1998 Indian general election in Orissa

1998 Indian general election in Orissa were held on 16, 22 and 28 February 1998 to elect the members of the twelfth Lok Sabha. The elections were held three years ahead of schedule after the government led by Inder Kumar Gujral collapsed when the Indian National Congress (INC) withdrew its support in November 1997.

The result was another hung parliament, with no party or alliance able to muster a majority. However, Atal Bihari Vajpayee of the Bharatiya Janata Party was able to form a coalition government led by the National Democratic Alliance with the outside support of the Telugu Desam Party. He was sworn in as Prime Minister with support from 272 of 543 MPs. However, his government collapsed on 17 April 1999 when the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam withdrew its support, after Vajpayee refused to meet the demands of its leader J. Jayalalithaa, namely halting the corruption cases against her and the sacking of the Tamil Nadu government led by her bete-noire M. Karunanidhi. This led to fresh elections in 1999.

The elections were the second consecutive general elections in which the party that received the most votes did not win the most seats.

In Orissa, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) was formed in 1998 after breaking away from the Janata Dal. In its debut in the 1998 general election, the BJD allied with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and won nine seats. Following this victory, Naveen Patnaik was appointed Union Minister for Mines. Together, the BJP–BJD alliance secured 16 out of the 21 Lok Sabha seats in the state, while the Janata Dal suffered a major defeat, with its vote share reduced to just 4 percent.

Seat sharing of parties Party/Alliance FlagElectoral symbolLeaderSeats contestedIndian National CongressGiridhar Gamang21rowspan=2 National Democratic AllianceBiju Janata DalNaveen Patnaik12Bharatiya Janata PartyAtal Bihari Vajpayee9

List of Candidates ConstituencyNDAINCJD+ No. Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate1Mayurbhanj (ST) Salkhan Murmu Susila Tiria Chaitanya Prasad Majhi2Balasore M. A. Kharabela Swain Kartik Mohapatra Ananta Majhi3Bhadrak (SC) Arjun Charan Sethi Muralidhar Jena Bairagi Jena4Jajpur (SC) Jagannath Mallik Rama Chandra Mallick Mohan Jena5Kendrapara Prabhat Kumar Samantaray Archana Nayak Srikanta Kumar Jena6Cuttack Bhartruhari Mahatab Syed Mustafiz Ahmed Ranendra Pratap Swain7Jagatsinghpur Trilochan Kanungo Ranjib Biswal Abani Boral8Puri Braja Kishore Tripathy Pinaki Mishra Durga Charan Routray9Bhubaneswar Prasanna Kumar Patasani Saumya Ranjan Pattanaik Shivaji Pattanaik10Aska Naveen Patnaik Chandra Sekhar Sahoo Nityananda Pradhan11Berhampur Gopinath Gajapati Narayandeo Jayanti Patnaik Ali Kishore Pattanaik12Koraput (ST) Jayaram Pangi Giridhar Gamang Sankar Bidika13Nowrangpur (ST) Parsuram Majhi Khagapati Pradhani Bhagaban Majhi14Kalahandi Bikram Keshari Deo Bhakta Charan Das Duryodhan Majhi15Phulbani (SC) Padmanava Behera Mrutyunjaya Nayak Lecturer Bullion16Bolangir Sangeeta Kumari Singhdeo Sarat Pattanayak Pradeep Kumar Maharana17Sambalpur Prasanna Acharya Krupasindhu Bhoi Bijaya Singh Bariha18Deogarh Debendra Pradhan Shriballav Panigrahi Rabi Narayan Pani19Dhenkanal Tathagata Satapathy Kamakshya Prasad Singhdeo Sarat Kumar Mishra20Sundargarh (ST) Jual Oram Sunil Kumar SinghdeoDid not contest21Keonjhar (ST) Upendranath Nayak Madhaba Sardar Saharai Oram

Election Voter Turnout # Constituency Name Turnout1Mayurbhanj (ST)65.25%2Balasore66.62%3Bhadrak (SC)60.80%4Jajpur (SC)54.98%5Kendrapara59.88%6Cuttack56.95%7Jagatsinghpur64.15%8Puri61.80%9Bhubaneswar53.20%10Aska51.02%11Berhampur50.76%12Koraput (ST)47.34%13Nowrangpur (ST)55.89%14Kalahandi61.14%15Phulbani (SC)56.22%16Bolangir58.18%17Sambalpur59.79%18Deogarh59.80%19Dhenkanal54.43%20Sundargarh (ST)58.68%21Keonjhar (ST)62.42%

Results by Party/Alliance Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−rowspan="3" NDA BJD 36,69,825 27.50 12 9 BJP 28,28,709 21.19 7.77 9 7 7 Total 64,98,534 48.69 21 16 INC 54,77,410 41.04 3.86 21 5 11rowspan="4" JD+ JD 6,57,790 4.93 25.12 16 0 4CPI 1,32,089 0.99 0.65 2 0 CPI(M) 54,217 0.41 1.28 2 0 Total 8,44,096 6.33 20 0 JMM 2,83,943 2.13 0.58 2 0 Others 1,87,133 1.40 50 0 IND 55,156 0.41 5.27 21 0 Total 1,33,46,272 100% - 135 21 -

Source: https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4124-general-election-1998-vol-i-ii/https://www.indiavotes.com/lok-sabha/1998/orissa/12/6#:~:text=IndiaVotes%20PC:%20Orissa%201998,NDA%20UPA%20THIRD%20FRONT%20OTHERS

Detailed Results Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1Mayurbhanj (ST)Salkhan MurmuBJP2,49,25542.09Susila TiriaINC1,74,93629.5474,31912.552BalasoreM. A. Kharabela SwainBJP4,21,06853.17Kartik MohapatraINC3,37,06642.5684,00210.613Bhadrak (SC)Arjun Charan SethiBJD3,50,32249.99Muralidhar JenaINC3,16,74445.2033,5784.794Jajpur (SC)Rama Chandra MallickINC2,83,45545.72Jagannath MallikBJD1,91,59130.9091,86414.825KendraparaPrabhat Kumar SamantarayBJD2,82,73643.27Archana NayakINC2,74,91142.077,8251.206CuttackBhartruhari MahatabBJD3,50,31452.89Syed Mustafiz AhmedINC2,37,62035.871,12,69417.027JagatsinghpurRanjib BiswalINC3,37,49244.84Trilochan KanungoBJD3,17,56342.1919,9292.658PuriBraja Kishore TripathyBJD3,58,97851.51Pinaki MishraINC3,06,43343.9752,5457.549BhubaneswarPrasamna Kumar PatasaniBJD3,78,84957.61Saumya Ranjan PattanaikINC2,50,94138.161,27,90819.4510AskaNaveen PatnaikBJD3,10,75153.89Chandra Sekhar SahooINC2,24,54038.9486,21114.9511BerhampurJayanti PatnaikINC2,71,04449.05Gopinath NarayandeoBJP2,35,80442.6835,2406.3712Koraput (ST)Giridhar GamangINC2,67,42553.92Jayaram PangiBJD1,85,90937.4881,51616.4413Nowrangpur (ST)Khagapati PradhaniINC2,80,44450.06Parsuram MajhiBJP2,06,50936.8673,93513.2014KalahandiBikram Keshari DeoBJP3,44,70356.55Bhakta Charan DasINC2,24,78936.881,19,91419.6715Phulbani (SC)Padmanava BeheraBJD3,32,78654.95Mrutyunjaya NayakINC2,41,71439.9191,07215.0416BolangirSangeeta Kumari SinghdeoBJP3,60,57561.75Sarat PattanayakINC2,02,04434.601,58,53127.1517SambalpurPrasanna AcharyaBJD3,10,87045.77Krupasindhu BhoiINC2,86,10242.1224,7683.6518DeogarhDebendra PradhanBJP3,46,82052.34Shriballav PanigrahiINC2,41,39336.431,05,42715.9119DhenkanalTathagata SatapathyBJD2,99,15651.02Kamakshya Prasad SinghdeoINC2,66,64545.4832,5115.5420Sundargarh (ST)Jual OramBJP3,16,06947.71Sunil Kumar SinghdeoINC1,90,04128.691,26,02819.0221Keonjhar (ST)Upendranath NayakBJP3,47,90654.09Madhaba SardarINC2,61,63140.6886,27513.41

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Orissa #NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty1Naveen PatnaikAskaCabinet MinisterSteel19 March199813 Oct1999Mines2Dilip RayRajya Sabha(Odisha)MoS(I/C)Coal20 March1998MoSParliamentary Affairs22 May1998

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