1998
1996199119891984198019771971196719621957Total Constituencies: 21
Odisha Lok Sabha Election 1998 covered all 21 parliamentary constituencies in the state. The INC received the highest statewide vote share at 41.04% and won 5 seats, while the BJD received 27.50% of the vote and won 9 seats. The BJP won 7 seats with 21.19% of the vote.
The table below shows party-wise results based on total votes received across Odisha.
| Party Name | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Vote Share | Vote Share on Contested | Total Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 5 | 41.04% | 41.04% | 54,77,410 | |
| 12 | 9 | 27.50% | 47.74% | 36,69,825 | |
| 9 | 7 | 21.19% | 49.99% | 28,28,709 | |
| JD | 16 | 0 | 4.93% | 6.48% | 6,57,790 |
| 2 | 0 | 2.13% | 22.63% | 2,83,943 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0.99% | 9.94% | 1,32,089 |
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Margin(%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Votes | |||
| Mayurbhanj | Salkhan Murmu | BJP | 2,49,255 | Susila Tiria | INC | 1,74,936 | 74,319 | 12.55 |
| Balasore | Mahameghabhan Aira Kharabela Swain | BJP | 4,21,068 | Kartik Mohapatra | INC | 3,37,066 | 84,002 | 10.61 |
| Bhadrak | Arjun Charan Sethi | BJD | 3,50,322 | Muralidhar Jena | INC | 3,16,744 | 33,578 | 4.79 |
| Jajpur | Rama Chandra Mallick | INC | 2,83,455 | Jagannath Mallik | BJD | 1,91,591 | 91,864 | 14.82 |
| Kendrapara | Prabhat Kumar Samantaray | BJD | 2,82,736 | Archana Nayak | INC | 2,74,911 | 7,825 | 1.2 |
| Cuttack | Bhartruhari Mahatab | BJD | 3,50,314 | Syed Mustafiz Ahmed | INC | 2,37,620 | 1,12,694 | 17.02 |
| Jagatsinghpur | Ranjib Biswal | INC | 3,37,492 | Trilochan Kanungo | BJD | 3,17,563 | 19,929 | 2.65 |
| Puri | Braja Kishore Tripathy | BJD | 3,58,978 | Pinaki Mishra | INC | 3,06,433 | 52,545 | 7.54 |
| Bhubaneswar | Prasamna Kumar Patasani | BJD | 3,78,849 | Saumya Ranjan Pattanaik | INC | 2,50,941 | 1,27,908 | 19.45 |
| Aska | Naveen Patnaik | BJD | 3,10,751 | Chandra Sekhar Sahoo | INC | 2,24,540 | 86,211 | 14.95 |
| Berhampur | Smt. Jayanti Patnaik | INC | 2,71,044 | Gopinath Gajapati Narayandeo | BJP | 2,35,804 | 35,240 | 6.37 |
| Koraput | Giridhar Gamang | INC | 2,67,425 | Jayaram Pangi | BJD | 1,85,909 | 81,516 | 16.44 |
| Nowrangpur | Khagapati Pradhani | INC | 2,80,444 | Parsuram Majhi | BJP | 2,06,509 | 73,935 | 13.2 |
| Kalahandi | Bikram Keshari Deo | BJP | 3,44,703 | Bhakta Charan Das | INC | 2,24,789 | 1,19,914 | 19.67 |
| Phulbani | Padmanava Behera | BJD | 3,32,786 | Mrutyunjaya Nayak | INC | 2,41,714 | 91,072 | 15.04 |
| Bolangir | Sangeeta Kumari Singhdeo | BJP | 3,60,575 | Sarat Pattanayak | INC | 2,02,044 | 1,58,531 | 27.15 |
| Sambalpur | Prasanna Acharya | BJD | 3,10,870 | Dr. Krupasindhu Bhoi | INC | 2,86,102 | 24,768 | 3.65 |
| Deogarh | Debendra Pradhan | BJP | 3,46,820 | Shriballav Panigrahi | INC | 2,41,393 | 1,05,427 | 15.91 |
| Dhenkanal | Tathagata Satapathy | BJD | 2,99,156 | Kamakshya Prasad Singhdeo | INC | 2,66,645 | 32,511 | 5.54 |
| Sundargarh | Jual Oram | BJP | 3,16,069 | Sunil Kumar Singhdeo | INC | 1,90,041 | 1,26,028 | 19.02 |
| Keonjhar | Upendranath Nayak | BJP | 3,47,906 | Madhaba Sardar | INC | 2,61,631 | 86,275 | 13.41 |
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