}1.73}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None|votes=654|percentage=0.36|change=''-''}}
{{Election box majority||votes=29,354|percentage=13.13|change={{down}}7.22}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,81,895|percentage=78.66|change={{up}}9.95}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 2,31,249
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2009 ===
In 2009 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Prasanta Kumar Muduli]] defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate Umesh Chandra Swain by a margin of 31,385 votes.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |url=http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/431-odisha-election-result-2009-votemargin.html |title=Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin |work=leadtech.in |quote=31385 |access-date=16 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527163949/http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/431-odisha-election-result-2009-votemargin.html |archive-date=2013-05-27 |url-status=dead |df= }}</ref>

{{Election box begin |
|title= [[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Balikuda-Erasama<ref name=election2009>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3630-orissa-2009/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 6 October 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Prasanta Kumar Muduli]]
|votes = 89,044
|percentage = 57.73
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Umesh Chandra Swain
|votes = 57,659
|percentage = 37.38
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Priya Ranjan Das
|votes = 5,832
|percentage = 3.78
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 31,385
|percentage = 20.35{{efn|%of total valid votes}}
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,54,282
|percentage = 68.71
|change = {{up}}1.29
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 2,24,556
}}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
|loser = Indian National Congress
}}
{{Election box end}}

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

{{Jagatsinghpur district}}
{{Assembly constituencies of Odisha|state=expanded}}
{{coords|20.18|86.34|display=title}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Odisha]]
[[Category:Jagatsinghpur district]]
[[Category:Politics of Odisha]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Orissa]]

Balikuda-Erasama Assembly constituency - Revision history

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