2014 Indian general election in Odisha

For Vidhan Sabha elections, see 2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election.

Indian general election in Odisha, 2014

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21 seats
Turnout	73.79% (8.44%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Naveen Patnaik Jual Oram Srikant Kumar Jena Party BJD BJP INC Alliance NDA UPA Leader since 1996 2014 2009 Leader's seat did not contest Sundargarh (won) Balasore (lost) Seats before 14 0 6 Seats won 20 1 0 Seat change 6 1 6 Popular vote 94,89,946 46,38,565 55,91,380 Percentage 44.77% 21.88% 26.38%
Seatwise Result Map of the 2014 general election in Odisha
Prime Minister before election Manmohan Singh INC Elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi BJP

The 2014 Indian general election polls in Odisha for 21 Lok Sabha seats were held in two phases on 10 and 17 April 2014. ^[1]

The major contenders in the state were Biju Janata Dal, Indian National Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party. The assembly elections were held simultaneously with the general elections in the state. ^{[1] [2]}

Election schedule

The constituency-wise election schedule is as follows. ^[1]

Polling day	Phase	Date	Constituencies	Vote percentage
1	3	10 April	Aska, Bargarh, Berhampur, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Sambalpur, Sundargarh	67 [3]
2	5	17 April	Balasore, Bhadrak, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Puri	70 [4]

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			Srikant Kumar Jena	21

Opinion poll

Conducted in month(s)	Ref.	Polling organisation/agency
			INC	BJP	BJD	CPI(M)
Aug–Oct 2013	[5]	Times Now-India TV-CVoter	9	0	12	0
Dec 2013 – Jan 2014	[6]	India Today-CVoter	8	0	13	0
Jan–Feb 2014	[7]	Times Now-India TV-CVoter	7	2	12	0
March 2014	[8]	NDTV- Hansa Research	3	1	17	0
March–April 2014	[9]	CNN-IBN-Lokniti-CSDS	4	0	16	1

Result

20	1
BJD	BJP

Party	Vote share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Biju Janata Dal	44.10%	+6.87	20	+6
Bharatiya Janata Party	21.50%		1	+1
Indian National Congress	26.00%	−6.75	0	−6

Elected members

The results of the elections were declared on 16 May 2014.

Keys:   BJD (20)   BJP (1)

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Bargarh	Prabhas Kumar Singh		BJD	383,230	34.03	Subash Chouhan		BJP	372,052	33.04	11,178	0.99
2	Sundargarh	Jual @ Juel Oram		BJP	340,508	33.69	Dilip Kumar Tirkey		BJD	321,679	31.83	18,829	1.86
3	Sambalpur	Nagendra Kumar Pradhan		BJD	358,618	36.42	Suresh Pujari		BJP	328,042	33.31	30,576	3.11
4	Keonjhar	Sakuntala Laguri		BJD	434,471	40.06	Ananta Nayak		BJP	277,154	25.55	157,317	14.51
5	Mayurbhanj	Rama Chandra Hansdah		BJD	393,779	37.34	Nepole Raghu Murmu		BJP	270,913	25.69	122,866	11.65
6	Balasore	Rabindra Kumar Jena		BJD	433,768	41.32	Pratap Chandra Sarangi		BJP	291,943	27.81	141,825	13.51
7	Bhadrak	Arjun Charan Sethi		BJD	502,338	46.43	Sangram Keshari Jena		INC	322,979	29.85	179,359	16.58
8	Jajpur	Rita Tarai		BJD	541,349	55.14	Asok Das		INC	221,078	22.52	320,271	32.62
9	Dhenkanal	Tathagata Satpathy		BJD	453,277	43.50	Rudra Narayan Pany		BJP	315,937	30.32	137,340	13.18
10	Bolangir	Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo		BJD	453,519	38.73	Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo		BJP	349,220	29.82	104,299	8.91
11	Kalahandi	Arka Keshari Deo		BJD	370,871	33.18	Pradipta Kumar Naik		BJP	314,524	28.14	56,347	5.04
12	Nabarangpur	Balabhadra Majhi		BJD	373,887	36.58	Pradeep Kumar Majhi		INC	371,845	36.38	2,042	0.20
13	Kandhamal	Hemendra Chandra Singh		BJD	421,458	50.19	Harihar Karan		INC	240,441	28.63	181,017	21.56
14	Cuttack	Bhartruhari Mahtab		BJD	526,085	53.65	Aparajita Mohanty		INC	219,323	22.37	306,762	31.28
15	Kendrapara	Baijayant Panda		BJD	600,023	52.74	Dharanidhar Nayak		INC	390,723	34.35	209,300	18.39
16	Jagatsinghpur	Kulamani Samal		BJD	624,492	55.12	Bibhu Prasad Tarai		INC	348,098	30.73	276,394	24.39
17	Puri	Pinaki Misra		BJD	523,161	50.33	Sucharita Mohanty		INC	259,800	24.99	263,361	25.34
18	Bhubaneswar	Prasanna Kumar Patasani		BJD	439,252	49.25	Prithviraj Harichandan		BJP	249,775	28.00	189,477	21.25
19	Aska	Ladu Kishore Swain		BJD	541,473	60.40	Srilokanath Ratha		INC	229,476	25.60	311,997	34.80
20	Berhampur	Sidhant Mohapatra		BJD	398,107	43.94	Chandra Sekhar Sahu		INC	270,387	29.85	127,720	14.09
21	Koraput	Jhina Hikaka		BJD	395,109	39.88	Giridhar Gamang		INC	375,781	37.93	19,328	1.95

Assembly segments wise lead of parties

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 2014 simultaneous elections)
	Biju Janata Dal	116	117
	Bharatiya Janata Party	20	10
	Indian National Congress	11	16
	Others	–	4
Total		147

References

1. "General Elections – 2014 : Schedule of Elections" (PDF). 5 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
2. "Lok Sabha elections begin April 7, counting on May 16". Indiatoday. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
3. "Kerala sees maximum voter turnout at 76%". Hindustan Times. 10 April 2014. Archived from the original on 11 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
4. "Odisha logs 70% voter turnout in last phase polls". Business Standard. PTI. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
5. "Congress 102, BJP 162; UPA 117, NDA 186: C-Voter Poll". Outlook. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
6. "NDA may win over 200 seats as Modi's popularity soars further: India Today Mood of the Nation opinion poll : North, News – India Today". India Today. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
7. "India TV-C Voter projection: Big gains for BJP in UP, Bihar; NDA may be 45 short of magic mark". Indiatv. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
8. "The Final Word – India's biggest opinion poll". NDTV. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
9. "Odisha tracker: Naveen's BJD to win 16 seats, BJP 0, Congress 4, CPI(M) 1". CNN-IBN. 1 April 2014. Archived from the original on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.