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All 147 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly 74 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 19,745,549 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 56.63% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to the Orissa Legislative Assembly were held in February 1990 to elect members of the 147 constituencies in Orissa, India. The Janata Party won a majority of seats and Biju Patnaik was appointed as the Chief Minister of Odisha. [1] [2] The number of constituencies was set as 147 by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India. [3]
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| Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
| Color | Flag | Name | Symbol | Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− |
 | Janata Dal | | 5,884,443 | 53.69 | (new) | 139 | 123 | (new) | |
 | Indian National Congress |  | 3,264,000 | 29.78 |  21.3 | 145 | 10 | 110 | |
 | Bharatiya Janata Party |  | 390,060 | 3.56 |  0.96 | 63 | 2 |  | |
 | Communist Party of India |  | 326,364 | 2.98 | 0.33 | 9 | 5 | 4 | |
 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |  | 91,767 | 0.84 | 0.3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| - | Independents | - | 807,000 | 7.36 | 3.14 | 389 | 6 | 1 | |
| Total | - | 100 | - | - | 147 | - | |||
| Valid Votes | 10,960,587 | 55.51 | |||||||
| Invalid Votes | 221,565 | - | |||||||
| Total Votes polled / turnout | 11,182,152 | 56.63 | |||||||
| Abstentation | 8,563,397 | - | |||||||
| Total No. of Electors | 19,745,549 | ||||||||
