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Indian political party

Political party in India

Bharatiya Janata Party Odisha

ଭାରତୀୟ ଜନତା ପାର୍ଟି, ଓଡିଶା

Abbreviation| BJP
President| Manmohan Samal
Chairman| Mohan Charan Majhi
(Chief Minister)

Founder|

* Atal Bihari Vajpayee
* Lal Krishna Advani[1]

Founded| 6 April 1980
(44 years ago) (1980-04-06)
Split from| Janata Party
Preceded by|

* Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1951–1977)
* Janata Party (1977–1980)

Headquarters| 4R-3/2, Unit-3, Janpath, Bhubaneswar-751 001, Odisha[2]
Labour wing| Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[3]
Peasant's wing| Bharatiya Kisan Sangh[4]
Colours|  Saffron
ECI Status| National Party
Alliance|

* National Democratic Alliance

Seats in Lok Sabha|

20 / 21

Seats in Rajya Sabha|

3 / 10

Seats in Odisha Legislative Assembly|

78 / 147

Election symbol
Lotus

Party flag
Website
www.bjp.org/odisha

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Bharatiya Janata Party, Odisha (or BJP Odisha) (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː] ⓘ; 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.[5]

## Electoral performance

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### Lok Sabha Election

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Year  | Seats won  | +/-  | Outcome

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1998 |

7 / 21

|  - | Government
1999 |

9 / 21

|  2
2004 |

7 / 21

|  2  | Opposition
2009 |

0 / 21

|  7
2014 |

1 / 21

|  1  | Government
2019 |

8 / 21

|  7
2024 |

20 / 21

|  12

### Legislative Assembly Election

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

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1985 | 67 |

1 / 147

|  - | 2.60% | New  | Opposition
1990 | 63 |

2 / 147

|  1 | 3.56% |  0.96
1995 | 144 |

9 / 147

|  7 | 7.88% |  4.32
2000 | 63 |

38 / 147

|  29 | 18.20% |  10.32  | Government
2004 | 63 |

32 / 147

|  6 | 17.11% |  2.06
2009 | 147 |

6 / 147

|  26 | 15.05% |  1.09  | Opposition
2014 | 147 |

10 / 147

|  4 | 18.0% |  2.95
2019 | 146 |

23 / 147

|  13 | 32.5% |  14.5
2024 | 147 |

78 / 147

|  55 | 40.07% |  7.57 | Government

## Leadership

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### Chief minister

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No  | Portrait  | Name  | Constituency | Term of office  | Assembly

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1  |  | Mohan Charan Majhi | Keonjhar | 12 June 2024  | Incumbent | 278 days  | 17th

### Deputy chief minister

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No  | Portrait  | Name  | Constituency | Term  | Assembly  | Chief Minister

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1  |  | Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo | Patnagarh | 12 June 2024  | Incumbent | 278 days  | 17th | Mohan Charan Majhi
2  |  | Pravati Parida | Nimapara

### Opposition leaders in Legislative Assembly

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Main article: List of leaders of the opposition in the Odisha Legislative Assembly

No  | Portrait  | Name  | Constituency | Term  | Assembly  | Chief Minister

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1  |  | Pradipta Kumar Naik | Bhawanipatna | 25 June 2019  | 30 July 2022  | 3 years, 35 days  | 16th | Naveen Patnaik
2  |  | Jayanarayan Mishra | Sambalpur | 30 July 2022  | 4 June 2024  | 1 year, 310 days

### President

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No  | Portrait  | Name[6] | Term

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1  |  | 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  |  | Jual Oram | 1997  | 1999  | 2 years
5  |  | Manmohan Samal | 1999  | 2004  | 5 years
(4)  |  | Jual Oram | 2004  | 2006  | 2 years
6[7] |  | Suresh Pujari | 7-Nov-2006  | 2009  | 3 years
(4)  |  | Jual Oram | 2009  | 2013  | 4 years
7[8] |  | Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo | 10-Mar-2013  | 14-Jan-2016  | 2 years, 310 days
8[9] |  | Basanta Kumar Panda | 14-Jan-2016  | 16-Jan-2020  | 4 years, 2 days
9[10] |  | Samir Mohanty  | 16-Jan-2020  | 23-Mar-2023  | 3 years, 66 days
(5)  |  | Manmohan Samal | 24-Mar-2023  | Present  | 1 year, 358 days

## See also

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* Bharatiya Janata Party
* National Democratic Alliance

## References

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1. ^ "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 13 May 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
2. ^ State Office Archived 9 November 2023 at the Wayback Machine bjp.org
3. ^ Pragya Singh (15 January 2008). "Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India". live mint. Archived from the original on 3 November 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
4. ^ Gupta, Sejuta Das (2019e). Class, Politics, and Agricultural Policies in Post-liberalisation India. Cambridge University Press. pp. 172–173\. ISBN 978-1-108-41628-3. Archived from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.172-173&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=2019&rft.isbn=978-1-108-41628-3&rft.aulast=Gupta&rft.aufirst=Sejuta+Das&rft_id=https://books.google.com/books?id=mQiKDwAAQBAJ&pg;=PA172&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Bharatiya+Janata+Party,+Odisha" class="Z3988">
5. ^ State Office Bearers odisha.bjp.org
6. ^ "State Presidents". Archived from the original on 6 March 2023.
7. ^ "Suresh Pujari new president of Orissa BJP". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 February 2023.
8. ^ "KV Singhdeo new president of Odisha BJP". Zee News. 10 March 2013. Archived from the original on 11 February 2023.
9. ^ "Basant Panda appointed new Orissa BJP president". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 11 February 2023.
10. ^ "Samir Mohanty elected Odisha BJP president". India Today. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023.

*[lit.]: literal translation