Odisha, Lok Sabha election 1991

21 constituencies in Odisha, 52.72% turnout.

Seats

Candidates

214

7 women, 1 elected

Turnout

52.72%

1.04 cr of 1.98 cr

Leading party

INC

13 of 21 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Odisha

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
INC Indian National Congress	13	+10	21	45,98,809	44.05%	+5.63
JD Janata Dal	6	-10	19	36,14,451	34.62%	-14.85
CPI Communist Party of India	1	0	1	3,21,635	3.08%	-0.57
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1	0	1	2,14,429	2.05%	-0.91
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	0	0	21	9,91,579	9.50%	+8.21
JP JP	0	0	18	3,09,594	2.97%	—
IND Independent	0	0	94	2,32,355	2.23%	+0.13
JMM Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	0	0	2	66,882	0.64%	—
DDP DDP	0	0	10	21,413	0.21%	+0.08
OVP OVP	0	0	7	15,893	0.15%	—
BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	0	0	7	15,567	0.15%	+0.01
PBI PBI	0	0	5	10,051	0.10%	—
JNP Janata Party	0	0	2	9,704	0.09%	—
JKP JKP	0	0	2	9,079	0.09%	—
HJP HJP	0	0	1	3,705	0.04%	—
LKD Lok Dal	0	0	2	3,151	0.03%	—
BKUS BKUS	0	0	1	2,578	0.02%	—

INC13 (62%)
JD6 (29%)
CPI1 (5%)
CPM1 (5%)

INC13
JD6
CPI1
CPM1

INC13
JD6
CPI1
CPM1

Constituency performance

From the 21 results in Odisha

Closest contest

BHUBANESWAR

won by 7,981 (1.62%)

Biggest victory

KORAPUT

won by 1,41,594 (39.94%)

Highest turnout

JAGATSINGHPUR

65.74%

Lowest turnout

KORAPUT

39.32%

Seat change

Against Odisha's previous Lok Sabha election (1989), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained11 (52%)
Changed hands10 (48%)

11 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 10 changed hands.

India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.

Vote share & turnout trend

Odisha, every Lok Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE

TURNOUT

Constituency results

All 21 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–21 of 21

Constituency	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
ASKA	INCRAMACHANDRA RATH	JDRAMAKRUSHNA PATNAIK	29,7646.10%	49.0%
BALASORE	INCKARTIKESWAR PATRA	JDSAMARENDRA KUNDU	13,2182.19%	60.7%
BERHAMPUR	INCGOPINATH GAJAPATHI NARYANDEO	JDSURJYA NARAYAN PATRO	73,82416.30%	48.3%
BHADRAK	JDARJUN CHARAN SETHI	INCNETRA NAND MALLIK	10,9391.85%	60.4%
BHUBANESWAR	CPMSHIVAJI PATNAIK	INCMANMATH NATH DAS	7,9811.62%	48.5%
BOLANGIR	INCSARAT CHANDRA PATTANAYAK	JDANANG UDAY SINGH DEO	12,0752.64%	53.7%
CUTTACK	JDSRIKANTA JENA	INCJANAKIBALLAV PATTNAIK	43,6937.57%	58.4%
DEOGARH	INCSRIBALLAV PANIGRAHI	JDRABINARAYANPANI	23,3834.96%	49.1%
DHENKANAL	INCRAJA KAMAKHYA PRASAD SINGHDEO MAHINDR BAHADUR	JDTATHAGATA SATPATHY	41,6867.91%	58.0%
JAGATSINGHPUR	CPILOKNATH CHOUDHURY	INCNITYANANDA SAMANTARAY	17,0252.55%	65.7%
JAJPUR	JDANADI CHARAN DAS	INCNABAKISHORE MALLIK	11,4292.03%	58.6%
KALAHANDI	INCSUBASH CHANDRA NAYAK	BJPBIKRAM KESHARI DEO	28,9256.65%	51.5%
KENDRAPARA	JDRABI RAY	INCBHAGABAT PRASAD MOHANTY	41,4306.98%	63.0%
KEONJHAR	JDGOVINDA CHANDRA MUNDA	INCKUMAR MAJHI	7,3941.75%	46.3%
KORAPUT	INCGIRIDHAR GOMANGO	JDJAYARAM PANGI	1,41,59439.94%	39.3%
MAYURBHANJ	INCBHAGEY GOBARDHAN	JDCHAITANYA PRASAD MAJHI	49,49512.73%	47.2%
NOWRANGPUR	INCKHAGAPATI PRADHANI	JDJADAV MAJHI	56,52714.69%	43.7%
PHULBANI	INCMRUTYUNJAYA NAYAK	JDPADMANAVA BEHERA	54,03011.33%	49.9%
PURI	JDBRAJA KISHORE TRIPATHY	INCGANGADHAR MAHAPATRA	38,9576.88%	58.4%
SAMBALPUR	INCKRUPASINDHU BHOI	JDBHABANISHANKAR HOTA	35,3187.09%	49.8%
SUNDARGARH	INCFRIDA TOPNO (W)	JDMANGALA KISAN	38,0708.94%	44.2%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Odisha alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.

Who won the Odisha, Lok Sabha election 1991?

Indian National Congress won 13 of 21 seats in Odisha, a clear majority.

What was the voter turnout in the Odisha, Lok Sabha election 1991?

Turnout was 52.72% — 1.04 cr of 1.98 cr registered electors voted.

How many Lok Sabha seats does Odisha have?

Odisha has 21 Lok Sabha seats.