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Bhadrak, Odisha — Lok Sabha Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Bhadrak (Odisha) was won by Manjulata Mandal (Biju Janata Dal) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 28,803 votes over Avimanyu Sethi. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Bhadrak, Odisha, from 1962 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1962–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1962 Kanhu Charan Jena Indian National Congress 86,893 69.2% Sidheswar Jena (Praja Socialist Party) 48,297 (38.5 pts)
1967 D. Jena Independent 104,484 35.5% B. C. Das (Swatantra Party) 21,097 (7.2 pts)
1971 Arjun Sethi Indian National Congress 143,450 45.5% Sidheswar Jena (UTC) 46,329 (14.7 pts)
1977 Bairagi Jena Bharatiya Lok Dal 198,977 61.0% Arjun Charan Sethi (Indian National Congress) 71,577 (21.9 pts)
1980 Arjun Charan Sethi Congress (I) 218,002 58.5% Bairagi Jena (Janata Party (Secular)) 124,035 (33.3 pts)
1984 Ananta Prasad Sethi Indian National Congress 256,854 55.5% Mangaraj Malik (Janata Party) 67,419 (14.6 pts)
1989 Mangaraj Malik Janata Dal 376,546 57.3% Ananta Prasad Sethi (Indian National Congress) 106,527 (16.2 pts)
1991 Arjun Charan Sethi Janata Dal 256,690 43.3% Netra Nand Mallik (Indian National Congress) 10,939 (1.8 pts)
1996 Muralidhar Jena Indian National Congress 336,265 47.0% Ratha Das (Janata Dal) 64,572 (9.0 pts)
1998 Arjun Charan Sethi Biju Janata Dal 350,322 50.0% Muralidhar Jena (Indian National Congress) 33,578 (4.8 pts)
1999 Arjun Charan Sethi Biju Janata Dal 397,450 58.5% Panchanan Mandal (Indian National Congress) 122,433 (18.0 pts)
2004 Arjun Charan Sethi Biju Janata Dal 489,200 52.5% Muralidhar Jena (Indian National Congress) 94,769 (10.2 pts)
2009 Arjun Charan Sethi Biju Janata Dal 416,808 44.9% Ananta Prasad Sethi (Indian National Congress) 54,938 (5.9 pts)
2014 Arjun Charan Sethi Biju Janata Dal 502,338 46.5% Sangram Keshari Jena (Indian National Congress) 179,359 (16.6 pts)
2019 Manjulata Mandal Biju Janata Dal 512,305 42.1% Avimanyu Sethi (Bharatiya Janata Party) 28,803 (2.4 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kanhu Charan Jena Indian National Congress 86,893 69.2%
Sidheswar Jena Praja Socialist Party 38,596 30.8%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
D. Jena Independent 104,484 35.5%
B. C. Das Swatantra Party 83,387 28.3%
K. C. Jena Indian National Congress 61,012 20.7%
S. Jena Praja Socialist Party 45,361 15.4%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Arjun Sethi Indian National Congress 143,450 45.5%
Sidheswar Jena UTC 97,121 30.8%
Brundaban Das Swatantra Party 37,726 12.0%
Dharanidhar Jena Independent 22,624 7.2%
Kanhu Charan Jena Congress (O) 14,350 4.6%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bairagi Jena Bharatiya Lok Dal 198,977 61.0%
Arjun Charan Sethi Indian National Congress 127,400 39.0%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Arjun Charan Sethi Congress (I) 218,002 58.5%
Bairagi Jena Janata Party (Secular) 93,967 25.2%
Mangaraj Malick Janata Party 43,870 11.8%
Dharanidhar Jena Independent 15,529 4.2%
Ratnakar Samal Independent 1,525 0.4%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ananta Prasad Sethi Indian National Congress 256,854 55.5%
Mangaraj Malik Janata Party 189,435 40.9%
Kanhu Das Independent 14,539 3.1%
Santosh Kumar Jena Independent 2,088 0.5%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mangaraj Malik Janata Dal 376,546 57.3%
Ananta Prasad Sethi Indian National Congress 270,019 41.1%
Harihar Jena JNP (JP) 5,177 0.8%
Dharanidhar Jena Bahujan Samaj Party 3,588 0.5%
Rama Chandra Patra Independent 2,346 0.4%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Arjun Charan Sethi Janata Dal 256,690 43.3%
Netra Nand Mallik Indian National Congress 245,751 41.5%
Bishnu Charan Sethi Bharatiya Janata Party 67,808 11.4%
Mangaraj Mallick Janata Party 10,470 1.8%
Gopal Charan Das PBI 3,737 0.6%
Kanhei Das Bahujan Samaj Party 2,870 0.5%
Ramchandra Patra OVP 2,689 0.5%
Damodar Das Independent 1,368 0.2%
Nityananda Jena Independent 741 0.1%
Subash Chandra Behera DDP 173 0.0%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Muralidhar Jena Indian National Congress 336,265 47.0%
Ratha Das Janata Dal 271,693 38.0%
Bishnu Charan Sethy Bharatiya Janata Party 96,566 13.5%
Sridhar Jena Independent 3,714 0.5%
Basanti Mallik Independent 2,871 0.4%
Suratha Jena Independent 1,111 0.2%
Khageswar Jena Independent 855 0.1%
Mangulia Jena Independent 751 0.1%
Sudarsan Jena Independent 492 0.1%
Pratap Das Independent 466 0.1%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Arjun Charan Sethi Biju Janata Dal 350,322 50.0%
Muralidhar Jena Indian National Congress 316,744 45.2%
Bairagi Jena Janata Dal 27,863 4.0%
Akshaya Kumar Mallick Bahujan Samaj Party 4,216 0.6%
Bichitrananda Das Shiv Sena 1,232 0.2%
Suratha Behera Independent 370 0.1%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Arjun Charan Sethi Biju Janata Dal 397,450 58.5%
Panchanan Mandal Indian National Congress 275,017 40.5%
Akshay Mallik Bahujan Samaj Party 4,292 0.6%
Prasanta Sethi AJBP 1,255 0.2%
Maudamani Das Independent 1,124 0.2%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Arjun Charan Sethi Biju Janata Dal 489,200 52.5%
Muralidhar Jena Indian National Congress 394,431 42.3%
Purusottam Malik Independent 31,586 3.4%
Prafulla Kumar Das Bahujan Samaj Party 17,059 1.8%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Arjun Charan Sethi Biju Janata Dal 416,808 44.9%
Ananta Prasad Sethi Indian National Congress 361,870 38.9%
Ratha Das Bharatiya Janata Party 122,431 13.2%
Golak Prasad Mallik Independent 10,970 1.2%
Susanta Kumar Jena Independent 10,166 1.1%
Nityananda Jena Bahujan Samaj Party 6,917 0.7%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Arjun Charan Sethi Biju Janata Dal 502,338 46.5%
Sangram Keshari Jena Indian National Congress 322,979 29.9%
Sarat Das Bharatiya Janata Party 216,617 20.0%
Ramesh Jena Communist Party of India 11,930 1.1%
Arjun Charan Mallik Bahujan Samaj Party 7,607 0.7%
None Of The Above Independent 6,750 0.6%
Narayan Chandra Jena Aam Aadmi Party 5,961 0.6%
Netrananda Mallick AOP 4,518 0.4%
Susanta Kumar Jena Independent 2,639 0.2%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Manjulata Mandal Biju Janata Dal 512,305 42.1%
Avimanyu Sethi Bharatiya Janata Party 483,502 39.7%
Madhumita Sethi Indian National Congress 207,811 17.1%
Muralidhar Jena Bahujan Samaj Party 4,708 0.4%
Tilottama Jena All India Trinamool Congress 3,327 0.3%
Pitambar Sethi Independent 2,579 0.2%
Laxmipriya Jena KS 1,556 0.1%
Kirtan Bihari Malik SUCI(C) 1,430 0.1%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

1962: Indian National Congress margin 38.5 pts 1967: Independent margin 7.2 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 14.7 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 21.9 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 33.3 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 14.6 pts 1989: Janata Dal margin 16.2 pts 1991: Janata Dal margin 1.8 pts 1996: Indian National Congress margin 9.0 pts 1998: Biju Janata Dal margin 4.8 pts 1999: Biju Janata Dal margin 18.0 pts 2004: Biju Janata Dal margin 10.2 pts 2009: Biju Janata Dal margin 5.9 pts 2014: Biju Janata Dal margin 16.6 pts 2019: Biju Janata Dal margin 2.4 pts 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Bhadrak has been contested at 15 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1962. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Independent, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Janata Dal, Biju Janata Dal.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Bhadrak in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Manjulata Mandal (Biju Janata Dal) won Bhadrak, Odisha, in 2019 with 512,305 votes (42.1%), a margin of 28,803 votes over Avimanyu Sethi.

Which parties have won Bhadrak since 1962?

Since 1962, Bhadrak has been won by: Bharatiya Lok Dal, Biju Janata Dal, Congress (I), Independent, Indian National Congress, Janata Dal.

What was the closest result in Bhadrak?

The closest result on record for Bhadrak was 1991, when Janata Dal beat Indian National Congress by just 10,939 votes (1.8 percentage points).

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