Bharatiya Janata Party, Odisha

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Bharatiya Janata Party, Odisha (or BJP Odisha) (BJP;  (listen); lit. ’Indian People’s Party’), is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Odisha. Its head office is situated at the 4R-3/2, Unit-3, Janpath, Bhubaneswar-751 001 Odisha. The current President of BJP Odisha is Manmohan Samal.

Electoral performance

Lok Sabha Election

Year Seats won +/- Outcome
1998

7 / 21

  – Government
1999

9 / 21

 Increase 2
2004

7 / 21

 Decrease 2 Opposition
2009

0 / 21

 Decrease 7
2014

1 / 21

 Increase 1 Government
2019

8 / 21

 Increase 7

Legislative Assembly Election

Year Seats contested Seats won +/- Voteshare (%) +/- (%) Outcome
1985 67

1 / 147

  – 2.60% New Opposition
1990 63

2 / 147

 Increase 1 3.56% Increase 0.96
1995 144

9 / 147

 Increase 7 7.88% Increase 4.32
2000 63

38 / 147

 Increase 29 18.20% Increase 10.32 Government
2004 63

32 / 147

 Decrease 6 17.11% Decrease 2.06
2009 147

6 / 147

 Decrease 26 15.05% Decrease 1.09 Opposition
2014 147

10 / 147

 Increase 4 18.0% Increase 2.95
2019 146

23 / 147

 Increase 13 32.5% Increase 14.5

Leadership

Leader of the Opposition

No Portarit Name Constituency Term Assembly Chief Minister
1 Pradipta Kumar Naik.jpg Pradipta Kumar Naik Bhawanipatna 25 June 2019 30 July 2022 3 years, 35 days 16th Naveen Patnaik
2 Jayanarayan Mishra.jpg Jayanarayan Mishra Sambalpur 30 July 2022 Incumbent 316 days

President

No Portrait Name Term
1 The Governor of Andhra Pradesh, Shri Biswabhusan Harichandan.jpg Biswabhusan Harichandan 1980 1988 8 years
2 Debendra Pradhan 1988 1993 5 years
3 Bimbadhar Kuanr 1993 1996 3 years
(2) Debendra Pradhan 1996 1997 1 year
4 The Union Minister for Tribal Affairs, Shri Jual Oram addressing a press conference on the achievements of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, during the last four years, in New Delhi on June 14, 2018.JPG Jual Oram 1997 1999 2 years
5 Manmohan Samal 1999 2004 5 years
(4) The Union Minister for Tribal Affairs, Shri Jual Oram addressing a press conference on the achievements of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, during the last four years, in New Delhi on June 14, 2018.JPG Jual Oram 2004 2006 2 years
6[7] Suresh Pujari 7-Nov-2006 2009 3 years
(4) The Union Minister for Tribal Affairs, Shri Jual Oram addressing a press conference on the achievements of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, during the last four years, in New Delhi on June 14, 2018.JPG Jual Oram 2009 2013 4 years
7[8] KV Singh Deo.png Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo 10-Mar-2013 14-Jan-2016 2 years, 310 days
8[9] Basanta Kumar Panda.png Basanta Kumar Panda 14-Jan-2016 16-Jan-2020 4 years, 2 days
9[10] Samir Mohanty.jpg Samir Mohanty 16-Jan-2020 23-Mar-2023 3 years, 66 days
10 Manmohan Samal 24-Mar-2023 Present 79 days