2004 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Orissa Legislative Assembly were held in April 2004 to elect members of the 147 constituencies in Orissa, India. The Bhartiya Janata Party and Biju Janata Dal fought election together as NDA. The National Democratic Alliance won the most seats and Naveen Patnaik was re-appointed as the Chief Minister of Orissa.The opposition Congress was headed by former CM Janaki Ballabh Pattnaik, who was unsuccessful.^[1][2] The number of constituencies was set as 147 by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.^[3]

2004 Orissa Legislative Assembly election

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All 147 seats in the Orissa Legislative Assembly 74 seats needed for a majority
Registered	25,651,989
Majority party Minority party Third party   BJP Leader Naveen Patnaik Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Party BJD BJP INC Alliance NDA NDA UPA Leader's seat Hinjili Begunia Seats before 69 38 26 Seats won 61 32 38 Seat change 8 6 12 Popular vote 27.36% 17.11 34.82%
CM before election Naveen Patnaik Biju Janata Dal (NDA) Elected CM Naveen Patnaik Biju Janata Dal (NDA)

Parties and alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Biju Janata Dal			Naveen Patnaik	84
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Jual Oram	63

  United Progressive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Indian National Congress			Janaki Ballabh Patnaik	133
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha			Shibu Soren	12
	Odisha Gana Parishad			Bijoy Mohapatra	4

Others

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Communist Parties (CPI CPM)				9

Result

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	5,896,713	34.82	38	12
	Biju Janata Dal	4,632,280	27.36	61	7
	Bharatiya Janata Party	2,898,105	17.11	32	6
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	301,777	1.78	4	1
	Odisha Gana Parishad	217,998	1.29	2	New
	Communist Party of India	223,148	1.32	2	0
	Others	697,785	4.12	0	0
	Independents	2,065,650	12.20	8	0
Total		16,933,456	100.00	147	0
Valid votes		16,933,456	99.94
Invalid/blank votes		9,461	0.06
Total votes		16,942,917	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		25,651,989	66.05
Source: ECI[4]

Again this time, BJD & BJP fought togetherly as NDA. BJD won 61 seats, BJP won 32 seats. NDA seats = BJD + BJP = 61 + 32 = 93. (93>74 -- magic number) So again NDA formed govt. The CM Nabeen Pattanaik appointed several MLAs from both BJP & BJD as ministers. The opposed alliance was UPA, which consisted of Congress, OGP, Communist. (UPA = 38+2+2 = 42)

Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party
Karanjia	ST	Ajit Hembram		Biju Janata Dal
Jashipur	ST	Shambhu Nath Naik		Independent
Bahalda	ST	Prahlad Purty		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Rairangpur	ST	Draupadi Murmu		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bangriposi	ST	Chaitanya Prasad Majhi		Biju Janata Dal
Kuliana	ST	Sananda Marndi		Bharatiya Janata Party
Baripada	None	Bimal Lochan Das		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Baisinga	ST	Pramila Giri		Bharatiya Janata Party
Khunta	ST	Golak Bihari Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
Udala	ST	Bhaskar Madhei		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bhograi	None	Ananta Das		Biju Janata Dal
Jaleswar	None	Aswini Kumar Patra		Bharatiya Janata Party
Basta	None	Raghunath Mohanty		Biju Janata Dal
Balasore	None	Arun Dey		Odisha Gana Parishad
Soro	None	Kartik Mahapatra		Indian National Congress
Simulia	None	Padma Lochan Panda		Indian National Congress
Nilgiri	None	Pratap Sarangi		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bhandaripokhari	SC	Ananta Sethi		Indian National Congress
Bhadrak	None	Naren Pallai		Indian National Congress
Dhamnagar	None	Manmohan Samal		Bharatiya Janata Party
Chandbali	SC	Netrananda Mallick		Indian National Congress
Basudevpur	None	Bijayshree Routray		Biju Janata Dal
Sukinda	None	Prafulla Chandra Ghadai		Biju Janata Dal
Korai	None	Sanchita Mohanty		Bharatiya Janata Party
Jajpur	SC	Parameswar Sethi		Biju Janata Dal
Dharamsala	None	Kalpataru Das		Biju Janata Dal
Barchana	None	Sitakanta Mohapatra		Indian National Congress
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	Kishor Chandra Tarai		Biju Janata Dal
Rajnagar	None	Nalinikanta Mohanty		Indian National Congress
Kendrapara	None	Utkal Keshari Parida		Odisha Gana Parishad
Patkura	None	Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak		Biju Janata Dal
Tirtol	None	Chiranjib Biswal		Indian National Congress
Ersama	None	Dr. Damodar Rout		Biju Janata Dal
Balikuda	None	Umesh Chandra Swain		Indian National Congress
Jagatsinghpur	SC	Bishnu Charan Das		Biju Janata Dal
Kissannagar	None	Pratap Jena		Biju Janata Dal
Mahanga	None	Bikram Keshari Barma		Biju Janata Dal
Salepur	SC	Kalindi Behera		Biju Janata Dal
Gobindpur	None	Rabindra Kumar Mallick		Indian National Congress
Cuttack Sadar	None	Pravat Ranjan Biswal		Independent
Cuttack City	None	Samir Dey		Bharatiya Janata Party
Choudwar	None	Dharmananda Behera		Biju Janata Dal
Banki	None	Debasis Pattnaik		Indian National Congress
Athgarh	None	Ranendra Pratap Swain		Biju Janata Dal
Baramba	None	Debiprasad Mishra		Biju Janata Dal
Balipatna	SC	Sashi Bhusan Behera		Biju Janata Dal
Bhubaneswar	None	Biswabhusan Harichandan		Bharatiya Janata Party
Jatni	None	Sarat Patkaray		Biju Janata Dal
Pipli	None	Pradeep Maharathy		Biju Janata Dal
Nimapara	SC	Baidhar Mallick		Bharatiya Janata Party
Kakatpur	None	Surendra Nath Naik		Biju Janata Dal
Satyabadi	None	Ramaranjan Baliarsingh		Independent
Puri	None	Maheswar Mohanty		Biju Janata Dal
Brahmagiri	None	Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra		Indian National Congress
Chilka	None	Bibhuti Bhusan Harichandan		Bharatiya Janata Party
Khurda	None	Jyotirindra Nath Mitra		Biju Janata Dal
Begunia	None	Janaki Ballav Patnaik		Indian National Congress
Ranpur	None	Surama Padhy		Bharatiya Janata Party
Nayagarh	None	Arun Kumar Sahoo		Biju Janata Dal
Khandapara	None	Bijayalaxmi Pattnaik		Independent
Daspalla	None	Rudra Madhab Ray		Independent
Jaganathprasad	SC	Madhaba Nanda Behera		Biju Janata Dal
Bhanjanagar	None	Bikram Keshari Arukha		Biju Janata Dal
Suruda	None	Kishore Chandra Singh Deo		Bharatiya Janata Party
Aska	None	Saroj Kumar Padhy		Independent
Kavisuryanagar	None	Ladu Kishore Swain		Biju Janata Dal
Kodala	None	Niranjan Pradhan		Biju Janata Dal
Khallikote	None	V. Sugnana Kumari Deo		Biju Janata Dal
Chatrapur	None	Nagireddy Narayan Reddy		Communist Party of India
Hinjili	None	Naveen Patnaik		Biju Janata Dal
Gopalpur	SC	Dr. Trinath Behera		Indian National Congress
Berhampur	None	Dr. Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik		Biju Janata Dal
Chikati	None	Usha Devi		Biju Janata Dal
Mohana	None	Srujya Narayan Patro		Biju Janata Dal
Ramagiri	ST	Bharat Paik		Bharatiya Janata Party
Parlakhemundi	None	Trinath Sahu		Indian National Congress
Gunupur	ST	Hemabati Gamang		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	Jayaram Pangi		Biju Janata Dal
Koraput	None	Tara Prasad Bahinipati		Indian National Congress
Malkangiri	SC	Nimai Chandra Sarkar		Indian National Congress
Chitrakonda	ST	Prahalad Dora		Bharatiya Janata Party
Kotpad	ST	Basudev Majhi		Indian National Congress
Jeypore	None	Rabi Narayan Nanda		Biju Janata Dal
Nowrangpur	None	Habibulla Khan		Indian National Congress
Kodinga	ST	Sadan Nayak		Indian National Congress
Dabugam	ST	Ramesh Ch. Majhi		Biju Janata Dal
Umarkote	ST	Dharmu Gond		Bharatiya Janata Party
Nawapara	None	Rajendra Dholakia		Independent
Khariar	None	Duryodhan Majhi		Biju Janata Dal
Dharamgarh	SC	Bira Sipka		Biju Janata Dal
Koksara	None	Pushpendra Singh Deo		Biju Janata Dal
Junagarh	None	Himansu Sekhar Meher		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bhawanipatna	SC	Pradipta Kumar Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
Narla	ST	Balabhadra Majhi		Biju Janata Dal
Kesinga	None	Dhaneswar Majhi		Bharatiya Janata Party
Balliguda	ST	Karendra Majhi		Bharatiya Janata Party
Udayagiri	ST	Ajayanti Pradhan		Indian National Congress
Phulbani	SC	Padmanabha Behera		Biju Janata Dal
Boudh	None	Pradip Kumar Amat		Biju Janata Dal
Titilagarh	SC	Jogendra Behera		Biju Janata Dal
Kantabanji	None	Haji Md. Ayub Khan		Independent
Patnagarh	None	Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo		Bharatiya Janata Party
Saintala	None	Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo		Biju Janata Dal
Loisingha	None	Narasingha Mishra		Indian National Congress
Bolangir	None	Ananga Udaya Singh Deo		Biju Janata Dal
Sonepur	SC	Binod Patra		Indian National Congress
Binka	None	Niranjan Pujhari		Biju Janata Dal
Birmaharajpur	None	Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo		Biju Janata Dal
Athmallik	None	Nagendra Kumar Pradhan		Biju Janata Dal
Angul	None	Rajani Kant Singh		Biju Janata Dal
Hindol	SC	Anjali Behera		Biju Janata Dal
Dhenkanal	None	Sudhir Kumar Samal		Indian National Congress
Gondia	None	Saroj Kumar Samal		Biju Janata Dal
Kamakhyanagar	None	Prafulla Kumar Mallik		Biju Janata Dal
Pallahara	None	Nrusingha Sahu		Indian National Congress
Talcher	SC	Mahesh Sahoo		Bharatiya Janata Party
Padampur	None	Satya Bhusan Sahu		Indian National Congress
Melchhamunda	None	Mohammad Rafique		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bijepur	None	Subal Sahu		Indian National Congress
Bhatli	SC	Bimbadhar Kuanr		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bargarh	None	Ananda Acharya		Biju Janata Dal
Sambalpur	None	Jayanarayan Mishra		Bharatiya Janata Party
Brajarajnagar	None	Anup Kumar Sai		Indian National Congress
Jharsuguda	None	Kishor Kumar Mohanty		Biju Janata Dal
Laikera	ST	Brundaban Majhi		Bharatiya Janata Party
Kuchinda	ST	Rabi Narayan Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
Rairakhol	SC	Sanatan Bisi		Biju Janata Dal
Deogarh	None	Nitesh Ganga Deb		Indian National Congress
Sundargarh	None	Shankarsan Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
Talsara	ST	Gajadhar Majhi		Indian National Congress
Rajgangpur	ST	Gregory Minz		Indian National Congress
Biramitrapur	ST	Nihar Surin		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Rourkela	None	Sarada Prasad Nayak		Biju Janata Dal
Raghunathpali	ST	Halu Mundary		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Bonai	ST	Laxman Munda		Communist Party of India
Champua	ST	Dhanurjay Sidu		Indian National Congress
Patna	ST	Gourahari Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
Keonjhar	ST	Mohan Charan Majhi		Bharatiya Janata Party
Telkoi	ST	Niladri Nayak		Biju Janata Dal
Ramchandrapur	None	Niranjan Patnaik		Indian National Congress
Anandapur	SC	Jayadev Jena		Indian National Congress

By-polls

Year	Constituency	Reason for by-poll	Winning candidate	Party
2005	Sundargarh	Death of Shankarsan Naik[5]	Sushma Patel[6]		Bharatiya Janata Party

See also

• List of constituencies of the Odisha Legislative Assembly
• 2004 elections in India