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]

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% Decrease
2 18 April 2019 Bargarh, Sundargarh, Bolangir, Kandhamal, Aska 72.90% Increase
3 23 April 2019 Sambalpur, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Puri, Bhubaneswar 71.61% Decrease
4 29 April 2019 Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur 74.61% Decrease

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
JMM flag
JMM flag
Anjani Soren 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Janardan Pati 1
Communist Party of India Rama Krushna Panda 1
Total 21

Candidates

Constituency BJD BJP UPA
No. Name PartyCandidate PartyCandidate PartyCandidate
1 Bargarh BJD Prasanna Acharya BJP Suresh Pujari INC Pradeep Kumar Devta
2 Sundargarh (ST) BJD Sunita Biswal BJP Jual Oram INC George Tirkey
3 Sambalpur BJD Nalin Pradhan BJP Nitesh Ganga Deb INC Sarat Patnaik
4 Keonjhar (ST) BJD Chandrani Murmu BJP Ananta Nayak INC Fakir Mohan Naik
5 Mayurbhanj (ST) BJD Debashish Marandi BJP Bishweswar Tudu JMM Anjali Soren
6 Balasore BJD Rabindra Kumar Jena BJP Pratap Sarangi INC Navajyoti Patnaik
7 Bhadrak (SC) BJD Manjulala Mandal BJP Avimanyu Sethi INC Madhumita Sethi
8 Jajpur (SC) BJD Sarmishta Sethi BJP Amiya Kanta Mallick INC Manas Jena
9 Dhenkanal BJD Mahesh Sahoo BJP Rudra Narayan Pani INC Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo
10 Bolangir BJD Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo BJP Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo INC Samarendra Mishta
11 Kalahandi BJD Pushpendra Singh Deoli BJP Basanta Kumar Panda INC Bhakta Charan Das
12 Nabarangpur (ST) BJD Ramesh Chandra Majhi BJP Balabhadra Majhi INC Pradeep Majhi
13 Kandhamal BJD Dr. Achyuta Samanta BJP M. A. Kharavela Swain INC Manoj Kumar Acharya
14 Cuttack BJD Bhartruhari Mahtab BJP Prakash Mishra INC Panchanan Kanungo
15 Kendrapara BJD Anubhav Mohanty BJP Baijayant Panda INC Dharanidhar Nayak
16 Jagatsinghpur (SC) BJD Rajashree Mallick BJP Bibhu Prasad Tarai INC Pratima Mallick
17 Puri BJD Pinaki Mishra BJP Sambit Patra INC Satya Prakash Nayak
18 Bhubaneswar BJD Arup Mohan Patnaik BJP Aparajita Sarangi CPI(M) Janardan Pati
19 Aska BJD Pramila Bisoyi BJP Anita Subhadarshini CPI Rama Krushna Panda
20 Berhampur BJD Chandra Sekhar Sahu BJP Bhrugu Baxipatra INC V. Chandrasekhar Naidu
21 Koraput (ST) BJD Kaushalya Hikaka BJP Jayaram Pangi INC Saptagiri Ulka

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 Decrease0.76 21 12 Decrease8
BJP 91,30,768 38.88 Increase17.33 21 8 Increase7
UPA INC 32,85,339 13.99 Decrease11.98 18 1 Increase1
JMM 1,35,552 0.58 Decrease0.22 1 0 Steady
CPI 59,978 0.26 Decrease0.04 1 0 Steady
CPI(M) 23,026 0.09 Decrease0.15 1 0 Steady
Total 35,03,895 14.92 Steady 21 1 Steady
Others 5,14,278 2.20 Steady 75 0 Steady
IND 1,60,336 0.68 Decrease0.87 31 0 Steady
NOTA 3,10,824 1.32 Steady
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
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 M. A. 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

References

  1. ↑ "Lok Sabha election 2019: Odisha polling schedule". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "Lok Sabha Elections: Polling date For Odisha". Business Insider India. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  3. ↑ Final voter turnout of Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the Lok Sabha Elections 2019, The Election Commission of India (20 April 2019, updated 4 May 2019)
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Indian_general_election_in_Odisha