Analysis · candidate churn

Who contests, who returns, who wins

Odisha Lok Sabha elections, 1962–2019

Contestants

174

2019 · 21 seats

Women elected

33.33%

Share of elected members

MPs re-elected

42.86%

3 of 7 who stood again

Turncoats

Switched party since the last poll

First-time winners

66.67%

14 of 21 seats

Lok Sabha

#17

Elected 2019

[01]Seats won by party

2019 · state result · 21 seats

BJD 1257.1%

BJP 838.1%

INC 14.8%

[02]Women elected, election by election

Share of elected members · 2019–1962 · newest first

2019 33.33%

2014 9.52%

2009 0.0%

2004 9.52%

1999 9.52%

1998 9.52%

1996 9.52%

1991 4.76%

1989 4.76%

1984 4.76%

1980 4.76%

1977 0.0%

1971 5.0%

1967 0.0%

1962 0.0%

[03]Incumbent MP re-election strike rate

Of sitting MPs who stood again, the share that won

2019 42.86%3/7

2014 50.0%8/16

2009 31.25%5/16

2004 84.62%11/13

1999 77.78%14/18

1998 23.53%4/17

1996 68.75%11/16

1991 52.63%10/19

1989 20.0%3/15

1984 92.86%13/14

1980 31.25%5/16

1977 37.5%6/16

1971 33.33%5/15

1967 83.33%5/6

[04]Turncoats — candidates who switched party

Since the previous election they contested

2019 101 won

2014 140 won

2009 93 won

2004 73 won

1999 31 won

1998 157 won

1996 93 won

1991 133 won

1989 148 won

1984 51 won

1980 161 won

1977 139 won

1971 80 won

1967 43 won

[05]Winners by education

2019 · elected members' highest qualification

Graduate 6

Graduate Professional 4

12th Pass 3

Post Graduate 3

10th Pass 2

5th Pass 1

Doctorate 1

Others 1

[06]Winners by profession

2019 · elected members' main profession

Liberal Profession or Professional 5

Business 4

Social Work 4

Politics 3

Agriculture 2

Former Government 2

Salaried Work or Employed 1

[07]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The most party-switching came in 1980: 16 turncoats stood, of whom 1 won.
max(turncoats) over 15 elections = 16
Sitting MPs fared best in 1984 (92.86%) and worst in 1989 (20.0%).
max / min strike rate over 14 elections with incumbents
The most new blood arrived in 1971: 70.0% of winners had never won the seat before.
max(first-time-winner share), elections with a prior term = 70.0%

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

SourceTrivedi Centre for Political Data (TCPD) / Lok Dhaba, candidate-level election data; women, incumbency and turncoat figures are LokDhaba's own derived aggregates, one row per election for this state

NoteIncumbency and turncoat status require a previous election, so the first year on record carries none. Candidate age is not part of this dataset