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   Leader Naveen Patnaik Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Party BJD BJP INC Alliance NDA NDA UPA Leader's seat Hinjili Begunia Seats before 74 48 9 Seats won 61 32 38 Seat change 14 16 29 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

Result

Source: Election Commission of India ^[4][5]

Party				Popular vote			Seats
Color	Flag	Name	Symbol	Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
		Indian National Congress		5,896,713	34.82	1.04	133	38	12
		Biju Janata Dal		4,632,280	27.36	2.04	84	61	7
		Bharatiya Janata Party		2,898,105	17.11	1.09	63	32	6
		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha		301,777	1.78	0.36	12	4	1
	-	Odisha Gana Parishad	-	217,998	1.20	(new)	4	2	(new)
		Communist Party of India		129,989	0.77	0.45	6	1
		Communist Party of India (Marxist)		93,159	0.55	0.22	3	1
	-	Independents	-	2,065,650	12.20	1.54	295	8
Total				-	100	-	-	147	-
Valid Votes				16,933,456	66.01
Invalid Votes				9,461	-
Total Votes polled / turnout				16,942,917	66.05
Abstentation				8,709,072	-
Total No. of Electors				25,651,989

Elected members

District	AC. No.	Constituency	Member	Party
Mayurbhanj	1	Karanjia (ST)	Ajit Hembram		Biju Janata Dal
	2	Jashipur (ST)	Shambhu Nath Naik		Independent
	3	Bahalda (ST)	Prahlad Purty		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
	4	Rairangpur (ST)	Droupadi Murmu		Bharatiya Janata Party
	5	Bangriposi (ST)	Chaitanya Prasad Majhi		Biju Janata Dal
	6	Kuliana (ST)	Sananda Marndi		Bharatiya Janata Party
	7	Baripada	Bimal Lochan Das		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
	8	Baisinga (ST)	Pramila Giri		Bharatiya Janata Party
	9	Khunta (ST)	Golak Bihari Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
	10	Udala (ST)	Bhaskar Madhei		Bharatiya Janata Party
Balasore	11	Bhograi	Ananta Das		Biju Janata Dal
	12	Jaleswar	Aswini Kumar Patra		Bharatiya Janata Party
	13	Basta	Raghunath Mohanty		Biju Janata Dal
	14	Balasore	Arun Dey		Odisha Gana Parishad
	15	Soro	Kartik Mohapatra		Indian National Congress
	16	Simulia	Padma Lochan Panda		Indian National Congress
	17	Nilgiri	Pratap Chandra Sarangi		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bhadrak	18	Bhandaripokhari (SC)	Ananta Prasad Sethi		Indian National Congress
	19	Bhadrak	Naren Pallai		Indian National Congress
	20	Dhamnagar	Manmohan Samal		Bharatiya Janata Party
	21	Chandbali (SC)	Netrananda Mallick		Indian National Congress
	22	Basudevpur	Bijayshree Routray		Biju Janata Dal
Jajpur	23	Sukinda	Prafulla Chandra Ghadai		Biju Janata Dal
	24	Korai	Sanchita Mohanty		Bharatiya Janata Party
	25	Jajpur (SC)	Parameswar Sethi		Biju Janata Dal
	26	Dharamsala	Kalpataru Das		Biju Janata Dal
	27	Barchana	Sitakanta Mohapatra		Indian National Congress
	28	Bari-Derabisi	Debasis Nayak		Biju Janata Dal
	29	Binjharpur (SC)	Pramila Mallik		Biju Janata Dal
Kendrapara	30	Aul	Pratap Keshari Deb		Biju Janata Dal
	31	Patamundai (SC)	Kishor Chandra Tarai		Biju Janata Dal
	32	Rajnagar	Nalinikanta Mohanty		Indian National Congress
	33	Kendrapara	Utkal Keshari Parida		Odisha Gana Parishad
	34	Patkura	Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak		Biju Janata Dal
Jagatsinghpur	35	Tirtol	Chiranjib Biswal		Indian National Congress
	36	Ersama	Damodar Rout		Biju Janata Dal
	37	Balikuda	Umesh Chandra Swain		Indian National Congress
	38	Jagatsinghpur (SC)	Bishnu Charan Das		Biju Janata Dal
Cuttack	39	Kissannagar	Pratap Jena		Biju Janata Dal
	40	Mahanga	Bikram Keshari Barma		Biju Janata Dal
	41	Salepur (SC)	Kalindi Behera		Biju Janata Dal
	42	Gobindpur	Rabindra Kumar Mallick		Indian National Congress
	43	Cuttack Sadar	Pravata Ranjan Biswal		Independent
	44	Cuttack City	Samir Dey		Bharatiya Janata Party
	45	Choudwar	Dharmananda Behera		Biju Janata Dal
	46	Banki	Debasis Pattnaik		Indian National Congress
	47	Athgarh	Ranendra Pratap Swain		Biju Janata Dal
	48	Baramba	Debiprasad Mishra		Biju Janata Dal
Khurda	49	Balipatna (SC)	Shashi Bhusan Behera		Biju Janata Dal
	50	Bhubaneswar	Biswabhusan Harichandan		Bharatiya Janata Party
	51	Jatni	Sarat Patkaray		Biju Janata Dal
Puri	52	Pipli	Pradeep Maharathy		Biju Janata Dal
	53	Nimapara (SC)	Baidhar Mallick		Bharatiya Janata Party
	54	Kakatpur	Surendra Nath Naik		Biju Janata Dal
	55	Satyabadi	Ramaranjan Baliarsingh		Independent
	56	Puri	Maheswar Mohanty		Biju Janata Dal
	57	Brahmagiri	Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra		Indian National Congress
Khurda	58	Chilka	Bibhuti Bhusan Harichandan		Bharatiya Janata Party
	59	Khurda	Jyotirindra Nath Mitra		Biju Janata Dal
	60	Begunia	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik		Indian National Congress
Nayagarh	61	Ranpur	Surama Padhy		Bharatiya Janata Party
	62	Nayagarh	Arun Kumar Sahoo		Biju Janata Dal
	63	Khandapara	Bijayalaxmi Pattnaik		Independent
	64	Daspalla	Rudra Madhab Ray		Independent
Ganjam	65	Jaganathprasad (SC)	Madhaba Nanda Behera		Biju Janata Dal
	66	Bhanjanagar	Bikram Keshari Arukha		Biju Janata Dal
	67	Suruda	Kishore Chandra Singh Deo		Bharatiya Janata Party
	68	Aska	Saroj Kumar Padhi		Independent
	69	Kabisuryanagar	Ladu Kishore Swain		Biju Janata Dal
	70	Kodala	Niranjan Pradhan		Biju Janata Dal
	71	Khallikote	V. Sugnana Kumari Deo		Biju Janata Dal
	72	Chatrapur	Nagireddy Narayan Reddy		Communist Party of India
	73	Hinjili	Naveen Patnaik		Biju Janata Dal
	74	Gopalpur (SC)	Trinath Behera		Indian National Congress
	75	Berhampur	Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik		Biju Janata Dal
	76	Chikiti	Usha Devi		Biju Janata Dal
Gajapati	77	Mohana	Surjya Narayan Patro		Biju Janata Dal
	78	Ramagiri (ST)	Bharat Paik		Bharatiya Janata Party
	79	Parlakhemundi	Trinath Sahu		Indian National Congress
Rayagada	80	Gunupur (ST)	Hemabati Gamang		Indian National Congress
	81	Bissam-cuttack (ST)	Dambarudhar Ulaka		Indian National Congress
	82	Rayagada (ST)	Ulaka Rama Chandra		Indian National Congress
Koraput	83	Lakshmipur (ST)	Anantaram Majhi		Indian National Congress
	84	Pottangi (ST)	Jayaram Pangi		Biju Janata Dal
	85	Koraput	Tara Prasad Bahinipati		Indian National Congress
Malkangiri	86	Malkangiri (SC)	Nimai Chandra Sarkar		Indian National Congress
	87	Chitrakonda (ST)	Prahlad Dora		Bharatiya Janata Party
Koraput	88	Kotpad (ST)	Basudev Majhi		Indian National Congress
	89	Jeypore	Rabi Narayan Nanda		Biju Janata Dal
Nowrangpur	90	Nowrangpur	Habibulla Khan		Indian National Congress
	91	Kodinga (ST)	Sadan Nayak		Indian National Congress
	92	Dabugam (ST)	Ramesh Chandra Majhi		Biju Janata Dal
	93	Umarkote (ST)	Dharmu Gond		Bharatiya Janata Party
Nawapara	94	Nawapara	Rajendra Dholakia		Independent
	95	Khariar	Duryodhan Majhi		Biju Janata Dal
Kalahandi	96	Dharamgarh (SC)	Bira Sipka		Biju Janata Dal
	97	Koksara	Pushpendra Singh Deo		Biju Janata Dal
	98	Junagarh	Himansu Sekhar Meher		Bharatiya Janata Party
	99	Bhawanipatna (SC)	Pradipta Kumar Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
	100	Narla (ST)	Balabhadra Majhi		Biju Janata Dal
	101	Kesinga	Dhaneswar Majhi		Bharatiya Janata Party
Kandhamal	102	Balliguda (ST)	Karendra Majhi		Bharatiya Janata Party
	103	Udayagiri (ST)	Ajayanti Pradhan		Indian National Congress
	104	Phulbani (SC)	Padmanabha Behera		Biju Janata Dal
Boudh	105	Boudh	Pradip Kumar Amat		Biju Janata Dal
Balangir	106	Titilagarh (SC)	Jogendra Behera		Biju Janata Dal
	107	Kantabanji	Haji Md. Ayub Khan		Independent
	108	Patnagarh	Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo		Bharatiya Janata Party
	109	Saintala	Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo		Biju Janata Dal
	110	Loisingha	Narasingha Mishra		Indian National Congress
	111	Bolangir	Ananga Udaya Singh Deo		Biju Janata Dal
Subarnapur	112	Sonepur (SC)	Binod Patra		Indian National Congress
	113	Binka	Niranjan Pujari		Biju Janata Dal
	114	Birmaharajpur	Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo		Biju Janata Dal
Angul	115	Athmallik	Nagendra Kumar Pradhan		Biju Janata Dal
	116	Angul	Rajanikant Singh		Biju Janata Dal
Dhenkanal	117	Hindol (SC)	Anjali Behera		Biju Janata Dal
	118	Dhenkanal	Sudhir Kumar Samal		Indian National Congress
	119	Gondia	Saroj Kumar Samal		Biju Janata Dal
Angul	120	Kamakhyanagar	Prafulla Kumar Mallik		Biju Janata Dal
	121	Pallahara	Nrusingha Charan Sahu		Indian National Congress
	122	Talcher (SC)	Mahesh Sahoo		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bargarh	123	Padampur	Satya Bhusan Sahu		Indian National Congress
	124	Melchhamunda	Mohammad Rafique		Bharatiya Janata Party
	125	Bijepur	Subal Sahu		Indian National Congress
	126	Bhatli (SC)	Bimbadhar Kuanr		Bharatiya Janata Party
	127	Bargarh	Ananda Acharya		Biju Janata Dal
Sambalpur	128	Sambalpur	Jayanarayan Mishra		Bharatiya Janata Party
Jharsuguda	129	Brajarajnagar	Anup Kumar Sai		Indian National Congress
	130	Jharsuguda	Kishore Kumar Mohanty		Biju Janata Dal
	131	Laikera (ST)	Brundaban Majhi		Bharatiya Janata Party
Sambalpur	132	Kuchinda (ST)	Rabi Narayan Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
	133	Rairakhol (SC)	Sanatan Bisi		Biju Janata Dal
Deogarh	134	Deogarh	Nitesh Ganga Deb		Indian National Congress
Sundergarh	135	Sundargarh	Shankarsan Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
	136	Talsara (ST)	Gajadhar Majhi		Indian National Congress
	137	Rajgangpur (ST)	Gregory Minz		Indian National Congress
	138	Biramitrapur (ST)	Nihar Surin		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
	139	Rourkela	Sarada Prasad Nayak		Biju Janata Dal
	140	Raghunathpali (ST)	Halu Mundary		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
	141	Bonai (ST)	Laxman Munda		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Keonjhar	142	Champua (ST)	Dhanurjaya Sidu		Indian National Congress
	143	Patna	Gourahari Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
	144	Keonjhar (ST)	Mohan Charan Majhi		Bharatiya Janata Party
	145	Telkoi (ST)	Niladri Nayak		Biju Janata Dal
	146	Ramchandrapur	Niranjan Patnaik		Indian National Congress
	147	Anandapur (SC)	Jayadev Jena		Indian National Congress

Govt Formation

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). NDA formed govt again. CM Naveen 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)

See also

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