2019 Indian general election in Odisha

For Vidhan Sabha elections, see 2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election.

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]

2019 Indian general election in Odisha

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21 seats
Turnout	73.29% ( 0.60%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Naveen Patnaik Jual Oram Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka Party BJD BJP INC Alliance NDA UPA Leader since 1996 2014 2019 Leader's seat did not contest Sundargarh (won) Koraput (won) Seats before 20 1 0 Seats won 12 8 1 Seat change 8 7 1 Percentage 42.8% 38.4% 13.4% Swing 1.3% 16.9% 12.2%
Seatwise Result Map of the 2019 general election in Odisha
Prime Minister before election Narendra Modi BJP Elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi BJP

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	Contesting Seats
	Biju Janata Dal			Naveen Patnaik	21

  National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Jual Oram	21

  United Progressive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Indian National Congress			Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka	18
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	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			NDA			UPA
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

Results

The results of the election were declared on 23 May 2019. The elected public representatives are mentioned below:

No.	Constituency	Turnout[3]	Elected Member	Party	Runner-up	Party	Margin
1	Bargarh	78.37	Suresh Pujari	BJP	Prasanna Achary	BJD	63,939
2	Sundargarh (ST)	71.89	Jual Oram	BJP	Sunita Biswal	BJD	2,23,065
3	Sambalpur	76.72	Nitesh Ganga Deb	BJP	Nalinikanta Pradhan	BJD	9,162
4	Keonjhar (ST)	77.57	Chandrani Murmu	BJD	Ananta Nayak	BJP	66,203
5	Mayurbhanj (ST)	77.13	Bishweswar Tudu	BJP	Debashis Marandi	BJD	25,256
6	Balasore	75.69	Pratap Sarangi	BJP	Rabindra Kumar Jena	BJD	12,956
7	Bhadrak (SC)	73.90	Manjulata Mandal	BJD	Abhimanyu Sethi	BJP	28,803
8	Jajpur (SC)	74.10	Sarmistha Sethi	BJD	Amiya Kanta Mallick	BJP	1,01,693
9	Dhenkanal	75.33	Mahesh Sahoo	BJD	Rudra Narayan Pani	BJP	35,413
10	Bolangir	74.91	Sangeeta Singh Deo	BJP	Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo	BJD	19,516
11	Kalahandi	76.41	Basanta Kumar Panda	BJP	Puspendra Singh Deo	BJD	26,814
12	Nabarangpur (ST)	79.52	Ramesh Chandra Majhi	BJD	Pradeep Kumar Majhi	INC	41,643
13	Kandhamal	73.10	Achyuta Samanta	BJD	Kharabela Swain	BJP	1,49,216
14	Cuttack	69.81	Bhartruhari Mahtab	BJD	Prakash Mishra	BJP	1,21,201
15	Kendrapara	72.39	Anubhav Mohanty	BJD	Baijayant Panda	BJP	1,52,584
16	Jagatsinghpur (SC)	74.83	Rajashree Mallick	BJD	Bibhu Prasad Tarai	BJP	2,71,655
17	Puri	72.72	Pinaki Misra	BJD	Sambit Patra	BJP	11,714
18	Bhubaneswar	59.17	Aparajita Sarangi	BJP	Arup Patnaik	BJD	23,839
19	Aska	65.79	Pramila Bisoyi	BJD	Anita Subhadarshini	BJP	2,04,707
20	Berhampur	65.90	Chandra Sekhar Sahu	BJD	Bhrugu Baxipatra	BJP	94,844
21	Koraput (ST)	75.34	Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka	INC	Kausalya Hikaka	BJD	3,613

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