Elections in Odisha

Elections in Odisha are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The Odisha Legislative Assembly creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the state legislature to the conduct of state level elections need to be approved by the Parliament of India. In addition, the state legislature may be dismissed by the Parliament according to Article 356 of the Indian Constitution and President's rule may be imposed.

Main Political Parties Present BJD: Biju Janta Dal BJP: Bharatiya Janata Party INC: Indian National Congress CPM: Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI: Communist Party of India JMM: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Defunct AIGP: All India Ganatantra Parishad SP: Socialist Party PSP: Praja Socialist Party SWP: Swatantra Party UC: Utkal Congress JP: Janata Party JD: Janata Dal

Lok Sabha Elections

Lok Sabha Year1st Party2nd Party3rd Party Others Total Seats1st1951INC 11AIGP 6SP 1CPI 1, IND 1202nd1957INC 7AIGP 7PSP 2CPI 1, IND 33rd1962INC 14AIGP 4PSP 1SP 14th1967SWP 8INC 6PSP 4SSP 1, IND 15th1971INC 15SWP 3CPI 1UC 16th1977JP 15INC 5CPM 1217th1980INC 20JP 18th1984INC 20JP 19th1989JD 16INC 3CPM 1CPI 110th1991INC 13JD 6CPM 1CPI 111th1996INC 16JD 4SP 112th1998BJD 9BJP 7INC 513th1999BJD 10BJP 9INC 214th2004BJD 11BJP 7INC 2JMM 115th2009BJD 14INC 6CPI 116th2014BJD 20BJP 117th2019BJD 12BJP 8INC 118th2024BJP 20INC 1

Legislative Assembly election

Assembly Year1st Party2nd Party3rd Party Others Total SeatsChief Minister1st1952INC 67AIGP 31SP 10CPI 7, AIFB 1, IND 24140Nabakrushna Choudhury, Harekrushna Mahatab (Both INC) 2nd1957INC 56AIGP 51PSP 11CPI 9, IND 13140Harekrushna Mahatab, INC3rd1961INC 82AIGP 37PSP 10CPI 4, IND 17140Biju Patnaik, Biren Mitra, Sadashiva Tripathy (All from INC)4th1967SWP 49INC 31OJC 26PSP 21, CPI 7, SSP 2, CPM 1, IND 3140Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo, SWP5th1971INC(R) 51SWP 36UC 33PSP 4, CPI 4, JAP 4, CPM 2, INC(O) 1, OJC 1, IND 3140Bishwanath Das, IND & Nadini Satpathy, INC(R)6th1974INC(R) 69UC 35SWP 21CPI 8, CPM 3, PSP 2, OJC 1, JAP 1, IND 7147Nadini Satpathy, Binayak Acharya (both INC(R))7th1977JP 110INC(R) 26CPI 1CPM 1, IND 9147Nilamani Routray, JP8th1980INC(I) 118JP(S) 13CPI 4JP 3, INC(U) 2, IND 7147Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, INC9th1985INC 117JP 21CPI 1BJP 1, IND 7147Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, Hemananda Biswal (Both INC)10th1990JD 123INC 10CPI 5BJP 2, CPM 1, IND 7147Biju Patnaik, JD11th1995INC 80JD 46BJP 9JMM 4, CPI 1, JPP 1, IND 6147Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, Giridhar Gamang, Hemananda Biswal (All from INC)12th2000BJD 68BJP 38INC 26JMM 3, CPI 1, CPM 1, JD(S) 1, AITC 1, IND 8147Naveen Patnaik, BJD13th2004BJD 61INC 38BJP 32JMM 4, OGP 2, CPI 1, CPM 1, IND 8147Naveen Patnaik, BJD14th2009BJD 103INC 27BJP 6NCP 4, CPI 1, IND 6147Naveen Patnaik, BJD15th2014BJD 117 INC 16BJP 10CPM 1, SKD 1, IND 2147Naveen Patnaik, BJD16th2019BJD 113BJP 23INC 9CPM 1, IND 1147Naveen Patnaik, BJD17th2024BJP 78BJD 51INC 10CPM 1, IND 3147Mohan Charan Majhi, BJP

1952 Chief Minister(s): Nabakrushna Choudhury, Harekrushna Mahatab (Both INC) Party Seats Vote(%)ContestedWon Indian National Congress 135 67 37.87% Ganatantra Parishad 58 31 20.50% Socialist Party 79 10 11.77% Communist Party of India 33 7 5.62% All India Forward Bloc 2 1 0.35% Independent 204 24 22.94%Total 140

1957 Chief Minister: Harekrushna Mahatab (INC) PartySeatsPopular VoteContestedWon+/−%±ppIndian National Congress140561138.26%0.39Ganatantra Parishad108512028.74%8.24Praja Socialist Party4611new10.4%newCommunist Party of India43928.4%2.78Independent171131114.21%8.73Total140

1961 Chief Minister(s): Biju Patnaik, Biren Mitra, Sadashiva Tripathy (All from INC) PartySeatsPopular VoteContestedWon+/−%±ppIndian National Congress140822643.28%5.02Ganatantra Parishad121371422.34%6.4Praja Socialist Party4310110.99%0.59Communist Party of India35457.98%0.42Independent1877614.54%0.33Total140

1967 Chief Minister: Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo, SWP PartySeatsPopular VoteContestedWon+/−%±ppSwatantra Party10149new22.58%newOrissa Jana Congress4726new13.47%newPraja Socialist Party33211112.26%1.27Indian National Congress141315130.66%12.62Communist Party of India31735.26%2.72Samyukta Socialist Party92new1.52%newCommunist Party of India (M)101new1.16%newIndependent2123412.55%1.99Total140

1971 Chief Minister: Bishwanath Das, IND & Nadini Satpathy, INC(R) PartySeatsPopular VoteContestedWon+/−%±ppIndian National Congress (R)12951new28.18%newSwatantra Party115361317.44%5.14Utkal Congress13933new23.99%newPraja Socialist Party504176.08%6.18Communist Party of India29434.79%0.47All India Jharkhand Party144new1.64%newCommunist Party of India (M)11211.20%0.04Orissa Jana Congress661265.16%8.31Indian National Congress (O)501new1.81%newIndependent190417.55%5.00Total140

1974 Chief Minister: Nadini Satpathy, Binayak Acharya (both INC(R)) PartySeatsPopular VoteContestedWon+/−%±ppIndian National Congress135691837.44%9.26Utkal Congress9535226.45%2.46Swatantra Party56211512.08%5.36Communist Party of India14734.87%0.08Socialist Party172new1.77%newCommunist Party of India (M)8311.18%0.02Orissa Jana Congress4211.17%3.99Jharkhand Party121new0.60%newIndependent2997313.06%5.51Total146

1977 Chief Minister: Nilamani Routray, JP PartySeatsPopular VoteContestedWon+/−%±ppJanata Party147110new49.17%newIndian National Congress146264331.02%6.42Communist Party of India25163.57%1.3Communist Party of India (M)4120.88%0.3Independent2649214.37%1.31Total147

1980 Chief Minister: Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, INC PartySeatsPopular VoteContestedWon+/−%±ppIndian National Congress1471189247.78%16.76Janata Party (Secular)11013new19.49%newCommunist Party of India27435.09%1.52Janata Party3131074.14%45.03Indian National Congress (U)982new7.03%newIndependent2487211.88%2.49Total147

1985 Chief Minister(s): Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, Hemananda Biswal (All from INC) PartySeatsPopular VoteContestedWon+/−%±ppIndian National Congress147117151.08%3.3Janata Party140211830.61%26.47Communist Party of India27133.31%1.78Bharatiya Janata Party67112.6%1.24Independent374710.5%1.38Total147

1990 Chief Minister: Biju Patnaik, JD PartySeatsPopular VoteContestedWon+/−%±ppJanata Dal139123new53.69%newIndian National Congress1451010729.78%21.3Communist Party of India9542.98%0.33Bharatiya Janata Party63213.56%0.96Communist Party of India (M)3110.84%Independent389617.36%3.14Total147100.00

1995 Chief Minister(s): Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, Giridhar Gamang, Hemananda Biswal (All from INC) PartySeatsPopular VoteContestedWon+/−%±ppIndian National Congress146807039.08%9.3Janata Dal146467735.73%17.96Bharatiya Janata Party144977.88%4.32Jharkhand Mukti Morcha164new1.94%newCommunist Party of India21141.71%1.27Jharkhand People's Party41new0.17%newIndependent682610.51%3.15Total147

2000 Chief Minister: Naveen Patnaik, BJD PartySeatsPopular VoteContestedWon+/−%±ppBiju Janata Dal8468new29.40%newBharatiya Janata Party63382918.20%10.32Indian National Congress145265433.78%5.3Jharkhand Mukti Morcha21312.14%0.2Communist Party of India2911.22%0.49Janata Dal (Secular)241new0.84%newAll India Trinamool Congress361new0.78%newCommunist Party of India (M)15110.77%Independent2368210.66%0.51Total147

2004 Chief Minister: Naveen Patnaik, BJD PartySeatsPopular VoteContestedWon+/−%±ppBiju Janata Dal8461727.36%2.04Bharatiya Janata Party6332617.11%1.09Indian National Congress134381234.82%1.04Jharkhand Mukti Morcha12411.78%0.36Odisha Gana Parishad42new1.29%newCommunist Party of India610.77%0.45Communist Party of India (M)310.55%0.22Independent295812.20%1.54Total147

2009 Chief Minister: Naveen Patnaik, BJD PartySeatsPopular VoteContestedWon+/−%±ppBiju Janata Dal1291034238.8611.50Indian National Congress147271129.15.72Bharatiya Janata Party14562615.032.06%Nationalist Congress Party84new1.34newCommunist Party of India510.510.26Independent372628.663.54Total–147

2014 Chief Minister: Naveen Patnaik, BJD PartySeatsPopular VoteContestedWon+/−%±ppBiju Janata Dal1471171443.44.54Indian National Congress147161125.73.4Bharatiya Janata Party14710418.02.97Communist Party of India (M)12110.370.07Samata Kranti Dal511new0.4newIndependent276245.043.62NOTA–––1.3newTotal147 2019 Chief Minister: Naveen Patnaik, BJD PartySeatsPopular VoteContestedWon+/−%±ppBiju Janata Dal146112544.71.3Bharatiya Janata Party146231332.514.5Indian National Congress1389716.129.6Communist Party of India (M)510.30.07Independent302112.822.22NOTA–––1.052.18Total146

2024 Chief Minister: Mohan Charan Majhi, BJP PartySeatsPopular VoteContestedWon+/−%±ppBharatiya Janata Party147785540.077.5Biju Janata Dal147516140.224.5Indian National Congress14514513.262.8Communist Party of India (M)710.370.07Independent42532 – –NOTA–––1.021.8Total147

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