1998 Indian general election in Orissa

1998 Indian general election in Orissa
16, 22 and 28 February 1998
21 (of 543) seats in the Lok Sabha
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Naveen Patnaik
Party BJD BJP INC
Alliance NDA NDA -
Seats won 9 7 5
Seat change 9 7 11
Popular vote 3,669,825 2,828,709 5,477,410
Percentage 27.50% 21.19% 41.04%
Swing 27.50% 7.77% 3.86%
Prime Minister before election

Inder Kumar Gujral
JD

Prime Minister after election

Atal Bihari Vajpayee
BJP

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.[1]

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.[2] This led to fresh elections in 1999.[3]

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 Flag Electoral symbol Leader Seats contested
Indian National Congress Giridhar Gamang 21
National Democratic Alliance Biju Janata Dal Naveen Patnaik 12
Bharatiya Janata Party Atal Bihari Vajpayee 9

List of Candidates

Constituency NDA INC JD+
No. Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate
1 Mayurbhanj (ST) BJP Salkhan Murmu INC Susila Tiria JD Chaitanya Prasad Majhi
2 Balasore BJP M. A. Kharabela Swain INC Kartik Mohapatra JD Ananta Majhi
3 Bhadrak (SC) BJD Arjun Charan Sethi INC Muralidhar Jena JD Bairagi Jena
4 Jajpur (SC) BJD Jagannath Mallik INC Rama Chandra Mallick JD Mohan Jena
5 Kendrapara BJD Prabhat Kumar Samantaray INC Archana Nayak JD Srikanta Kumar Jena
6 Cuttack BJD Bhartruhari Mahatab INC Syed Mustafiz Ahmed JD Ranendra Pratap Swain
7 Jagatsinghpur BJD Trilochan Kanungo INC Ranjib Biswal CPI Abani Boral
8 Puri BJD Braja Kishore Tripathy INC Pinaki Mishra JD Durga Charan Routray
9 Bhubaneswar BJD Prasanna Kumar Patasani INC Saumya Ranjan Pattanaik CPI(M) Shivaji Pattanaik
10 Aska BJD Naveen Patnaik INC Chandra Sekhar Sahoo CPI Nityananda Pradhan
11 Berhampur BJP Gopinath Gajapati Narayandeo INC Jayanti Patnaik CPI(M) Ali Kishore Pattanaik
12 Koraput (ST) BJD Jayaram Pangi INC Giridhar Gamang JD Sankar Bidika
13 Nowrangpur (ST) BJP Parsuram Majhi INC Khagapati Pradhani JD Bhagaban Majhi
14 Kalahandi BJP Bikram Keshari Deo INC Bhakta Charan Das JD Duryodhan Majhi
15 Phulbani (SC) BJD Padmanava Behera INC Mrutyunjaya Nayak JD Lecturer Bullion
16 Bolangir BJP Sangeeta Kumari Singhdeo INC Sarat Pattanayak JD Pradeep Kumar Maharana
17 Sambalpur BJD Prasanna Acharya INC Krupasindhu Bhoi JD Bijaya Singh Bariha
18 Deogarh BJP Debendra Pradhan INC Shriballav Panigrahi JD Rabi Narayan Pani
19 Dhenkanal BJD Tathagata Satapathy INC Kamakshya Prasad Singhdeo JD Sarat Kumar Mishra
20 Sundargarh (ST) BJP Jual Oram INC Sunil Kumar Singhdeo Did not contest
21 Keonjhar (ST) BJP Upendranath Nayak INC Madhaba Sardar JD Saharai Oram

Election Voter Turnout

# Constituency Name Turnout
1 Mayurbhanj (ST) 65.25%
2 Balasore 66.62%
3 Bhadrak (SC) 60.80%
4 Jajpur (SC) 54.98%
5 Kendrapara 59.88%
6 Cuttack 56.95%
7 Jagatsinghpur 64.15%
8 Puri 61.80%
9 Bhubaneswar 53.20%
10 Aska 51.02%
11 Berhampur 50.76%
12 Koraput (ST) 47.34%
13 Nowrangpur (ST) 55.89%
14 Kalahandi 61.14%
15 Phulbani (SC) 56.22%
16 Bolangir 58.18%
17 Sambalpur 59.79%
18 Deogarh 59.80%
19 Dhenkanal 54.43%
20 Sundargarh (ST) 58.68%
21 Keonjhar (ST) 62.42%

Results by Party/Alliance

Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
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 11
JD+ JD 6,57,790 4.93 25.12 16 0 4
CPI 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: [4][5]

Detailed Results

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Mayurbhanj (ST) Salkhan Murmu BJP 2,49,255 42.09 Susila Tiria INC 1,74,936 29.54 74,319 12.55
2 Balasore M. A. Kharabela Swain BJP 4,21,068 53.17 Kartik Mohapatra INC 3,37,066 42.56 84,002 10.61
3 Bhadrak (SC) Arjun Charan Sethi BJD 3,50,322 49.99 Muralidhar Jena INC 3,16,744 45.20 33,578 4.79
4 Jajpur (SC) Rama Chandra Mallick INC 2,83,455 45.72 Jagannath Mallik BJD 1,91,591 30.90 91,864 14.82
5 Kendrapara Prabhat Kumar Samantaray BJD 2,82,736 43.27 Archana Nayak INC 2,74,911 42.07 7,825 1.20
6 Cuttack Bhartruhari Mahatab BJD 3,50,314 52.89 Syed Mustafiz Ahmed INC 2,37,620 35.87 1,12,694 17.02
7 Jagatsinghpur Ranjib Biswal INC 3,37,492 44.84 Trilochan Kanungo BJD 3,17,563 42.19 19,929 2.65
8 Puri Braja Kishore Tripathy BJD 3,58,978 51.51 Pinaki Mishra INC 3,06,433 43.97 52,545 7.54
9 Bhubaneswar Prasamna Kumar Patasani BJD 3,78,849 57.61 Saumya Ranjan Pattanaik INC 2,50,941 38.16 1,27,908 19.45
10 Aska Naveen Patnaik BJD 3,10,751 53.89 Chandra Sekhar Sahoo INC 2,24,540 38.94 86,211 14.95
11 Berhampur Jayanti Patnaik INC 2,71,044 49.05 Gopinath Gajapati Narayandeo BJP 2,35,804 42.68 35,240 6.37
12 Koraput (ST) Giridhar Gamang INC 2,67,425 53.92 Jayaram Pangi BJD 1,85,909 37.48 81,516 16.44
13 Nowrangpur (ST) Khagapati Pradhani INC 2,80,444 50.06 Parsuram Majhi BJP 2,06,509 36.86 73,935 13.20
14 Kalahandi Bikram Keshari Deo BJP 3,44,703 56.55 Bhakta Charan Das INC 2,24,789 36.88 1,19,914 19.67
15 Phulbani (SC) Padmanava Behera BJD 3,32,786 54.95 Mrutyunjaya Nayak INC 2,41,714 39.91 91,072 15.04
16 Bolangir Sangeeta Kumari Singhdeo BJP 3,60,575 61.75 Sarat Pattanayak INC 2,02,044 34.60 1,58,531 27.15
17 Sambalpur Prasanna Acharya BJD 3,10,870 45.77 Krupasindhu Bhoi INC 2,86,102 42.12 24,768 3.65
18 Deogarh Debendra Pradhan BJP 3,46,820 52.34 Shriballav Panigrahi INC 2,41,393 36.43 1,05,427 15.91
19 Dhenkanal Tathagata Satapathy BJD 2,99,156 51.02 Kamakshya Prasad Singhdeo INC 2,66,645 45.48 32,511 5.54
20 Sundargarh (ST) Jual Oram BJP 3,16,069 47.71 Sunil Kumar Singhdeo INC 1,90,041 28.69 1,26,028 19.02
21 Keonjhar (ST) Upendranath Nayak BJP 3,47,906 54.09 Madhaba Sardar INC 2,61,631 40.68 86,275 13.41

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Orissa

# Name Constituency Designation Department From To Party
1 Naveen Patnaik[6] Aska Cabinet Minister Steel 19 March
1998 		13 Oct
1999 		BJD
Mines
2 Dilip Ray[7] Rajya Sabha
(Odisha) 		MoS(I/C) Coal 20 March
1998
MoS Parliamentary Affairs 22 May
1998

Notes

References

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  2. ^ "BJP's one-vote defeat in 1999 was narrowest in history". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 25 December 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  3. ^ "The 1999 No-Trust Motion That Former PM Vajpayee Lost by One Vote". The Quint. 20 July 2018. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  4. ^ https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4124-general-election-1998-vol-i-ii/
  5. ^ https://www.indiavotes.com/lok-sabha/1998/orissa/12/6#:~:text=IndiaVotes%20PC:%20Orissa%201998,NDA%20UPA%20THIRD%20FRONT%20OTHERS
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  7. ^ "Ex-NDA Minister Dilip Ray Gets Three Years Imprisonment in Coal Scam Case". LiveLaw. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
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