State board · Lok Sabha

Odisha Lok Sabha 1991

Results board · 21 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha

StateOdisha

Seats

Constituencies

Majority

Seats needed of 21

Electors

1.98Cr

On the roll

Votes polled

1.07Cr

53.8% of electors

Median turnout

51.2%

Median of 21 seats

INC lead

Above majority · 13 − 11

[01]Seat matrix

21 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won

Majority · 11 of 21INC 13 · +2 above majority

INC 1361.9% Indian National Congress

JD 628.6% Janata Dal

CPI 14.8% Communist Party of India

CPI(M) 14.8% Communist Party of India (Marxist)

State level, as published

INC 44.0%13 seats · 61.9%

JD 34.6%6 seats · 28.6%

BJP 9.5%0 seats

CPI 3.1%1 seat · 4.8%

JP 3.0%0 seats

Others 5.8%1 seat · 4.8%

Vote share not published

CPI(M)1 seat

The published shares sum to 100.0%, so these parties' votes sit inside Others.

Alliances

UPA 44.0%13 seats

THIRD FRONT 39.8%8 seats

NDA 9.5%0 seats

OTHERS 6.7%Seats not published

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

INC converted 44.0% of votes into 61.9% of seats, a seat premium of 17.9 pp.
13 ÷ 21 = 61.9% · 61.9 − 44.0 = +17.9
BJP polled 9.5% of votes, the 3rd-highest share, but won 0 seats (0.0%).
0 ÷ 21 = 0.0% · 0.0 − 9.5 = −9.5
Keonjhar was decided by 7,394 votes, the closest of 21 seats; Koraput had the widest margin, 1,41,594.
min / max of margin over 21 seats with a recorded margin
In ST-reserved seats INC won 2 of 5 (40.0%), against 61.9% of all seats.
2 ÷ 5 = 40.0% · 13 ÷ 21 = 61.9%
Turnout ran from 40.6% in Koraput to 66.5% in Jagatsinghpur; the median seat polled 51.2%.
min / median / max over 21 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

21 of 21 seats carry a turnout

< 50% 733.3% of seats

50–60 1047.6% of seats

60–70 419.0% of seats

70–80 00.0% of seats

≥ 80% 00.0% of seats

LowestKoraput40.6%
HighestJagatsinghpur66.5%
NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

21 rows · by constituency number

Constituency results, Odisha Lok Sabha 1991, all 21 seats
#	Constituency	Winner	Party	Votes polled	Margin	Margin %	Turnout %
01	Mayurbhanj	Bhagey Gobardhan	Indian National Congress	3,98,446	49,495	12.4	48.4
02	BalasoreST	Kartikeswar Patra	Indian National Congress	6,11,825	13,218	2.2	61.5
03	Bhadrak	Arjun Charan Sethi	Janata Dal	6,00,132	10,939	1.8	61.2
04	JajpurST	Anadi Charan Das	Janata Dal	5,70,798	11,429	2.0	59.4
05	KendraparaST	Rabi Ray	Janata Dal	5,99,903	41,430	6.9	63.7
06	Cuttack	Srikanta Jena	Janata Dal	5,86,457	43,693	7.5	59.4
07	JagatsinghpurSC	Loknath Choudhury	Communist Party of India	6,76,162	17,025	2.5	66.5
08	PuriSC	Braja Kishore Tripathy	Janata Dal	5,77,999	38,957	6.7	59.7
09	Bhubaneswar	Shivaji Patnaik	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	4,99,831	7,981	1.6	49.2
10	Aska	Ramachandra Rath	Indian National Congress	4,97,960	29,764	6.0	50.0
11	Berhampur	Gopinath Gajapathi Naryandeo	Indian National Congress	4,64,429	73,824	15.9	49.5
12	KoraputSTWIDEST	Giridhar Gomango	Indian National Congress	3,65,754	1,41,594	38.7	40.6
13	Nowrangpur	Khagapati Pradhani	Indian National Congress	3,98,968	56,527	14.2	45.3
14	Kalahandi	Subash Chandra Nayak	Indian National Congress	4,47,837	28,925	6.5	53.0
15	Phulbani	Mrutyunjaya Nayak	Indian National Congress	4,88,136	54,030	11.1	51.1
16	BolangirSC	Sarat Chandra Pattanayak	Indian National Congress	4,69,129	12,075	2.6	55.1
17	Sambalpur	Krupasindhu Bhoi	Indian National Congress	5,12,162	35,318	6.9	51.2
18	Deogarh	Sriballav Panigrahi	Indian National Congress	4,82,040	23,383	4.9	50.2
19	Dhenkanal	Raja Kamakhya Prasad Singhdeo Mahindr Bahadur	Indian National Congress	5,37,673	41,686	7.8	59.1
20	Sundargarh	Frida Topno (W)	Indian National Congress	4,36,783	38,070	8.7	45.4
21	KeonjharSTCLOSEST	Govinda Chandra Munda	Janata Dal	4,33,789	7,394	1.7	47.5

Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 1,41,594 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1991 · Odisha · 21 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database