2014 Indian general election in Odisha
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The 2014 Indian general election polls in Odisha for 21 Lok Sabha seats were held in two phases on 10 and 17 April 2014.[1]
10 & 17 April 2014
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| Turnout | 73.79% ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seatwise Result Map of the 2014 general election in Odisha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The major contenders in the state were Biju Janata Dal, Indian National Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party. The assembly elections were held simultaneously with the general elections in the state.[1][2]
Election schedule
The constituency-wise election schedule is as follows.[1]
| Polling day | Phase | Date | Constituencies | Vote percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 10 April | Aska, Bargarh, Berhampur, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Sambalpur, Sundargarh |
67[3] |
| 2 | 5 | 17 April | Balasore, Bhadrak, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Puri |
70[4] |
Parties and alliances
Biju Janata Dal
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biju Janata Dal | Naveen Patnaik | 21 | |||
National Democratic Alliance
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party | Jual Oram | 21 | |||
United Progressive Alliance
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress | Srikant Kumar Jena | 21 | |||
List of Candidates
Opinion poll
| Conducted in month(s) | Ref. | Polling organisation/agency | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | BJP | BJD | CPI(M) | |||
| Aug–Oct 2013 | [5] | Times Now-India TV-CVoter | 9 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Dec 2013 – Jan 2014 | [6] | India Today-CVoter | 8 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jan–Feb 2014 | [7] | Times Now-India TV-CVoter | 7 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| March 2014 | [8] | NDTV- Hansa Research | 3 | 1 | 17 | 0 |
| March–April 2014 | [9] | CNN-IBN-Lokniti-CSDS | 4 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
Result
| 20 | 1 |
| BJD | BJP |
| Party Name | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
| BJD | 94,89,946 | 44.08 | 21 | 20 | |||||
| INC | 55,91,380 | 25.97 | 21 | 0 | |||||
| BJP | 46,38,565 | 21.55 | 21 | 1 | |||||
| CPI | 65,667 | 0.30 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| CPI(M) | 52,698 | 0.24 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| JMM | 1,72,984 | 0.80 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| AAP | 1,47,888 | 0.69 | 18 | 0 | |||||
| BSP | 2,18,403 | 1.01 | 21 | 0 | |||||
| AITC | 30,717 | 0.14 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Others | 4,54,673 | 2.11 | 47 | 0 | |||||
| IND | 3,33,196 | 1.55 | 32 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 2,15,28,883 | 100% | - | 196 | 21 | - | |||
Elected members
The results of the elections were declared on 16 May 2014.
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| 1 | Bargarh | Prabhas Kumar Singh | BJD | 383,230 | 34.03 | Subash Chouhan | BJP | 372,052 | 33.04 | 11,178 | 0.99 | ||
| 2 | Sundargarh | Jual Oram | BJP | 340,508 | 33.69 | Dilip Kumar Tirkey | BJD | 321,679 | 31.83 | 18,829 | 1.86 | ||
| 3 | Sambalpur | Nagendra Pradhan | BJD | 358,618 | 36.42 | Suresh Pujari | BJP | 328,042 | 33.31 | 30,576 | 3.11 | ||
| 4 | Keonjhar | Sakuntala Laguri | BJD | 434,471 | 40.06 | Ananta Nayak | BJP | 277,154 | 25.55 | 157,317 | 14.51 | ||
| 5 | Mayurbhanj | Rama Chandra Hansdah | BJD | 393,779 | 37.34 | Nepole Raghu Murmu | BJP | 270,913 | 25.69 | 122,866 | 11.65 | ||
| 6 | Balasore | Rabindra Kumar Jena | BJD | 433,768 | 41.32 | Pratap Chandra Sarangi | BJP | 291,943 | 27.81 | 141,825 | 13.51 | ||
| 7 | Bhadrak | Arjun Charan Sethi | BJD | 502,338 | 46.43 | Sangram Keshari Jena | INC | 322,979 | 29.85 | 179,359 | 16.58 | ||
| 8 | Jajpur | Rita Tarai | BJD | 541,349 | 55.14 | Asok Das | INC | 221,078 | 22.52 | 320,271 | 32.62 | ||
| 9 | Dhenkanal | Tathagata Satpathy | BJD | 453,277 | 43.50 | Rudra Narayan Pany | BJP | 315,937 | 30.32 | 137,340 | 13.18 | ||
| 10 | Bolangir | Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo | BJD | 453,519 | 38.73 | Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo | BJP | 349,220 | 29.82 | 104,299 | 8.91 | ||
| 11 | Kalahandi | Arka Keshari Deo | BJD | 370,871 | 33.18 | Pradipta Kumar Naik | BJP | 314,524 | 28.14 | 56,347 | 5.04 | ||
| 12 | Nabarangpur | Balabhadra Majhi | BJD | 373,887 | 36.58 | Pradeep Kumar Majhi | INC | 371,845 | 36.38 | 2,042 | 0.20 | ||
| 13 | Kandhamal | Hemendra Chandra Singh | BJD | 421,458 | 50.19 | Harihar Karan | INC | 240,441 | 28.63 | 181,017 | 21.56 | ||
| 14 | Cuttack | Bhartruhari Mahtab | BJD | 526,085 | 53.65 | Aparajita Mohanty | INC | 219,323 | 22.37 | 306,762 | 31.28 | ||
| 15 | Kendrapara | Baijayant Panda | BJD | 600,023 | 52.74 | Dharanidhar Nayak | INC | 390,723 | 34.35 | 209,300 | 18.39 | ||
| 16 | Jagatsinghpur | Kulamani Samal | BJD | 624,492 | 55.12 | Bibhu Prasad Tarai | INC | 348,098 | 30.73 | 276,394 | 24.39 | ||
| 17 | Puri | Pinaki Misra | BJD | 523,161 | 50.33 | Sucharita Mohanty | INC | 259,800 | 24.99 | 263,361 | 25.34 | ||
| 18 | Bhubaneswar | Prasanna Kumar Patasani | BJD | 439,252 | 49.25 | Prithviraj Harichandan | BJP | 249,775 | 28.00 | 189,477 | 21.25 | ||
| 19 | Aska | Ladu Kishore Swain | BJD | 541,473 | 60.40 | Srilokanath Ratha | INC | 229,476 | 25.60 | 311,997 | 34.80 | ||
| 20 | Berhampur | Sidhant Mohapatra | BJD | 398,107 | 43.94 | Chandra Sekhar Sahu | INC | 270,387 | 29.85 | 127,720 | 14.09 | ||
| 21 | Koraput | Jhina Hikaka | BJD | 395,109 | 39.88 | Giridhar Gamang | INC | 375,781 | 37.93 | 19,328 | 1.95 | ||
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Odisha
| # | Name | Constituency | Designation | Department | From | To | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jual Oram | Sundargarh (ST) | Cabinet Minister | Tribal Affairs | 27 May 2014 |
30 May 2019 |
BJP | |
Assembly segments wise lead of parties
| Party | Assembly segments | Position in Assembly (as of 2014 simultaneous elections) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biju Janata Dal | 116 | 117 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 20 | 10 | |
| Indian National Congress | 11 | 16 | |
| Others | – | 4 | |
| Total | 147 | ||