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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 Results from Odisha

  • 1951-52: Total: 20. Congress: 11, GP: 6 
  • 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%
Peoples Independent Party 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%
Sanghata Socialist Party 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%
Janata Party (Secular) – Ch. Charan Singh 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%
Janata Party (Secular) – Raj Narain 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%
Suraya Party 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%
Karnataka Gana Parishad 6 0 8914 0,08%
Jharkhand Party 7 0 7623 0,07%
United Communist Party of India 1 0 7213 0,07%
Jharkhand Dal 4 0 2804 0,03%
West Orissa Peoples Front 7 0 2521 0,02%
Orissa Khandayat Khetria Krusak Party 5 0 2341 0,02%
Indian Peoples Front 1 0 1783 0,02%
Proutist Bloc of India 3 0 1762 0,02%
All India Forward Bloc 2 0 1574 0,01%
Navabharat Party 4 0 1168 0,01%
Bharatiya Krishi Udyog Sangh 2 0 371 0,00%
Doordarshi Party 2 0 332 0,00%
Bira Oriya Party 2 0 279 0,00%
Bharatiya Dhruba Labour Party 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%
Proutist Sarva Samaj Samiti 18 0 9090 0,06%
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation 5 0 8363 0,05%
Orissa Congress 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%
Kannada Paksha 4 0 2601 0,02%
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Soren) 1 0 1708 0,01%
Sirpanch Samaj Party 1 0 945 0,01%
Pratap Shiv Sena 2 0 853 0,01%
All India Forward Bloc 2 0 323 0,00%
Sarvodaya Party 4 0 188 0,00%
Bharatiya Krishi Udyog Sangh 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%
Bira Oriya Party 3 0 1520 0,01%
Proutist Sarva Samaj Samiti 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)

Main article: 2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
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)

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

2019

Main article: 2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
Party Contested Won Change Votes Vote % Vote Swing
Biju Janata Dal 146 112 5 Decrease 10,470,941 44.7
Bharatiya Janata Party 146 23 13 Increase 7,609,581 32.5
Indian National Congress 138 9 7 Decrease 3,775,320 16.12
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 145 1 Steady 70,119 0.3
Bahujan Samaj Party 107 0 Steady 192,780 0.82
Samata Kranti Dal 15 0 1 Decrease
Aam Aadmi Party 15 0 Steady 0.06
Independents 305 1 1 Decrease –
None of the above – – – 244,974 1.05 –
Total 146
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