Odisha, Lok Sabha election 1998

21 constituencies in Odisha, 57.05% turnout.

Seats

Candidates

135

10 women, 2 elected

Turnout

57.05%

1.33 cr of 2.34 cr

Leading party

BJD

9 of 21 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Odisha

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
BJD Biju Janata Dal	9	+9	12	36,69,825	27.50%	—
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	7	+7	9	28,28,709	21.19%	+7.78
INC Indian National Congress	5	-11	21	54,77,410	41.04%	-3.86
JD Janata Dal	0	-4	16	6,57,790	4.93%	-25.12
JMM Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	0	0	2	2,83,943	2.13%	+0.58
CPI Communist Party of India	0	0	2	1,32,089	0.99%	+0.65
IND Independent	0	0	21	55,156	0.41%	-5.26
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	0	0	2	54,217	0.41%	-1.28
BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	0	0	8	43,295	0.32%	—
RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal	0	0	10	34,668	0.26%	—
SHS Shiv Sena	0	0	11	24,785	0.19%	+0.17
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)	0	0	2	18,144	0.14%	+0.10
AJBP AJBP	0	0	7	16,275	0.12%	—
SP Samajwadi Party	0	0	4	12,850	0.10%	—
SAP SAP	0	-1	2	10,505	0.08%	-1.47
SJPR SJPR	0	0	2	8,165	0.06%	—
JKP JKP	0	0	1	6,924	0.05%	+0.05
LS LS	0	0	1	4,665	0.03%	—
OCG OCG	0	0	1	4,048	0.03%	—
PSSS PSSS	0	0	1	2,809	0.02%	-0.02

BJD9 (43%)
BJP7 (33%)
INC5 (24%)

BJD9
BJP7
INC5

BJD9
BJP7
INC5

Constituency performance

From the 21 results in Odisha

Closest contest

KENDRAPARA

won by 7,825 (1.20%)

Biggest victory

BOLANGIR

won by 1,58,531 (27.15%)

Highest turnout

BALASORE

65.99%

Lowest turnout

KORAPUT

45.73%

Seat change

Against Odisha's previous Lok Sabha election (1996), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained4 (19%)
Changed hands17 (81%)

4 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 17 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	BJDNAVEEN PATNAIK	INCCHANDRA SEKHAR SAHOO	86,21114.95%	50.2%
BALASORE	BJPMAHAMEGHABHAN AIRA KHARABELA SWAIN	INCKARTIK MOHAPATRA	84,00210.61%	66.0%
BERHAMPUR	INCSMT. JAYANTI PATNAIK	BJPGOPINATH GAJAPATI NARAYANDEO	35,2406.38%	49.7%
BHADRAK	BJDARJUN CHARAN SETHI	INCMURALIDHAR JENA	33,5784.79%	60.2%
BHUBANESWAR	BJDPRASAMNA KUMAR PATASANI	INCSAUMYA RANJAN PATTANAIK	1,27,90819.45%	52.8%
BOLANGIR	BJPSANGEETA KUMARI SINGHDEO	INCSARAT PATTANAYAK	1,58,53127.15%	57.2%
CUTTACK	BJDBHARTRUHARI MAHATAB	INCSYED MUSTAFIZ AHMED	1,12,69417.01%	56.5%
DEOGARH	BJPDEBENDRA PRADHAN	INCSHRIBALLAV PANIGRAHI	1,05,42715.91%	58.5%
DHENKANAL	BJDTATHAGATA SATAPATHY	INCKAMAKSHYA PRASAD SINGHDEO	32,5115.54%	53.8%
JAGATSINGHPUR	INCRANJIB BISWAL	BJDTRILOCHAN KANUNGO	19,9292.65%	63.6%
JAJPUR	INCRAMA CHANDRA MALLICK	BJDJAGANNATH MALLIK	91,86414.82%	54.4%
KALAHANDI	BJPBIKRAM KESHARI DEO	INCBHAKTA CHARAN DAS	1,19,91419.67%	60.0%
KENDRAPARA	BJDPRABHAT KUMAR SAMANTARAY	INCARCHANA NAYAK	7,8251.20%	59.5%
KEONJHAR	BJPUPENDRANATH NAYAK	INCMADHABA SARDAR	86,27513.41%	60.9%
KORAPUT	INCGIRIDHAR GAMANG	BJDJAYARAM PANGI	81,51616.44%	45.7%
MAYURBHANJ	BJPSALKHAN MURMU	INCSUSILA TIRIA	74,31912.55%	63.8%
NOWRANGPUR	INCKHAGAPATI PRADHANI	BJPPARSURAM MAJHI	73,93513.20%	53.4%
PHULBANI	BJDPADMANAVA BEHERA	INCMRUTYUNJAYA NAYAK	91,07215.04%	55.4%
PURI	BJDBRAJA KISHORE TRIPATHY	INCPINAKI MISHRA	52,5457.54%	61.1%
SAMBALPUR	BJDPRASANNA ACHARYA	INCDR. KRUPASINDHU BHOI	24,7683.65%	58.7%
SUNDARGARH	BJPJUAL ORAM	INCSUNIL KUMAR SINGHDEO	1,26,02819.02%	57.2%

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.