Bolangir, Odisha — Lok Sabha Election Results

Bolangir (Odisha) was won by Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 19,516 votes over Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Bolangir, Odisha, from 1962 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1962–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1962 Mahanand Hrushikesh Ganatantra Parishad 50,929 58.1% Nag Sundarmani (Indian National Congress) 18,019 (20.5 pts)
1967 R. R. S. Deo Swatantra Party 143,083 70.2% N. Mishra (Indian National Congress) 82,279 (40.4 pts)
1971 Raj Raj Singh Deo Swatantra Party 124,945 61.9% Sadananda Misra (Indian National Congress) 70,976 (35.1 pts)
1977 Ainthu Sahoo Bharatiya Lok Dal 139,103 63.1% Ananga Udaya Singh Deo (Indian National Congress) 57,724 (26.2 pts)
1980 Nityananda Mishra Congress (I) 141,197 55.6% Priyabrata Rath (Janata Party) 79,861 (31.4 pts)
1984 Nityanand Misra Indian National Congress 184,386 52.6% Anang Uday Singh Deo (Janata Party) 34,952 (10.0 pts)
1989 Balgopal Mishra Janata Dal 327,216 64.2% Nityananda Misra (Indian National Congress) 168,870 (33.2 pts)
1991 Sarat Chandra Pattanayak Indian National Congress 165,793 36.2% Anang Uday Singh Deo (Janata Dal) 12,075 (2.6 pts)
1996 Sarat Pattanayak Indian National Congress 199,303 34.8% Anang Uday Singh Deo (Janata Dal) 11,702 (2.0 pts)
1998 Sangeeta Kumari Singhdeo Bharatiya Janata Party 360,575 61.8% Sarat Pattanayak (Indian National Congress) 158,531 (27.2 pts)
1999 Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo Bharatiya Janata Party 404,988 64.1% Sarat Pattanayak (Indian National Congress) 180,979 (28.6 pts)
2004 Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo Bharatiya Janata Party 322,912 44.3% Sarat Pattanayak (Indian National Congress) 100,682 (13.8 pts)
2009 Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo Biju Janata Dal 430,150 42.5% Narasingha Mishra (Indian National Congress) 90,835 (9.0 pts)
2014 Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo Biju Janata Dal 453,519 38.7% Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo (Bharatiya Janata Party) 104,299 (8.9 pts)
2019 Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo Bharatiya Janata Party 498,086 38.6% Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo (Biju Janata Dal) 19,516 (1.5 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mahanand Hrushikesh Ganatantra Parishad 50,929 58.1%
Nag Sundarmani Indian National Congress 32,910 37.5%
Sibika Somnath Independent 3,853 4.4%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
R. R. S. Deo Swatantra Party 143,083 70.2%
N. Mishra Indian National Congress 60,804 29.8%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Raj Raj Singh Deo Swatantra Party 124,945 61.9%
Sadananda Misra Indian National Congress 53,969 26.7%
Swapnananda Panigrahi UTC 16,703 8.3%
Mahabir Prasad Dodaka Independent 6,286 3.1%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ainthu Sahoo Bharatiya Lok Dal 139,103 63.1%
Ananga Udaya Singh Deo Indian National Congress 81,379 36.9%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Nityananda Mishra Congress (I) 141,197 55.6%
Priyabrata Rath Janata Party 61,336 24.2%
Ainthu Sahoo Janata Party (Secular) 42,942 16.9%
Sarat Chandra Panigrahi Congress (U) 8,504 3.3%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Nityanand Misra Indian National Congress 184,386 52.6%
Anang Uday Singh Deo Janata Party 149,434 42.7%
Mahadeb Majhi Independent 9,814 2.8%
Siddheswar Sai Independent 6,700 1.9%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Balgopal Mishra Janata Dal 327,216 64.2%
Nityananda Misra Indian National Congress 158,346 31.1%
Rajraj Singhdeo Bharatiya Janata Party 14,398 2.8%
Prabhakar Kumbhar Independent 5,598 1.1%
Ramesh Chandra Dash Independent 3,752 0.7%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sarat Chandra Pattanayak Indian National Congress 165,793 36.2%
Anang Uday Singh Deo Janata Dal 153,718 33.6%
Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo Bharatiya Janata Party 82,636 18.1%
Balgopal Mishra Janata Party 41,981 9.2%
Ramesh Chandra Dash Janata Party 5,657 1.2%
Prabhakar Kumbhar Bahujan Samaj Party 4,248 0.9%
Dhaneswar Kandher Independent 3,087 0.7%
Sudhir Kumar Jain Independent 591 0.1%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sarat Pattanayak Indian National Congress 199,303 34.8%
Anang Uday Singh Deo Janata Dal 187,601 32.8%
Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo Bharatiya Janata Party 155,589 27.2%
Duryodhan Bag Independent 10,300 1.8%
Prahallad Padhi Independent 9,888 1.7%
Ramesh Chandra Das Independent 3,870 0.7%
Sitaram Satpathy Independent 2,545 0.4%
Sunil Kumar Mishra AIIC(T) 1,723 0.3%
Jagabandhu Sahu Independent 1,717 0.3%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sangeeta Kumari Singhdeo Bharatiya Janata Party 360,575 61.8%
Sarat Pattanayak Indian National Congress 202,044 34.6%
Pradeep Kumar Maharana Janata Dal 14,814 2.5%
Lalit Mohan Gandhi OCG 4,048 0.7%
Abdul Jamalkhan Rashtriya Janata Dal 2,423 0.4%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo Bharatiya Janata Party 404,988 64.1%
Sarat Pattanayak Indian National Congress 224,009 35.4%
Lalit Mohan Gandhi AJBP 3,215 0.5%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo Bharatiya Janata Party 322,912 44.3%
Sarat Pattanayak Indian National Congress 222,230 30.5%
Balgopal Mishra Independent 90,418 12.4%
Debendra Kumar Biswal Bahujan Samaj Party 30,935 4.2%
Henabati Barik Independent 24,235 3.3%
Lalit Mohan Gandhi Independent 20,351 2.8%
Paramanand Chhatar Samajwadi Party 17,297 2.4%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo Biju Janata Dal 430,150 42.5%
Narasingha Mishra Indian National Congress 339,315 33.5%
Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo Bharatiya Janata Party 191,739 18.9%
Dingar Kumbhar SAMO 29,599 2.9%
Balhan Sagar Bahujan Samaj Party 21,219 2.1%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo Biju Janata Dal 453,519 38.7%
Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo Bharatiya Janata Party 349,220 29.8%
Sarat Pattnayak Indian National Congress 277,616 23.7%
Saraswati Nanda Aam Aadmi Party 24,515 2.1%
None Of The Above Independent 21,043 1.8%
Achutananda Nag API 14,626 1.2%
Rana Nag Bahujan Samaj Party 11,513 1.0%
Naba Krushna Danta Independent 9,915 0.8%
Shankar Kumar Patra AOP 8,438 0.7%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo Bharatiya Janata Party 498,086 38.6%
Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo Biju Janata Dal 478,570 37.1%
Samarendra Mishra Indian National Congress 271,056 21.0%
Dinesh Nag API 13,919 1.1%
Rana Nag Bahujan Samaj Party 12,229 0.9%
Dr. Bipin Kusulia Independent 6,075 0.5%
Hrudananda Karuan SUCI(C) 5,508 0.4%
Suresh Kumar Putel BMP 5,261 0.4%

Margin Over Time

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

1962: Ganatantra Parishad margin 20.5 pts 1967: Swatantra Party margin 40.4 pts 1971: Swatantra Party margin 35.1 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 26.2 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 31.4 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 10.0 pts 1989: Janata Dal margin 33.2 pts 1991: Indian National Congress margin 2.6 pts 1996: Indian National Congress margin 2.0 pts 1998: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 27.2 pts 1999: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 28.6 pts 2004: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 13.8 pts 2009: Biju Janata Dal margin 9.0 pts 2014: Biju Janata Dal margin 8.9 pts 2019: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 1.5 pts 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Bolangir in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Bolangir, Odisha, in 2019 with 498,086 votes (38.6%), a margin of 19,516 votes over Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo.

Which parties have won Bolangir since 1962?

Since 1962, Bolangir has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Biju Janata Dal, Congress (I), Ganatantra Parishad, Indian National Congress, Janata Dal, Swatantra Party.

What was the closest result in Bolangir?

The closest result on record for Bolangir was 2019, when Bharatiya Janata Party beat Biju Janata Dal by just 19,516 votes (1.5 percentage points).

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