2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election explained

Country:India
Ongoing:no
Type:legislative
Seats For Election:All 147 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Majority Seats:74
Turnout:74.51% (1.31%)
Previous Year:2019
Previous Election:2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
Election Date:13 May – 1 June 2024
Next Year:2029
Next Election:2029 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
Outgoing Members:16th Odisha Assembly
Elected Members:17th Odisha Assembly
Opinion Polls:Next Odisha Legislative Assembly election#Opinion polls
Leader1:Mohan Charan Majhi
Party1:Bharatiya Janata Party
Leader Since1:2024
Leaders Seat1:Keonjhar
Seats Before1:23
Seats1:78
Seat Change1: 55
Popular Vote1:10,064,827
Percentage1:40.07%
Swing1: 7.58 pp
Leader2:Naveen Patnaik
Party2:Biju Janata Dal
Leaders Seat2:Hinjili
Kantabanji (lost)
Leader Since2:1996
Seats Before2:112
Seats2:51
Seat Change2: 61
Popular Vote2:10,102,454
Percentage2:40.22%
Swing2: 4.49 pp
Leader3:Sarat Pattanayak
Party3:Indian National Congress
Leaders Seat3:Nuapada (lost)
Leader Since3:2022
Seats Before3:9
Seats3:14
Seat Change3: 5
Popular Vote3:3,331,319
Percentage3:13.26%
Swing3: 2.86 pp
Map2 Image:India Odisha Legislative Assembly 2024.svg
Map2 Caption:Structure of the Odisha Legislative Assembly after the election
Map2 Size:300px
Chief Minister
Before Election:Naveen Patnaik
Before Party:Biju Janata Dal
After Election:Mohan Charan Majhi
After Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Election Name:2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

Legislative Assembly elections were held in the eastern coastal state of Odisha from 13 May to 1 June 2024 to elect the 147 members of the Odisha Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and results were declared on 4 June 2024 forming the 17th Assembly.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won a simple majority with 78 seats and created history by ending the 24 year rule of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and its leader Naveen Patnaik. On 12th June 2024, Mohan Charan Majhi, the MLA from Keonjhar took oath as the 15th Chief Minister of the state, along with Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo and Pravati Parida as deputy chief ministers.

Background

The tenure of sixteenth Odisha Legislative Assembly was scheduled to end on 24 June 2024.[1] The previous assembly elections were held in April 2019. After the elections, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) formed the state government, with the then incumbent Naveen Patnaik continuing as the Chief Minister.[2]

Schedule

The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 16 March 2024.[3] The polling was held in four phases which coincided with the phases 4 to 7 of the simultaneously held Indian General Election.[4]

Poll EventPhase
1 2 3 4
Notification Date18 April26 April29 April7 May
Last Date for filing nomination25 April3 May6 May14 May
Scrutiny of nomination26 Apr4 May7 May15 May
Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination29 April6 May9 May17 May
Poll13 May20 May25 May1 June
Counting of Votes4 June 2024

Parties and campaigns

Alliance/Party !! Flag !! Symbol !! Leader !! Seats Contested
Biju Janata DalNaveen Patnaik147
Bharatiya Janata PartyManmohan Samal[5] 147
Indian National CongressSarat Pattanayak145
Communist Party of India (Marxist)Ali Kishor Patnaik[6] 7[7]
Bahujan Samaj PartyTankadhar Bag[8] TBD
Communist Party of IndiaAbhay Sahu[9] 11
Aam Aadmi PartyNishikanta Mohapatra[10] 48 (declared)[11]
BJD and BJP contested in all the 147 constituencies, whereas INC contested in 145 seats and provided support to other parties in the 2 remainder constituencies. Election manifesto of BJD included 24 major promises like youth empowerment, free electricity to farmers, zero interest loans to businesswomen, tribal empowerment, infrastructure and sports development, food security and good governance.[12] BJP's manifesto included 21 major points like the start of "Samrudh Krushak Niti" under which paddy crop would receive price per quintal and "Subhadra Yojana" which would allow cash voucher to women. It also included development of fishing industry, increasing road connectivity, providing 3.5 lakh jobs by 2029, increasing tourism and more. BJP also focused on reducing the corrupt practices of the incumbent BJD government.[13]

Another important factor was the possibility of Naveen Patnaik, who had been ruling for the last 24 years, being succeeded by his personal secretary V. K. Pandian, a Tamil IAS officer. Pandian came into the good-books of Patnaik due to his effective management of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state. In 2023, Pandian quit his job in the state bureaucracy and joined the ruling BJD. The BJP heavily campaigned on the prospect of BJD planning to make an "outsider" like Pandian the next CM,[14] with Prime Minister Narendra Modi even alleging that Pandian was secretly siphoning off money from the treasury of Puri's Jagannath Temple,[15] a charge which Pandian vehemently denied.[16] Patnaik refuted all rumours of Pandian being his successor.[17]

Candidates

Overall 1,283 candidates contested the elections for the 147 seats in the assembly. Out of these, 348 candidates (approximately 27%) had declared criminal cases against themselves and 292 (approximately 23%) had serious criminal cases against themselves. The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Odisha Election Watch reported that 66 candidates have declared cases for the crime committed against women, with 4 candidates declaring that they have been charged for rape. In their affidavit filed before elections, 10 candidates have declared that they have cases related to murder. 5 candidates informed in their candidature about cases filed against them related to hate speech. Party-wise, the percentages of candidates with criminal cases are: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have ~68%, Indian National Congress (INC) with ~41%, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) have ~31%, and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is with ~17.[18]

As per the affidavits, 412 (BJD - 128, BJP - 96, INC- 88, AAP - 11, Others - 89) had declared their family's assets to be worth more than and average assets were worth . Highest assets were declared by Dilip Kumar Ray (BJP, Rourkela seat,) followed by Sanatan Mahakud (BJD, Champua seat,) and Subasini Jena (BJD, Basta seat,). Education wise, 652 candidates (approximately 51%) had education of graduate or above and only 2 were illiterate. 51 candidates had diplomas and 566 contestants had studied classes from 5th to 12th. Only 14% of candidates (i.e. 178) were women.[18] BJD had been the strong supporter of the Women's Reservation Bill, 2023 and had nominated 34 women candidates (approximately 23%) out of 147 and majority of these were from political families. BJP provided tickets to 10 women candidates.

Surveys and polls

The exit polls by Axis My India presented that both BJP & BJD may win 62-80 seats; also predicting the worst case of concluding in a hung assembly.[19] However, Times Now predicted a clear win for BJD continuing their hold on the Odisha state government.

Exit Polls! Polling agency !! BJP !! BJD !! INC
Axis My India[20] 62-80 62-80 5-8
Times Now - ETG[21] 30-38 100-115 4-7

Results and statistics

BJP won 78 seats as compared to 23 from previous election whereas BJD won 51 as against to 115. Of the 147 MLAs elected, 11 are women (~7%) which has reduced from 14 MLAs from previous assembly. Out of these 11 women MLAs, 5 are from BJP, 5 from BJD and one from INC.[22] In 2019, the MLAs with at least under graduate education was 73%; which reduced to 65%. The average age of the assembly is 51.[23] Out of all the winning candidates, 85 have declared in their pre-poll affidavits to have criminal cases registered against them, as compared to 67 in previous assembly. Of these, 67 have serious criminal cases.[24]

97 incumbent MLAs contested for this election of which only 45 won. Although incumbency was a major campaign against BJD, 66 incumbent BJD MLAs contested the polls, of which 25 won. Naveen Patnaik the incumbent Chief Minister, won in the Hinjli constituency with a margin of 4,636 votes but lost in Kantabanji constituency with a margin of 16,344 votes.[25] 5 MLAs have won from their respective constituencies with margin of less than a thousand votes.[26] Notably amongst them is Ananta Narayan Jena of BJD winning by 37 votes from Bhubaneswar Central.[27] Aswini Kumar Patra (former Cultural Minister, Jaleswar seat) and Arun Kumar Sahoo (former Education Minister, Nayagarh seat) won by 319 and 439 votes respectively.[28] [29] Biswa Ranjan Mallick of BJD won from the Bari seat with the highest margin of 51,465 by winning 63.77% votes.[30]

Vote Share

PartyPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppContestedWon+/−
Bharatiya Janata Party10,064,82740.077.51477855
Biju Janata Dal10,102,45440.224.51475161
Indian National Congress3,331,31913.262.8145145
NOTA257,3551.021.8
Communist Party of India (Marxist)93,2950.370.0771
Independents---32
Total100%- 147-
Source:[31]

Results by regions & districts

RegionsSeats
BJPBJDINC+Others
Northern Odisha41251420
Central Odisha65322823
Southern Odisha41219110
Total1477851153
DistrictSeats
BJPBJDINC+Others
Bargarh54100
Jharsuguda22000
Sundargarh72320
Sambalpur42200
Deogarh10100
Kendujhar63300
Mayurbhanj99000
Balasore84400
Bhadrak52210
Jajpur73301
Dhenkanal44000
Angul53200
Subarnapur21100
Balangir54100
Nuapada20200
Nabarangpur43100
Kalahandi51310
Kandhamal31110
Boudh22000
Cuttack92412
Kendrapara51400
Jagatsinghpur42200
Puri64200
Khordha83500
Nayagarh42200
Ganjam1311110
Gajapati20110
Rayagada30030
Koraput52030
Malkangiri21010
Total1477851153

Results by constituency

Results table
ConstituencyWinner[32] Runner UpMarginTurnout
No.NameCandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%
Bargarh district
1PadampurBarsha Singh Bariha91,99543.53Gobardhan Bhoy81,00238.3310,9932,11,320
2BijepurSanat Kumar Gartia93,16147.52Rita Sahu83,09542.3910,0661,96,028
3BargarhAshwini Kumar Sarangi77,76646.34Debesh Acharya72,99443.54,7721,67,820
4Attabira (SC)Nihar Ranjan Mahananda99,48755.17Snehangini Chhuria70,57739.1428,9101,80,319
5BhatliIrasis Acharya10750854.65Susanta Singh7961640.4727,8921,96,714
Jharsuguda district
6BrajarajnagarSuresh Pujari82,19948.85Alka Mohanty55,41032.9326,7891,68,268
7JharsugudaTankadhar Tripathy91,10547.69Dipali Das89,77247.001,3331,91,020
Sundergarh district
8Talsara (ST)Bhabani Shankar Bhoi68,92842.67Binay Kumar Toppo51,73932.0317,1891,61,533
9Sundargarh (ST)Jogesh Kumar Singh86,39848.15Kusum Tete77,27643.079,1221,79,440
10Biramitrapur (ST)Rohit Joseph Tirkey84,11644.53Shankar Oram77,23240.896,8841,88,898
11Raghunathpali (SC)Durga Charan Tanti51,18943.72Archana Rekha Behera45,41538.795,7741,17,091
12RourkelaSarada Prashad Nayak64,66046.46Dillip Kumar Ray61,10843.913,5521,39,170
13Rajgangpur (ST)C. S. Raazen Ekka66,86936.74Anil Barwa56,68531.1410,1841,82,030
14Bonai (ST)Laxman MundaCPM81,00843.45Bhimsen Chaudhary57,56930.8823,4391,86,429
Sambalpur district
15Kuchinda (ST)Rabi Narayan Naik95,71651.83Rajendra Kumar Chhatria63,49634.3932,2201,84,661
16Rengali (SC)Sudarshan Haripal73,42045.45Nauri Nayak70,20843.463,2121,61,528
17SambalpurJayanarayan Mishra59,82745.52Rohit Pujari55,72242.44,1051,31,425
18RairakholPrasanna Acharya61,71638.23Debendra Mohapatra56,43635.164,9601,61,424
Deogarh District
19DeogarhRomanch Ranjan Biswal89,07445.02Subhash Chandra Panigrahi73,28237.0315,7921,97,873
Keonjhar district
20Telkoi (ST)Fakir Mohan Naik83,81843.49Madhaba Sardar74,37938.599,4391,92,719
21GhasipuraBadri Narayan Patra82,51643.96Soumya Ranjan PatnaikInd68,70536.613,8111,87,707
22Anandpur (SC)Abhimanyu Sethi71,65139.67Jayadev Jena60,68533.610,9661,80,599
23Patna (ST)Akhila Chandra Naik97,04155.72Jagannath Naik59,06233.9137,9791,74,159
24Keonjhar (ST)Mohan Charan Majhi87,81547.05Mina Majhi76,23840.8411,5771,86,652
25ChampuaSanatan Mahakud1,03,12056.45Murali Manohar Sharma63,12634.5639,9941,82,668
Mayurbhanj district
26Jashipur (ST)Ganesh Ram Khuntia85,38450.25Chakradhar Hembram50,71729.8534,6671,69,913
27Saraskana (ST)Bhadav Hansdah59,38737.79Debashis Marndi45,73529.1113,6521,57,136
28Rairangpur (ST)Jalen Naik62,72436.94Raisen Murmu55,03132.417,6931,69,806
29Bangriposi (ST)Sanjali Murmu87,80149.93Ranjita Marndi53,32530.3334,4761,75,820
30Karanjia (ST)Padma Charan Haibru65,35743.48Basanti Hembram35,85823.8529,4991,50,319
31Udala (ST)Bhaskar Madhei66,40142.00Srinath Soren59,88437.886,5171,58,081
32Badasahi (SC)Sanatan Bijuli83,27654.62Anasuya Patra45,88930.1037,3871,52,457
33Baripada (ST)Prakash Soren78,27248.39Sananda Marandi48,88730.2229,3851,61,757
34MoradaKrushna Chandra Mohapatra77,98043.33Preetinanda Kanungo44,71024.8433,2701,79,978
Balasore district
35JaleswarAswini Kumar Patra83,10542.37Brajamohan Pradhan82,78642.213191,96,131
36BhograiGoutam Buddha Das70,19839.89Satya Shiba Das63,63438.166,5641,75,975
37BastaSubasini Jena83,31443.66Bijan Nayak62, 93732.9920,3771,90,803
38BalasoreManas Kumar Dutta89,36050.9Swarup Kumar Das60,73434.5928,6261,75,560
39Remuna (SC)Gobinda Chandra Das92,62051.39Bidyasmita Mahalik68,45237.9824,1681,80,238
40NilgiriSantosh Khatua87,92852.2Sukanta Kumar Nayak68,08940.4219,8391,68,447
41Soro (SC)Madhab Dhada63,64239.07Parshuram Dhada62,84038.578021,62,905
42SimuliaPadma Lochan Panda90,67649.54Subasini Sahoo77,49342.3413,1831,83,028
Bhadrak district
43BhandaripokhariSanjib Kumar Mallick72,44739.07Niranjan Patnaik70,89638.231,5511,85,437
44BhadrakSitansu Sekhar Mohapatra82,28242.29Prafulla Samal66,21434.0316,0681,94,582
45BasudevpurAshok Kumar Das77,84339.11Bishnubrata Routray77,21238.796311,99,051
46Dhamnagar (SC)Suryabanshi Suraj90,55550.31Sanjaya Kumar Das82,46045.818,0951,79,992
47ChandabaliByomakesh Ray83,06342.72Manmohan Samal81,14741.741,9161,94,420
Jajpur district
48Binjharpur (SC)Pramila Mallik74,18548.84Babita Mallick71,32946.962,8561,51,907
49BariBiswa Ranjan Mallick1,01,96663.77Umesh Chandra Jena50,50131.5851,4651,59,903
50BarchanaAmar Kumar Nayak71,92649.38Varsha Priyadarshini65,61645.056,3101,45,667
51DharmasalaHimanshu Sekhar SahooInd79,75942.88Pranab Kumar Balabantaray75,60940.654,1501,86,013
52JajpurSujata Sahu86,04947.92Goutam Ray83,48546.492,5641,79,580
53KoreiAkash Dasnayak79,65848.01Sandhyarani Das74,01244.615,6461,65,925
54SukindaPradeep Bal Samanta86,73350.56Pritiranjan Gharai77,15644.989,5771,71,536
Dhenkanal district
55DhenkanalKrushna Chandra Patra1,06,52952.57Sudhir Kumar Samal86,09042.4820,4392,02,637
56Hindol (SC)Simarani Nayak97,79549.62Mahesh Sahoo85.96843.6211,8271,97,073
57KamakshyanagarSatrughan Jena84,58949Prafulla Kumar Mallick79,92746.34,6621,72,632
58ParjangaBibuti Bhusan Pradhan1,00,59556.94Nrusingha Charan Sahu68,43338.7432,1621,76,669
Angul district
59PallaharaAshok Mohanty71,56048.64Mukesh Kumar Pal63,99743.57,5631,47,117
60TalcherBraja Kishore Pradhan75,62158.82Kalandi Charan Samal43,49938.8332,1221,28,565
61AngulPratap Chandra Pradhan88,86852.03Sanjukta Singh71,43541.8217,4331,70,817
62Chhendipada (SC)Agasti Behera93,62952.58Susanta Kumar Behera78,56644.1215,0631,78,066
63AthmallikNalini Kanta Pradhan93,95752.35Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo77,80443.3516,1531,79,491
Subarnapur district
64Birmaharajpur (SC)Raghunath Jagadala85,68048.19Padmanabha Behera63,73435.8421,9461,77,809
65SonepurNiranjan Pujari98,20246.03Pramod Kumar Mahapatra82,96338.8815,2392,13,366
Balangir district
66Loisingha (SC)Mukesh Mahaling83,31344.32Nihar Ranjan Behera65,12334.6418,1901,87,992
67PatnagarhKanak Vardhan Singh Deo93,82341.64Saroj Kumar Meher92,46641.041,3572,25,308
68BolangirKalikesh Narayan Singh Deo85,26545.69Samarendra Mishra71,85638.5113,4091,86,609
69TitlagarhNabin Kumar Jain97,85448.3Tukini Sahu80,45539.7217,3992,02,578
70KantabanjiLaxman Bag90,87644.57Naveen Patnaik74,53236.5616,3442,03,874
Nuapada district
71NuapadaRajendra Dholakia61,82233.65Ghasiram MajhiInd50,94127.7310,8811,83,703
72KhariarAdhiraj Mohan Panigrahi93,24646.89Hitesh Kumar Bagartti83,62842.059,6181,98,876
Nabarangpur district
73Umerkote (ST)Nityananda Gond70,17043.35Nabina Nayak59,79736.9410,3731,61,858
74Jharigam (ST)Narsing Bhatra76,74842.33Ramesh Chandra Majhi73,47040.523,2781,81,309
75Nabarangpur (ST)Gouri Shankar Majhi90,89545.35Kausalya Pradhani65,80132.8325,0942,00,439
76Dabugam (ST)Manohar Randhari77,51144.95Lipika Majhi56,05632.5121,4551,72,428
Kalahandi district
77Lanjigarh (ST)Pradip Kumar Dishari60,25434.09Balabhadra Majhi53,75330.416,5011,76,768
78JunagarhDibya Shankar Mishra77,03738.64Manoj Kumar Meher75,69937.971,3381,99,354
79DharmagarhSudhir Ranjan Pattjoshi87,89041.84Puspendra Singh Deo68,96332.8318,9272,10,054
80Bhawanipatna (SC)Sagar Charan Das67,08537.39Pradipta Kumar Naik53,34429.7313,741
81NarlaManorama Mohanty67,53236.47Bhakta Charan Das62,32733.665,2051,85,154
Kandhamal district
82Baliguda (ST)Chakramani Kanhar43,58635.88Upendra Pradhan41,91534.511,6711,21,463
83G. Udayagiri (ST)Prafulla Chandra Pradhan53,53037.06Managobinda Pradhan45,67331.627,8571,44,451
84Phulbani (ST)Uma Charan Mallick53,90036.81Jayashree Kanhar51,04234.852,8581,46,447
Boudh district
85KantamalKanhai Charan Danga68,35648.28Mahidhar Rana61,20743.237,1491,41,575
86BoudhSaroj Kumar Pradhan62,49446.36Pradip Kumar Amat59,72944.312,7651,34,799
Cuttack district
87BarambaBijaya Kumar DalabeheraInd86,01846.51Debiprasad Mishra62,53933.8123,4791,84,945
88BankiDevi Ranjan Tripathy69,21441.31Tusara Kanta Chakrabarty52,18831.1517,0261,67,544
89AthgarhRanendra Pratap Swain86,00649.46Abhaya Kumar Barik82,42247.403,5841,73,881
90Barabati-CuttackSofia Firdous53,33937.86Purna Chandra Mahapatra45,33832.188,0011,40,887
91Choudwar-CuttackSouvic Biswal72,32551.71Nayan Kishore Mohanty54,50938.9717,8161,39,878
92Niali (SC)Chhabi Malik90,19147.71Pramod Kumar Mallick88,73946.951,4521,89,024
93Cuttack Sadar (SC)Prakash Chandra Sethi79,54248.49Chandra Sarathi Behera75,73346.173,8091,64,034
94SalepurPrasanta Behera87,70145.75Arindam Roy80,10741.797,5941,91,697
95MahangaSarada Prasad PadhanInd88,63242.86Ankit Pratap Jena81,20939.277,4232,06,802
Kendrapara district
96PatkuraArvind Mohapatra90,90549.64Tejeswar Parida77,08342.0913,8221,83,132
97Kendrapara (SC)Ganeswar Behera90,17358.49Geetanjali Sethi54,75535.5235,4181,54,166
98AulPratap Keshari Deb73,67842.37Debasmita Sharma54,05031.0819,6281,73,882
99RajanagarDhruba Charan Sahoo81,23746.46Lalit Kumar Behera62,99636.0318,2411,74,840
100MahakalapadaDurga Prasan Nayak1,09,65357.23Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak76,12739.7333,5261,91,611
Jagatsinghpur district
101ParadeepSampad Chandra Swain84,51851.55Geetanjali Routray68,73141.9215,7871,63,951
102Tirtol (SC)Ramakanta Bhoi83,74045.48Rajkishore Behera55,24530.0128,4951,84,113
103Balikuda-ErasamaSarada Prasanna Jena93,51746.04Satya Sarathi Mohanty67,55833.2625,9592,03,121
104JagatsinghpurAmarendra Das92,55554.34Prasanta Kumar Muduli70,41741.3422,1381,70,334
Puri district
105Kakatpur (SC)Tusharkanti Behera84,01047.05Baidhar Malik60,85934.0823,1511,78,561
106NimaparaPravati Parida95,43048.45Dilip Kumar Nayak90,84246.124,5881,96,968
107PuriSunil Kumar Mohanty74,70945.84Jayanta Kumar Sarangi69,53142.665,1781,62,982
108BrahmagiriUpasna Mohapatra95,78351.53Umakanta Samantaray85,95346.259,8301,85,862
109SatyabadiOm Prakash Mishra87,29453.33Sanjay Kumar Das Burma69,58642.5217,7081,63,672
110PipiliAshrit Pattanayak99,31051.55Rudra Pratap Maharathy84,14843.6815,1621,92,653
Khurda District
111Jayadev (SC)Naba Kishor Mallick76,79052.02Arabinda Dhali55,31737.4721,4731,47,629
112Bhubaneswar CentralAnanta Narayan Jena53,75947.68Jagannath Pradhan53,72247.65371,12,754
113Bhubaneswar NorthSusant Kumar Rout78,17950.63Priyadarshi Mishra66,83643.2811,3431,54,427
114Ekamra BhubaneswarBabu Singh74,88449.03Ashok Chandra Panda69,86145.745,0231,52,727
115JataniBibhuti Bhusan Balabantaray68,16239.06Biswaranjan Badajena42,94124.6125,2211,74,518
116BeguniaPradip Kumar Sahu90,96457.45Prakasha Chandra Bijuli43,15027.2547,8141,58,346
117KhurdaPrasanta Kumar Jagadev80,56444.30Rajendra Kumar Sahoo71,96639.578,5981,81,850
118ChilikaPrithviraj Harichandan83,26449.51Raghunath Sahu78,69846.804,5361,68,161
Nayagarh district
119RanpurSurama Padhy81,43952.27Satyanarayan Pradhan65,89542.2915,5441,55,815
120KhandapadaDusmanta Kumar Swain75,55750.72Sabitri Pradhan68,21445.797,3431,48,964
121Daspalla (SC)Ramesh Chandra Behera62,03944.40Raghab Malik55,74338.896,2961,39,737
122NayagarhArun Kumar Sahoo81,95948.74Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh81,52048.484391,68,152
Ganjam district
123BhanjanagarPradyumna Kumar Nayak83,82251.06Bikram Keshari Arukha67,49841.1116,3241,64,171
124PolasaraGokula Nanda Mallik85,73753.33Srikanta Sahu64,79140.3020,9461,60,776
125KabisuryanagarPratap Chandra Nayak80,99555.79Latika Pradhan50,82235.0030,1731,45,188
126KhalikotePurna Chandra Sethy80,23053.82Suryamani Baidya57,17338.3623,0571,49,058
127ChhatrapurKrushna Chandra Nayak74,98348.00Subash Chandra Behera63,54540.6811,4381,56,217
128AskaSaroj Kumar Padhi59,08349.21Manjula Swain51,02442.508,0591,20,067
129SuradaNilamani Bisoyi83,62554.71Sanghamitra Swain54,40136.2528,2241,52,847
130SanakhemundiRamesh Chandra Jena65,86744.65Sulakshana Geetanjali Devi55,20537.4210,6621,47,529
131HinjiliNaveen Patnaik66,45946.85Sisir Kumar Mishra61,82343.594,6361,41,844
132GopalpurBibhuti Bhusan Jena72,07150.11Bikram Kumar Panda63,00943.819,0621,43,839
133BerhampurK. Anil Kumar54,99743.93Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik36,28828.9918,7091,25,181
134DigapahandiSidhant Mohapatra72,90849.21Biplab Patro56,06137.8416,8471,48,167
135ChikitiManoranjan Dyan Samantara69,83949.67Chinmayananda Srirup Deb63,31745.036,5221,40,619
Gajapati district
136Mohana (ST)Dasarathi Gomanga62,11734.64Prasanta Kumar Mallik58,05832.384,0591,79,307
137ParalakhemundiRupesh Kumar Panigrahi56,02737.58Koduru Narayana Rao52,02934.903,9981,49,069
Rayagada district
138Gunupur (ST)Satyajeet Gomango77,63747.80Raghunath Gomango47,75229.4029,8851,62,410
139Bissam Cuttack (ST)Nilamadhab Hikaka68,44637.25Jagannath Saraka59,04332.139,4031,83,770
140Rayagada (ST)Kadraka Appala Swamy87,48245.81Anusaya Majhi58,29630.5229,1861,90,986
Koraput district
141Lakshmipur (ST)Pabitra Saunta59,44741.77Prabhu Jani38,18526.8321,2621,42,303
142Kotpad (ST)Rupa Bhatra75,27542.13Chandra Sekhar Majhi49,01127.4326,2641,78,656
143JeyporeTara Prasad Bahinipati69,59241.89Indira Nanda56,48134.0013,1111,66,143
144Koraput (SC)Raghuram Machhha46,80531.82Raghu Ram Padal44,28130.112,5241,47,073
145Pottangi (ST)Rama Chandra Kadam52,20233.70Prafulla Kumar Pangi50,28332.461,9191,54,922
Malkangiri district
146Malkangiri (ST)Narasinga Madkami78,67941.76Mala Madhi63,78933.8514,8901,88,423
147Chitrakonda (ST)Mangu Khilla55,55035.34Dambaru Sisa46,39129.529,1591,57,176

Aftermath

On 4 June 2024, BJP won 78 seats crossing the required majority mark of 74 and thus won the elections. Mohan Charan Majhi was declared to be the Chief Minister and was sworn in on 12 June to form the state government.[33] [34] [35] 15 other ministers took oaths, including Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo and Pravati Parida as the Deputy CMs.[36]

Pandian was single-handedly blamed by the rank-and-file of BJD for its spectacular loss in both state election and the simultaneously held Lok Sabha elections. Following this massive backlash, Pandian decided to quit active politics.[37]

BJD had nominated 34 women candidates, but only 5 could win. The Hindu reported that although these women candidates were from political families, winnability factor was ignored and strong anti-incumbency feeling amongst the voters played an important role against them. Ganesh Gaigouria, visiting faculty of National Law School of India University, Bengaluru writing for Indian Express commented that major three reasons for loss of BJD in the elections were fear of bureaucratisation of the state administration under Pandian, religious polarization in the aftermath of communal riots between Hindus & Muslims in Sambalpur last year[38] and identity politics over Odia Asmita (i.e. pride in being Odia) in the backdrop of the Tamil origin Pandian's prospects of becoming CM. Gaigouria argues that BJP successfully campaigned against BJD on these points and won the elections.[39]

Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo, who was elected from the Dharmasala seat as an independent, rejoined the BJP.[40]

See also

Notes and References

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