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Bhubaneswar, Odisha — Lok Sabha Election Results

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

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) was won by Aparajita Sarangi (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 23,839 votes over Arup Mohan Patnaik. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, from 1957 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1957–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1957 Nrusinha Charan Samantasinhar Indian National Congress 86,487 53.3% Ramchandra Ram (Communist Party of India) 27,348 (16.8 pts)
1962 Raja Purna Chandra Deo Bhanj Indian National Congress 83,788 64.4% Prananath Patnaik (Communist Party of India) 37,494 (28.8 pts)
1967 C. Panigrahi Indian National Congress 79,899 35.5% P. Patnaik (Communist Party of India) 20,731 (9.2 pts)
1971 Chintamani Panigrahi Indian National Congress 125,646 49.9% Bibudhendra Misra (UTC) 73,694 (29.3 pts)
1977 Sivaji Patnaik CPI (Marxist) 106,960 44.9% Chintamani Panigrahi (Indian National Congress) 5,469 (2.3 pts)
1980 Chintamani Panigrahi Congress (I) 187,144 62.5% Shivaji Pattanaik (CPI (Marxist)) 132,617 (44.3 pts)
1984 Chintamoni Panigrahi Indian National Congress 237,716 60.1% Sivaji Patnaik (CPI (Marxist)) 89,854 (22.7 pts)
1989 Sivaji Patnaik CPI (Marxist) 332,005 58.5% Bipin Dash (Indian National Congress) 145,346 (25.6 pts)
1991 Shivaji Patnaik CPI (Marxist) 214,429 43.5% Manmath Nath Das (Indian National Congress) 7,981 (1.6 pts)
1996 Soumya Ranjan Pattnaik Indian National Congress 298,289 47.4% Sivaji Patnaik (CPI (Marxist)) 78,419 (12.5 pts)
1998 Prasamna Kumar Patasani Biju Janata Dal 378,849 57.6% Saumya Ranjan Pattanaik (Indian National Congress) 127,908 (19.4 pts)
1999 Prasanna Kumar Patasani Biju Janata Dal 414,429 66.3% Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardaraj (Indian National Congress) 233,961 (37.4 pts)
2004 Prasanna Kumar Patasani Biju Janata Dal 437,762 51.3% Soumya Ranjan Patnaik (Indian National Congress) 112,279 (13.2 pts)
2009 Prasanna Kumar Patasani Biju Janata Dal 400,472 56.3% Santosh Mohanty (Indian National Congress) 252,760 (35.5 pts)
2014 Prasanna Kumar Patasani Biju Janata Dal 439,252 49.3% Prithiviraj Harichandan (Bharatiya Janata Party) 189,477 (21.2 pts)
2019 Aparajita Sarangi Bharatiya Janata Party 486,991 48.7% Arup Mohan Patnaik (Biju Janata Dal) 23,839 (2.4 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Nrusinha Charan Samantasinhar Indian National Congress 86,487 53.3%
Ramchandra Ram Communist Party of India 59,139 36.4%
Harmohan Singh Samanta Independent 16,769 10.3%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Raja Purna Chandra Deo Bhanj Indian National Congress 83,788 64.4%
Prananath Patnaik Communist Party of India 46,294 35.6%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
C. Panigrahi Indian National Congress 79,899 35.5%
P. Patnaik Communist Party of India 59,168 26.3%
N. C. Samantsinhar Swatantra Party 38,015 16.9%
M. Misra Independent 37,209 16.5%
H. S. Samanta Independent 10,811 4.8%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chintamani Panigrahi Indian National Congress 125,646 49.9%
Bibudhendra Misra UTC 51,952 20.6%
Harihar Misra CPI (Marxist) 45,703 18.1%
Sivaji Patanaik Swatantra Party 28,567 11.3%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sivaji Patnaik CPI (Marxist) 106,960 44.9%
Chintamani Panigrahi Indian National Congress 101,491 42.6%
Gangadhar Paikaray Communist Party of India 29,778 12.5%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chintamani Panigrahi Congress (I) 187,144 62.5%
Shivaji Pattanaik CPI (Marxist) 54,527 18.2%
Bhagabar Behera Janata Party 38,969 13.0%
Nakul Chandra Mallick Independent 6,902 2.3%
Bipin Bihari Jena Independent 4,364 1.5%
Chittaranjan Mishra Independent 3,955 1.3%
Bhabagrahi Mishra Independent 3,405 1.1%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chintamoni Panigrahi Indian National Congress 237,716 60.1%
Sivaji Patnaik CPI (Marxist) 147,862 37.4%
Nakul Chandra Mallick Independent 10,152 2.6%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sivaji Patnaik CPI (Marxist) 332,005 58.5%
Bipin Dash Indian National Congress 186,659 32.9%
Shanti Dash Bharatiya Janata Party 13,984 2.5%
Ramachandra Deo JNP (JP) 9,335 1.6%
Arakhit Pradhan KGP 9,027 1.6%
Kulamani Sahoo Independent 7,781 1.4%
Bibekananda Panigrahi Independent 3,004 0.5%
Prabodh Kumar Das DDP 2,169 0.4%
Padmacharan Panda Independent 1,951 0.3%
Achutananda Mohanti Independent 1,520 0.3%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Shivaji Patnaik CPI (Marxist) 214,429 43.5%
Manmath Nath Das Indian National Congress 206,448 41.9%
Santi Das (W) Bharatiya Janata Party 37,541 7.6%
Banka Behary Das Janata Party 20,321 4.1%
Bauri Bandhu Khati Independent 3,938 0.8%
Baikuntha Biswal OVP 2,201 0.4%
Chandri Sekhar Mohanty Independent 1,864 0.4%
Kamalakshya Kanungo LKD 1,790 0.4%
Kulamani Sahu Independent 1,765 0.4%
Somanath Sahu Independent 1,001 0.2%
Sidheswar Bahubalendra Independent 704 0.1%
Bansidhar Swain Independent 682 0.1%
Bhabagrahi Mishra Independent 455 0.1%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Soumya Ranjan Pattnaik Indian National Congress 298,289 47.4%
Sivaji Patnaik CPI (Marxist) 219,870 35.0%
Brundaban Kalas Bharatiya Janata Party 62,052 9.9%
Chintamani Panigrahi AIIC(T) 15,595 2.5%
Baikunthanath Biswal Janata Party 8,814 1.4%
Dinesh Prasad Saha Independent 5,111 0.8%
Dukhishyam Mangaraj Independent 4,782 0.8%
Nakul Chandra Mallick Independent 2,902 0.5%
Mantosh Haldar Independent 2,414 0.4%
Sarbeswar Bhoi Independent 1,987 0.3%
Srirama Chandran Sahoo Ratna Behera Independent 1,810 0.3%
Kulamani Sahoo Independent 1,400 0.2%
Sanatan Behera Independent 1,285 0.2%
Bira Kishore Das Independent 1,107 0.2%
Mrutyunjaya Pradhan Independent 945 0.2%
Bajendra Kumar Rath Independent 334 0.1%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Prasamna Kumar Patasani Biju Janata Dal 378,849 57.6%
Saumya Ranjan Pattanaik Indian National Congress 250,941 38.2%
Shivaji Pattanaik CPI (Marxist) 17,611 2.7%
Bhagabat Behera Rashtriya Janata Dal 5,791 0.9%
Kamala Prasad Tripathy Shiv Sena 3,395 0.5%
Kulamani Sahoo Independent 1,046 0.2%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Prasanna Kumar Patasani Biju Janata Dal 414,429 66.3%
Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardaraj Indian National Congress 180,468 28.9%
Soubhagya Chandra Naik Bahujan Samaj Party 9,650 1.5%
Kulamani Sahoo Independent 9,111 1.5%
Sujata Pattanaik Shiv Sena 4,193 0.7%
Kuna Chandra Bhoi BRPP 4,135 0.7%
Bhima Murmu JMM 3,356 0.5%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Prasanna Kumar Patasani Biju Janata Dal 437,762 51.3%
Soumya Ranjan Patnaik Indian National Congress 325,483 38.2%
Pramila Behera Independent 36,421 4.3%
B. Ramachandra Independent 17,131 2.0%
Pramod Samantara RPI 8,526 1.0%
Badri Narayan Routray Bahujan Samaj Party 8,328 1.0%
Shanti Das Samajwadi Party 6,531 0.8%
Santosh Kumar Mishra ABHM 5,176 0.6%
Sushant Kumar Choudhury Janata Dal (United) 4,021 0.5%
Kulamani Sahoo Independent 3,626 0.4%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Prasanna Kumar Patasani Biju Janata Dal 400,472 56.3%
Santosh Mohanty Indian National Congress 147,712 20.8%
Archana Nayak Bharatiya Janata Party 93,980 13.2%
Nabaghan Parida BOP 22,325 3.1%
Pramila Behera Independent 9,637 1.4%
Dhirendra Satapathy Independent 9,470 1.3%
Sasthi Prasad Sethi Independent 6,875 1.0%
Akshaya Kumar Mohanty Bahujan Samaj Party 4,671 0.7%
Bijayananda Mishra LJP 4,370 0.6%
Jagannath Prasad Lenka Independent 4,153 0.6%
Uma Charana Mishra JHKP 3,577 0.5%
Praful Kumar Sahoo RPI(A) 2,131 0.3%
Basanta Kumar Behera KS 1,668 0.2%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Prasanna Kumar Patasani Biju Janata Dal 439,252 49.3%
Prithiviraj Harichandan Bharatiya Janata Party 249,775 28.0%
Bijay Mohanty Indian National Congress 145,783 16.3%
Sunjoy Hans AOP 29,505 3.3%
None Of The Above Independent 8,140 0.9%
Bismaya Mahapatra Aam Aadmi Party 7,112 0.8%
Manas Ranjan Mishra Independent 3,783 0.4%
Madhu Sudan Yadav Bahujan Samaj Party 3,457 0.4%
Rabindra Nath Behera Samajwadi Party 1,745 0.2%
Prana Krushna Dalabehera SO 1,194 0.1%
Kulamani Nayak PBI 1,128 0.1%
Pramila Behera CPI(ML)RS 948 0.1%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Aparajita Sarangi Bharatiya Janata Party 486,991 48.7%
Arup Mohan Patnaik Biju Janata Dal 463,152 46.4%
Janardan Pati CPI (Marxist) 23,026 2.3%
Sanjaya Kumar Sahoo Independent 5,873 0.6%
Biswanath Rout KP 2,816 0.3%
Lalita Kumar Nayak Bahujan Samaj Party 2,780 0.3%
Susil Kumar Jena Independent 2,665 0.3%
Jayant Kumar Das Independent 2,360 0.2%
Subhranshu Sekhar Padhi All India Trinamool Congress 2,344 0.2%
Biswanath Ramachandra FPI 1,497 0.1%
Mahesh Chandra Sethi Independent 1,491 0.1%
Pramila Behera CPI(ML)RS 1,482 0.1%
Bhakta Sekhar Ray KS 1,382 0.1%
Madhu Sudan Yadav Independent 1,200 0.1%

Margin Over Time

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

1957: Indian National Congress margin 16.8 pts 1962: Indian National Congress margin 28.8 pts 1967: Indian National Congress margin 9.2 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 29.3 pts 1977: CPI (Marxist) margin 2.3 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 44.3 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 22.7 pts 1989: CPI (Marxist) margin 25.6 pts 1991: CPI (Marxist) margin 1.6 pts 1996: Indian National Congress margin 12.5 pts 1998: Biju Janata Dal margin 19.4 pts 1999: Biju Janata Dal margin 37.4 pts 2004: Biju Janata Dal margin 13.2 pts 2009: Biju Janata Dal margin 35.5 pts 2014: Biju Janata Dal margin 21.2 pts 2019: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 2.4 pts 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Bhubaneswar has been contested at 16 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, CPI (Marxist), Congress (I), Biju Janata Dal, Bharatiya Janata Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Bhubaneswar in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Aparajita Sarangi (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Bhubaneswar, Odisha, in 2019 with 486,991 votes (48.7%), a margin of 23,839 votes over Arup Mohan Patnaik.

Which parties have won Bhubaneswar since 1957?

Since 1957, Bhubaneswar has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Biju Janata Dal, CPI (Marxist), Congress (I), Indian National Congress.

What was the closest result in Bhubaneswar?

The closest result on record for Bhubaneswar was 1991, when CPI (Marxist) beat Indian National Congress by just 7,981 votes (1.6 percentage points).

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