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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Seatwise Result Map of the election

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Structure of the Odisha Legislative Assembly after the election

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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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S.No  | Constituency  | Reserved for
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1 | Padampur | None | Bijaya Ranjan Singh Bariha |  | Biju Janata Dal
2 | Bijepur | None | Subal Sahu |  | Indian National Congress
3 | Bargarh | None | Sadhu Nepak |  | Indian National Congress
4 | Attabira | SC | Nihar Ranjan Mahananda |  | Indian National Congress
5 | Bhatli | None | Susanta Singh |  | Biju Janata Dal
6 | Brajarajnagar | None | Anup Kumar Sai |  | Indian National Congress
7 | Jharsuguda | None | Naba Kishore Das |  | Indian National Congress
8 | Talsara | ST | Dr. Prafulla Majhi |  | Indian National Congress
9 | Sundargarh | ST | Jogesh Kumar Singh |  | Indian National Congress
10 | Biramitrapur | ST | George Tirkey |  | Independent
11 | Raghunathpali | SC | Subrat Tarai |  | Biju Janata Dal
12 | Rourkela | None | Sarada Prasad Nayak |  | Biju Janata Dal
13 | Rajgangapur | ST | Gregory Minz |  | Indian National Congress
14 | Bonai | ST | Bhimsen Choudhury |  | Bharatiya Janata Party
15 | Kuchinda | ST | Rajendra Kumar Chhatria |  | Indian National Congress
16 | Rengali | SC | Duryodhan Gardia |  | Indian National Congress
17 | Sambalpur | None | Jayanarayan Mishra |  | Bharatiya Janata Party
18 | Rairakhol | None | Prasanna Acharya |  | Biju Janata Dal
19 | Deogarh | None | Sanjeeb Kumar Pradhan |  | Biju Janata Dal
20 | Telkoi | ST | Premananda Nayak |  | Biju Janata Dal
21 | Ghasipura | None | Badrinarayan Patra |  | Biju Janata Dal
22 | Anandapur | SC | Bhagirathi Sethy |  | Biju Janata Dal
23 | Patna | ST | Hrusikesh Naik |  | Biju Janata Dal
24 | Keonjhar | ST | Subarna Naik |  | Biju Janata Dal
25 | Champua | None | Jitu Patnaik |  | Independent
26 | Jashipur | ST | Kamala Kanta Nayak |  | Biju Janata Dal
27 | Saraskana | ST | Rama Chandra Hansdah |  | Nationalist Congress Party
28 | Rairangpur | ST | Shyam Charan Hansdah |  | Indian National Congress
29 | Bangriposi | ST | Sarojini Hembram |  | Biju Janata Dal
30 | Karanjia | ST | Bijay Kumar Naik |  | Biju Janata Dal
31 | Udala | ST | Shrinath Soren |  | Biju Janata Dal
32 | Badasahi | SC | Manoranjan Sethi |  | Biju Janata Dal
33 | Baripada | ST | Sananda Marandi |  | Biju Janata Dal
34 | Morada | None | Praveen Chandra Bhanjdeo |  | Biju Janata Dal
35 | Jaleswar | None | Debi Prasanna Chand |  | Indian National Congress
36 | Bhograi | None | Ananta Das |  | Biju Janata Dal
37 | Basta | None | Raghunath Mohanty |  | Biju Janata Dal
38 | Balasore | None | Jiban Pradip Dash |  | Biju Janata Dal
39 | Remuna | SC | Sudarshan Jena |  | Biju Janata Dal
40 | Nilgiri | None | Pratap Chandra Sarangi |  | Independent
41 | Soro | SC | Surendra Prasad Pramanik |  | Indian National Congress
42 | Simulia | None | Parsuram Panigrahi |  | Biju Janata Dal
43 | Bhandaripokhari | None | Prafulla Samal |  | Biju Janata Dal
44 | Bhadrak | None | Jugal Kishore Pattnaik |  | Biju Janata Dal
45 | Basudevpur | None | Bijayshree Routray |  | Biju Janata Dal
46 | Dhamnagar | SC | Rajendra Kumar Das |  | Biju Janata Dal
47 | Chandabali | None | Bijaya Nayak |  | Biju Janata Dal
48 | Binjharpur | SC | Pramila Mallik |  | Biju Janata Dal
49 | Bari | None | Debasis Nayak |  | Biju Janata Dal
50 | Barchana | None | Amar Prasad Satpathy |  | Nationalist Congress Party
51 | Dharmasala | None | Kalpataru Das |  | Biju Janata Dal
52 | Jajpur | None | Pranab Prakash Das |  | Biju Janata Dal
53 | Korei | None | Pritiranjan Gharai |  | Biju Janata Dal
54 | Sukinda | None | Prafulla Chandra Ghadai |  | Biju Janata Dal
55 | Dhenkanal | None | Nabin Nanda |  | Nationalist Congress Party
56 | Hindol | SC | Anjali Behera |  | Biju Janata Dal
57 | Kamakhyanagar | None | Prafulla Kumar Mallik |  | Biju Janata Dal
58 | Parjanga | None | Dr. Nrusingha Sahu |  | Biju Janata Dal
59 | Pallahara | None | Rabi Narayan Pani |  | Biju Janata Dal
60 | Talcher | None | Braja Kishore Pradhan |  | Independent
61 | Angul | None | Rajani Kant Singh |  | Biju Janata Dal
62 | Chhendipada | SC | Khageswar Behera |  | Biju Janata Dal
63 | Athamallik | None | Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo |  | Biju Janata Dal
64 | Birmaharajpur | SC | Padmanabh Behera |  | Biju Janata Dal
65 | Sonepur | None | Niranjan Pujari |  | Biju Janata Dal
66 | Loisingha | SC | Ramakanta Seth |  | Biju Janata Dal
67 | Patnagarh | None | Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo |  | Bharatiya Janata Party
68 | Bolangir | None | Anang Uday Singh Deo |  | Biju Janata Dal
69 | Titlagarh | None | Surendra Singh Bhoi |  | Indian National Congress
70 | Kantabanji | None | Santosh Singh Saluja |  | Indian National Congress
71 | Nuapada | None | Rajendra Dholakia |  | Biju Janata Dal
72 | Khariar | None | Hitesh Kumar Bagartti |  | Bharatiya Janata Party
73 | Umarkote | ST | Jagabandhu Majhi |  | Biju Janata Dal
74 | Jharigam | ST | Ramesh Chandra Majhi |  | Biju Janata Dal
75 | Nabarangpur | ST | Manohar Randhari |  | Biju Janata Dal
76 | Dabugam | ST | Bhujabal Majhi |  | Indian National Congress
77 | Lanjigarh | ST | Shibaji Majhi |  | Indian National Congress
78 | Junagarh | None | Gobardhan Dash |  | Indian National Congress
79 | Dharmgarh | None | Puspendra Singh Deo |  | Biju Janata Dal
80 | Bhawanipatna | SC | Dusmanta Naik |  | Indian National Congress
81 | Narla | None | Bhupinder Singh |  | Indian National Congress
82 | Baliguda | ST | Karendra Majhi |  | Bharatiya Janata Party
83 | G. Udayagiri | ST | Manoj Kumar Pradhan |  | Bharatiya Janata Party
84 | Phulbani | ST | Debendra Kanhar |  | Biju Janata Dal
85 | Kantamal | None | Bhagban Kanhor |  | Biju Janata Dal
86 | Boudh | None | Pradip Kumar Amat |  | Biju Janata Dal
87 | Baramba | None | Debiprasad Mishra |  | Biju Janata Dal
88 | Banki | None | Pravata Kumar Tripathy |  | Biju Janata Dal
89 | Athagarh | None | Ramesh Rout |  | Independent
90 | Barabati-cuttack | None | Debashish Samantaray |  | Biju Janata Dal
91 | Choudwar-cuttack | None | Pravat Ranjan Biswal |  | Biju Janata Dal
92 | Niali | SC | Pramod Kumar Mallick |  | Biju Janata Dal
93 | Cuttack Sadar | SC | Kalindi Behera |  | Biju Janata Dal
94 | Salipur | None | Chandra Sarathi Behera |  | Biju Janata Dal
95 | Mahanga | None | Pratap Jena |  | Biju Janata Dal
96 | Patkura | None | Bed Prakash Agrawalla |  | Biju Janata Dal
97 | Kendrapara | SC | Sipra Mallick |  | Biju Janata Dal
98 | Aul | None | Pratap Keshari Deb |  | Biju Janata Dal
99 | Rajanagar | None | Alekh Kumar Jena |  | Biju Janata Dal
100 | Mahakalapada | None | Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak |  | Biju Janata Dal
101 | Paradeep | None | Damodara Rout |  | Biju Janata Dal
102 | Tirtol | SC | Rabindra Nath Bhoi |  | Biju Janata Dal
103 | Balikuda-ersama | None | Prasanta Kumar Muduli |  | Biju Janata Dal
104 | Jagatsinghpur | None | Bishnu Charan Das |  | Biju Janata Dal
105 | Kakatpur | SC | Rabi Mallick |  | Biju Janata Dal
106 | Nimapara | None | Samir Ranjan Dash |  | Biju Janata Dal
107 | Puri | None | Maheswar Mohanty |  | Biju Janata Dal
108 | Bramhagiri | None | Sanjay Kumar Das Burma |  | Biju Janata Dal
109 | Satyabadi | None | Prasad Kumar Harichandan |  | Indian National Congress
110 | Pipili | None | Pradeep Maharathy |  | Biju Janata Dal
111 | Jayadev | SC | Arabinda Dhali |  | Biju Janata Dal
112 | Bhubaneswar Central | None | (madhya) Bijaya Kumar Mohanty |  | Biju Janata Dal
113 | Bhubaneswar North | None | (uttar) Bhagirathi Badajena |  | Biju Janata Dal
114 | Ekamra-bhubaneswar | None | Ashok Chandra Panda |  | Biju Janata Dal
115 | Jatani | None | Bibhuti Bhusan Balabantaray |  | Biju Janata Dal
116 | Begunia | None | Prashanta Nanda |  | Nationalist Congress Party
117 | Khurda | None | Rajendra Ku. Sahoo |  | Independent
118 | Chilika | None | Raghunath Sahu |  | Biju Janata Dal
119 | Ranpur | None | Satyanarayan Pradhan |  | Biju Janata Dal
120 | Khandapada | None | Siddharth Sekhar Singh |  | Biju Janata Dal
121 | Daspalla | SC | Kashinath Mallik |  | Biju Janata Dal
122 | Nayagarh | None | Arun Kumar Sahoo |  | Biju Janata Dal
123 | Bhanjanagar | None | Bikram Keshari Arukha |  | Biju Janata Dal
124 | Polasara | None | Niranjan Pradhan |  | Biju Janata Dal
125 | Kabisuryangar | None | V. Sugnana Kumari Deo |  | Biju Janata Dal
126 | Khalikote | SC | Purna Chandra Sethy |  | Biju Janata Dal
127 | Chhatrapur | SC | Adikanda Sethi |  | Communist Party of India
128 | Aska | None | Debaraj Mohanty |  | Biju Janata Dal
129 | Surada | None | Purna Chandra Swain |  | Biju Janata Dal
130 | Sanakhemundi | None | Ramesh Chandra Jena |  | Indian National Congress
131 | Hinjili | None | Naveen Patnaik |  | Biju Janata Dal
132 | Gopalpur | None | Dr.pradeep Kumar Panigrahy |  | Biju Janata Dal
133 | Berhampur | None | Dr.ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik |  | Biju Janata Dal
134 | Digapahandi | None | Surya Narayana Patro |  | Biju Janata Dal
135 | Chikiti | None | Usha Devi |  | Biju Janata Dal
136 | Mohana | ST | Chakradhara Paik |  | Indian National Congress
137 | Paralakhemundi | None | K.narayana Rao |  | Biju Janata Dal
138 | Gunupur | ST | Ramamurty Mutika |  | Biju Janata Dal
139 | Bissam Cuttack | ST | Damburudhara Ulaka |  | Indian National Congress
140 | Rayagada | ST | Lal Bihari Himirika |  | Biju Janata Dal
141 | Laxmipur | ST | Jhina Hikaka |  | Biju Janata Dal
142 | Kotpad | ST | Basudev Majhi |  | Indian National Congress
143 | Jeypore | None | Rabi Narayan Nanda |  | Biju Janata Dal
144 | Koraput | SC | Raghuram Padal |  | Biju Janata Dal
145 | Pottangi | ST | Rama Chandra Kadam |  | Indian National Congress
146 | Malkangiri | ST | Mukunda Sodi |  | Biju Janata Dal
147 | 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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