1995 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Odisha Legislative Assembly were held in March 1995 to elect members of the 147 constituencies in Odisha, India. The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats and Janaki Ballabh Patnaik was appointed as the Chief Minister of Odisha.^[1][2] The number of constituencies was set as 147 by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.^[3]

1995 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

← 1990 9 March 1995 2000 →
All 147 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly 74 seats needed for a majority
Registered	22,075,775
Turnout	73.64%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Biju Patnaik Party INC JD Leader's seat Bhubaneswar Seats before 10 123 Seats won 80 46 Seat change 70 77 Popular vote 39.08% 35.41%
CM before election Biju Patnaik JD Elected CM Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Congress(I)

Result

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	6,180,237	39.08	80	70
	Janata Dal	5,600,853	35.41	46	77
	Bharatiya Janata Party	1,245,996	7.88	9	7
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	307,517	1.94	4	New
	Communist Party of India	271,199	1.71	1	4
	Jharkhand People's Party	27,494	0.17	1	New
	Others	521,158	3.30	0	0
	Independents	1,661,485	10.51	6	0
Total		15,815,939	100.00	147	0
Valid votes		15,815,939	97.30
Invalid/blank votes		439,618	2.70
Total votes		16,255,557	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		22,075,775	73.64
Source: ECI[4]

In Orissa, the Janata Dal had won massive landslide victory in 1990 elections by winning 84% of total seats. It completed full 5 year term and in 1995 elections it lost by winning 30% seats, giving way to Congress.

It is believed that one of the main reasons was, the then excise minister Prasanna Acharya banned alcoholic and tobacco products in 1992. It is believed, those who were addicted to it, voted for Congress in following elections of 1995. Congress, after coming to power, withdrew the ban. It justified that State Govt. will earn revenue from this business.

It accused, the JD is depriving the state from economic prosperity and it is prioritising the Coastal Belt instead of Tribal belt. But Congress itself couldn't work for economic progress or Tribal development, when it came to power.

The Janata CM Sri Bijayananda Pattanaik had criticised the tribal districts as, "not even capable of having built a cycle factory, what steel plant would be built?" So JD lost tribal votes.

Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party
Karanjia	ST	Raghunatha Hemram		Janata Dal
Jashipur	ST	Sambhu Natha Naik		Independent
Bahalda	ST	Khelarama Mahali		Jharkhand People's Party
Rairangpur	ST	Laxmana Majhi		Indian National Congress
Bangriposi	ST	Ajen Murmu		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Kuliana	ST	Sudam Marndi		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Baripada	None	Prasanna Kumara Dash		Indian National Congress
Baisinga	ST	Pruthunatha Kisku		Indian National Congress
Khunta	ST	Saraswati Hembram		Indian National Congress
Udala	ST	Rabaneswara Madhei		Indian National Congress
Bhograi	None	Kamala Das		Janata Dal
Jaleswar	None	Jaynarayana Mohanty		Indian National Congress
Basta	None	Raghunatha Mohanty		Janata Dal
Balasore	None	Arun Dey		Independent
Soro	None	Kartika Mohapatra		Indian National Congress
Simulia	None	Padma Lochana Panda		Indian National Congress
Nilgiri	None	Akhyaya Kumar Acharjya		Indian National Congress
Bhandaripokhari	SC	Arjuna Charan Sethi		Janata Dal
Bhadrak	None	Prafulla Samal		Janata Dal
Dhamnagar	None	Jagannath Rout		Indian National Congress
Chandbali	SC	Netrananda Mallik		Indian National Congress
Basudevpur	None	Bijoyshree Routray		Janata Dal
Sukinda	None	Prafullachandra Ghadai		Janata Dal
Korai	None	Ashoka Kumar Das		Janata Dal
Jajpur	SC	Surjyamani Jena		Janata Dal
Dharamsala	None	Kalpataru Das		Janata Dal
Barchana	None	Amar Prasad Satpathy		Janata Dal
Bari-derabisi	None	Chinmaya Prasada Behera		Indian National Congress
Binjharpur	SC	Arjuna Das		Indian National Congress
Aul	None	Dola Gobinda Nayak		Indian National Congress
Patamundai	SC	Ganeswar Behera		Indian National Congress
Rajnagar	None	Nalinikant Mohanty		Janata Dal
Kendrapara	None	Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty		Indian National Congress
Patkura	None	Bijoy Mohapatra		Janata Dal
Tirtol	None	Basanta Kumar Biswal		Indian National Congress
Ersama	None	Bijaya Kumar Nayak		Indian National Congress
Balikuda	None	Lalatendu Mohapatra		Indian National Congress
Jagatsinghpur	SC	Bishnu Charan Das		Janata Dal
Kissannagar	None	Yudhisthir Das		Janata Dal
Mahanga	None	Matlub Alli		Indian National Congress
Salepur	SC	Rabindra Ku. Behera		Indian National Congress
Gobindpur	None	Panchanan Kanungo		Janata Dal
Cuttack Sadar	None	Bijay Lakshmi Sahoo		Indian National Congress
Cuttack City	None	Samir Dey		Bharatiya Janata Party
Choudwar	None	Kanhu Ch. Lenka		Indian National Congress
Banki	None	Pravat Tripathy		Janata Dal
Athgarh	None	Ranendra Pratap Swain		Janata Dal
Baramba	None	Debi Mishra		Janata Dal
Balipatna	SC	Hrushikesh Nayak		Janata Dal
Bhubaneswar	None	Biju Patnaik		Janata Dal
Jatni	None	Suresh Kumar Routray		Indian National Congress
Pipli	None	Judhistir Samantaray		Indian National Congress
Nimapara	SC	Rabindra Kumar Sethy		Indian National Congress
Kakatpur	None	Baikunthanath Swain		Indian National Congress
Satyabadi	None	Prasad Kumar Harichandan		Indian National Congress
Puri	None	Maheswar Mohanty		Janata Dal
Brahmagiri	None	Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra		Indian National Congress
Chilka	None	Debendra Nath Mansingh		Indian National Congress
Khurda	None	Prasanna Kumar Patasani		Janata Dal
Begunia	None	Harihara Sahoo		Indian National Congress
Ranpur	None	Ramakanta Mishra		Indian National Congress
Nayagarh	None	Sitakanta Mishra		Indian National Congress
Khandapara	None	Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardaraj		Indian National Congress
Daspalla	None	Rudra Madhab Ray		Janata Dal
Jaganathprasad	SC	Madhabananda Behera		Janata Dal
Bhanjanagar	None	Bikram Keshari Arukha		Janata Dal
Suruda	None	Ananta Narayan Singh Deo		Bharatiya Janata Party
Aska	None	Usha Rani Panda		Indian National Congress
Kavisuryanagar	None	Harihar Swain		Indian National Congress
Kodala	None	Ramakrushna Patnaik		Janata Dal
Khallikote	None	V. Sugnana Kumari Deo		Janata Dal
Chatrapur	None	Daitari Behara		Indian National Congress
Hinjili	None	Udayanath Nayak		Indian National Congress
Gopalpur	SC	Rama Chandra Sethy		Janata Dal
Berhampur	None	Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik		Janata Dal
Chikati	None	C.d. Samantara		Independent
Mohana	None	Surjya Narayan Patro		Janata Dal
Ramagiri	ST	Haladhar Karjee		Indian National Congress
Parlakhemundi	None	Trinath Sahu		Independent
Gunupur	ST	Akshya Kumar Gomango		Indian National Congress
Bissam-cuttack	ST	Dambarudhar Ulaka		Indian National Congress
Rayagada	ST	Ulaka Rama Chandra		Indian National Congress
Lakshmipur	ST	Anantaram Majhi		Indian National Congress
Pottangi	ST	Ram Chandra Kadam		Indian National Congress
Koraput	None	Gupta Prasad Das		Indian National Congress
Malkangiri	SC	Arabinda Dhali		Bharatiya Janata Party
Chitrakonda	ST	Gangadhar Madi		Indian National Congress
Kotpad	ST	Basudev Majhi		Indian National Congress
Jeypore	None	Raghunath Patnaik		Indian National Congress
Nowrangpur	None	Habibulla Khan		Indian National Congress
Kodinga	ST	Sadan Nayak		Indian National Congress
Dabugam	ST	Jadav Majhi		Janata Dal
Umarkote	ST	Parama Pujari		Indian National Congress
Nawapara	None	Ghasi Ram Majhi		Janata Dal
Khariar	None	Duryodhan Majhi		Janata Dal
Dharamgarh	SC	Bira Sipka		Janata Dal
Koksara	None	Roshni Singh Deo		Janata Dal
Junagarh	None	Bikram Keshari Deo		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bhawanipatna	SC	Pradipta Kumar Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
Narla	ST	Balabhadra Majhi		Janata Dal
Kesinga	None	Bhupendra Singh		Indian National Congress
Balliguda	ST	Sahura Mallik		Indian National Congress
Udayagiri	ST	Nagarjun Pradhan		Indian National Congress
Phulbani	SC	Dasarathi Behera		Independent
Boudh	None	Satchidananda Dalal		Janata Dal
Titilagarh	SC	Jogendra Behera		Janata Dal
Kantabanji	None	Santosh Singh Saluja		Indian National Congress
Patnagarh	None	Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo		Bharatiya Janata Party
Saintala	None	Surendra Singh Bhoi		Indian National Congress
Loisingha	None	Balgopal Mishra		Independent
Bolangir	None	Anang Udaysing Deo		Janata Dal
Sonepur	SC	Kunduru Kushal		Janata Dal
Binka	None	Narasingha Mishra		Janata Dal
Birmaharajpur	None	Ram Chandra Pradhan		Indian National Congress
Athmallik	None	Amarnath Pradhan		Indian National Congress
Angul	None	Ramesh Jena		Indian National Congress
Hindol	SC	Maheswar Naik		Indian National Congress
Dhenkanal	None	Nabin Chandra Narayandas		Indian National Congress
Gondia	None	Nandini Satapathy		Indian National Congress
Kamakhyanagar	None	Kailash Chandra Mohapatra		Indian National Congress
Pallahara	None	Bibhudhendra Pratap Das		Indian National Congress
Talcher	SC	Mahesh Sahoo		Bharatiya Janata Party
Padampur	None	Bijaya Ranjan Singh Bariha		Janata Dal
Melchhamunda	None	Prakash Chandra Debta		Indian National Congress
Bijepur	None	Ripunath Seth		Indian National Congress
Bhatli	SC	Mohan Nag		Indian National Congress
Bargarh	None	Prasanna Acharya		Janata Dal
Sambalpur	None	Durga Shankar Pattanaik		Indian National Congress
Brajarajnagar	None	Prasanna Kumar Panda		Communist Party of India
Jharsuguda	None	Birendra Chandra Pandey		Indian National Congress
Laikera	ST	Hemanand Biswal		Indian National Congress
Kuchinda	ST	Panu Chandra Naik		Indian National Congress
Rairakhol	SC	Abhimanyu Kumar		Indian National Congress
Deogarh	None	Pradipta Gang Deb		Janata Dal
Sundargarh	None	Kishore Chandra Patel		Indian National Congress
Talsara	ST	Gajadhar Majhi		Indian National Congress
Rajgangpur	ST	Mangala Kisan		Janata Dal
Biramitrapur	ST	George Tirkey		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Rourkela	None	Prabhat Mohapatra		Indian National Congress
Raghunathpali	ST	Mansid Ekka		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Bonai	ST	Jual Oram		Bharatiya Janata Party
Champua	ST	Dhanurjay Laguri		Indian National Congress
Patna	ST	Hrushikesh Naik		Indian National Congress
Keonjhar	ST	Jogendra Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
Telkoi	ST	Chandrasena Naik		Indian National Congress
Ramchandrapur	None	Niranjan Patnaik		Indian National Congress
Anandapur	SC	Jayadeva Jena		Indian National Congress

See also

• List of constituencies of the Odisha Legislative Assembly
• 1995 elections in India