2014 Indian general election in Odisha

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

Indian general election in Odisha, 2014
10 & 17 April 2014
21 seats
Turnout73.79% (Increase8.44%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
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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 Increase 6 Increase 1 Decrease 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 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 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.[1]

Keys:   BJD (20)   BJP (1)

No. Constituency Turnout% Elected M.P. Party Runner-up Party Margin
1 Bargarh 78.71 Increase Prabhas Kumar Singh Biju Janata Dal Subash Chouhan Bharatiya Janata Party 11,178
2 Sundargarh 71.66 Increase Jual Oram Bharatiya Janata Party Dilip Kumar Tirkey Biju Janata Dal 18,829
3 Sambalpur 75.92 Increase Nagendra Kumar Pradhan Biju Janata Dal Suresh Pujari Bharatiya Janata Party 30,576
4 Keonjhar 80.54 Increase Sakuntala Laguri Biju Janata Dal Ananta Nayak Bharatiya Janata Party 1,57,317
5 Mayurbhanj 79.44 Increase Rama Chandra Hansdah Biju Janata Dal Nepole Raghu Murmu Bharatiya Janata Party 1,22,866
6 Balasore 76.84 Increase Rabindra Kumar Jena Biju Janata Dal Pratap Chandra Sarangi Bharatiya Janata Party 1,41,825
7 Bhadrak 73.63 Increase Arjun Charan Sethi Biju Janata Dal Sangram Keshari Jena Indian National Congress 1,79,359
8 Jajpur 75.31 Increase Rita Tarai Biju Janata Dal Asok Das Indian National Congress 3,20,271
9 Dhenkanal 76.43 Increase Tathagata Satapathy Biju Janata Dal Rudra Narayan Pany Bharatiya Janata Party 1,37,340
10 Bolangir 74.92 Increase Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo Biju Janata Dal Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo Bharatiya Janata Party 1,04,299
11 Kalahandi 75.83 Increase Arka Keshari Deo Biju Janata Dal Pradipta Kumar Naik Bharatiya Janata Party 56,347
12 Nabarangpur 78.80 Increase Balabhadra Majhi Biju Janata Dal Pradeep Kumar Majhi Indian National Congress 2,042
13 Kandhamal 73.43 Increase Hemendra Chandra Singh Biju Janata Dal Harihar Karan Indian National Congress 1,81,017
14 Cuttack 71.49 Increase Bhartruhari Mahtab Biju Janata Dal Aparajita Mohanty Indian National Congress 3,06,762
15 Kendrapara 73.14 Increase Baijayant Panda Biju Janata Dal Dharanidhar Nayak Indian National Congress 2,09,108
16 Jagatsinghpur 75.54 Increase Kulamani Samal Biju Janata Dal Bibhu Prasad Tarai Indian National Congress 2,76,394
17 Puri 74.01 Increase Pinaki Misra Biju Janata Dal Sucharita Mohanty Indian National Congress 2,63,361
18 Bhubaneswar 58.38 Increase Prasanna Kumar Patasani Biju Janata Dal Prithiviraj Harichandan Bharatiya Janata Party 1,89,477
19 Aska 63.63 Increase Ladu Kishore Swain Biju Janata Dal Srilokanath Ratha Indian National Congress 3,11,997
20 Berhampur 67.90 Increase Siddhanta Mahapatra Biju Janata Dal Chandra Sekhar Sahu Indian National Congress 1,28,728
21 Koraput 76.18 Increase Jhina Hikaka Biju Janata Dal Giridhar Gamang Indian National Congress 19,328

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. ^ a b c d "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.
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