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Puri, Odisha — Lok Sabha Election Results

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

Puri (Odisha) was won by Pinaki Misra (Biju Janata Dal) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 11,714 votes over Dr Sambit Patra. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Puri, Odisha, from 1951 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1951–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1951 Lokanath Misra Indian National Congress 85,945 55.2% Man Mohan Misra (Communist Party of India) 16,268 (10.4 pts)
1957 Chintamani Panigrahi Communist Party of India 76,839 48.8% Lokanath Misra (Indian National Congress) 8,036 (5.1 pts)
1962 Bibudhendra Misra Indian National Congress 83,848 60.7% Panigrahi Chintamani (Communist Party of India) 29,565 (21.4 pts)
1967 R. Ray Samyukta Socialist Party 143,901 59.2% B. Misra (Indian National Congress) 59,258 (24.4 pts)
1971 Banamali Patanaik Indian National Congress 117,354 40.5% Padma Charan Samatasinhar (UTC) 46,777 (16.1 pts)
1977 Padmacharan Samantasinhar Bharatiya Lok Dal 179,802 62.2% Banamali Patnaik (Indian National Congress) 70,541 (24.4 pts)
1980 Brajamohan Mohanty Congress (I) 201,753 59.9% Padmacharan Samantasinhar (Janata Party (Secular)) 121,803 (36.1 pts)
1984 Brajamohan Mohenty Indian National Congress 239,019 52.6% Ranjit Mohanty (Janata Party) 104,440 (23.0 pts)
1989 Nilamani Routray Janata Dal 367,618 59.8% Brajamohan Mohanti (Indian National Congress) 139,572 (22.7 pts)
1991 Braja Kishore Tripathy Janata Dal 275,608 48.7% Gangadhar Mahapatra (Indian National Congress) 38,957 (6.9 pts)
1996 Pinaki Mishra Indian National Congress 352,837 51.8% Brajakishore Tripathy (Janata Dal) 112,308 (16.5 pts)
1998 Braja Kishore Tripathy Biju Janata Dal 358,978 51.5% Pinaki Mishra (Indian National Congress) 52,545 (7.5 pts)
1999 Braja Kishore Tripathy Biju Janata Dal 383,060 58.0% Jayant Das (Indian National Congress) 131,745 (19.9 pts)
2004 Braja Kishore Tripathy Biju Janata Dal 462,248 52.0% Pinaki Misra (Indian National Congress) 60,960 (6.9 pts)
2009 Pinaki Misra Biju Janata Dal 436,961 48.0% Debendra Nath Mansingh (Indian National Congress) 211,305 (23.2 pts)
2014 Pinaki Misra Biju Janata Dal 523,161 50.3% Sucharita Mohanty (Indian National Congress) 263,361 (25.3 pts)
2019 Pinaki Misra Biju Janata Dal 538,321 47.7% Dr Sambit Patra (Bharatiya Janata Party) 11,714 (1.0 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Lokanath Misra Indian National Congress 85,945 55.2%
Man Mohan Misra Communist Party of India 69,677 44.8%

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chintamani Panigrahi Communist Party of India 76,839 48.8%
Lokanath Misra Indian National Congress 68,803 43.7%
Nanda Kumar Shukla Independent 11,909 7.6%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bibudhendra Misra Indian National Congress 83,848 60.7%
Panigrahi Chintamani Communist Party of India 54,283 39.3%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
R. Ray Samyukta Socialist Party 143,901 59.2%
B. Misra Indian National Congress 84,643 34.8%
R. C. Das Independent 14,620 6.0%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Banamali Patanaik Indian National Congress 117,354 40.5%
Padma Charan Samatasinhar UTC 70,577 24.3%
Mohan Das Communist Party of India 52,240 18.0%
Rabi Ray Samyukta Socialist Party 49,824 17.2%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Padmacharan Samantasinhar Bharatiya Lok Dal 179,802 62.2%
Banamali Patnaik Indian National Congress 109,261 37.8%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Brajamohan Mohanty Congress (I) 201,753 59.9%
Padmacharan Samantasinhar Janata Party (Secular) 79,950 23.7%
Harihar Bahinipati Janata Party 43,596 12.9%
Sarat Kumar Mansingh All India Forward Bloc 11,687 3.5%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Brajamohan Mohenty Indian National Congress 239,019 52.6%
Ranjit Mohanty Janata Party 134,579 29.6%
Partap Chandra Rath Bharatiya Janata Party 37,291 8.2%
Ghanashyam Jena Independent 16,068 3.5%
Pradipta Kumar Dash LKD 13,589 3.0%
Pradyumma Kumar Satpathy Independent 8,578 1.9%
Chintamani Mishra Independent 3,496 0.8%
Deviprasad Mishra Independent 2,129 0.5%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Nilamani Routray Janata Dal 367,618 59.8%
Brajamohan Mohanti Indian National Congress 228,046 37.1%
Hemchand Choudhury JNP (JP) 8,343 1.4%
Mahesh Prasad Rath DDP 4,171 0.7%
Sarat Routray KGP 3,330 0.5%
Rajkishore Dash Independent 1,798 0.3%
Gangadhar Sahoo Independent 944 0.2%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Braja Kishore Tripathy Janata Dal 275,608 48.7%
Gangadhar Mahapatra Indian National Congress 236,651 41.8%
Krushna Chandra Jagdeb Bharatiya Janata Party 33,178 5.9%
Harihar Bahinipati Janata Party 7,669 1.4%
Rajkishore Ray OVP 3,828 0.7%
Narayan Kandi Bahujan Samaj Party 3,076 0.5%
Manorama Sarangi (W) Independent 2,782 0.5%
Ashwiny Gautam LKD 1,361 0.2%
Raj Kishore Dash Independent 1,250 0.2%
Bibhupada Mishra Independent 611 0.1%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Pinaki Mishra Indian National Congress 352,837 51.8%
Brajakishore Tripathy Janata Dal 240,529 35.3%
Krushna Chandra Jagadev Bharatiya Janata Party 74,114 10.9%
Chintamani Pujapanda Independent 3,535 0.5%
Krishna Chandra Swain Independent 1,762 0.3%
Ajaya Kumar Mishra Independent 1,759 0.3%
Rama Chadra Pradhan Independent 1,376 0.2%
Sagar Bhoi Independent 1,151 0.2%
Satyanarayn Sahu Independent 1,121 0.2%
Bibhupada Mishra Independent 1,048 0.2%
Karunakar Prusty Independent 964 0.1%
Sanat Kumar Mishra Independent 690 0.1%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Braja Kishore Tripathy Biju Janata Dal 358,978 51.5%
Pinaki Mishra Indian National Congress 306,433 44.0%
Durga Charan Routray Janata Dal 14,287 2.1%
Krushna Chandra Swain Independent 8,768 1.3%
Pitabasa Kandi Bahujan Samaj Party 3,442 0.5%
Khitish Biswal CPI (ML) Liberation 3,121 0.4%
Himansu Mohapatra Rashtriya Janata Dal 1,853 0.3%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Braja Kishore Tripathy Biju Janata Dal 383,060 58.0%
Jayant Das Indian National Congress 251,315 38.0%
Jagannath Mishra CPI (Marxist) 13,026 2.0%
Kshitish Biswal CPI (ML) Liberation 3,574 0.5%
Akshaya Champatiray AJBP 3,161 0.5%
Satrughna Behera BRPP 2,207 0.3%
Krushna Chandra Swain Independent 2,187 0.3%
Agadhu Behera Independent 1,651 0.2%
Raj Kishore Dash Independent 498 0.1%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Braja Kishore Tripathy Biju Janata Dal 462,248 52.0%
Pinaki Misra Indian National Congress 401,288 45.1%
Kshitish Biswal CPI (ML) Liberation 25,419 2.9%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Pinaki Misra Biju Janata Dal 436,961 48.0%
Debendra Nath Mansingh Indian National Congress 225,656 24.8%
Braja Kishore Tripathy Bharatiya Janata Party 209,287 23.0%
Prabhat Kumar Badapanda Independent 12,017 1.3%
Sabyasachi Mohapatra KS 10,925 1.2%
Jitendra Kumar Sahoo Bahujan Samaj Party 9,211 1.0%
Kshitish Biswal CPI (ML) Liberation 6,094 0.7%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Pinaki Misra Biju Janata Dal 523,161 50.3%
Sucharita Mohanty Indian National Congress 259,800 25.0%
Ashok Sahu Bharatiya Janata Party 215,763 20.8%
Sabyasachi Mohapatra KS 13,190 1.3%
None Of The Above Independent 9,150 0.9%
Bhaskar Chandra Mohanty Bahujan Samaj Party 7,094 0.7%
Ashok Pradhan CPI (ML) Liberation 6,969 0.7%
Nirad Baran Khuntia Aam Aadmi Party 4,262 0.4%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Pinaki Misra Biju Janata Dal 538,321 47.7%
Dr Sambit Patra Bharatiya Janata Party 526,607 46.7%
Satya Prakash Nayak Indian National Congress 44,734 4.0%
Nrusingha Charan Das Bahujan Samaj Party 6,283 0.6%
Jayaprakash Sethi ABHM 5,008 0.4%
Mandakini Sethi CPI (ML) Liberation 2,651 0.2%
Sabyasachi Mohapatra KS 2,487 0.2%
Ranjan Mishra CPI(ML)RS 2,312 0.2%

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 10.4 pts 1957: Communist Party of India margin 5.1 pts 1962: Indian National Congress margin 21.4 pts 1967: Samyukta Socialist Party margin 24.4 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 16.1 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 24.4 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 36.1 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 23.0 pts 1989: Janata Dal margin 22.7 pts 1991: Janata Dal margin 6.9 pts 1996: Indian National Congress margin 16.5 pts 1998: Biju Janata Dal margin 7.5 pts 1999: Biju Janata Dal margin 19.9 pts 2004: Biju Janata Dal margin 6.9 pts 2009: Biju Janata Dal margin 23.2 pts 2014: Biju Janata Dal margin 25.3 pts 2019: Biju Janata Dal margin 1.0 pts 1951 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Puri 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, Communist Party of India, Samyukta Socialist Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Janata Dal, Biju Janata Dal.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Puri in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Pinaki Misra (Biju Janata Dal) won Puri, Odisha, in 2019 with 538,321 votes (47.7%), a margin of 11,714 votes over Dr Sambit Patra.

Which parties have won Puri since 1951?

Since 1951, Puri has been won by: Bharatiya Lok Dal, Biju Janata Dal, Communist Party of India, Congress (I), Indian National Congress, Janata Dal, Samyukta Socialist Party.

What was the closest result in Puri?

The closest result on record for Puri was 2019, when Biju Janata Dal beat Bharatiya Janata Party by just 11,714 votes (1.0 percentage points).

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