Jajpur, Odisha — Lok Sabha Election Results

Jajpur (Odisha) was won by Sarmistha Sethi (Biju Janata Dal) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 101,693 votes over Amiya Kanta Mallick. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Jajpur, Odisha, from 1962 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1962–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1962 Ramachandra Mallick Indian National Congress 80,748 62.2% Baishnab Charan Mallick (Praja Socialist Party) 35,697 (27.5 pts)
1967 B. Behera Praja Socialist Party 171,207 61.5% R. C. Mallick (Indian National Congress) 64,037 (23.0 pts)
1971 Anandi Charan Das Indian National Congress 149,208 50.5% Rama Chandra Mallick (UTC) 76,138 (25.8 pts)
1977 Rama Chandra Mallick Bharatiya Lok Dal 171,191 55.6% Baishnab Charan Mallick (Indian National Congress) 49,660 (16.1 pts)
1980 Anadi Charan Das Congress (I) 191,676 54.5% Ram Chandra Mallick (Janata Party (Secular)) 84,938 (24.1 pts)
1984 Anadi Charan Das Indian National Congress 252,316 54.1% Rama Chandra Mallick (Janata Party) 59,505 (12.8 pts)
1989 Anadi Charan Das Janata Dal 326,710 52.7% Rama Chandra Mallick (Indian National Congress) 79,332 (12.8 pts)
1991 Anadi Charan Das Janata Dal 259,523 46.1% Nabakishore Mallik (Indian National Congress) 11,429 (2.0 pts)
1996 Anchal Das Janata Dal 294,110 46.3% Anadi Das (Indian National Congress) 3,873 (0.6 pts)
1998 Rama Chandra Mallick Indian National Congress 283,455 45.7% Jagannath Mallik (Biju Janata Dal) 91,864 (14.8 pts)
1999 Jagannath Mallik Biju Janata Dal 351,442 59.2% Rama Chandra Mallik (Indian National Congress) 113,984 (19.2 pts)
2004 Mohan Jena Biju Janata Dal 452,177 51.6% Amiya Kanta Mallik (Indian National Congress) 51,466 (5.9 pts)
2009 Mohan Jena Biju Janata Dal 433,350 53.0% Amiya Kanta Mallik (Indian National Congress) 127,747 (15.6 pts)
2014 Rita Tarai Biju Janata Dal 541,349 55.2% Asok Das (Indian National Congress) 320,271 (32.7 pts)
2019 Sarmistha Sethi Biju Janata Dal 544,020 50.1% Amiya Kanta Mallick (Bharatiya Janata Party) 101,693 (9.4 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ramachandra Mallick Indian National Congress 80,748 62.2%
Baishnab Charan Mallick Praja Socialist Party 45,051 34.7%
Lakshmidhar Jena Independent 4,124 3.2%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
B. Behera Praja Socialist Party 171,207 61.5%
R. C. Mallick Indian National Congress 107,170 38.5%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Anandi Charan Das Indian National Congress 149,208 50.5%
Rama Chandra Mallick UTC 73,070 24.7%
Baidhar Behera Praja Socialist Party 52,264 17.7%
Harekrushna Mallick Congress (O) 20,731 7.0%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Rama Chandra Mallick Bharatiya Lok Dal 171,191 55.6%
Baishnab Charan Mallick Indian National Congress 121,531 39.4%
Baishnab Jena SUC 15,373 5.0%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Anadi Charan Das Congress (I) 191,676 54.5%
Ram Chandra Mallick Janata Party (Secular) 106,738 30.3%
Santanu Kumar Das Janata Party 21,956 6.2%
Baishnab Jena SUC 19,932 5.7%
Baishnab Charan Mallick Congress (U) 11,400 3.2%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Anadi Charan Das Indian National Congress 252,316 54.1%
Rama Chandra Mallick Janata Party 192,811 41.3%
Baishnab Jena Independent 15,368 3.3%
Jagabandhu Das Independent 5,920 1.3%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Anadi Charan Das Janata Dal 326,710 52.7%
Rama Chandra Mallick Indian National Congress 247,378 39.9%
Rajkishore Behera JNP (JP) 20,938 3.4%
Bhaskar Jena Independent 14,519 2.3%
Benudhr Das Independent 3,685 0.6%
Jagahandhu Das Bahujan Samaj Party 3,252 0.5%
Abhiram Das DDP 2,946 0.5%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Anadi Charan Das Janata Dal 259,523 46.1%
Nabakishore Mallik Indian National Congress 248,094 44.1%
Bishnudutta Arya Bharatiya Janata Party 28,471 5.1%
Bhaskar Jena Independent 10,315 1.8%
Baishnab Charan Mallick Janata Party 7,195 1.3%
Abhiram Das DDP 5,705 1.0%
Gobardhan Jena Independent 1,302 0.2%
Narayan Mallik Independent 1,033 0.2%
Dhrubananda Behera Independent 729 0.1%
Agni Charan Jena Independent 546 0.1%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Anchal Das Janata Dal 294,110 46.3%
Anadi Das Indian National Congress 290,237 45.7%
Bishnu Dutta Arya Bharatiya Janata Party 31,495 5.0%
Bhaskar Chandra Jena Independent 10,659 1.7%
Janmejay Jena Independent 2,701 0.4%
Abhimanyu Jena Independent 1,868 0.3%
Radhasyam Jena Independent 1,286 0.2%
Sashikanta Mallik Independent 1,106 0.2%
Gobardhan Jena Independent 709 0.1%
Satrughana Mallik Independent 542 0.1%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Rama Chandra Mallick Indian National Congress 283,455 45.7%
Jagannath Mallik Biju Janata Dal 191,591 30.9%
Mohan Jena Janata Dal 137,678 22.2%
Rabindra Mallik Bahujan Samaj Party 6,271 1.0%
Rubirani Dalai Independent 1,014 0.2%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jagannath Mallik Biju Janata Dal 351,442 59.2%
Rama Chandra Mallik Indian National Congress 237,458 40.0%
Jagabandhu Mallik Janata Dal (United) 2,587 0.4%
Dhaneswar Mallik AJBP 2,280 0.4%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mohan Jena Biju Janata Dal 452,177 51.6%
Amiya Kanta Mallik Indian National Congress 400,711 45.7%
Radhaballav Mallik Independent 13,017 1.5%
Bijay Kumar Mallik BMVP 10,303 1.2%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mohan Jena Biju Janata Dal 433,350 53.0%
Amiya Kanta Mallik Indian National Congress 305,603 37.4%
Parameswar Sethi Bharatiya Janata Party 48,890 6.0%
Kalandi Mallik Independent 13,079 1.6%
Ajit Kumar Jena SAMO 9,837 1.2%
Babuli Malik OMM 2,591 0.3%
Udaya Nath Jena Independent 1,984 0.2%
Bhimsen Behera JHKP 1,774 0.2%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Rita Tarai Biju Janata Dal 541,349 55.2%
Asok Das Indian National Congress 221,078 22.5%
Amiya Kanta Mallick Bharatiya Janata Party 150,789 15.4%
Nabin Kumar Dalai Independent 29,142 3.0%
None Of The Above Independent 8,655 0.9%
Kalandi Malik Aam Aadmi Party 8,269 0.8%
Subas Chandra Mallick SUCI(C) 8,065 0.8%
Debendra Kumar Mallik Bahujan Samaj Party 6,926 0.7%
Ranjit Malik BMP 3,409 0.3%
Gayadhar Mallick SKD 2,753 0.3%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sarmistha Sethi Biju Janata Dal 544,020 50.1%
Amiya Kanta Mallick Bharatiya Janata Party 442,327 40.8%
Manas Jena Indian National Congress 83,321 7.7%
Subasa Chandra Malik SUCI(C) 4,950 0.5%
Tilottama Sethy PBI 4,470 0.4%
Ranjit Malik BMP 2,049 0.2%
Sunakar Behera JPJD 1,985 0.2%
Bhima Sen Behera FPI 1,801 0.2%

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 27.5 pts 1967: Praja Socialist Party margin 23.0 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 25.8 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 16.1 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 24.1 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 12.8 pts 1989: Janata Dal margin 12.8 pts 1991: Janata Dal margin 2.0 pts 1996: Janata Dal margin 0.6 pts 1998: Indian National Congress margin 14.8 pts 1999: Biju Janata Dal margin 19.2 pts 2004: Biju Janata Dal margin 5.9 pts 2009: Biju Janata Dal margin 15.6 pts 2014: Biju Janata Dal margin 32.7 pts 2019: Biju Janata Dal margin 9.4 pts 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Jajpur 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, Praja Socialist Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Janata Dal, Biju Janata Dal.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Jajpur in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Sarmistha Sethi (Biju Janata Dal) won Jajpur, Odisha, in 2019 with 544,020 votes (50.1%), a margin of 101,693 votes over Amiya Kanta Mallick.

Which parties have won Jajpur since 1962?

Since 1962, Jajpur 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 Jajpur?

The closest result on record for Jajpur was 1996, when Janata Dal beat Indian National Congress by just 3,873 votes (0.6 percentage points).

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