2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

2009 assembly elections in Odisha

2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

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All 147 Assembly Constituencies
74 seats needed for a majority
Turnout| 65.35%[1]
|  | Majority party  | Minority party  | Third party

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Leader  | Naveen Patnaik | Bhupinder Singh |
Party  | BJD | INC | BJP
Alliance  | TF | UPA | NDA
Leader since  | 1996  |  |
Leader's seat  | Hinjili | Narla  |
Last election  | 2004  | 2004  | 2004
Seats before  | 61  | 38  | 32
Seats won  | 103  | 27  | 6
Seat change  |  42  |  11  |  26
Popular vote  | 6,903,641  | 5,169,559  | 2,674,067
Percentage  | 38.86%  | 29.10%  | 15.05%
Swing  |  11.50%  |  5.72%  |  1.61%

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Odisha District Map

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| Chief Minister before election

Naveen Patnaik
BJD

| Elected Chief Minister

Naveen Patnaik
BJD

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The 2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election took place in April 2009, concurrently with the general election. The elections were held in the state in two phases. The results were declared on 16 May. Despite having recently separated from the Bharatiya Janata Party after an eleven-year partnership, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) retained power in the Odisha State Assembly with a more convincing majority. Party chief Naveen Patnaik was formally re-elected as the BJD Legislature party leader on 19 May,[2] thus paving the way for his third consecutive term as the Chief Minister of Odisha.

## Previous Assembly

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In the 2004 Orissa Assembly election, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) had swept the state with the BJD winning 61 seats and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) winning 32 seats, giving the alliance comfortable majority in the 147-member house. This was the second consecutive term for the BJD-BJP combine after they first formed the government in 2000.[3] The Naveen Patnaik government had been sworn in at the Bhubaneswar Raj Bhavan by Odisha Governor M. M. Rajendran in May 2004.[4]

## Background

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With the tenure of the Orissa Assembly scheduled to expire on 29 June 2009, the Election Commission of India announced[5] on 2 March that year that the elections to the Assembly would be held alongside the general election. The election in each Assembly constituency (AC) was held in the same phase as the election to the corresponding Parliamentary constituency that the AC fell under.

Seat-sharing discussions got underway between allies, after eleven years of partnership and nearly two full terms as the Orissa state government, the BJD snapped ties with the BJP in March 2009, blaming the latter for the 2008 violence against Christians.[6] Thereafter, the BJP withdrew support to Government and Governor Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare asked Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to prove his majority in the Orissa Assembly.[7] Naveen Patnaik then won a controversial trust vote on 11 March 2009, after the opposition Congress and BJP legislators walked out of the Assembly in protest in the manner the vote was being conducted.[8]

The BJD then declared that they support neither Congress nor BJP.[9] Though they decided to contest the 2009 elections in partnership with the Left Front and Nationalist Congress Party, the BJD did not officially join the Third Front.[10]

### Schedule of election

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Poll Event  | Phase 1  | Phase 2

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Announcement & Issue of Press Note  | Monday, 02 Mar 2009
Issue of Notification  | Monday, 23 Mar 2009  | Saturday, 28 Mar 2009
Last Date for filing Nominations  | Monday, 30 Mar 2009  | Saturday, 04 Apr 2009
Scrutiny of Nominations  | Tuesday, 31 Mar 2009  | Monday, 06 Apr 2009
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature  | Thursday, 02 Apr 2009  | Wednesday, 08 Apr 2009
Date of Poll  | Thursday, 16 Apr 2009  | Thursday, 23 Apr 2009
Counting of Votes on  | Saturday, 16 May 2009
Date of election being completed  | Thursday, 28 May 2009
Constituencies Polling on this day  | 70  | 77
Source: Election Commission of India[5]
Location of Orissa in India

## Results

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### Government formation

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Despite fighting against both BJP & Congress, the BJD emerged victorious with more than two-thirds majority in the 147 member Legislative Assembly. Naveen Patnaik was sworn in for his third consecutive term by Governor M.C. Bhandare on 2009-05-21 at the Bhubaneswar Raj Bhavan.[11]

### Number of seats

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Party  | Flag  | Seats won  | Seats change  | Popular vote  | Vote share  | Swing
Biju Janata Dal |  | 103  | +42  | 6,903,641  | 38.86%  | +11.50%
Indian National Congress |  | 27  | -11  | 5,169,559  | 29.10%  | -5.72%
Bharatiya Janata Party |  | 6  | -26  | 2,674,067  | 15.05%  | -2.06%
Independent |  | 6  | -2  | 1,536,745  | 8.65%  | -3.55%
Nationalist Congress Party |  | 4  | +4  | 237,528  | 1.34%  | +1.34%
Communist Party of India |  | 1  | +0  | 89,852  | 0.51%  | -0.26%
Source: Election Commission of India [12][13]

### Number of candidates

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Party Type  | Code  | Party Name  | Number of
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National Parties  | BJP  | Bharatiya Janata Party | 145  | 423
BSP  | Bahujan Samaj Party | 114
CPI  | Communist Party of India | 5
CPM  | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 4
INC  | Indian National Congress | 147
NCP  | Nationalist Congress Party | 8
State Parties  | BJD  | Biju Janata Dal | 129  | 161
JMM  | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 32
State Parties -
Other States  | AITC  | All India Trinamool Congress | 5  | 86
JD(U)  | Janata Dal (United) | 10
LJP  | Lok Jan Shakti Party | 8
RSP  | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 18
SP  | Samajwadi Party | 45
Unrecognised or
Unregistered Parties  | AJSU  | All Jharkhand Students Union | 4  | 247
BJSH  | Bharatiya Jan Shakti  | 3
BOP  | Bira Oriya Party  | 1
CPI(ML)(L)  | Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation | 17
IJP  | Indian Justice Party | 5
JDP  | Jharkhand Disom Party | 6
JHKP  | Jana Hitkari Party  | 7
JKP  | Jharkhand Party | 1
KOKD  | Kosal Kranti Dal  | 18
KS  | Kalinga Sena  | 36
LSP  | Lok Satta Party | 1
OCP  | Orissa Communist Party | 2
OMM  | Orissa Mukti Morcha  | 8
RPD  | Rashtriya Parivartan Dal | 16
RPI  | Republican Party of India | 5
RPI(A)  | Republican Party of India (Athavale) | 13
RWS  | Rashtrawadi Sena  | 4
SAMO  | Samurdha Odisha | 99
SWJP  | Samajwadi Jan Parishad | 1
Independents  | n/a | Independents  | 371  | 371
Total:  | 1288
Source: Election Commission of India[1]

## Elected members

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Constituency  | Reserved for
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Padampur | None | Bijaya Ranjan Singh Bariha |  | Biju Janata Dal
Bijepur | None | Subal Sahu |  | Indian National Congress
Bargarh | None | Sadhu Nepak |  | Indian National Congress
Attabira | SC | Nihar Ranjan Mahananda |  | Indian National Congress
Bhatli | None | Susanta Singh |  | Biju Janata Dal
Brajarajnagar | None | Anup Kumar Sai |  | Indian National Congress
Jharsuguda | None | Naba Kishore Das |  | Indian National Congress
Talsara | ST | Dr. Prafulla Majhi |  | Indian National Congress
Sundargarh | ST | Jogesh Kumar Singh |  | Indian National Congress
Biramitrapur | ST | George Tirkey |  | Independent
Raghunathpali | SC | Subrat Tarai |  | Biju Janata Dal
Rourkela | None | Sarada Prasad Nayak |  | Biju Janata Dal
Rajgangapur | ST | Gregory Minz |  | Indian National Congress
Bonai | ST | Bhimsen Choudhury |  | Bharatiya Janata Party
Kuchinda | ST | Rajendra Kumar Chhatria |  | Indian National Congress
Rengali | SC | Duryodhan Gardia |  | Indian National Congress
Sambalpur | None | Jayanarayan Mishra |  | Bharatiya Janata Party
Rairakhol | None | Prasanna Acharya |  | Biju Janata Dal
Deogarh | None | Sanjeeb Kumar Pradhan |  | Biju Janata Dal
Telkoi | ST | Premananda Nayak |  | Biju Janata Dal
Ghasipura | None | Badrinarayan Patra |  | Biju Janata Dal
Anandapur | SC | Bhagirathi Sethy |  | Biju Janata Dal
Patna | ST | Hrusikesh Naik |  | Biju Janata Dal
Keonjhar | ST | Subarna Naik |  | Biju Janata Dal
Champua | None | Jitu Patnaik |  | Independent
Jashipur | ST | Kamala Kanta Nayak |  | Biju Janata Dal
Saraskana | ST | Rama Chandra Hansdah |  | Nationalist Congress Party
Rairangpur | ST | Shyam Charan Hansdah |  | Indian National Congress
Bangriposi | ST | Sarojini Hembram |  | Biju Janata Dal
Karanjia | ST | Bijay Kumar Naik |  | Biju Janata Dal
Udala | ST | Shrinath Soren |  | Biju Janata Dal
Badasahi | SC | Manoranjan Sethi |  | Biju Janata Dal
Baripada | ST | Sananda Marandi |  | Biju Janata Dal
Morada | None | Praveen Chandra Bhanjdeo |  | Biju Janata Dal
Jaleswar | None | Debi Prasanna Chand |  | Indian National Congress
Bhograi | None | Ananta Das |  | Biju Janata Dal
Basta | None | Raghunath Mohanty |  | Biju Janata Dal
Balasore | None | Jiban Pradip Dash |  | Biju Janata Dal
Remuna | SC | Sudarshan Jena |  | Biju Janata Dal
Nilgiri | None | Pratap Chandra Sarangi |  | Independent
Soro | SC | Surendra Prasad Pramanik |  | Indian National Congress
Simulia | None | Parsuram Panigrahi |  | Biju Janata Dal
Bhandaripokhari | None | Prafulla Samal |  | Biju Janata Dal
Bhadrak | None | Jugal Kishore Pattnaik |  | Biju Janata Dal
Basudevpur | None | Bijayshree Routray |  | Biju Janata Dal
Dhamnagar | SC | Rajendra Kumar Das |  | Biju Janata Dal
Chandabali | None | Bijaya Nayak |  | Biju Janata Dal
Binjharpur | SC | Pramila Mallik |  | Biju Janata Dal
Bari | None | Debasis Nayak |  | Biju Janata Dal
Barchana | None | Amar Prasad Satpathy |  | Nationalist Congress Party
Dharmasala | None | Kalpataru Das |  | Biju Janata Dal
Jajpur | None | Pranab Prakash Das |  | Biju Janata Dal
Korei | None | Pritiranjan Gharai |  | Biju Janata Dal
Sukinda | None | Prafulla Chandra Ghadai |  | Biju Janata Dal
Dhenkanal | None | Nabin Nanda |  | Nationalist Congress Party
Hindol | SC | Anjali Behera |  | Biju Janata Dal
Kamakhyanagar | None | Prafulla Kumar Mallik |  | Biju Janata Dal
Parjanga | None | Dr. Nrusingha Sahu |  | Biju Janata Dal
Pallahara | None | Rabi Narayan Pani |  | Biju Janata Dal
Talcher | None | Braja Kishore Pradhan |  | Independent
Angul | None | Rajani Kant Singh |  | Biju Janata Dal
Chhendipada | SC | Khageswar Behera |  | Biju Janata Dal
Athamallik | None | Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo |  | Biju Janata Dal
Birmaharajpur | SC | Padmanabh Behera |  | Biju Janata Dal
Sonepur | None | Niranjan Pujari |  | Biju Janata Dal
Loisingha | SC | Ramakanta Seth |  | Biju Janata Dal
Patnagarh | None | Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo |  | Bharatiya Janata Party
Bolangir | None | Anang Uday Singh Deo |  | Biju Janata Dal
Titlagarh | None | Surendra Singh Bhoi |  | Indian National Congress
Kantabanji | None | Santosh Singh Saluja |  | Indian National Congress
Nuapada | None | Rajendra Dholakia |  | Biju Janata Dal
Khariar | None | Hitesh Kumar Bagartti |  | Bharatiya Janata Party
Umarkote | ST | Jagabandhu Majhi |  | Biju Janata Dal
Jharigam | ST | Ramesh Chandra Majhi |  | Biju Janata Dal
Nabarangpur | ST | Manohar Randhari |  | Biju Janata Dal
Dabugam | ST | Bhujabal Majhi |  | Indian National Congress
Lanjigarh | ST | Shibaji Majhi |  | Indian National Congress
Junagarh | None | Gobardhan Dash |  | Indian National Congress
Dharmgarh | None | Puspendra Singh Deo |  | Biju Janata Dal
Bhawanipatna | SC | Dusmanta Naik |  | Indian National Congress
Narla | None | Bhupinder Singh |  | Indian National Congress
Baliguda | ST | Karendra Majhi |  | Bharatiya Janata Party
G. Udayagiri | ST | Manoj Kumar Pradhan |  | Bharatiya Janata Party
Phulbani | ST | Debendra Kanhar |  | Biju Janata Dal
Kantamal | None | Bhagban Kanhor |  | Biju Janata Dal
Boudh | None | Pradip Kumar Amat |  | Biju Janata Dal
Baramba | None | Debiprasad Mishra |  | Biju Janata Dal
Banki | None | Pravata Kumar Tripathy |  | Biju Janata Dal
Athagarh | None | Ramesh Rout |  | Independent
Barabati-cuttack | None | Debashish Samantaray |  | Biju Janata Dal
Choudwar-cuttack | None | Pravat Ranjan Biswal |  | Biju Janata Dal
Niali | SC | Pramod Kumar Mallick |  | Biju Janata Dal
Cuttack Sadar | SC | Kalindi Behera |  | Biju Janata Dal
Salipur | None | Chandra Sarathi Behera |  | Biju Janata Dal
Mahanga | None | Pratap Jena |  | Biju Janata Dal
Patkura | None | Bed Prakash Agrawalla |  | Biju Janata Dal
Kendrapara | SC | Sipra Mallick |  | Biju Janata Dal
Aul | None | Pratap Keshari Deb |  | Biju Janata Dal
Rajanagar | None | Alekh Kumar Jena |  | Biju Janata Dal
Mahakalapada | None | Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak |  | Biju Janata Dal
Paradeep | None | Damodara Rout |  | Biju Janata Dal
Tirtol | SC | Rabindra Nath Bhoi |  | Biju Janata Dal
Balikuda-ersama | None | Prasanta Kumar Muduli |  | Biju Janata Dal
Jagatsinghpur | None | Bishnu Charan Das |  | Biju Janata Dal
Kakatpur | SC | Rabi Mallick |  | Biju Janata Dal
Nimapara | None | Samir Ranjan Dash |  | Biju Janata Dal
Puri | None | Maheswar Mohanty |  | Biju Janata Dal
Bramhagiri | None | Sanjay Kumar Das Burma |  | Biju Janata Dal
Satyabadi | None | Prasad Kumar Harichandan |  | Indian National Congress
Pipili | None | Pradeep Maharathy |  | Biju Janata Dal
Jayadev | SC | Arabinda Dhali |  | Biju Janata Dal
Bhubaneswar Central | None | (madhya) Bijaya Kumar Mohanty |  | Biju Janata Dal
Bhubaneswar North | None | (uttar) Bhagirathi Badajena |  | Biju Janata Dal
Ekamra-bhubaneswar | None | Ashok Chandra Panda |  | Biju Janata Dal
Jatani | None | Bibhuti Bhusan Balabantaray |  | Biju Janata Dal
Begunia | None | Prashanta Nanda |  | Nationalist Congress Party
Khurda | None | Rajendra Ku. Sahoo |  | Independent
Chilika | None | Raghunath Sahu |  | Biju Janata Dal
Ranpur | None | Satyanarayan Pradhan |  | Biju Janata Dal
Khandapada | None | Siddharth Sekhar Singh |  | Biju Janata Dal
Daspalla | SC | Kashinath Mallik |  | Biju Janata Dal
Nayagarh | None | Arun Kumar Sahoo |  | Biju Janata Dal
Bhanjanagar | None | Bikram Keshari Arukha |  | Biju Janata Dal
Polasara | None | Niranjan Pradhan |  | Biju Janata Dal
Kabisuryangar | None | V. Sugnana Kumari Deo |  | Biju Janata Dal
Khalikote | SC | Purna Chandra Sethy |  | Biju Janata Dal
Chhatrapur | SC | Adikanda Sethi |  | Communist Party of India
Aska | None | Debaraj Mohanty |  | Biju Janata Dal
Surada | None | Purna Chandra Swain |  | Biju Janata Dal
Sanakhemundi | None | Ramesh Chandra Jena |  | Indian National Congress
Hinjili | None | Naveen Patnaik |  | Biju Janata Dal
Gopalpur | None | Dr.pradeep Kumar Panigrahy |  | Biju Janata Dal
Berhampur | None | Dr.ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik |  | Biju Janata Dal
Digapahandi | None | Surya Narayana Patro |  | Biju Janata Dal
Chikiti | None | Usha Devi |  | Biju Janata Dal
Mohana | ST | Chakradhara Paik |  | Indian National Congress
Paralakhemundi | None | K.narayana Rao |  | Biju Janata Dal
Gunupur | ST | Ramamurty Mutika |  | Biju Janata Dal
Bissam Cuttack | ST | Damburudhara Ulaka |  | Indian National Congress
Rayagada | ST | Lal Bihari Himirika |  | Biju Janata Dal
Laxmipur | ST | Jhina Hikaka |  | Biju Janata Dal
Kotpad | ST | Basudev Majhi |  | Indian National Congress
Jeypore | None | Rabi Narayan Nanda |  | Biju Janata Dal
Koraput | SC | Raghuram Padal |  | Biju Janata Dal
Pottangi | ST | Rama Chandra Kadam |  | Indian National Congress
Malkangiri | ST | Mukunda Sodi |  | Biju Janata Dal
Chitrakonda | ST | Mamta Madhi |  | Indian National Congress

## See also

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* State Assembly elections in India, 2009
* Indian general election in Orissa, 2009
* Legislative Assembly election results of Orissa

## References

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2. ^ "Naveen named Legislature Party Leader". The Hindu. 2009-05-20. Archived from the original on 2009-06-06. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
3. ^ "25-member Naveen ministry takes office". The Indian Express. 2000-03-06. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
4. ^ "Naveen Ministry sworn in". The Hindu. 2004-05-17. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
5. ^ a b "General Elections to Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 2 March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 19, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
6. ^ Karan, Jajati (2009-03-19). "Kandhamal riots forced BJD to snap ties with BJP". CNN-IBN. Archived from the original on 2009-03-22. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
7. ^ Das, Prafulla (2009-03-09). "Naveen Patnaik asked to seek confidence vote on March 11". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2009-03-10. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
8. ^ Das, Prafulla (2009-03-12). "Naveen wins trust vote". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2009-03-16. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
9. ^ "BJD not to support Cong-led or BJP-led govt at Centre: Naveen". The Hindu. 2009-03-14. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
10. ^ "BJD, Left and NCP join hands in Orissa". Rediff.com. 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
11. ^ "Naveen Patnaik begins third term as Orissa CM". NDTV. 2009-05-21. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
12. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
13. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2004 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa" (PDF). Election Commission of India.

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