Elections in Odisha

Main Political Parties[]

BJD: Biju Janata Dal
INC: Indian National Congress
BJP: Bharatiya Janata Party
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 Results from Odisha[]

1951-52: Total: 20. Congress: 11, GP: 6 ^[1]
1957: Total: 20.
1962: Total: 20.
1967: Total: 20. Swatantra: 8, Congress: 6, PSP: 4, SSP: 1, Ind: 1
1971: Total: 20. Congress: 15, Swatantra: 3, CPI: 1
1977: Total: 21. Janata Party + CPM = 15+1 = 16, Congress: 4
1980: Total: 21. Congress: 20, Janata (S): 1 (Biju Patnaik)
1984: Total: 21. Congress: 20, Janata (S): 1 (Biju Patnaik)
1996: Total: 21. Congress: 17; Janata Dal : 3 (Biju Patnaik + 2 more)
1998: Total: 21. BJD+BJP: 9+7 = 16; Congress: 5
1999: Total: 21. BJD+BJP: 10+9 = 19; Congress: 2
2004: Total: 21. BJD+BJP: 11+7 = 18; Congress: 2; JMM (Jharkhand Mukti Morcha): 1
2009: Total: 21. BJD: 14, Congress: 6, CPI: 1
2014: Total: 21. Biju Janata Dal: 20, BJP: 1, Congress: 0
2019: Total: 21. Biju Janata Dal: 12, BJP: 8, Congress: 1

Legislative Assembly election results of Odisha[]

1951-52[]

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

Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	No. of votes	%
Indian National Congress	135	67	1392501	37,87%
All India Ganatantra Parishad	58	31	753685	20,50%
Socialist Party of India	79	10	432731	11,77%
Communist Party of India	33	7	206757	5,62%
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party	7	0	16948	0,46%
All India Forward Bloc	2	1	12874	0,35%
	1	0	11895	0,32%
Forward Bloc (Ruikar)	1	0	2779	0,08%
Pursharathi Panchayat	1	0	1841	0,05%
Radical Democratic Party	1	0	1589	0,04%
Independents	204	24	843446	22,94%
Total:	522	140	3677046

1957[]

Chief Minister(s): Harekrushna Mehtab (Congress)

Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	No. of votes	%
Indian National Congress	140	56	1628180	38,26%
All India Ganatantra Parishad	108	51	1223014	28,74%
Praja Socialist Party	46	11	442508	10,40%
Communist Party of India	43	9	357659	8,40%
Independents	171	8	604652	14,21%
Total:	508	140	4256013

1961[]

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

Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	No. of votes	%
Indian National Congress	140	82	1269000	43,28%
All India Ganatantra Parishad	121	37	655099	22,34%
Praja Socialist Party	43	10	322305	10,99%
Communist Party of India	35	4	233971	7,98%
Jharkhand Party	9	0	25602	0,87%
Independents	187	7	426302	14,54%
Total:	535	140	2932279

1967[]

Chief Minister: Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo (Swatantra Party)

Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	No. of votes	%
Indian National Congress	141	31	1235149	30,66%
Swatantra Party	101	49	909421	22,58%
Orissa Jana Congress	47	26	542734	13,47%
Praja Socialist Party	33	21	493750	12,26%
Communist Party of India	31	7	211999	5,26%
	9	2	61426	1,52%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	10	1	46597	1,16%
Bharatiya Jana Sangh	19	0	21788	0,54%
Independents	212	3	505394	12,55%
Total:	603	140	4028258

1971[]

Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	No. of votes	%
Indian National Congress (Indira)	129	51	1240668	28,18%
Utkal Congress	139	33	1055826	23,99%
Swatantra Party	115	36	767815	17,44%
Praja Socialist Party	50	4	267768	6,08%
Orissa Jana Congress	66	1	227056	5,16%
Communist Party of India	29	4	210811	4,79%
Indian National Congress (Organization)	50	1	79460	1,81%
All India Jharkhand Party	14	4	72291	1,64%
Samyukta Socialist Party	15	0	53271	1,21%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	11	2	52785	1,20%
Bharatiya Jana Sangh	21	0	30824	0,70%
All India Forward Bloc	4	0	8393	0,19%
Socialist Unity Centre of India	1	0	2093	0,05%
Bihar Prant Hul Jharkhand	1	0	532	0,01%
Independents	190	4	332327	7,55%
Total:	835	140	440fdlkvnslkdnvlkw

1974[]

Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	No. of votes	%
Indian National Congress (Indira)	135	69	2152818	37,44%
Utkal Congress	95	35	1521064	26,45%
Swatantra Party	56	21	694473	12,08%
Communist Party of India	14	7	279738	4,87%
Socialist Party	17	2	101789	1,77%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	8	3	67600	1,18%
Orissa Jana Congress	42	1	67169	1,17%
Jharkhand Party	12	1	34786	0,60%
Indian National Congress (Organization)	17	0	29103	0,51%
Bharatiya Jana Sangh	12	0	23335	0,41%
All India Jharkhand Party	8	0	15360	0,27%
Socialist Unity Centre of India	4	0	10214	0,18%
All India Forward Bloc	2	0	1080	0,02%
Revolutionary Communist Party of India	1	0	478	0,01%
Independents	299	7	750818	13,06%
Total:	722	146	5749825

1977[]

Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	No. of votes	%
Janata Party	147	110	2527787	49,17%
Indian National Congress (Indira)	146	26	1594505	31,02%
Communist Party of India	25	1	183485	3,57%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	4	1	45219	0,88%
Jharkhand Party	10	0	25002	0,49%
Socialist Unity Centre of India	6	0	18773	0,37%
All India Jharkhand Party	2	0	7233	0,14%
Independents	264	9	738545	14,37%
Total:	604	147	5140549

1980[]

Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	No. of votes	%
Indian National Congress (Indira)	147	118	3037487	47,78%
	110	13	1238745	19,49%
Indian National Congress (Urs)	98	2	446818	7,03%
Communist Party of India	27	4	323411	5,09%
Janata Party	31	3	262903	4,14%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	14	0	127524	2,01%
Bharatiya Janata Party	28	0	86421	1,36%
Socialist Unity Centre of India	8	0	36226	0,57%
Jharkhand Party	18	0	34782	0,55%
All India Forward Bloc	4	0	3987	0,06%
	2	0	2984	0,05%
Revolutionary Socialist Party	1	0	630	0,01%
Independents	248	7	755087	11,88%
Total:	736	147	6357005

1985[]

Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	No. of votes	%
Indian National Congress	147	117	4007258	51,08%
Janata Party	140	21	2401566	30,61%
Communist Party of India	27	1	259508	3,31%
Bharatiya Janata Party	67	1	204346	2,60%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	10	0	89225	1,14%
Lok Dal	18	0	29782	0,38%
Jharkhand Party	11	0	21847	0,28%
	2	0	4476	0,06%
Indian Congress (Socialist)	2	0	1490	0,02%
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	1	0	1234	0,02%
Indian Congress (J)	1	0	468	0,01%
Independents	374	7	823850	10,50%
Total:	800	147	7845050

1990[]

Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	No. of votes	%
Janata Dal	139	123	5884443	53,69%
Indian National Congress	145	10	3264000	29,78%
Bharatiya Janata Party	63	2	390060	3,56%
Communist Party of India	9	5	326364	2,98%
Janata Party	58	0	92405	0,84%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	3	1	91767	0,84%
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	16	0	36366	0,33%
Bahujan Samaj Party	44	0	29289	0,27%
	6	0	8914	0,08%
Jharkhand Party	7	0	7623	0,07%
United Communist Party of India	1	0	7213	0,07%
	4	0	2804	0,03%
	7	0	2521	0,02%
	5	0	2341	0,02%
Indian Peoples Front	1	0	1783	0,02%
	3	0	1762	0,02%
All India Forward Bloc	2	0	1574	0,01%
	4	0	1168	0,01%
	2	0	371	0,00%
Doordarshi Party	2	0	332	0,00%
	2	0	279	0,00%
	1	0	208	0,00%
Independents	389	6	807000	7,36%
Total:	913	147	10960587

1995[]

Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	No. of votes	%
Indian National Congress	146	80	6180237	39,08%
Janata Dal	146	46	5600853	35,73%
Bharatiya Janata Party	144	9	1245996	7,88%
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	16	4	307517	1,94%
Communist Party of India	21	1	271199	1,71%
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	59	0	215311	1,36%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	11	0	104655	0,66%
Bahujan Samaj Party	59	0	78332	0,50%
Samata Party	55	0	50852	0,32%
Jharkhand People's Party	4	1	27494	0,17%
Odisha Communist Party	1	0	25915	0,16%
	18	0	9090	0,06%
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation	5	0	8363	0,05%
	15	0	6363	0,04%
Jharkhand Party	6	0	5981	0,04%
Janata Party	4	0	4870	0,03%
Doordarshi Party	5	0	3703	0,02%
	4	0	2601	0,02%
	1	0	1708	0,01%
	1	0	945	0,01%
	2	0	853	0,01%
All India Forward Bloc	2	0	323	0,00%
	4	0	188	0,00%
	1	0	175	0,00%
Independents	682	6	1661485	10,51%
Total:	1413	147	15815009

2000[]

Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	No. of votes	%
Indian National Congress	145	26	4770654	33,78%
Biju Janata Dal	84	68	4151895	29,40%
Bharatiya Janata Party	63	38	2570074	18,20%
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	21	3	301729	2,14%
Communist Party of India	29	1	172398	1,22%
Bahujan Samaj Party	105	0	162184	1,15%
Janata Dal (Secular)	24	1	118978	0,84%
All India Trinamool Congress	36	1	110056	0,78%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	15	1	109256	0,77%
Janata Dal (United)	8	0	48135	0,34%
Nationalist Congress Party	31	0	34986	0,25%
Samajwadi Party	14	0	20480	0,14%
Shiv Sena	16	0	18794	0,13%
Bharipa Bahujan Mahasabha	8	0	6815	0,05%
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation	6	0	4198	0,03%
Samata Party	4	0	3732	0,03%
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	2	0	3051	0,02%
Samajwadi Jan Parishad	1	0	2412	0,02%
Rashtriya Janata Dal	4	0	2078	0,01%
	3	0	1520	0,01%
	3	0	1341	0,01%
Jharkhand Party	4	0	1209	0,01%
All India Forward Bloc	1	0	795	0,01%
Odisha Communist Party	1	0	630	0,00%
Ajeya Bharat Party	1	0	559	0,00%
Revolutionary Socialist Party	1	0	294	0,00%
Independents	236	8	1506216	10,66%
Total:	868	147	14124469

2004[]

Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	No. of votes	%
Indian National Congress	134	38	5896713	34,82%
Biju Janata Dal	84	61	4632280	27.36%
Bharatiya Janata Party	63	32	2898105	17,11%
Bahujan Samaj Party	86	0	326724	1,93%
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	12	4	301777	1,78%
Odisha Gana Parishad	4	2	217998	1,29%
Communist Party of India	6	1	129989	0,77%
Samajwadi Party	29	0	99214	0,59%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	3	1	93159	0,55%
Independents	295	8	2065650	12,20%
Total:	802	147	16933456

2009[]

Chief Minister(s): Naveen Patnaik (Biju Janata Dal) ^[2]

Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	No. of votes	%
Indian National Congress	145	27	-	29.10%
Biju Janata Dal	130	103	-	38.86%
Bharatiya Janata Party	147	6	-	15.03%
Others	?	11	-	?%
Total:	?	147	0	-

2014[]

Chief Minister(s): Naveen Patnaik (Biju Janata Dal)

Results of the Odisha Legislative Assembly election, 2014^[3]^[4]
Political Party	Seats won	Number of Votes	% of Votes	Seat change
Biju Janata Dal	117	9,334,852	43.4	14
Indian National Congress	16	5,535,670	25.7	11
Bharatiya Janata Party	10	3,874,739	18.0	4
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1	80,274	0.4	1
Samata Kranti Dal	1	86,539	0.4	1
Independents	2	1,084,764	5.0	4
Total	147

2019[]

	Party	Contested	Won	Change	Votes	Vote %	Vote Swing
	Biju Janata Dal	146	112	5	10,470,941	44.7
	Bharatiya Janata Party	146	23	13	7,609,581	32.5
	Indian National Congress	138	9	7	3,775,320	16.12
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	145	1		70,119	0.3
	Bahujan Samaj Party	107	0		192,780	0.82
	Samata Kranti Dal	15	0	1
	Aam Aadmi Party	15	0			0.06
	Independents	305	1	1			–
	None of the above	–	–	–	244,974	1.05	–
Total			146
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References[]

^ "Lok Sabha Results 1951-52". Election Commission of India.
^ "Stats Report, Orissa Vidhan Sabha Elections, 2009" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
^ Prafulla Das (May 21, 2014). "Naveen Patnaik sworn-in as fourth time CM in Odisha". The Hindu. thehindu.com/. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
^ Election Results on Election Commission of India website
^ "Phase 1 List" (PDF).
^ "Phase 2 List" (PDF).
^ "Phase 3 List" (PDF).
^ "Phase 4 List" (PDF).
^ "Election Commission of India".

External links[]

[1] "Lok Sabha Results 1951-52". Election Commission of India.

[2] "Stats Report, Orissa Vidhan Sabha Elections, 2009" (PDF). Election Commission of India.

[thehindu-3] Prafulla Das (May 21, 2014). "Naveen Patnaik sworn-in as fourth time CM in Odisha". The Hindu. thehindu.com/. Retrieved May 23, 2014.

[4] Election Results on Election Commission of India website

[:0-5] "Phase 1 List" (PDF).

[:1-6] "Phase 2 List" (PDF).

[:2-7] "Phase 3 List" (PDF).

[:3-8] "Phase 4 List" (PDF).

[9] "Election Commission of India".

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