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Cuttack, Odisha — Lok Sabha Election Results

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

Cuttack (Odisha) was won by Bhartruhari Mahtab (Biju Janata Dal) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 121,201 votes over Prakash Mishra. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Cuttack, Odisha, from 1951 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1951–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1951 Harekrishna Mahtab Indian National Congress 89,387 54.5% Baidyanath Rath (Communist Party of India) 49,811 (30.3 pts)
1957 Nityananda Kanungo Indian National Congress 90,779 50.9% Sarangadhar Das (Praja Socialist Party) 3,150 (1.8 pts)
1962 Nityanand Kanungo Indian National Congress 88,340 56.5% Nishamani Khuntia (Praja Socialist Party) 23,953 (15.3 pts)
1967 S. Misra Praja Socialist Party 103,710 39.2% B. C. Mohanti (Indian National Congress) 12,138 (4.6 pts)
1971 Janki Ballav Patnaik Indian National Congress 154,707 54.5% Biren Mitra (UTC) 80,092 (28.2 pts)
1977 Sarat Kumar Kar Bharatiya Lok Dal 176,445 55.0% Janaki Balav Patnaik (Indian National Congress) 60,402 (18.8 pts)
1980 Janaki Ballav Patnaik Congress (I) 219,831 61.5% Trilochan Kanugo (Congress (U)) 123,952 (34.7 pts)
1984 Jayanti Pattanik Indian National Congress 263,960 55.5% Jogesh Chandra Rout (Janata Party) 78,921 (16.6 pts)
1989 Srikanta Jena Janata Dal 414,828 64.6% Jayanti Patnaik (Indian National Congress) 204,685 (31.9 pts)
1991 Srikanta Jena Janata Dal 287,907 49.9% Janakiballav Pattnaik (Indian National Congress) 43,693 (7.6 pts)
1996 Biju Patnaik Janata Dal 344,092 49.2% Anadi Charan Sahu (Indian National Congress) 57,807 (8.3 pts)
1998 Bhartruhari Mahatab Biju Janata Dal 350,314 52.9% Syed Mustafiz Ahmed (Indian National Congress) 112,694 (17.0 pts)
1999 Bhartruhari Mahtab Biju Janata Dal 407,603 65.8% Kanhu Charan Lenka (Indian National Congress) 205,317 (33.1 pts)
2004 Bhartruhari Mahtab Biju Janata Dal 496,750 60.6% Jayanti Patnaik (Indian National Congress) 173,198 (21.1 pts)
2009 Bhartruhari Mahtab Biju Janata Dal 465,089 57.2% Bibhuti Bhusan Mishra (Indian National Congress) 236,292 (29.0 pts)
2014 Bhartruhari Mahatab Biju Janata Dal 526,085 53.8% Aparajita Mohanty (Indian National Congress) 306,762 (31.4 pts)
2019 Bhartruhari Mahtab Biju Janata Dal 524,592 49.9% Prakash Mishra (Bharatiya Janata Party) 121,201 (11.5 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Harekrishna Mahtab Indian National Congress 89,387 54.5%
Baidyanath Rath Communist Party of India 39,576 24.1%
Lakhminarayan Sahu Samajwadi Party 25,306 15.4%
Khitish Ch. Ray KMPP 9,876 6.0%

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Nityananda Kanungo Indian National Congress 90,779 50.9%
Sarangadhar Das Praja Socialist Party 87,629 49.1%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Nityanand Kanungo Indian National Congress 88,340 56.5%
Nishamani Khuntia Praja Socialist Party 64,387 41.2%
Syed Fazal Haque Independent 3,619 2.3%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
S. Misra Praja Socialist Party 103,710 39.2%
B. C. Mohanti Indian National Congress 91,572 34.6%
G. C. Das Swatantra Party 36,423 13.8%
S. Patnaik Independent 32,595 12.3%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Janki Ballav Patnaik Indian National Congress 154,707 54.5%
Biren Mitra UTC 74,615 26.3%
Biswanath Pandit Praja Socialist Party 34,468 12.1%
Satyabadi Misra Congress (O) 11,973 4.2%
Akshya Kumar Mohanty Independent 8,227 2.9%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sarat Kumar Kar Bharatiya Lok Dal 176,445 55.0%
Janaki Balav Patnaik Indian National Congress 116,043 36.2%
Narasingh Misra Independent 13,864 4.3%
Narayan Das Independent 10,605 3.3%
Sarangdhar Muduli Independent 3,674 1.1%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Janaki Ballav Patnaik Congress (I) 219,831 61.5%
Trilochan Kanugo Congress (U) 95,879 26.8%
Rajendra Singh Janata Party 28,224 7.9%
Narasingh Misra Independent 13,304 3.7%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jayanti Pattanik Indian National Congress 263,960 55.5%
Jogesh Chandra Rout Janata Party 185,039 38.9%
Chitaranjan Das Independent 10,729 2.3%
Amar Ray Independent 7,315 1.5%
Sunakar Behura Independent 3,013 0.6%
Umesh Chandra Mohapatra Independent 2,586 0.5%
Biakunth Charan Pattanaik Independent 1,484 0.3%
Binod Misra Independent 1,029 0.2%
Prasan Kumar Parida Independent 822 0.2%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Srikanta Jena Janata Dal 414,828 64.6%
Jayanti Patnaik Indian National Congress 210,143 32.7%
Samanta Narayan Srichandan Mahapatra JNP (JP) 7,577 1.2%
Banudhar Sethy Bahujan Samaj Party 4,366 0.7%
Dhrubananda Behra DLP 2,646 0.4%
Dhruba Charan Sahu Independent 1,377 0.2%
Soubhagya Das DDP 1,217 0.2%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Srikanta Jena Janata Dal 287,907 49.9%
Janakiballav Pattnaik Indian National Congress 244,214 42.3%
Nayanranjan Bhagat Bharatiya Janata Party 30,421 5.3%
Mohammed Manawar Janata Party 6,123 1.1%
Chittaranjan Das Independent 2,372 0.4%
Basanta Kumar Puspalak Independent 2,074 0.4%
Balakrushna Behera Independent 1,596 0.3%
Dhrub Charan Sahu Independent 858 0.1%
Gobardhan Parida Independent 659 0.1%
Narayan Mallik Independent 483 0.1%
Gadadhar Barik Independent 370 0.1%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Biju Patnaik Janata Dal 344,092 49.2%
Anadi Charan Sahu Indian National Congress 286,285 40.9%
Nayan Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party 57,890 8.3%
Trailokya Ojha PSSS 2,551 0.4%
Pravat Kumar Das BOP 2,088 0.3%
Dhruba Charan Sahu Independent 1,335 0.2%
Brundaban Das Independent 1,277 0.2%
Anada Chandra Guru Independent 979 0.1%
Harekrushan Mallick Independent 718 0.1%
Prasanna Kumar Parida Independent 668 0.1%
Pradyumna Kumar Bhuyan Independent 627 0.1%
Manasa Ranjan Dutta Independent 575 0.1%
Chita Ranjan Das Independent 519 0.1%
Nilachala Panda Independent 295 0.0%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bhartruhari Mahatab Biju Janata Dal 350,314 52.9%
Syed Mustafiz Ahmed Indian National Congress 237,620 35.9%
Ranendra Pratap Swain Janata Dal 68,775 10.4%
Golaka Bihari Nayak Samajwadi Party 2,561 0.4%
Harish Chandra Mohapatra Rashtriya Janata Dal 1,914 0.3%
Dr. Rabindranath Mishra Shiv Sena 1,186 0.2%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bhartruhari Mahtab Biju Janata Dal 407,603 65.8%
Kanhu Charan Lenka Indian National Congress 202,286 32.6%
Dayanidhi Srichandan BOP 3,120 0.5%
Byasakabi Das AJBP 3,006 0.5%
Nalini Kanta Bisoi JMM 1,925 0.3%
Shaikh Abdul Wali BRPP 1,446 0.2%
Prasanna Kumar Parida Independent 420 0.1%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bhartruhari Mahtab Biju Janata Dal 496,750 60.6%
Jayanti Patnaik Indian National Congress 323,552 39.4%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bhartruhari Mahtab Biju Janata Dal 465,089 57.2%
Bibhuti Bhusan Mishra Indian National Congress 228,797 28.1%
Anadi Sahu Bharatiya Janata Party 75,118 9.2%
Kapila Charan Mall BOP 25,395 3.1%
Debananda Singh Independent 8,062 1.0%
Gopal Chandra Kar Bahujan Samaj Party 7,394 0.9%
Pradip Routray KS 3,644 0.4%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bhartruhari Mahatab Biju Janata Dal 526,085 53.8%
Aparajita Mohanty Indian National Congress 219,323 22.4%
Samir Dey Bharatiya Janata Party 146,093 14.9%
Mahameghabahan Aira Kharabela Swain AOP 58,246 6.0%
None Of The Above Independent 8,889 0.9%
Sanjay Kumar Sahoo Independent 5,733 0.6%
Bikash Das Aam Aadmi Party 4,531 0.5%
Pramod Kumar Mallick Bahujan Samaj Party 3,639 0.4%
Binapani Das SUCI(C) 2,171 0.2%
Jibesh Kishore Sundaray All India Trinamool Congress 2,082 0.2%
Sabyasachi Mahapatra CPI(ML)RS 1,812 0.2%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bhartruhari Mahtab Biju Janata Dal 524,592 49.9%
Prakash Mishra Bharatiya Janata Party 403,391 38.3%
Panchanan Kanungo Indian National Congress 99,847 9.5%
Sanjaya Kumar Sahoo Independent 5,899 0.6%
Pramod Kumar Mallick Bahujan Samaj Party 4,408 0.4%
Akshaya Kumar Kar KP 3,823 0.4%
Brundaban Das Azad Independent 3,414 0.3%
Rajakishore Mallik SUCI(C) 2,756 0.3%
Somiya Ranjan Das BPP 1,409 0.1%
Biswajit Goswami KS 1,358 0.1%
Ashok Pradhan Independent 1,357 0.1%

Margin Over Time

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

1951: Indian National Congress margin 30.3 pts 1957: Indian National Congress margin 1.8 pts 1962: Indian National Congress margin 15.3 pts 1967: Praja Socialist Party margin 4.6 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 28.2 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 18.8 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 34.7 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 16.6 pts 1989: Janata Dal margin 31.9 pts 1991: Janata Dal margin 7.6 pts 1996: Janata Dal margin 8.3 pts 1998: Biju Janata Dal margin 17.0 pts 1999: Biju Janata Dal margin 33.1 pts 2004: Biju Janata Dal margin 21.1 pts 2009: Biju Janata Dal margin 29.0 pts 2014: Biju Janata Dal margin 31.4 pts 2019: Biju Janata Dal margin 11.5 pts 1951 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Cuttack has been contested at 17 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1951. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Praja Socialist Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Janata Dal, Biju Janata Dal.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Cuttack in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Bhartruhari Mahtab (Biju Janata Dal) won Cuttack, Odisha, in 2019 with 524,592 votes (49.9%), a margin of 121,201 votes over Prakash Mishra.

Which parties have won Cuttack since 1951?

Since 1951, Cuttack has been won by: Bharatiya Lok Dal, Biju Janata Dal, Congress (I), Indian National Congress, Janata Dal, Praja Socialist Party.

What was the closest result in Cuttack?

The closest result on record for Cuttack was 1957, when Indian National Congress beat Praja Socialist Party by just 3,150 votes (1.8 percentage points).

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