Elections in Odisha

Template:Short description 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	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	INC 11	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	GP 6	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	SP 1	CPI 1,IND 1	20
2nd	1957	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	INC 7	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	GP 7	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	PSP 2	CPI 1,IND 3	20
3rd	1962	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	INC 14	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	GP 4	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	PSP 1	SP 1	20
4th	1967	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	SWP 8	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	INC 6	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	PSP 4	SSP 1,IND 1	20
5th	1971	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	INC 15	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	SWP 3	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	CPI 1	UC 1	20
6th	1977	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	JP 15	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	INC 5	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	CPI(M) 1		21
7th	1980	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	INC 20	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	JP 1				21
8th	1984	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	INC 20	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	JP 1				21
9th	1989	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	JD 16	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	INC 3	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	CPI(M) 1	CPI 1	21
10th	1991	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	INC 13	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	JD 6	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	CPI(M) 1	CPI 1	21
11th	1996	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	INC 16	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	JD 4	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	SP 1		21
12th	1998	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	BJD 9	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	BJP 7	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	INC 5		21
13th	1999	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	BJD 10	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	BJP 9	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	INC 2		21
14th	2004	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	BJD 11	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	BJP 7	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	INC 2	JMM 1	21
15th	2009	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	BJD 14	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	INC 6	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	CPI 1		21
16th	2014	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	BJD 20	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	BJP 1				21
17th	2019	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	BJD 12	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	BJP 8	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	INC 1		21
18th	2024	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	BJP 20	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	INC 1				21

Legislative Assembly election results of Odisha

1952

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

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Party		Seats		Vote(%)
		Contested	Won
style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	Indian National Congress	135	67	37.87%
style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	Ganatantra Parishad	58	31	20.50%
style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	Socialist Party	79	10	11.77%
style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	Communist Party of India	33	7	5.62%
style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	All India Forward Bloc	2	1	0.35%
style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	Independent	204	24	22.94%
Total			140

1957

Chief Minister: Harekrushna Mahatab (INC)

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Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	±pp
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress	140	56	Template:Decrease11	38.26%	0.39
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Ganatantra Parishad	108	51	Template:Increase20	28.74%	8.24
style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	Praja Socialist Party	46	11	new	10.4%	new
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Communist Party of India	43	9	Template:Increase2	8.4%	2.78
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Independent	171	13	Template:Decrease11	14.21%	Template:Decrease8.73
Total			140

1961

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

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Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	±pp
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress	140	82	Template:Increase26	43.28%	Template:Increase5.02
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Ganatantra Parishad	121	37	Template:Decrease14	22.34%	Template:Decrease6.4
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Praja Socialist Party	43	10	Template:Decrease1	10.99%	Template:Increase0.59
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Communist Party of India	35	4	Template:Decrease5	7.98%	Template:Decrease0.42
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Independent	187	7	Template:Decrease6	14.54%	Template:Increase0.33
Total			140

1967

Chief Minister: Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo, Swatantra Party

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Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	±pp
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Swatantra Party	101	49	new	22.58%	new
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Orissa Jana Congress	47	26	new	13.47%	new
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Praja Socialist Party	33	21	Template:Increase11	12.26%	Template:Increase1.27
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress	141	31	Template:Decrease51	30.66%	Template:Decrease12.62
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Communist Party of India	31	7	Template:Increase3	5.26%	Template:Decrease2.72
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Samyukta Socialist Party	9	2	new	1.52%	new
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Communist Party of India (M)	10	1	new	1.16%	new
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Independent	212	3	Template:Decrease4	12.55%	Template:Decrease1.99
Total			140

1971

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Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	±pp
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress (R)	129	51	new	28.18%	new
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Swatantra Party	115	36	Template:Decrease13	17.44%	Template:Decrease5.14
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Utkal Congress	139	33	new	23.99%	new
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Praja Socialist Party	50	4	Template:Decrease17	6.08%	Template:Decrease6.18
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Communist Party of India	29	4	Template:Decrease3	4.79%	Template:Decrease0.47
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	All India Jharkhand Party	14	4	new	1.64%	new
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Communist Party of India (M)	11	2	Template:Increase1	1.20%	Template:Increase0.04
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Orissa Jana Congress	66	1	Template:Decrease26	5.16%	Template:Decrease8.31
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress (O)	50	1	new	1.81%	new
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Independent	190	4	Template:Increase1	7.55%	Template:Decrease5.00
Total			140

1974

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Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	±pp
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress	135	69	Template:Increase18	37.44%	Template:Increase9.26
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Utkal Congress	95	35	Template:Increase2	26.45%	Template:Increase2.46
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Swatantra Party	56	21	Template:Decrease15	12.08%	Template:Decrease5.36
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Communist Party of India	14	7	Template:Increase3	4.87%	Template:Increase0.08
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Socialist Party	17	2	new	1.77%	new
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Communist Party of India (M)	8	3	Template:Increase1	1.18%	Template:Decrease0.02
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Orissa Jana Congress	42	1	Template:Steady	1.17%	Template:Decrease3.99
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Jharkhand Party	12	1	new	0.60%	new
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Independent	299	7	Template:Increase3	13.06%	Template:Increase5.51
Total			146

1977

Chief Minister: Nilamani Routray, JP

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Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	±pp
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Janata Party	147	110	new	49.17%	new
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress	146	26	Template:Decrease43	31.02%	Template:Decrease6.42
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Communist Party of India	25	1	Template:Decrease6	3.57%	Template:Decrease1.3
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Communist Party of India (M)	4	1	Template:Decrease2	0.88%	Template:Decrease0.3
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Independent	264	9	Template:Increase2	14.37%	Template:Increase1.31
Total			147

1980

Chief Minister: Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, INC

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Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	±pp
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress	147	118	Template:Increase92	47.78%	Template:Increase16.76
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Janata Party (Secular)	110	13	new	19.49%	new
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Communist Party of India	27	4	Template:Increase3	5.09%	Template:Increase1.52
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Janata Party	31	3	Template:Decrease107	4.14%	Template:Decrease45.03
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress (U)	98	2	new	7.03%	new
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Independent	248	7	Template:Decrease2	11.88%	Template:Decrease2.49
Total			147

1985

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

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Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	±pp
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress	147	117	Template:Decrease1	51.08%	Template:Increase3.3
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Janata Party	140	21	Template:Increase18	30.61%	Template:Increase26.47
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Communist Party of India	27	1	Template:Decrease3	3.31%	Template:Decrease1.78
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Bharatiya Janata Party	67	1	Template:Increase1	2.6%	Template:Increase1.24
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Independent	374	7	Template:Steady	10.5%	Template:Decrease1.38
Total			147

1990

Chief Minister: Biju Patnaik, JD

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Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	±pp
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Janata Dal	139	123	new	53.69%	new
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress	145	10	Template:Decrease107	29.78%	Template:Decrease21.3
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Communist Party of India	9	5	Template:Increase4	2.98%	Template:Decrease0.33
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Bharatiya Janata Party	63	2	Template:Increase1	3.56%	Template:Increase0.96
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Communist Party of India (M)	3	1	Template:Increase1	0.84%
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Independent	389	6	Template:Decrease1	7.36%	Template:Decrease3.14
Total			147

1995

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

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Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	±pp
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress	146	80	Template:Increase70	39.08%	Template:Increase9.3
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Janata Dal	146	46	Template:Decrease77	35.73%	Template:Decrease17.96
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Bharatiya Janata Party	144	9	Template:Increase7	7.88%	Template:Increase4.32
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	16	4	new	1.94%	new
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Communist Party of India	21	1	Template:Decrease4	1.71%	Template:Decrease1.27
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Jharkhand People's Party	4	1	new	0.17%	new
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Independent	682	6	Template:Steady	10.51%	Template:Increase3.15
Total			147

2000

Chief Minister: Naveen Patnaik, BJD

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Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	±pp
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Biju Janata Dal	84	68	new	29.40%	new
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Bharatiya Janata Party	63	38	Template:Increase29	18.20%	Template:Increase10.32
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress	145	26	Template:Decrease54	33.78%	Template:Decrease5.3
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	21	3	Template:Decrease1	2.14%	Template:Increase0.2
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Communist Party of India	29	1	Template:Steady	1.22%	Template:Decrease0.49
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Janata Dal (Secular)	24	1	new	0.84%	new
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Trinamool Congress	36	1	new	0.78%	new
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Communist Party of India (M)	15	1	Template:Increase1	0.77%
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Independent	236	8	Template:Increase2	10.66%	Template:Increase0.51
Total			147

2004

Chief Minister: Naveen Patnaik, BJD

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Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	±pp
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Biju Janata Dal	84	61	Template:Decrease7	27.36%	Template:Decrease2.04
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Bharatiya Janata Party	63	32	Template:Decrease6	17.11%	Template:Decrease1.09
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress	134	38	Template:Increase12	34.82%	Template:Increase1.04
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	12	4	Template:Increase1	1.78%	Template:Decrease0.36
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Odisha Gana Parishad	4	2	new	1.29%	new
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Communist Party of India	6	1	Template:Steady	0.77%	Template:Decrease0.45
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Communist Party of India (M)	3	1	Template:Steady	0.55%	Template:Decrease0.22
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Independent	295	8	Template:Steady	12.20%
Total			147

2009

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Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	±pp
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Biju Janata Dal	130	103	Template:Increase42	38.86	Template:Increase11.50
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress	145	27	Template:Decrease11	29.1	Template:Decrease5.72
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Bharatiya Janata Party	147	6	Template:Decrease26	15.03	Template:Decrease2.06%
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Nationalist Congress Party		4	new	1.34	new
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Communist Party of India		1	Template:Steady	0.51	Template:Decrease0.26
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Independent		6	Template:Decrease2	8.65	–
Total		–	147

2014

Chief Minister: Naveen Patnaik, BJD

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Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	±pp
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Biju Janata Dal		117	Template:Increase14	43.4
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress		16	Template:Decrease11	25.7
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Bharatiya Janata Party		10	Template:Increase4	18.0
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Communist Party of India (M)		1	Template:Increase1	5.0
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Samata Kranti Dal		1	Template:Increase1	0.4
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Independent		2	Template:Decrease4	0.4
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	NOTA		147		1.3
Total					100.00

2019

Chief Minister: Naveen Patnaik, BJD

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Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	±pp
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Biju Janata Dal	146	112	5Template:Decrease	44.7	Template:Increase1.3
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Bharatiya Janata Party	146	23	13Template:Increase	32.5	Template:Increase14.5
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress	138	9	7Template:Decrease	16.12	Template:Decrease9.6
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Communist Party of India (M)	145	1	Template:Steady	0.3	Template:Decrease0.1
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Independent	305	1	1Template:Decrease	–	–
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	NOTA	–	–	–	1.05	Template:Decrease2.18
Total			146		100%

2024

Chief Minister: Mohan Charan Majhi, BJP

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Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	±pp
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Bharatiya Janata Party	147	78	Template:Increase55	40.07	Template:Increase7.5
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Biju Janata Dal	147	51	Template:Decrease61	40.22	Template:Decrease4.5
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress	145	14	Template:Increase5	13.26	Template:Decrease2.8
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Communist Party of India (M)		1	Template:Steady	0.37	Template:Increase0.7
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Independent		3	Template:Increase2	–	–
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	NOTA	–	–	–	1.02	Template:Decrease1.8
Total			147	-	100%	-