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	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		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:

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	Nalini Kanta 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 Chandra Sarangi		BJP	483,858	41.74	Rabindra Kumar Jena		BJD	470,902	40.62	12,956	1.12
7	Bhadrak	Manjulata Mandal		BJD	513,045	41.78	Avimanyu Sethi		BJP	484,254	39.43	28,791	2.35
8	Jajpur	Sarmistha 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