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

Major election candidates are:^[4]

No	Constituency	Poll Date	Candidates
			BJP		UPA   INC (18)   CPI (1)   CPI(M) (1)[5]   JMM (1)		BJD
1	Bargarh	18 April 2019	Suresh Pujari	BJP	Pradeep Kumar Devta	INC	Prasanna Acharya	BJD
2	Sundargarh (ST)	18 April 2019	Jual Oram	BJP	George Tirkey	INC	Sunita Biswal	BJD
3	Sambalpur	23 April 2019	Nitesh Ganga Deb	BJP	Sarat Patnaik	INC	Nalin Pradhan	BJD
4	Keonjhar (ST)	23 April 2019	Ananta Nayak	BJP	Fakir Mohan Naik	INC	Chandrani Murmu	BJD
5	Mayurbhanj (ST)	29 April 2019	Bishweswar Tudu	BJP	Anjali Soren	JMM	Debashish Marandi	BJD
6	Balasore	29 April 2019	Pratap Sarangi	BJP	Navajyoti Patnaik	INC	Rabindra Kumar Jena	BJD
7	Bhadrak (SC)	29 April 2019	Avimanyu Sethi	BJP	Madhumita Sethi	INC	Manjulala Mandal	BJD
8	Jajpur (SC)	29 April 2019	Amiya Kanta Mallick	BJP	Manas Jena	INC	Sarmishta Sethi	BJD
9	Dhenkanal	23 April 2019	Rudra Narayan Pani	BJP	Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo	INC	Mahesh Sahoo	BJD
10	Bolangir	18 April 2019	Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo	BJP	Samarendra Mishta	INC	Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo	BJD
11	Kalahandi	11 April 2019	Basanta Kumar Panda	BJP	Bhakta Charan Das	INC	Pushpendra Singh Deo	BJD
12	Nabarangpur (ST)	11 April 2019	Balabhadra Majhi	BJP	Pradeep Majhi	INC	Ramesh Chandra Majhi	BJD
13	Kandhamal	18 April 2019	M. A. Kharavela Swain	BJP	Manoj Kumar Acharya	INC	Dr. Achyuta Samanta	BJD
14	Cuttack	23 April 2019	Prakash Mishra	BJP	Panchanan Kanungo	INC	Bhartruhari Mahtab	BJD
15	Kendrapara	29 April 2019	Baijayant Panda	BJP	Dharanidhar Nayak	INC	Anubhav Mohanty	BJD
16	Jagatsinghpur (SC)	29 April 2019	Bibhu Prasad Tarai	BJP	Pratima Mallick	INC	Rajashree Mallick	BJD
17	Puri	23 April 2019	Sambit Patra	BJP	Satya Prakash Nayak	INC	Pinaki Mishra	BJD
18	Bhubaneswar	23 April 2019	Aparajita Sarangi	BJP	Janardan Pati	CPI(M)	Arup Mohan Patnaik	BJD
19	Aska	18 April 2019	Anita Subhadarshini	BJP	Rama Krushna Panda	CPI	Pramila Bisoyi	BJD
20	Berhampur	11 April 2019	Bhrugu Baxipatra	BJP	V. Chandrasekhar Naidu	INC	Chandra Sekhar Sahu	BJD
21	Koraput (ST)	11 April 2019	Jayaram Pangi	BJP	Saptagiri Ulka	INC	Kaushalya Hikaka	BJD

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