Elections in Odisha explained

Elections in Odisha are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The Assembly of Odisha 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

• BJD: Biju Janta Dal
• BJP: Bharatiya Janata Party
• INC: Indian National Congress
• CPI: Communist Party of India
• CPI(M): Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• AIFB: All India Forward Bloc
• Swatantra Party
• Janata Party
• Janata Dal

Lok Sabha Elections

Lok Sabha	Year	1st Party		2nd Party		3rd Party		Others	Total Seats
1st	1951		INC 11		GP 6		SP 1	CPI 1,IND 1	20
2nd	1957		INC 7		GP 7		PSP 2	CPI 1,IND 3	20
3rd	1962		INC 14		GP 4		PSP 1	SP 1	20
4th	1967		SWP 8		INC 6		PSP 4	SSP 1,IND 1	20
5th	1971		INC 15		SWP 3		CPI 1	UC 1	20
6th	1977		JP 15		INC 5		CPI(M) 1		21
7th	1980		INC 20		JP 1				21
8th	1984		INC 20		JP 1				21
9th	1989		JD 16		INC 3		CPI(M) 1	CPI 1	21
10th	1991		INC 13		JD 6		CPI(M) 1	CPI 1	21
11th	1996		INC 16		JD 4		SP 1		21
12th	1998		BJD 9		BJP 7		INC 5		21
13th	1999		BJD 10		BJP 9		INC 2		21
14th	2004		BJD 11		BJP 7		INC 2	JMM 1	21
15th	2009		BJD 14		INC 6		CPI 1		21
16th	2014		BJD 20		BJP 1				21
17th	2019		BJD 12		BJP 8		INC 1		21
18th	2024		BJP 20		INC 1				21

Legislative Assembly election results of Odisha

1952

Chief Minister(s): Nabakrushna Choudhury, Harekrushna Mahatab (Both INC)

Party		Seats		Vote(%)
		Contested	Won
		135	67	37.87%
		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)

Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	±pp
	Indian National Congress	140	56	11	38.26%	0.39
	Ganatantra Parishad	108	51	20	28.74%	8.24
	Praja Socialist Party	46	11	new	10.4%	new
	Communist Party of India	43	9	2	8.4%	2.78
	Independent	171	13	11	14.21%	8.73
Total			140

Chief Minister(s): Biju Patnaik, Biren Mitra, Sadashiva Tripathy (All from INC)

Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	±pp
	Indian National Congress	140	82	26	43.28%	5.02
	Ganatantra Parishad	121	37	14	22.34%	6.4
	Praja Socialist Party	43	10	1	10.99%	0.59
	Communist Party of India	35	4	5	7.98%	0.42
	Independent	187	7	6	14.54%	0.33
Total			140

1967

Chief Minister

Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo, Swatantra Party

Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	±pp
	Swatantra Party	101	49	new	22.58%	new
	Orissa Jana Congress	47	26	new	13.47%	new
	Praja Socialist Party	33	21	11	12.26%	1.27
	Indian National Congress	141	31	51	30.66%	12.62
	Communist Party of India	31	7	3	5.26%	2.72
	Samyukta Socialist Party	9	2	new	1.52%	new
	Communist Party of India (M)	10	1	new	1.16%	new
	Independent	212	3	4	12.55%	1.99
Total			140

1971

Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	±pp
	Indian National Congress (R)	129	51	new	28.18%	new
	Swatantra Party	115	36	13	17.44%	5.14
	Utkal Congress	139	33	new	23.99%	new
	Praja Socialist Party	50	4	17	6.08%	6.18
	Communist Party of India	29	4	3	4.79%	0.47
	All India Jharkhand Party	14	4	new	1.64%	new
	Communist Party of India (M)	11	2	1	1.20%	0.04
	Orissa Jana Congress	66	1	26	5.16%	8.31
	Indian National Congress (O)	50	1	new	1.81%	new
	Independent	190	4	1	7.55%	5.00
Total			140

1974

Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	±pp
	Indian National Congress	135	69	18	37.44%	9.26
	Utkal Congress	95	35	2	26.45%	2.46
	Swatantra Party	56	21	15	12.08%	5.36
	Communist Party of India	14	7	3	4.87%	0.08
	Socialist Party	17	2	new	1.77%	new
	Communist Party of India (M)	8	3	1	1.18%	0.02
	Orissa Jana Congress	42	1		1.17%	3.99
	Jharkhand Party	12	1	new	0.60%	new
	Independent	299	7	3	13.06%	5.51
Total			146

1977

Chief Minister

Nilamani Routray, JP

Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	±pp
	Janata Party	147	110	new	49.17%	new
	Indian National Congress	146	26	43	31.02%	6.42
	Communist Party of India	25	1	6	3.57%	1.3
	Communist Party of India (M)	4	1	2	0.88%	0.3
	Independent	264	9	2	14.37%	1.31
Total			147

1980

Chief Minister

Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, INC

Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	±pp
	Indian National Congress	147	118	92	47.78%	16.76
	Janata Party (Secular)	110	13	new	19.49%	new
	Communist Party of India	27	4	3	5.09%	1.52
	Janata Party	31	3	107	4.14%	45.03
	Indian National Congress (U)	98	2	new	7.03%	new
	Independent	248	7	2	11.88%	2.49
Total			147

1985

Chief Minister(s): Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, Hemananda Biswal (All from INC)

Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	±pp
	Indian National Congress	147	117	1	51.08%	3.3
	Janata Party	140	21	18	30.61%	26.47
	Communist Party of India	27	1	3	3.31%	1.78
	Bharatiya Janata Party	67	1	1	2.6%	1.24
	Independent	374	7		10.5%	1.38
Total			147

1990

Chief Minister

Biju Patnaik, JD

Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	±pp
	Janata Dal	139	123	new	53.69%	new
	Indian National Congress	145	10	107	29.78%	21.3
	Communist Party of India	9	5	4	2.98%	0.33
	Bharatiya Janata Party	63	2	1	3.56%	0.96
	Communist Party of India (M)	3	1	1	0.84%
	Independent	389	6	1	7.36%	3.14
Total			147

1995

Chief Minister(s): Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, Giridhar Gamang, Hemananda Biswal (All from INC)

Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	±pp
	Indian National Congress	146	80	70	39.08%	9.3
	Janata Dal	146	46	77	35.73%	17.96
	Bharatiya Janata Party	144	9	7	7.88%	4.32
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	16	4	new	1.94%	new
	Communist Party of India	21	1	4	1.71%	1.27
	Jharkhand People's Party	4	1	new	0.17%	new
	Independent	682	6		10.51%	3.15
Total			147

2000

Chief Minister

Naveen Patnaik, BJD

Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	±pp
	Biju Janata Dal	84	68	new	29.40%	new
	Bharatiya Janata Party	63	38	29	18.20%	10.32
	Indian National Congress	145	26	54	33.78%	5.3
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	21	3	1	2.14%	0.2
	Communist Party of India	29	1		1.22%	0.49
	Janata Dal (Secular)	24	1	new	0.84%	new
	Trinamool Congress	36	1	new	0.78%	new
	Communist Party of India (M)	15	1	1	0.77%
	Independent	236	8	2	10.66%	0.51
Total			147

2004

Chief Minister

Naveen Patnaik, BJD

Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	±pp
	Biju Janata Dal	84	61	7	27.36%	2.04
	Bharatiya Janata Party	63	32	6	17.11%	1.09
	Indian National Congress	134	38	12	34.82%	1.04
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	12	4	1	1.78%	0.36
	Odisha Gana Parishad	4	2	new	1.29%	new
	Communist Party of India	6	1		0.77%	0.45
	Communist Party of India (M)	3	1		0.55%	0.22
	Independent	295	8		12.20%
Total			147

2009

Chief Minister

Naveen Patnaik, BJD^[1]

Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	±pp
	Biju Janata Dal	130	103	42	38.86	11.50
	Indian National Congress	145	27	11	29.1	5.72
	Bharatiya Janata Party	147	6	26	15.03	2.06%
	Nationalist Congress Party		4	new	1.34	new
	Communist Party of India		1		0.51	0.26
	Independent		6	2	8.65	–
Total		–	147

2014

Chief Minister

Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	±pp
	Biju Janata Dal		117	14	43.4
	Indian National Congress		16	11	25.7
	Bharatiya Janata Party		10	4	18.0
	Communist Party of India (M)		1	1	5.0
	Samata Kranti Dal		1	1	0.4
	Independent		2	4	0.4
	NOTA		147		1.3
Total					100.00

2019

Chief Minister

Naveen Patnaik, BJD

Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	±pp
	Biju Janata Dal	146	112	5	44.7	1.3
	Bharatiya Janata Party	146	23	13	32.5	14.5
	Indian National Congress	138	9	7	16.12	9.6
	Communist Party of India (M)	145	1		0.3	0.1
	Independent	305	1	1	–	–
	NOTA	–	–	–	1.05	2.18
Total			146		100%

2024

Chief Minister

Mohan Charan Majhi, BJP

Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	±pp
	Bharatiya Janata Party	147	78	55	40.07	7.5
	Biju Janata Dal	147	51	61	40.22	4.5
	Indian National Congress	145	14	5	13.26	2.8
	Communist Party of India (M)		1		0.37	0.7
	Independent		3	2	–	–
	NOTA	–	–	–	1.02	1.8
Total			147	-	100%	-

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stats Report, Orissa Vidhan Sabha Elections, 2009. Election Commission of India.