Odisha Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Schedule, phase, seats, candidates and all you need to know about Odisha General Elections

Odisha Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Date: The state of Odisha with 21 Lok Sabha seats in its account, marks itself as one of the key states during the Lok Sabha Elections, and with local parties like BJD tightening the grip over the state politics over past decade, national parties like BJP and INC, needs to come up with strong strategies, in order to cement their position in the state.

Odisha Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Odisha is expected to witness a close three-way tussle between BJP, BJD and INC, in the upcoming mega elections.

Odisha Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The 2024 Lok Sabha elections in the state of Odisha witnessed 6 of its 21 seats going for polling in phase 6 on Saturday, May 25. Odisha was one of the four states during phase 6 that recorded a total voter turnout per cent higher than the national average, as it recorded a total voter turnout of 70.99 per cent in comparison to the national average of 61.85 per cent. Odisha recorded a total voter turnout of 73.97 per cent during phase 4 and 73.50 per cent in phase 5, taking their overall numbers to 72.82 per cent. The remaining 6 seats of the state will go for polling in phase 7 before the final result announcement on Tuesday, June 4.

Odisha, which was a stronghold of Congress-led UPA, has witnessed a huge downfall in the state in the last couple of Lok Sabha Elections. Notably, things are not very comfortable for BJP either, as BJD (Biju Janata Dal), after parting ways from NDA in 2008, under the leadership of Naveen Patnaik, has made the state of Odisha as the fort of their own.

The effects of Lok Sabha Election results of Odisha is not only limited to state boundaries, but also define the mood of the eastern states, which might end up playing a crucial role in the formation of government in the centre. However, BJP will be a little more confident about performing better in the state, after their significant rise in the last couple of Lok Sabha Elections.

When is Odisha Lok Sabha Elections?

The Lok Sabha Elections in Odisha are going to be held in the second half of the electoral period, with the official dates being May 13, May 20, May 25 and June 1.

Phase 4: Date of polling- May 13

Kalahandi
Nabarangpur
Berhampur
Koraput

Phase 5: Date of polling- May 20

Bargarh
Sundargarh
Bolangir
Kandhamal
Aska

Phase 6: Date of polling- May 25

Sambalpur
Keonjhar
Dhenkanal
Puri
Bhubaneswar
Cuttack

Phase 7: Date of polling- June 1

Mayurbhanj
Balasore
Bhadrak
Jajpur
Kendrapara
Jagatsinghpur

How many phases Odisha will have?

The General Elections in Odisha are typically contested in three to four phases, as seen in both the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, following the same format, Odisha will once again has their 2024 General Elections in four phases, i.e., phases four, five, six and seven.

How many Lok Sabha constituencies Odisha has?

Odisha has a total of 21 Lok Sabha seats in their account, with three of them being reserved for SC candidates, while five seats are reserved for ST candidates. During the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, BJD under the leadership of Naveen Patnaik once again came out on top by winning 12 of the 21 seats, while BJP won 8 seats, leaving INC with one solidarity seat.

List of all the constituencies and elected members from Odisha Lok Sabha Elections of 2019:

No.	Constituency	Elected Member	Party
1	Bargarh	Suresh Pujari	BJP
2	Sundargarh (ST)	Jual Oram	BJP
3	Sambalpur	Nitesh Ganga Deb	BJP
4	Keonjhar (ST)	Chandrani Murmu	BJD
5	Mayurbhanj (ST)	Bishweswar Tudu	BJP
6	Balasore	Pratap Sarangi	BJP
7	Bhadrak (SC)	Manjulata Mandal	BJD
8	Jajpur (SC)	Sarmistha Sethi	BJD
9	Dhenkanal	Mahesh Sahoo	BJD
10	Bolangir	Sangeeta Singh Deo	BJP
11	Kalahandi	Basanta Kumar Panda	BJP
12	Nabarangpur (ST)	Ramesh Chandra Majhi	BJD
13	Kandhamal	Achyuta Samanta	BJD
14	Cuttack	Bhartruhari Mahtab	BJD
15	Kendrapara	Anubhav Mohanty	BJD
16	Jagatsinghpur (SC)	Rajashree Mallick	BJD
17	Puri	Pinaki Misra	BJD
18	Bhubaneswar	Aparajita Sarangi	BJP
19	Aska	Pramila Bisoyi	BJD
20	Berhampur	Chandra Sekhar Sahu	BJD
21	Koraput (SC)	Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka	INC

List of candidates for 2024 elections

The 18th Lok Sabha Elections in Odisha, will once again witness a three way tussle, as the leading party of BJD, will be going toe-to-toe with both NDA and I.N.D.I.A alliance. BJD, who witnessed a drop of eight seats in 2019 elections in comparison of 2014, will be looking to regain their complete dominance over the state once again, while BJP will try to extend their reach further in the state by taking the number of seats to double digits this time.

List of all the candidates for Odisha Lok Sabha Elections 2024:

No.	Constituency	I.N.D.I.A	NDA	BJD
1	Bargarh (ST)	Sanjay Bhoi (INC)	Pradeep Purohit (BJP)	Parineeta Mishra (BJD)
2	Sundargarh (ST)	Janardan Dehury (INC)	Jurel Oram (BJP)	Dilip Tirkey (BJD)
3	Sambalpur		Dharmendra Pradhan (BJP)	Pranab Prakash Das (BJD)
4	Keonjhar (ST)	Mohan Hembram (INC)	Ananta Nayak (BJP)	Dhanurjay Siddu (BJD)
5	Mayurbhanj (ST)	Anjani Soren (JMM)	Naba Charan Majhi (BJP)	Sudam Marndi (BJD)
6	Balasore	Srikant Kumar Jena (INC)	Pratap Sarangi (BJP)	Lekhashree Samantsinghar (BJD)
7	Bhadrak (SC)	Anant Prasad Sethi (INC)	Avimanyu Sethi (BJP)	Manjulata Mandal (BJD)
8	Jajpur (SC)	Anchal Das (INC)	Rabindra Narayan Behra (BJP)	Sarmistha Sethi (BJD)
9	Dhenkanal	Sashmita Behra (INC)	Rudra Narayan Pany (BJP)	Avinash Samal (BJD)
10	Bolangir	Manoj Mishra (INC)	Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo (BJP)	Surendra Singh Bhoi (BJD)
11	Kalahandi	Draupadi Manjhi (INC)	Malvika Keshari Deo (BJP)	Lambodhar Nial (BJD)
12	Nabarangpur (ST)	Bhujbal Manjhi (INC)	Balabhadra Majhi (BJP)	Pradeep Majhi (BJD)
13	Kandhamal	Amir Chand Nayak (INC)	Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi (BJP)	Achyuta Samanta (BJD)
14	Cuttack		Bhartuhari Mehtab (BJP)	Santrupt Mishra (BJD)
15	Kendrapara	Sidharth Swarup Das (INC)	Baijayant Jay Panda (BJP)	Anshuman Mohanty (BJD)
16	Jagatsinghpur (SC)	Rabindra Kumar Sethy (INC)	Bibhu Prasad Tarai (BJP)	Rajashree Mallick (BJD)
17	Puri	Sucheta Mohanty (INC)	Sambit Patra (BJP)	Arup Patnaik (BJD)
18	Bhubaneswar	Yasir Nawaz (INC)	Aprajita Sarangi (BJP)	Manmath Routray (BJD)
19	Aska		Anita Subhadarshani (BJP)	Ranjita Sahu (BJD)
20	Berhampur	Rashmi Ranjan Patnaik (INC)	Pardeep Kumar Panigrahy (BJP)	Bhrugu Baxipatra (BJD)
21	Koraput (SC)	Saptgiri Sankar Ulaka (INC)	Kaleram Majhi (BJP)	Kausalya Hikaka (BJD)

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