2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Orissa Legislative Assembly were held in February 2000 to elect members of the 147 constituencies in Orissa, India. The BJP and BJD fought election together as NDA. The National Democratic Alliance won the most seats and Nabeen Pattanaik was appointed as the Chief Minister of Orissa.^[1][2] The number of constituencies was set as 147 by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.^[3]

2000 Orissa Legislative Assembly election

← 1995 17 and 22 February 2000 2004 →
All 147 seats in the Orissa Legislative Assembly 74 seats needed for a majority
Registered	24,188,320
Turnout	59.10%
Majority party Minority party Third party   BJP Leader Nabeen Pattanaik Hemananda Biswal Party BJD BJP INC Alliance NDA NDA Leader's seat Hinjili Laikera Seats before New 9 80 Seats won 69 38 26 Seat change New 29 54 Popular vote 29.40% 18.19% 33.78%
CM before election Hemananda Biswal INC Elected CM Naveen Patnaik Biju Janata Dal (NDA)

Parties and alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	BJD			Naveen Patnaik	84
	BJP			Jual Oram	63

  United Progressive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Indian National Congress			Hemananda Biswal	145

Others

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	TMC			Mamata Banerjee	36
	Communist Parties (CPI-CPM)				44
	Janata Dal (Secular)			H. D. Deve Gowda	24
	JMM			Shibu Soren	21

Result

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	4,770,654	33.77	26	54
	BJD	4,270,813	30.24	69	New
	BJP	2,570,074	18.19	38	29
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	301,729	2.14	3	1
	Communist Party of India	281,654	1.99	2	0
	Trinamool Congress	110,056	0.78	1	New
	Others	314,186	2.22	0	0
	Independents	1,506,216	10.66	8	2
Total		14,125,382	100.00	147	0
Valid votes		14,125,382	98.82
Invalid/blank votes		169,311	1.18
Total votes		14,294,693	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		24,188,320	59.10
Source: ECI[4]

Biju Janata Dal joined NDA (BJP's side). The BJD won 69 seats, BJP won 38 seats. Seats won by NDA = BJD + BJP = 69 + 38 = 107 (higher than 74 -- the magic number). Whereas Congress, which was in power earlier, won only 26 seats (not enough for forming govt), overthrowing Sri Hemananda Biswal from power. So NDA formed govt. and Sri Nabeen Pattanaik became the CM. He appointed many MLAs from both BJP & BJD as ministers.

Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party
Karanjia	ST	Padma Charana Haiburu		Independent
Jashipur	ST	Bhanu Charana Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bahalda	ST	Laxmana Soren		Bharatiya Janata Party
Rairangpur	ST	Droupadi Murmu		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bangriposi	ST	Purusottama Naik		Independent
Kuliana	ST	Sudam Marndi		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Baripada	None	Kishore Dash		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Baisinga	ST	Kandra Soren		Bharatiya Janata Party
Khunta	ST	Golaka Bihari Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
Udala	ST	Bhaskara Madhei		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bhograi	None	Kamala Das		Biju Janata Dal
Jaleswar	None	Jayanarayana Mohanty		Indian National Congress
Basta	None	Raghunath Mohanty		Biju Janata Dal
Balasore	None	Jiban Pradip Dash		Bharatiya Janata Party
Soro	None	Kartik Mohapatra		Indian National Congress
Simulia	None	Parsuram Panigrahi		Biju Janata Dal
Nilgiri	None	Pradipta Panda		Communist Party of India
Bhandaripokhari	SC	Ratha Das		Biju Janata Dal
Bhadrak	None	Biren Palei		Indian National Congress
Dhamnagar	None	Manasa Ranjana Mallik		Independent
Chandbali	SC	Bishnu Sethi		Bharatiya Janata Party
Basudebapur	None	Bijayashree Routray		Biju Janata Dal
Sukinda	None	Prafulla Chandra Ghadai		Biju Janata Dal
Korai	None	Ashok Kumar Das		Biju Janata Dal
Jajpur	SC	Surjyamani Jena		Biju Janata Dal
Dharamsala	None	Kalpataru Das		Biju Janata Dal
Barchana	None	Amar Prasada Satpathy		Biju Janata Dal
Bari-derabisi	None	Debasis Nayak		Biju Janata Dal
Binjharpur	SC	Pramila Mallik		Biju Janata Dal
Aul	None	Pratap Keshari Deb		Biju Janata Dal
Patamundai	SC	Tapash Kumar Das		Biju Janata Dal
Rajnagar	None	Nalini Kanta Mohanty		Biju Janata Dal
Kendrapara	None	Bed Prakash Agarwal		Bharatiya Janata Party
Patkura	None	Trilochan Behera		All India Trinamool Congress
Tirtol	None	Debashish Samantaray		Biju Janata Dal
Ersama	None	Damodar Rout		Biju Janata Dal
Balikuda	None	Umesha Chandra Swain		Indian National Congress
Jagatsinghpur	SC	Bishnu Charan Das		Biju Janata Dal
Kissannagar	None	Pratap Jena		Biju Janata Dal
Mahanga	None	Sarat Kumar Kar		Biju Janata Dal
Salepur	SC	Kalandi Behera		Biju Janata Dal
Gobindpur	None	Panchanan Kanungo		Biju Janata Dal
Cuttack Sadar	None	Nibedita Pradhan		Bharatiya Janata Party
Cuttack City	None	Samir Dey		Bharatiya Janata Party
Choudwar	None	Bidhubhusan Praharaj		Independent
Banki	None	Prabhaat Tripathy		Biju Janata Dal
Athgarh	None	Ranendra Pratap Swain		Biju Janata Dal
Baramba	None	Debiprasada Mishra		Biju Janata Dal
Balipatna	SC	Raghaba Chandra Sethi		Biju Janata Dal
Bhubaneswar	None	Biswabhusan Harichandan		Bharatiya Janata Party
Jatni	None	Suresh Kumar Routray		Indian National Congress
Pipli	None	Pradeepa Maharathy		Biju Janata Dal
Nimapara	SC	Baidhara Malik		Bharatiya Janata Party
Kakatpur	None	Surendra Natha Naik		Biju Janata Dal
Satyabadi	None	Prasada Kumara Harichandana		Indian National Congress
Puri	None	Maheswara Mohanty		Biju Janata Dal
Brahmagiri	None	Lalatendu Bidyadhara Mohapatra		Indian National Congress
Chilka	None	Dr. Bibhuti Bhusana Harichandan		Bharatiya Janata Party
Khurda	None	Jyotirindra Natha Mitra		Independent
Begunia	None	Prashanta Nanda		Bharatiya Janata Party
Ranapur	None	Ramakanta Mishra		Indian National Congress
Nayagarh	None	Bhagabat Behera		Biju Janata Dal
Khandapara	None	Bijayalaxmi Pattnaik		Biju Janata Dal
Daspalla	None	Harihara Karana		Indian National Congress
Jaganathprasad	SC	Simanchala Behera		Indian National Congress
Bhanjanagar	None	Bikram Keshari Arukha		Biju Janata Dal
Suruda	None	Usha Rani Panda		Indian National Congress
Aska	None	Debaraja Mohanty		Biju Janata Dal
Kabisurjyanagar	None	Nityananda Pradhan		Communist Party of India
Kodala	None	Rama Krushna Pattanaik		Biju Janata Dal
Khallikote	None	V. Sugyana Kumari Deo		Biju Janata Dal
Chatrapur	None	Rama Chandra Panda		Bharatiya Janata Party
Hinjili	None	Nabeen Pattanaik		Biju Janata Dal
Gopalpur	SC	Rama Chandra Sethy		Biju Janata Dal
Berhampur	None	Dr. Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik		Biju Janata Dal
Chikiti	None	Usha Devi		Biju Janata Dal
Mohana	None	Surjya Narayana Patro		Biju Janata Dal
Ramagiri	ST	Haladhara Karji		Indian National Congress
Parlakhemundi	None	Trinatha Sahu		Indian National Congress
Gunupur	ST	Ramamurthy Gamango		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bissam-cuttack	ST	Sarangadhar Kadraka		Biju Janata Dal
Rayagada	ST	Lalbihari Himirika		Biju Janata Dal
Lakshmipur	ST	Bibhisana Majhi		Biju Janata Dal
Pottangi	ST	Jayaram Pangi		Biju Janata Dal
Koraput	None	Tara Prasad Bahinipati		Indian National Congress
Malkangiri	SC	Arabinda Dhali		Bharatiya Janata Party
Chitrakonda	ST	Mamata Madhi		Indian National Congress
Kotpad	ST	Basudeba Majhi		Indian National Congress
Jeypore	None	Rabi Narayana Nanda		Biju Janata Dal
Nabarangapur	None	Habibulla Khan		Indian National Congress
Kodinga	ST	Sadana Nayak		Indian National Congress
Dabugam	ST	Bhujabal Majhi		Indian National Congress
Amarkote	ST	Parama Pujari		Indian National Congress
Nuapara	None	Basanta Kumar Panda		Bharatiya Janata Party
Khariar	None	Durjyodhana Majhi		Biju Janata Dal
Dharamgarh	SC	Bira Sipka		Biju Janata Dal
Koksara	None	Rosni Singh Deo		Biju Janata Dal
Junagarh	None	Himansu Sekhar Meher		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bhabanipatana	SC	Pradipta Kumara Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
Narla	ST	Balabhadra Majhi		Biju Janata Dal
Kesinga	None	Dhaneswara Majhi		Bharatiya Janata Party
Balliguda	ST	Surendra Kanhar		Bharatiya Janata Party
Udayagiri	ST	Saluga Pradhan		Biju Janata Dal
Phulbani	SC	Bishnu Priya Behera		Biju Janata Dal
Boudh	None	Pradip Kumar Amat		Independent
Titilagarh	SC	Jogendra Behera		Biju Janata Dal
Kantabanji	None	Santosh Singh Saluja		Indian National Congress
Patnagarh	None	Kanaka Bardhan Singh Deo		Bharatiya Janata Party
Saintala	None	Surendra Singh Bhoi		Indian National Congress
Loisingha	None	Balagopal Mishra		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bolangir	None	Ananga Udaya Singh Deo		Biju Janata Dal
Sonepur	SC	Kunduru Kushal		Biju Janata Dal
Binka	None	Niranjana Pujari		Biju Janata Dal
Birmaharajpur	None	Baishnaba Padhan		Biju Janata Dal
Athmallik	None	Nagendra Kumar Pradhan		Biju Janata Dal
Angul	None	Advaita Prasada Sing		Biju Janata Dal
Hindol	SC	Anjali Behera		Biju Janata Dal
Dhenkanal	None	Krushna Chandra Patra		Bharatiya Janata Party
Gondia	None	Nabin Nanda		Biju Janata Dal
Kamakhyanagar	None	Brahmananda Biswal		Biju Janata Dal
Pallahara	None	Dharmendra Pradhan		Bharatiya Janata Party
Talcher	SC	Mahesh Sahoo		Bharatiya Janata Party
Padampur	None	Bijaya Singh Bariha		Biju Janata Dal
Melchhamunda	None	Prakash Chandra Debta		Indian National Congress
Bijepur	None	Ashok Kumar Panigrahy		Biju Janata Dal
Bhatli	SC	Bimbadhar Kuanr		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bargarh	None	Ananda Acharya		Biju Janata Dal
Sambalpur	None	Jayanarayana Mishra		Bharatiya Janata Party
Brajarajnagar	None	Anup Kumar Sai		Indian National Congress
Jharsuguda	None	Kishore Kumar Mohanty		Biju Janata Dal
Laikera	ST	Hemananda Biswal		Indian National Congress
Kuchinda	ST	Rabi Narayan Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
Rairakhol	SC	Durjyodhana Sohela		Biju Janata Dal
Deogarh	None	Subhash Chandra Panigrahi		Bharatiya Janata Party
Sundargarh	None	Shankarsana Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
Talsara	ST	Gajadhar Majhi		Indian National Congress
Rajgangpur	ST	Mangala Kisan		Biju Janata Dal
Biramitrapur	ST	George Tirkey		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Rourkela	None	Ajit Das		Biju Janata Dal
Raghunathpali	ST	Shankar Oram		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bonai	ST	Dayanidhi Kisan		Bharatiya Janata Party
Champua	ST	Saharai Oram		Independent
Patna	ST	Gourahari Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
Keonjhar	ST	Mohan Charan Majhi		Bharatiya Janata Party
Telkoi	ST	Niladri Nayak		Biju Janata Dal
Ramchandrapur	None	Badri Narayan Patra		Independent
Anandapur	SC	Sri Mayadhara Jena		Bharatiya Janata Party

By-polls

Year	Constituency	Reason for by-poll	Winning candidate	Party
2001	Rairakhol	Death of Durjodhan Sohela	Sanatan Bisi[5]		Biju Janata Dal

See also

• List of constituencies of the Odisha Legislative Assembly
• 2000 elections in India