Indian general election, 2014 (Odisha)

Indian general election in Odisha, 2014
India
10 April − 17 April 2014
21 seats
  First party Second party
 
Party BJD BJP
Seats won 20 1
Seat change Increase6 Increase1

Odisha

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

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

Opinion poll

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

Election schedule

Constituency wise Election schedule are given below[1]-

Polling Day Phase Date Constituencies Vote Percentage
1 3 10 April Aska, Bargarh, Berhampur, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal,
Koraput, Nabarangpur, Sambalpur, Sundargarh 		67[8]
2 5 17 April Balasore, Bhadrak, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal,
Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Puri		 70[9]

Elected Members

The results of the elections were declared on 16 May 2014.[1]

Keys:   BJD   BJP

No. Constituency Elected M.P. Party Runner-up Party Notes
1 Aska Ladu Kishore Swain Biju Janata Dal Srilokanath Ratha Indian National Congress
2 Balasore Rabindra Kumar Jena Biju Janata Dal Pratap Chandra Sarangi Bharatiya Janata Party
3 Bargarh Prabhas Kumar Singh Biju Janata Dal Subash Chouhan Bharatiya Janata Party
4 Berhampur Siddhanta Mahapatra Biju Janata Dal Chandra Sekhar Sahu Indian National Congress
5 Bhadrak Arjun Charan Sethi Biju Janata Dal Sangram Keshari Jena Indian National Congress
6 Bhubaneswar Prasanna Kumar Patasani Biju Janata Dal Prithiviraj Harichandan Bharatiya Janata Party
7 Bolangir Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo Biju Janata Dal Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo Bharatiya Janata Party
8 Cuttack Bhartruhari Mahtab Biju Janata Dal Aparajita Mohanty Indian National Congress
9 Dhenkanal Tathagata Satapathy Biju Janata Dal Rudra Narayan Pany Bharatiya Janata Party
10 Jagatsinghpur Kulamani Samal Biju Janata Dal Bibhu Prasad Tarai Indian National Congress
11 Jajpur Rita Tarai Biju Janata Dal Asok Das Indian National Congress
12 Kalahandi Arka Keshari Deo Biju Janata Dal Pradipta Kumar Naik Bharatiya Janata Party
13 Kandhamal Hemendra Chandra Singh Biju Janata Dal Harihar Karan Indian National Congress
14 Kendrapara Baijayant Panda Biju Janata Dal Dharanidhar Nayak Indian National Congress
15 Keonjhar Sakuntala Laguri Biju Janata Dal Ananta Nayak Bharatiya Janata Party
16 Koraput Jhina Hikaka Biju Janata Dal Giridhar Gamang Indian National Congress
17 Mayurbhanj Rama Chandra Hansdah Biju Janata Dal Nepole Raghu Murmu Bharatiya Janata Party
18 Nabarangpur Balabhadra Majhi Biju Janata Dal Pradeep Kumar Majhi Indian National Congress
19 Puri Pinaki Misra Biju Janata Dal Sucharita Mohanty Indian National Congress
20 Sambalpur Nagendra Kumar Pradhan Biju Janata Dal Suresh Pujari Bharatiya Janata Party
21 Sundargarh Jual Oram Bharatiya Janata Party Dilip Kumar Tirkey Biju Janata Dal

Result

20 1
BJD BJP
Name of 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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "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. ↑ "Congress 102, BJP 162; UPA 117, NDA 186: C-Voter Poll". Outlook. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "The Final Word – India's biggest opinion poll". NDTV. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "Odisha tracker: Naveen's BJD to win 16 seats, BJP 0, Congress 4,CPI(M) 1". CNN-IBN. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  8. ↑ "Kerala sees maximum voter turnout at 76%". Hindustan Times. 10 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  9. ↑ "Odisha logs 70% voter turnout in last phase polls". Business Standard. PTI. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
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