Odisha: Congress nominee may upset BJP and BJD's poll math in Balasore
Balasore, a city in the coastal region of Odisha is quite different electorally from other parts of the state. This is one Lok Sabha seat, where the BJP has been stronger for the last 25 years. BJP won this seat consecutively in 1998, 1999 and 2004.
But in the past three elections, Balasore has elected three MPs from three different parties. In 2009, it was Congress leader Srikant Jena; in 2014, it was Rabindra Kumar Jena of BJD and in 2019, BJP candidate Pratap Sarangi won this seat with a margin of 12,956 votes.
Back to 2024, Sarangi is facing a triangular contest against Congress and BJD. Veteran Congress leader and former MP from the seat, Srikant Jena is challe.nging Sarangi's second term along with BJD candidate Lekhashree Samantsinghar.
Debraj Sharma (42) and Amrendra Sahu (34) are BJP supporters from Kuruda, Balasore. «Had this been only for Pratap Sarangi, I would have voted for NOTA. But this is for Modi, and we will go to vote for him,» Sharma says.
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