Bharatiya Janata Party – Odisha

Bharatiya Janata Party – Odisha

ଭାରତୀୟ ଜନତା ପାର୍ଟି – ଓଡିଶା
Bharatiya Janata Party – Odisha ଭାରତୀୟ ଜନତା ପାର୍ଟି – ଓଡିଶା
Abbreviation	BJP
President	Manmohan Samal
Chairman	Mohan Charan Majhi; (Chief Minister);
Founder	Atal Bihari Vajpayee; Lal Krishna Advani;
Founded	6 April 1980; (45 years ago)
Split from	Janata Party
Preceded by	Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1951–1977); Janata Party (1977–1980);
Headquarters	4R-3/2, Unit-3, Janpath, Bhubaneswar-751 001, Odisha
Labour wing	Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
Peasant's wing	Bharatiya Kisan Sangh
Colours	Saffron
ECI Status	National Party
Alliance	National Democratic Alliance;
Seats in Lok Sabha	20 / 21
Seats in Rajya Sabha	3 / 10
Seats in Odisha Legislative Assembly	78 / 147
Election symbol
	Lotus;
Party flag
Website
	www.bjp.org/odisha
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

The Bharatiya Janata Party – Odisha (BJP Odisha) (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː] ^ⓘ; lit. 'Indian People's Party'), is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Odisha. Its head office is situated at the 4R-3/2, Unit-3, Janpath, Bhubaneswar-751 001 Odisha. The current President of BJP Odisha is Manmohan Samal.^[5]

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Year	Seats won	+/-	Outcome
1998	7 / 21	–	Government
1999	9 / 21	2	Government
2004	7 / 21	2	Opposition
2009	0 / 21	7	Opposition
2014	1 / 21	1	Government
2019	8 / 21	7
2024	20 / 21	12

Year	Seats contested	Seats won	+/-	Voteshare (%)	+/- (%)	Outcome
1985	67	1 / 147	–	2.60%	New	Opposition
1990	63	2 / 147	1	3.56%	0.96
1995	144	9 / 147	7	7.88%	4.32
2000	63	38 / 147	29	18.20%	10.32	Government
2004	63	32 / 147	6	17.11%	2.06	Government
2009	147	6 / 147	26	15.05%	1.09	Opposition
2014	147	10 / 147	4	18.0%	2.95
2019	146	23 / 147	13	32.5%	14.5
2024	147	78 / 147	55	40.07%	7.57	Government

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term			Assembly	Chief Minister
1		Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo	Patnagarh	12 June 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 73 days	17th	Mohan Charan Majhi
2		Pravati Parida	Nimapara	12 June 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 73 days	17th	Mohan Charan Majhi

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term			Assembly	Chief Minister
1		Pradipta Kumar Naik	Bhawanipatna	25 June 2019	30 July 2022	3 years, 35 days	16th	Naveen Patnaik
2		Jayanarayan Mishra	Sambalpur	30 July 2022	4 June 2024	1 year, 310 days	16th	Naveen Patnaik

No	Name^[6]	Term
1	Biswabhusan Harichandan	1980	1988	8 years
2	Debendra Pradhan	1988	1993	5 years
3	Bimbadhar Kuanr	1993	1996	3 years
(2)	Debendra Pradhan	1996	1997	1 year
4	Jual Oram	1997	1999	2 years
5	Manmohan Samal	1999	2004	5 years
(4)	Jual Oram	2004	2006	2 years
6^[7]	Suresh Pujari	7-Nov-2006	22-Dec-2009	3 years, 45 days
(4)	Jual Oram	2009	2013	4 years
7^[8]	Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo	10-Mar-2013	14-Jan-2016	2 years, 310 days
8^[9]	Basanta Kumar Panda	14-Jan-2016	16-Jan-2020	4 years, 2 days
9^[10]	Samir Mohanty	16-Jan-2020	23-Mar-2023	3 years, 66 days
(5)	Manmohan Samal	24-Mar-2023	Present	2 years, 153 days

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