2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

The 2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election took place in April 2009, concurrently with the general election. The elections were held in the state in two phases. The results were declared on 16 May. Despite having recently separated from the Bharatiya Janata Party after an eleven-year partnership, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) retained power in the Odisha State Assembly with a more convincing majority. Party chief Naveen Patnaik was formally re-elected as the BJD Legislature party leader on 19 May,^[2] thus paving the way for his third consecutive term as the Chief Minister of Odisha.

2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

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All 147 Assembly Constituencies 74 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	65.35%[1]
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Naveen Patnaik Bhupendra Singh Biswabhusan Harichandan Party BJD INC BJP Alliance TF UPA NDA Leader since 1996 Leader's seat Hinjili Narla (won) Bhubaneswar (lost) Last election 2004 2004 2004 Seats before 61 38 32 Seats won 103 27 6 Seat change 42 11 26 Popular vote 6,903,641 5,169,559 2,674,067 Percentage 38.86% 29.10% 15.05% Swing 11.50% 5.72% 1.61%
Seatwise Result Map of the election
Structure of the Odisha Legislative Assembly after the election
Chief Minister before election Nabeen Pattanayak BJD Elected Chief Minister Nabeen Pattanayak BJD

Previous Assembly

In the 2004 Orissa Assembly election, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) had swept the state with the BJD winning 61 seats and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) winning 32 seats, giving the alliance comfortable majority in the 147-member house. This was the second consecutive term for the BJD-BJP combine after they first formed the government in 2000.^[3] The Naveen Patnaik government had been sworn in at the Bhubaneswar Raj Bhavan by Odisha Governor M. M. Rajendran in May 2004.^[4]

Background

With the tenure of the Orissa Assembly scheduled to expire on 29 June 2009, the Election Commission of India announced^[5] on 2 March that year that the elections to the Assembly would be held alongside the general election. The election in each Assembly constituency (AC) was held in the same phase as the election to the corresponding Parliamentary constituency that the AC fell under.

Seat-sharing discussions got underway between allies, after eleven years of partnership and nearly two full terms as the Orissa state government, the BJD snapped ties with the BJP in March 2009, blaming the latter for the 2008 violence against Christians.^[6] Thereafter, the BJP withdrew support to Government and Governor Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare asked Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to prove his majority in the Orissa Assembly.^[7] Naveen Patnaik then won a controversial trust vote on 11 March 2009, after the opposition Congress and BJP legislators walked out of the Assembly in protest in the manner the vote was being conducted.^[8]

The BJD then declared that they support neither Congress nor BJP.^[9] Though they decided to contest the 2009 elections in partnership with the Left Front and Nationalist Congress Party, the BJD did not officially join the Third Front.^[10]

Schedule of election

Poll Event	Phase 1	Phase 2
Announcement & Issue of Press Note	Monday, 02 Mar 2009
Issue of Notification	Monday, 23 Mar 2009	Saturday, 28 Mar 2009
Last Date for filing Nominations	Monday, 30 Mar 2009	Saturday, 04 Apr 2009
Scrutiny of Nominations	Tuesday, 31 Mar 2009	Monday, 06 Apr 2009
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature	Thursday, 02 Apr 2009	Wednesday, 08 Apr 2009
Date of Poll	Thursday, 16 Apr 2009	Thursday, 23 Apr 2009
Counting of Votes on	Saturday, 16 May 2009
Date of election being completed	Thursday, 28 May 2009
Constituencies Polling on this day	70	77
Source: Election Commission of India[5]

Location of Orissa in India

Results

Government formation

Despite fighting against both BJP & Congress, the BJD emerged victorious with more than two-thirds majority in the 147 member Legislative Assembly. Naveen Patnaik was sworn in for his third consecutive term by Governor M.C. Bhandare on 2009-05-21 at the Bhubaneswar Raj Bhavan.^[11]

Number of seats

Source: Election Commission of India ^[12][13]

Party	Flag	Seats won	Seats change	Popular vote	Vote share	Swing
Biju Janata Dal		103	42	6,903,641	38.86%	11.50%
Indian National Congress		27	11	5,169,559	29.10%	5.72%
Bharatiya Janata Party		6	26	2,674,067	15.05%	2.06%
Independent		6	2	1,536,745	8.65%	3.55%
Nationalist Congress Party		4	4	237,528	1.34%	1.34%
Communist Party of India		1		89,852	0.51%	0.26%

Number of candidates

Party Type	Code	Party Name	Number of candidates	Total
National Parties	BJP	Bharatiya Janata Party	145	423
	BSP	Bahujan Samaj Party	114
	CPI	Communist Party of India	5
	CPM	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	4
	INC	Indian National Congress	147
	NCP	Nationalist Congress Party	8
State Parties	BJD	Biju Janata Dal	129	161
	JMM	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	32
State Parties - Other States	AITC	All India Trinamool Congress	5	86
	JD(U)	Janata Dal (United)	10
	LJP	Lok Jan Shakti Party	8
	RSP	Revolutionary Socialist Party	18
	SP	Samajwadi Party	45
Unrecognised or Unregistered Parties	AJSU	All Jharkhand Students Union	4	247
	BJSH	Bharatiya Jan Shakti	3
	BOP	Bira Oriya Party	1
	CPI(ML)(L)	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation	17
	IJP	Indian Justice Party	5
	JDP	Jharkhand Disom Party	6
	JHKP	Jana Hitkari Party	7
	JKP	Jharkhand Party	1
	KOKD	Kosal Kranti Dal	18
	KS	Kalinga Sena	36
	LSP	Lok Satta Party	1
	OCP	Orissa Communist Party	2
	OMM	Orissa Mukti Morcha	8
	RPD	Rashtriya Parivartan Dal	16
	RPI	Republican Party of India	5
	RPI(A)	Republican Party of India (Athavale)	13
	RWS	Rashtrawadi Sena	4
	SAMO	Samurdha Odisha	99
	SWJP	Samajwadi Jan Parishad	1
Independents	n/a	Independents	371	371
Total:				1288
Source: Election Commission of India[1]

Elected members

S.No	Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party
1	Padampur	None	Bijaya Ranjan Singh Bariha		Biju Janata Dal
2	Bijepur	None	Subal Sahu		Indian National Congress
3	Bargarh	None	Sadhu Nepak		Indian National Congress
4	Attabira	SC	Nihar Ranjan Mahananda		Indian National Congress
5	Bhatli	None	Susanta Singh		Biju Janata Dal
6	Brajarajnagar	None	Anup Kumar Sai		Indian National Congress
7	Jharsuguda	None	Naba Kishore Das		Indian National Congress
8	Talsara	ST	Dr. Prafulla Majhi		Indian National Congress
9	Sundargarh	ST	Jogesh Kumar Singh		Indian National Congress
10	Biramitrapur	ST	George Tirkey		Independent
11	Raghunathpali	SC	Subrat Tarai		Biju Janata Dal
12	Rourkela	None	Sarada Prasad Nayak		Biju Janata Dal
13	Rajgangapur	ST	Gregory Minz		Indian National Congress
14	Bonai	ST	Bhimsen Choudhury		Bharatiya Janata Party
15	Kuchinda	ST	Rajendra Kumar Chhatria		Indian National Congress
16	Rengali	SC	Duryodhan Gardia		Indian National Congress
17	Sambalpur	None	Jayanarayan Mishra		Bharatiya Janata Party
18	Rairakhol	None	Prasanna Acharya		Biju Janata Dal
19	Deogarh	None	Sanjeeb Kumar Pradhan		Biju Janata Dal
20	Telkoi	ST	Premananda Nayak		Biju Janata Dal
21	Ghasipura	None	Badrinarayan Patra		Biju Janata Dal
22	Anandapur	SC	Bhagirathi Sethy		Biju Janata Dal
23	Patna	ST	Hrusikesh Naik		Biju Janata Dal
24	Keonjhar	ST	Subarna Naik		Biju Janata Dal
25	Champua	None	Jitu Patnaik		Independent
26	Jashipur	ST	Kamala Kanta Nayak		Biju Janata Dal
27	Saraskana	ST	Rama Chandra Hansdah		Nationalist Congress Party
28	Rairangpur	ST	Shyam Charan Hansdah		Indian National Congress
29	Bangriposi	ST	Sarojini Hembram		Biju Janata Dal
30	Karanjia	ST	Bijay Kumar Naik		Biju Janata Dal
31	Udala	ST	Shrinath Soren		Biju Janata Dal
32	Badasahi	SC	Manoranjan Sethi		Biju Janata Dal
33	Baripada	ST	Sananda Marandi		Biju Janata Dal
34	Morada	None	Praveen Chandra Bhanjdeo		Biju Janata Dal
35	Jaleswar	None	Debi Prasanna Chand		Indian National Congress
36	Bhograi	None	Ananta Das		Biju Janata Dal
37	Basta	None	Raghunath Mohanty		Biju Janata Dal
38	Balasore	None	Jiban Pradip Dash		Biju Janata Dal
39	Remuna	SC	Sudarshan Jena		Biju Janata Dal
40	Nilgiri	None	Pratap Chandra Sarangi		Independent
41	Soro	SC	Surendra Prasad Pramanik		Indian National Congress
42	Simulia	None	Parsuram Panigrahi		Biju Janata Dal
43	Bhandaripokhari	None	Prafulla Samal		Biju Janata Dal
44	Bhadrak	None	Jugal Kishore Pattnaik		Biju Janata Dal
45	Basudevpur	None	Bijayshree Routray		Biju Janata Dal
46	Dhamnagar	SC	Rajendra Kumar Das		Biju Janata Dal
47	Chandabali	None	Bijaya Nayak		Biju Janata Dal
48	Binjharpur	SC	Pramila Mallik		Biju Janata Dal
49	Bari	None	Debasis Nayak		Biju Janata Dal
50	Barchana	None	Amar Prasad Satpathy		Nationalist Congress Party
51	Dharmasala	None	Kalpataru Das		Biju Janata Dal
52	Jajpur	None	Pranab Prakash Das		Biju Janata Dal
53	Korei	None	Pritiranjan Gharai		Biju Janata Dal
54	Sukinda	None	Prafulla Chandra Ghadai		Biju Janata Dal
55	Dhenkanal	None	Nabin Nanda		Nationalist Congress Party
56	Hindol	SC	Anjali Behera		Biju Janata Dal
57	Kamakhyanagar	None	Prafulla Kumar Mallik		Biju Janata Dal
58	Parjanga	None	Dr. Nrusingha Sahu		Biju Janata Dal
59	Pallahara	None	Rabi Narayan Pani		Biju Janata Dal
60	Talcher	None	Braja Kishore Pradhan		Independent
61	Angul	None	Rajani Kant Singh		Biju Janata Dal
62	Chhendipada	SC	Khageswar Behera		Biju Janata Dal
63	Athamallik	None	Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo		Biju Janata Dal
64	Birmaharajpur	SC	Padmanabh Behera		Biju Janata Dal
65	Sonepur	None	Niranjan Pujari		Biju Janata Dal
66	Loisingha	SC	Ramakanta Seth		Biju Janata Dal
67	Patnagarh	None	Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo		Bharatiya Janata Party
68	Bolangir	None	Anang Uday Singh Deo		Biju Janata Dal
69	Titlagarh	None	Surendra Singh Bhoi		Indian National Congress
70	Kantabanji	None	Santosh Singh Saluja		Indian National Congress
71	Nuapada	None	Rajendra Dholakia		Biju Janata Dal
72	Khariar	None	Hitesh Kumar Bagartti		Bharatiya Janata Party
73	Umarkote	ST	Jagabandhu Majhi		Biju Janata Dal
74	Jharigam	ST	Ramesh Chandra Majhi		Biju Janata Dal
75	Nabarangpur	ST	Manohar Randhari		Biju Janata Dal
76	Dabugam	ST	Bhujabal Majhi		Indian National Congress
77	Lanjigarh	ST	Shibaji Majhi		Indian National Congress
78	Junagarh	None	Gobardhan Dash		Indian National Congress
79	Dharmgarh	None	Puspendra Singh Deo		Biju Janata Dal
80	Bhawanipatna	SC	Dusmanta Naik		Indian National Congress
81	Narla	None	Bhupinder Singh		Indian National Congress
82	Baliguda	ST	Karendra Majhi		Bharatiya Janata Party
83	G. Udayagiri	ST	Manoj Kumar Pradhan		Bharatiya Janata Party
84	Phulbani	ST	Debendra Kanhar		Biju Janata Dal
85	Kantamal	None	Bhagban Kanhor		Biju Janata Dal
86	Boudh	None	Pradip Kumar Amat		Biju Janata Dal
87	Baramba	None	Debiprasad Mishra		Biju Janata Dal
88	Banki	None	Pravata Kumar Tripathy		Biju Janata Dal
89	Athagarh	None	Ramesh Rout		Independent
90	Barabati-cuttack	None	Debashish Samantaray		Biju Janata Dal
91	Choudwar-cuttack	None	Pravat Ranjan Biswal		Biju Janata Dal
92	Niali	SC	Pramod Kumar Mallick		Biju Janata Dal
93	Cuttack Sadar	SC	Kalindi Behera		Biju Janata Dal
94	Salipur	None	Chandra Sarathi Behera		Biju Janata Dal
95	Mahanga	None	Pratap Jena		Biju Janata Dal
96	Patkura	None	Bed Prakash Agrawalla		Biju Janata Dal
97	Kendrapara	SC	Sipra Mallick		Biju Janata Dal
98	Aul	None	Pratap Keshari Deb		Biju Janata Dal
99	Rajanagar	None	Alekh Kumar Jena		Biju Janata Dal
100	Mahakalapada	None	Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak		Biju Janata Dal
101	Paradeep	None	Damodara Rout		Biju Janata Dal
102	Tirtol	SC	Rabindra Nath Bhoi		Biju Janata Dal
103	Balikuda-ersama	None	Prasanta Kumar Muduli		Biju Janata Dal
104	Jagatsinghpur	None	Bishnu Charan Das		Biju Janata Dal
105	Kakatpur	SC	Rabi Mallick		Biju Janata Dal
106	Nimapara	None	Samir Ranjan Dash		Biju Janata Dal
107	Puri	None	Maheswar Mohanty		Biju Janata Dal
108	Bramhagiri	None	Sanjay Kumar Das Burma		Biju Janata Dal
109	Satyabadi	None	Prasad Kumar Harichandan		Indian National Congress
110	Pipili	None	Pradeep Maharathy		Biju Janata Dal
111	Jayadev	SC	Arabinda Dhali		Biju Janata Dal
112	Bhubaneswar Central	None	(madhya) Bijaya Kumar Mohanty		Biju Janata Dal
113	Bhubaneswar North	None	(uttar) Bhagirathi Badajena		Biju Janata Dal
114	Ekamra-bhubaneswar	None	Ashok Chandra Panda		Biju Janata Dal
115	Jatani	None	Bibhuti Bhusan Balabantaray		Biju Janata Dal
116	Begunia	None	Prashanta Nanda		Nationalist Congress Party
117	Khurda	None	Rajendra Ku. Sahoo		Independent
118	Chilika	None	Raghunath Sahu		Biju Janata Dal
119	Ranpur	None	Satyanarayan Pradhan		Biju Janata Dal
120	Khandapada	None	Siddharth Sekhar Singh		Biju Janata Dal
121	Daspalla	SC	Kashinath Mallik		Biju Janata Dal
122	Nayagarh	None	Arun Kumar Sahoo		Biju Janata Dal
123	Bhanjanagar	None	Bikram Keshari Arukha		Biju Janata Dal
124	Polasara	None	Niranjan Pradhan		Biju Janata Dal
125	Kabisuryangar	None	V. Sugnana Kumari Deo		Biju Janata Dal
126	Khalikote	SC	Purna Chandra Sethy		Biju Janata Dal
127	Chhatrapur	SC	Adikanda Sethi		Communist Party of India
128	Aska	None	Debaraj Mohanty		Biju Janata Dal
129	Surada	None	Purna Chandra Swain		Biju Janata Dal
130	Sanakhemundi	None	Ramesh Chandra Jena		Indian National Congress
131	Hinjili	None	Naveen Patnaik		Biju Janata Dal
132	Gopalpur	None	Dr. Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy		Biju Janata Dal
133	Berhampur	None	Dr. Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik		Biju Janata Dal
134	Digapahandi	None	Surya Narayana Patro		Biju Janata Dal
135	Chikiti	None	Usha Devi		Biju Janata Dal
136	Mohana	ST	Chakradhara Paik		Indian National Congress
137	Paralakhemundi	None	K. Narayana Rao		Biju Janata Dal
138	Gunupur	ST	Ramamurty Mutika		Biju Janata Dal
139	Bissam Cuttack	ST	Damburudhara Ulaka		Indian National Congress
140	Rayagada	ST	Lal Bihari Himirika		Biju Janata Dal
141	Laxmipur	ST	Jhina Hikaka		Biju Janata Dal
142	Kotpad	ST	Basudev Majhi		Indian National Congress
143	Jeypore	None	Rabi Narayan Nanda		Biju Janata Dal
144	Koraput	SC	Raghuram Padal		Biju Janata Dal
145	Pottangi	ST	Rama Chandra Kadam		Indian National Congress
146	Malkangiri	ST	Mukunda Sodi		Biju Janata Dal
147	Chitrakonda	ST	Mamta Madhi		Indian National Congress

See also

• State Assembly elections in India, 2009
• Indian general election in Orissa, 2009
• Legislative Assembly election results of Orissa