2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

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2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
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  2009 10 & 17 April 2014 2019  

All 147 Assembly Constituencies
74 seats needed for a majority
Turnout73.80%
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
  Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik in October 2014.jpg Jayadev Jena.jpg KV Singh Deo.png
Leader Naveen Patnaik Jayadev Jena [1] Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo
Party BJD INC BJP
Alliance - UPA NDA
Leader since199620132013
Leader's seat Hinjili (won) Anandapur (lost) Patnagarh (won)
Seats before103276
Seats won1171610
Seat changeIncrease2.svg14Decrease2.svg11Increase2.svg4
Popular vote93,34,58255,35,67038,74,739
Percentage43.4%25.7%18%

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly Election Result Map.svg
Seatwise Result Map of the election

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Structure of the Odisha Legislative Assembly after the election

Chief Minister before election

Naveen Patnaik
BJD

Elected Chief Minister

Naveen Patnaik
BJD

The 2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election was held in April 2014, concurrently with the general election. [2] [3] The elections were held in the state in two phases. [4] The results were declared on 16 May 2014. [5]

Contents

The ruling party, Biju Janata Dal, upon gaining majority of seats formed the government again, with incumbent Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, continuing office for another term. [6]

Results

Summary of the 10 April to 17 April 2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election results [6] [7]
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Parties and coalitionsPopular voteSeats
Votes%± pp WonChange
Biju Janata Dal 93,34,85243.4117Increase2.svg 14
Indian National Congress 55,35,67025.716Decrease2.svg 11
Bharatiya Janata Party 38,74,73918.010Increase2.svg 4
Independents 10,84,7645.02Decrease2.svg 4
Samata Kranti Dal 86,5390.41Increase2.svg 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 80,2740.41Increase2.svg 1
None of the Above (NOTA)2,71,3361.3Increase2.svg1.3
Total2,15,32,680100.00147±0
Valid votes
Invalid votes
Votes cast / turnout73.80
Abstentions
Registered voters

Elected members

A.C. No.ConstituencyWinnerPartyVotesRunner-UpPartyVotesMargin
Bargarh District
1 Padampur Pradeep Purohit BJP 68942Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha BJD 644294513
2 Bijepur Subal Sahu INC 53920Prasanna Acharya BJD 52832458
3 Bargarh Debesh Acharya BJD 59350Sadhu Nepak INC 4614613204
4 Attabira (SC) Snehangini Chhuria BJD 69602Nihar Ranjan Mahandan INC 4412825474
5 Bhatli Susanta Singh BJD 75077Sushant Mishra IND 3749637581
Jharsuguda District
6 Brajarajnagar Radharani Panda BJP 50736Anup Kumar Sai BJD 439466790
7 Jharsuguda Naba Kishore Das INC 74499 Kishore Kumar Mohanty BJD 6293611563
Sundargarh District
8 Talsara (ST) Prafulla Majhi INC 45689Binaya Kumar Toppo BJD 442511438
9 Sundargarh (ST) Jogesh Kumar Singh INC 66138 Kusum Tete BJD 5355412584
10 Biramitrapur (ST) George Tirkey SKD 46114 Shankar Oram BJP 3416711947
11 Raghunathpali (SC) Subrat Tarai BJD 49074Jagabandhu Behera BJP 3303316041
12 Rourkela Dilip Kumar Ray BJP 59653 Sarada Prasad Nayak BJD 4872410929
13 Rajgangpur (ST) Mangala Kisan BJD 54596Gregory Minz INC 4456010046
14 Bonai (ST) Laxman Munda CPI(M) 39125Dayanidhi Kishan BJD 373071818
Sambalpur District
15 Kuchinda (ST) Rabi Narayan Naik BJP 68049Bhubaneswar Kisan BJD 4604522064
16 Rengali (SC) Ramesh Patua BJD 47210 Nauri Nayak BJP 453801830
17 Sambalpur Raseswari Panigrahi BJD 48362 Jayanarayan Mishra BJP 394049958
18 Rairakhol Rohit Pujari BJD 53849Assaf Ali Khan INC 4194011909
Deogarh District
19 Deogarh Nitesh Gangadeb BJP 89636Anita Pradhan BJD 5089738739
Keonjhar District
20 Telkoi (ST) Bedabyasa Nayak BJD 66675Dhanurjaya Sidu INC 5272113954
21 Ghasipura Badri Narayan Patra BJD 108900Satyabrata Panda BJP 2029888602
22 Anandpur (SC)|Mayadhar Jena BJD 82520Jayadev Jena INC 6029622224
23 Patna (ST) Hrushikesh Naik BJD 44584Bhabani Sankar Nayak BJP 357418843
24 Keonjhar (ST) Abhiram Naik BJD 55959 Mohan Charan Majhi BJP 472838676
25 Champua Sanatan Mahakud IND 69635Kusha Apat IND 5495714678
Mayurbhanj District
26 Jashipur (ST) Mangal Singh Mudi BJD 39440Shambhu Nath Naik SUCI(C) 336465794
27 Saraskana (ST) Bhadav Hansdah BJD 46867Ramachandra Murmu JMM 430283839
28 Rairangpur (ST) Sushil Kumar Hansdah BJD 51062 Droupadi Murmu BJP 3550615556
29 Bangriposi (ST) Sudam Marndi BJD 62406Purusotam Naik BJP 3087731529
30 Karanjia (ST) Bijay Kumar Naik BJD 38609Jyostna Bhansingh BJP 2505813551
31 Udala (ST) Golakbihari Naik BJD 49628Bhaskar Madhei BJP 410998529
32 Badasahi (SC) Ganeswar Patra BJD 52694Jaminikanta Naik INC 3586016834
33 Baripada (ST) Sananda Marndi BJD 54131Nisamani Baske BJP 3701717114
34 Morada Praveen Chandra Bhanjdeo BJD 52207 Rajkishore Das BJP 452516956
Balasore District
35 Jaleswar Ashwini Kumar Patra BJD 86084Debiprasanna Chand INC 5226433860
36 Bhograi Ananta Das BJD 76761Satya Shiba Das INC 5724919512
37 Basta Nityananda Sahoo BJD 76737Jay Narayan Mohanty INC 703046433
38 Balasore Jiban Pratap Dash BJD 47615 Madanmohan Dutta BJP 378249791
39 Remuna Gobinda Chandra Das BJP 70973Sudrashan Jena BJD 5714413829
40 Nilagiri Sukanta Nayak BJD 50514Sushama Biswal BJP 3681413700
41 Soro (SC) Parshu Ram Dhada BJD 57139Mrutyunjay Jena INC 524084911
42 Simulia Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi BJD 68584Padmalochan Panda INC 579177937
Bhadrak District
43 Bhandaripokhari Prafulla Samal BJD 70173Subrat Kumar Das INC 3607634097
44 Bhadrak Jugal Kishore Patnaik BJD 80582Naren Pallai INC 5699523587
45 Basudevpur Bijayshree Routray BJD 77281Madhabananda Mallick INC 712756506
46 Dhamnagar (SC) Muktikanta Mandal BJD 71538 Bishnu Charan Sethi BJP 623469192
47 Chandabali Byomakesh Ray BJD 68557Amiya Kumar Mahapatra INC 4367424883
Jajpur District
48 Binjharpur (SC) Pramila Mallik BJD 74532Babita Mallick INC 3634238190
49 Bari Debasis Nayak BJD 59800Biswaranjan Mallick IND 526277173
50 Barchana Amar Prasad Satpathy BJD 53322Janmejoy Lenka INC 3638316939
51 Dharmasala Pranab Kumar Balabantaray BJD 109241Srinath Mishra INC 2345585786
52 Jajpur Pranab Prakash Das BJD 104458Santosh Kumar Nanda INC 1984584613
53 Korei Akash Das Nayak BJD 73966Biswajeet Nayak INC 3109942867
54 Sukinda Pritiranjan Gharai BJD 58122Sarat Raut INC 534184704
Dhenkanal District
55 Dhenkanal Sudhir Kumar Samal BJD 69083Krushna Chandra Patra BJP 657893294
56 Hindol (SC) Simarani Nayak BJD 84351Laxmidhar Behara BJP 3385250499
57 Kamakhyanagar Prafulla Kumar Mallik BJD 64153Bhabani Sankar Mohapatra INC 4728216881
58 Parjanga Nrusingha Charan Sahu BJD 60523Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan BJP 574713052
Angul District
59 Pallahara Mahesh Sahoo BJD 44264Ashok Mohanty BJP 389705294
60 Talcher Brajakishore Pradhan BJD 56465Kalandi Charan Samal BJP 4214314322
61 Angul Rajanikant Singh BJD 72379Pratap Chandra Pradhan INC 5203620343
62 Chhendipada (SC) Susanta Kumar Behara BJD 62035Agasti Behera INC 522289807
63 Athmallik Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo BJD 63226Surendra Kumar Pradhan INC 4369319533
Subarnapur District
64 Birmaharajpur (SC) Padmanabha Behera BJD 67772Ananda Barik BJP 3648431290
65 Sonepur Niranjan Pujari BJD 93534Pramod Kumar Mahapatra BJP 4207951485
Balangir District
66 Loisingha (SC) Jogendra Behera BJD 64340Pandaba Chandra Kumbhar INC 4148622854
67 Patnagarh Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo BJP 74372Prakriti Devi Singh Deo BJD 6071913653
68 Bolangir Narasingha Mishra INC 61730Anag Uday Singh Deo BJD 4974612254
69 Titilagarh Tukuni Sahu BJD 71858Sunrendra Sing Bhoi INC 5783614022
70 Kantabanji Ayyub Khan BJD 55252 Santosh Singh Saluja INC 513843868
Nuapada District
71 Nuapada Basanta Kumar Panda BJP 55817Rajendra Dholakia BJD 462079610
72 Khariar Duryodhan Majhi BJP 57533 Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi INC 504077126
Nabarangpur District
73 Umarkote (ST) Subash Gond BJD 50500Jathindra Gond INC 3997810522
74 Jharigam (ST) Prakash Chandra Majhi BJD 65254Uldhar Majhi INC 5405811196
75 Nabarangpur (ST) Manohar Randhari BJD 76659Sadan Nayak INC 6527011389
76 Dabugam (ST) Bhujabal Majhi INC 62957Motiram Nayak BJD 568606097
Kalahandi District
77 Lanjigarh (ST) Balabhadra Majhi BJD 65033Pradip Kumar Dishari INC 4013824859
78 Junagarh Dibya Sankar Mishra BJD 56443Anil Singh Deo BJP 444989945
79 Dharmagarh Pushpendra Singh Deo BJD 59931Rabindra Pattjoshi BJP 4377316158
80 Bhawanipatna (SC) Anam Naik BJD 54825Dusmanta Naik INC 4401110814
81 Narla Dhaneshwar Manjhi BJD 56783Jagannath Pattnayak INC 4101515768
Kandhamal District
82 Baliguda Rajib Patra BJD 37606Kiesa Pradhan INC 349102696
83 G. Udayagiri (ST) Jacob Pradhan INC 48958Pradeep Kumar Pradhan BJD 3868910289
84 Phulbani (ST) Duguni Kanhar BJD 58273Debanarayan Pradhan BJP 3247825795
Boudh District
85 Kantamal Mahidhar Rana BJD 49202Harinarayan Pradhan INC 2383625366
86 Boudh Pradip Kumar Amat BJD 54618Susanta Kumar Pradhan INC 4347011148
Cuttack District
87 Baramba Debiprasad Mishra BJD 91772Laxmi Devi INC 2376168011
88 Banki Pravata Kumar Tripathy BJD 85809Rabindra Kumar Mallick INC 4205143758
89 Athgarh Ranendra Pratap Swain BJD 102605Bichitrananda Muduli INC 3411868487
90 Barabati-Cuttack Debashish Samantaray BJD 57633 Mohammed Moquim INC 4333514298
91 Choudwar-Cuttack Pravat Ranjan Biswal BJD 70880Suresh Mohapatra INC 2949541385
92 Niali (SC) Dr. Pramod Kumar Mallick BJD 88119Chhabi Malik INC 6231025809
93 Cuttack Sadar (SC) Chandra Sarathi Behera BJD 71247Dilip Kumar Mallick BJP 4545625791
94 Salipur Prakash Chandra Behera INC 78343 Prasanta Behera BJD 762262117
95 Mahanga Pratap Jena BJD 89531Sarada Prasad Padhan IND 6165727874
Kendrapara District
96 Patkura Bed Prakash Agarwalla BJD 89853Jayanta Kumar Mohanty INC 4213847715
97 Kendrapara (SC) Kishore Chandra Tarai BJD 65037Ganeswar Behera INC 596065431
98 Aul Devendra Sharma INC 81254 Pratap Keshari Deb BJD 777513503
99 Rajanagar Anshuman Mohanty INC 76806 Dhruba Charan Sahoo BJD 6051818408
100 Mahakalapada Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak BJD 81050Bijoy Mohapatra BJP 5780423246
Jagatsinghpur District
101 Paradeep Damodar Rout BJD 85206Arindam Sarkhel INC 4660638600
102 Tirtol (SC) Rajashree Mallick BJD 88953Rajkishore Behara INC 5350535448
103 Balikuda-Erasama Prasanta Kumar Muduli BJD 69335Lalatendu Mohapatra INC 3998129354
104 Jagatsinghpur Chiranjib Biswal INC 67067 Bishnu Charan Das BJD 641792888
Puri District
105 Kakatpur (SC) Surendra Sethy BJD 89963Biswa Bhusan Das INC 4899341030
106 Nimapara Samir Ranjan Dash BJD 86598Pravati Parida BJP 5732129637
107 Puri Maheswar Mohanty BJD 76760Uma Ballav Rath INC 4203934721
108 Brahmagiri Sanjay Kumar Das Burma BJD 78982 Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra INC 783341648
109 Satyabadi Umakanta Samantaray IND 48319Rama Ranjan Baliarsingh BJD 467871532
110 Pipili Pradeep Maharathy BJD 82550Judhistir Samantaray INC 4907633474
Khurda District
111 Jayadev (SC) Sashi Bhushan Behara BJD 69367Naba Kishor Mallick INC 2836640951
112 Bhubaneswar Central Bijay Kumar Mohanty BJD 50107Jagannath Pradhan BJP 2771822389
113 Bhubaneswar North Priyadarshi Mishra BJD 73278Dilip Mohanty BJP 2497148757
114 Ekamra Bhubaneswar Ashok Chandra Panda BJD 66376Amiya Dash BJP 2990036457
115 Jatani Bhagirathi Bhadajena BJD 60976 Suresh Kumar Rautray INC 552295747
116 Begunia Prasanta Kumar Jagadev BJD 73984Pradeep Kumar Sahoo AOP 3055943425
117 Khurda Rajendra Kumar Sahoo BJD 72299 Jyotirindra Nath Mitra BJP 657026597
118 Chilika Bibhutibhushan Harichandran BJP 69433Raghunath Sahu BJD 68892541
Nayagarh District
119 Ranpur Rabinarayan Mohapatra BJD 60705Surama Padhy BJP 4427916426
120 Khandapada Anubhav Patnaik BJD 62257 Soumya Ranjan Patnaik AOP 61656601
121 Daspalla (SC) Purna Chandra Nayak BJD 75832Indumati Nayak INC 1850557327
122 Nayagarh Aruna Kumar Sahoo BJD 75538Lala Manoj Kumar Ray INC 5467120867
Ganjam District
123 Bhanjanagar Bikram Keshari Arukha BJD 82467Binayak Tripathy INC 5076631701
124 Polasara Srikanta Sahu BJD 66766Gokula Nanda Mallik INC 4554921217
125 Kabisuryanagar Suguna Kumari Deo BJD 67161Hara Prasad Sahu IND 4566121500
126 Khalikote (SC) Purna Chandra Sethy BJD 78845Pandaba Jalli INC 2165157194
127 Chhatrapur (SC) Priyanshu Pradhan BJD 53221Krushna Chandra Nayak CPI 3120222019
128 Aska Debaraj Mohanty BJD 59412Debaraj Mohanty INC 3591323499
129 Surada Purna Chandra Swain BJD 67546Basanta Kumar Bisoyi INC 5154616000
130 Sanakhemundi Nandini Devi BJD 61773 Ramesh Chandra Jena INC 535518222
131 Hinjili Naveen Patnaik BJD 89267Sibaram Patra INC 1268176586
132 Gopalpur Dr. Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy BJD 55265Bibhuti Bhusan Jena BJP 3515320112
133 Berhampur Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik BJD 43211 Bikram Kumar Panda INC 421721039
134 Digapahandi Surya Narayan Patra BJD 78949Saka Sujit Kumar INC 3305245897
135 Chikiti Usha Devi BJD 74849Manoranjan Dyan Samantara INC 4270132148
Gajapati District
136 Mohana (ST) Basanti Mallick BJD 43006 Dasarathi Gomango INC 42891115
137 Parlakhemundi Kengam Surya Rao INC 61014Koduru Narayana Rao BJD 595951419
Rayagada District
138 Gunupur (ST) Trinath Gomango BJD 59527Purusottam Gomango INC 521417386
139 Bissam Cuttack (ST) Jagannath Saraka BJD 72366Dambarudhar Ulaka INC 4318029186
140 Rayagada (ST) Lalbihari Himirika BJD 69629Makaranda Muduli INC 613438286
Koraput District
141 Lakshmipur (ST) Kailash Chandra Kulesika INC 53429Hema Gomango BJD 3095622473
142 Kotpad (ST) Chandra Sekhar Majhi INC 71018Ashok Kumar Pangi BJD 3969731321
143 Jeypore Tara Prasad Bahinipati INC 65738Rabi Narayan Nanda BJD 570118367
144 Koraput (SC) Krishna Chandra Sagaria INC 50672Raghuram Maccha BJD 456964976
145 Pottangi (ST) Prafulla Kumar Pangi BJD 46839Rama Chandra Kadam INC 3607510764
Malkangiri District
146 Malkangiri (ST) Manas Madkami BJD 47737Mala Madhi INC 444253312
147 Chitrakonda (ST) Dambaru Sisa BJD 48000Sunadhar Kakari INC 2327024730

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