ODISHA · 1998

21 seats

Seats21

Electors2.34 Cr

Votes polled1.36 Cr

Median turnout58.7%

Party standings

21 seats · majority 11

Biju Janata Dal 9 of 21 seats · 42.9% 2 short of a majority

Biju Janata Dal 9

Bharatiya Janta Party 7

Indian National Congress 5

by constituency number

#	Constituency	Winner	Party	Votes	Margin	Margin %	Turnout
1	Mayurbhanj	Salkhan Murmu	BJP	605,559	74,319	12.3	65.3
2	BalasoreST	Mahameghabhan Aira Kharabela Swain	BJP	799,468	84,002	10.5	66.6
3	Bhadrak	Arjun Charan Sethi	BJD	707,522	33,578	4.7	60.8
4	JajpurST	Rama Chandra Mallick	INC	626,155	91,864	14.7	55.0
5	KendraparaST	Prabhat Kumar Samantaray	BJD	658,175	7,825	1.2	59.9
6	Cuttack	Bhartruhari Mahatab	BJD	668,198	112,694	16.9	57.0
7	JagatsinghpurSC	Ranjib Biswal	INC	759,243	19,929	2.6	64.2
8	PuriSC	Braja Kishore Tripathy	BJD	704,808	52,545	7.5	61.8
9	Bhubaneswar	Prasamna Kumar Patasani	BJD	662,966	127,908	19.3	53.2
10	Aska	Naveen Patnaik	BJD	585,846	86,211	14.7	51.0
11	Berhampur	Smt. Jayanti Patnaik	INC	564,119	35,240	6.2	50.8
12	KoraputST	Giridhar Gamang	INC	513,511	81,516	15.9	47.3
13	Nowrangpur	Khagapati Pradhani	INC	586,689	73,935	12.6	55.9
14	Kalahandi	Bikram Keshari Deo	BJP	621,213	119,914	19.3	61.1
15	Phulbani	Padmanava Behera	BJD	615,132	91,072	14.8	56.2
16	BolangirSC	Sangeeta Kumari Singhdeo	BJP	594,115	158,531	26.7	58.2
17	Sambalpur	Prasanna Acharya	BJD	691,446	24,768	3.6	59.8
18	Deogarh	Debendra Pradhan	BJP	677,421	105,427	15.6	59.8
19	Dhenkanal	Tathagata Satapathy	BJD	593,670	32,511	5.5	54.4
20	Sundargarh	Jual Oram	BJP	680,038	126,028	18.5	58.7
21	KeonjharST	Upendranath Nayak	BJP	659,477	86,275	13.1	62.4