2019 Indian general election in Odisha
Indian lower house election in Odisha
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The 2019 Indian general election for the 21 Parliamentary Constituencies were held in four phases to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha. The Legislative Assembly elections were held simultaneously with the General Elections in the state. Major political parties in the state were Biju Janata Dal, Indian National Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party.[1][2]
11-29 April 2019
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21 seats | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 73.29% ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seatwise Result Map of the 2019 general election in Odisha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election schedule
The constituency-wise election schedule is as follows.
| Phase | Poll date | Constituencies | Voter turnout [3](%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 April 2019 | Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Berhampur, Koraput | 74.28% |
| 2 | 18 April 2019 | Bargarh, Sundargarh, Bolangir, Kandhamal, Aska | 72.90% |
| 3 | 23 April 2019 | Sambalpur, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Puri, Bhubaneswar | 71.61% |
| 4 | 29 April 2019 | Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur | 74.61% |
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 | Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka | 18 | |||
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | Anjani Soren | 1 | |||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Janardan Pati | 1 | |||
| Communist Party of India | Rama Krushna Panda | 1 | |||
| Total | 21 | ||||
Candidates
Opinion Polls
| Date published | Polling agency | Lead | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDA | UPA | BJD | |||
| 6 April 2019 | India TV - CNX | 6 | 1 | 14 | 8 |
| Jan 2019 | ABP News - Cvoter Archived 29 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine | 12 | – | 9 | 3 |
| Nov 2018 | ABP News- C Voter | 13 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Oct 2018 | ABP News- CSDS | 13 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
Result by Party/Alliance
| Alliance/ Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
| BJD | 1,01,74,021 | 43.32 | 21 | 12 | |||||
| BJP | 91,30,768 | 38.88 | 21 | 8 | |||||
| UPA | INC | 32,85,339 | 13.99 | 18 | 1 | ||||
| JMM | 1,35,552 | 0.58 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| CPI | 59,978 | 0.26 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| CPI(M) | 23,026 | 0.09 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 35,03,895 | 14.92 | 21 | 1 | |||||
| Others | 5,14,278 | 2.20 | 75 | 0 | |||||
| IND | 1,60,336 | 0.68 | 31 | 0 | |||||
| NOTA | 3,10,824 | 1.32 | |||||||
| Total | 2,34,83,298 | 100% | - | 169 | 21 | - | |||
Results
The results of the election were declared on 23 May 2019. The elected public representatives are mentioned below:
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | ||||||||||
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| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| 1 | Bargarh | Suresh Pujari | BJP | 581,245 | 46.46 | Prasanna Acharya | BJD | 517,306 | 41.35 | 63,939 | 5.11 | ||
| 2 | Sundargarh | Jual Oram | BJP | 500,056 | 45.42 | Sunita Biswal | BJD | 276,991 | 25.16 | 223,065 | 20.26 | ||
| 3 | Sambalpur | Nitesh Ganga Deb | BJP | 473,770 | 42.05 | Nalin Pradhan | BJD | 464,608 | 41.24 | 9,162 | 0.81 | ||
| 4 | Keonjhar | Chandrani Murmu | BJD | 526,359 | 44.74 | Ananta Nayak | BJP | 460,156 | 39.11 | 66,203 | 5.63 | ||
| 5 | Mayurbhanj | Bishweswar Tudu | BJP | 483,812 | 42.01 | Dr Debashis Marndi | BJD | 458,556 | 39.82 | 25,256 | 2.19 | ||
| 6 | Balasore | Pratap Sarangi | BJP | 483,858 | 41.74 | Rabindra Kumar Jena | BJD | 470,902 | 40.62 | 12,956 | 1.12 | ||
| 7 | Bhadrak | Manjulala Mandal | BJD | 513,045 | 41.78 | Avimanyu Sethi | BJP | 484,254 | 39.43 | 28,791 | 2.35 | ||
| 8 | Jajpur | Sarmishta Sethi | BJD | 544,020 | 49.77 | Amiya Kanta Mallick | BJP | 442,327 | 40.47 | 101,693 | 9.30 | ||
| 9 | Dhenkanal | Mahesh Sahoo | BJD | 522,884 | 46.14 | Rudra Narayan Pany | BJP | 487,472 | 43.02 | 35,412 | 3.12 | ||
| 10 | Bolangir | Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo | BJP | 498,086 | 38.12 | Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo | BJD | 478,570 | 36.62 | 19,516 | 1.50 | ||
| 11 | Kalahandi | Basanta Kumar Panda | BJP | 433,074 | 35.18 | Puspendra Singh Deo | BJD | 406,260 | 33.00 | 26,814 | 2.18 | ||
| 12 | Nabarangpur | Ramesh Chandra Majhi | BJD | 392,504 | 33.78 | Pradeep Kumar Majhi | INC | 350,870 | 30.20 | 41,634 | 3.58 | ||
| 13 | Kandhamal | Achyutananda Samanta | BJD | 461,679 | 49.01 | Mahameghabahan Aira Kharabela Swain | BJP | 312,463 | 33.17 | 149,216 | 15.84 | ||
| 14 | Cuttack | Bhartruhari Mahtab | BJD | 524,592 | 49.47 | Prakash Mishra | BJP | 403,391 | 38.04 | 121,201 | 11.43 | ||
| 15 | Kendrapara | Anubhav Mohanty | BJD | 630,179 | 50.88 | Baijayant Panda | BJP | 476,598 | 38.48 | 153,581 | 12.40 | ||
| 16 | Jagatsinghpur | Rajashree Mallick | BJD | 619,985 | 50.41 | Bibhu Prasad Tarai | BJP | 348,330 | 28.32 | 271,655 | 22.09 | ||
| 17 | Puri | Pinaki Misra | BJD | 538,321 | 47.38 | Dr Sambit Patra | BJP | 526,607 | 46.35 | 11,714 | 1.03 | ||
| 18 | Bhubaneswar | Aparajita Sarangi | BJP | 486,991 | 48.43 | Arup Mohan Patnaik | BJD | 463,152 | 46.06 | 23,839 | 2.37 | ||
| 19 | Aska | Pramila Bisoyi | BJD | 552,749 | 54.52 | Anita Subhadarshini | BJP | 348,042 | 34.33 | 204,707 | 20.19 | ||
| 20 | Berhampur | Chandra Sekhar Sahu | BJD | 443,843 | 44.83 | Bhrugu Baxipatra | BJP | 348,999 | 35.25 | 94,844 | 9.58 | ||
| 21 | Koraput | Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka | INC | 371,129 | 34.34 | Kausalya Hikaka | BJD | 367,516 | 34.01 | 3,613 | 0.33 | ||
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Odisha
| SI No. | Name | Constituency | Designation | Department | From | To | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pratap Chandra Sarangi | Balasore | Minister of State | Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises | 31 May 2019 | 7 July 2021 | BJP | |
| Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying | ||||||||
| 2 | Ashwini Vaishnaw | Rajya Sabha (Odisha) |
Cabinet Minister | Railways | 7 July 2021 | 9 June 2024 | ||
| Communications | ||||||||
| Electronics and Information Technology | ||||||||
| 3 | Bishweswar Tudu | Mayurbhanj | Minister of State | Tribal Affairs | ||||
| Jal Shakti | ||||||||
Assembly segments wise lead of parties
| Party | Assembly segments | Position in Assembly (as of 2019 simultaneous elections) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biju Janata Dal | 88 | 113 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 47 | 23 | |
| Indian National Congress | 7 | 9 | |
| Others | – | 2 | |
| Total | 147 | ||

