2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

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2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
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  2019 13 May – 1 June 2024 2029  

All 147 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly
74 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout74.79% (Increase2.svg1.59%)
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
 
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Leader Mohan Charan Majhi [a] Naveen Patnaik Sarat Pattanayak
Party BJP BJD INC
Leader since202419972022
Leader's seat Keonjhar(Won) Hinjili

(Won) Kantabanji (Lost)

Nuapada (lost)
Seats before231129
Seats won78 5114
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 55Decrease2.svg 61Increase2.svg 5
Popular vote10,064,82710,102,454 3,331,319
Percentage40.07%40.22% 13.26%
SwingIncrease2.svg 3.58 pp Decrease2.svg 4.49 pp Decrease2.svg 2.86 pp

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Structure of the Odisha Legislative Assembly after the election

Chief Minister before election

Naveen Patnaik
BJD

Elected Chief Minister

Mohan Charan Majhi
BJP

Legislative Assembly elections were held in the eastern coastal state of Odisha from 13 May to 1 June 2024 to elect the 147 members of the Odisha Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and results were declared on 4 June 2024 forming the 17th Assembly.

Contents

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won a simple majority with 78 seats and created history by ending the 24 year rule of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and its leader Naveen Patnaik. Later the 3 independent MLAs joined to the BJP, increasing it to 81. The BJP state president Manmohan Samal, under whose leadership the election was fought, lost his election from Chandabali Seat. On 12th June 2024, Mohan Charan Majhi, the MLA from Keonjhar took oath as the 15th Chief Minister of the state, along with Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo and Pravati Parida as deputy chief ministers.

Background

The tenure of sixteenth Odisha Legislative Assembly was scheduled to end on 24 June 2024. [1] The previous assembly elections were held in April 2019. After the elections, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) formed the state government, with the then incumbent Naveen Patnaik continuing as the Chief Minister. [2]

Schedule

The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 16 March 2024. [3] The polling was held in four phases which coincided with the phases 4 to 7 of the simultaneously held Indian General Election. [4]

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Phase wise schedule of 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly Election
Legislative assembly constituencies in Odisha Wahlkreise zur Vidhan Sabha von Odisha.svg
Legislative assembly constituencies in Odisha
Poll EventPhase
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Notification Date18 April26 April29 April7 May
Last Date for filing nomination25 April3 May6 May14 May
Scrutiny of nomination26 Apr4 May7 May15 May
Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination29 April6 May9 May17 May
Poll13 May20 May25 May1 June
Counting of Votes4 June 2024

Parties and campaigns

Alliance/PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats Contested
Biju Janata Dal Biju Janata Dal Flag.jpg Indian Election Symbol Conch.svg Nabeen Patnaik 147
Bharatiya Janata Party BJP flag.svg Lotus flower symbol.svg Manmohan Samal [5] 147
Indian National Congress Indian National Congress Flag.svg Hand INC.svg Sarat Pattanayak 145
Bahujan Samaj Party Elephant Bahujan Samaj Party.svg Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png Tankadhar Bag [6] 88
Aam Aadmi Party Aam Aadmi Party logo (English).svg AAP Symbol.png Nishikanta Mohapatra [7] 41
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI-M-flag.svg CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg Ali Kishor Patnaik [8] 7
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 5

BJD and BJP contested in all the 147 constituencies, whereas INC contested in 145 seats and provided support to other parties in the 2 remainder constituencies. Election manifesto of BJD included 24 major promises like youth empowerment, free electricity to farmers, zero interest loans to businesswomen, tribal empowerment, infrastructure and sports development, food security and good governance. [9] BJP's manifesto included 21 major points like the start of "Samruddha Krusaka Niti" under which paddy crop would receive 3,100 (US$37) price per quintal and "Subhadra Jojana" which would allow 50,000 (US$590) cash voucher to women. It also included development of fishing industry, increasing road connectivity, providing 3.5 lakh jobs by 2029, increasing tourism and more. BJP also focused on reducing the corrupt practices of the incumbent BJD government. [10]

Another important factor was the possibility of Naveen Patnaik, who had been ruling for the last 24 years, being succeeded by his personal secretary V. K. Pandian, a Tamil IAS officer. Pandian was favoured by Patnaik due to his effective management of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state. In 2023, Pandian quit his job in the state bureaucracy and joined the ruling BJD. The BJP heavily campaigned on the prospect of BJD planning to make an "outsider" like Pandian the next CM, [11] with Prime Minister Narendra Modi even alleging that Pandian was secretly siphoning off money from the treasury of Puri's Jagannath Temple, [12] a charge which Pandian vehemently denied. [13] Patnaik refuted all rumours of Pandian being his successor. [14]

Candidates

Overall 1,283 candidates contested the elections for the 147 seats in the assembly. Out of these, 348 candidates (approximately 27%) had declared criminal cases against themselves and 292 (approximately 23%) had serious criminal cases against themselves. The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Odisha Election Watch reported that 66 candidates have declared cases for the crime committed against women, with 4 candidates declaring that they have been charged for rape. In their affidavit filed before elections, 10 candidates have declared that they have cases related to murder. 5 candidates informed in their candidature about cases filed against them related to hate speech. Party-wise, the percentages of candidates with criminal cases are: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have ~68%, Indian National Congress (INC) with ~41%, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) have ~31%, and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is with ~17. [15]

As per the affidavits, 412 (BJD - 128, BJP - 96, INC- 88, AAP - 11, Others - 89) had declared their family's assets to be worth more than 1 crore (US$120,000) and average assets were worth 2.89 crore (US$340,000). Highest assets were declared by Dilip Kumar Ray (BJP, Rourkela seat, 313 crore (US$37 million)) followed by Sanatan Mahakud (BJD, Champua seat, 227 crore (US$27 million)) and Subasini Jena (BJD, Basta seat, 135 crore (US$16 million)). Education wise, 652 candidates (approximately 51%) had education of graduate or above and only 2 were illiterate. 51 candidates had diplomas and 566 contestants had studied classes from 5th to 12th. Only 14% of candidates (i.e. 178) were women. [15] BJD had been the strong supporter of the Women's Reservation Bill, 2023 and had nominated 34 women candidates (approximately 23%) out of 147 and majority of these were from political families. BJP provided tickets to 10 women candidates. [16]

Surveys and polls

The exit polls by Axis My India presented that both BJP & BJD may win 62-80 seats; also predicting the worst case of concluding in a hung assembly. [19] However, Times Now predicted a clear win for BJD continuing their hold on the Odisha state government. [20]

Exit Polls
Polling agencyBJPBJDINC
Axis My India [21] 62-8062-805-8
Times Now - ETG [20] 30-38100-1154-7

Results and statistics

BJP won 78 seats as compared to 23 from previous election whereas BJD won 51 as against to 112. The 3 MLAs who were independents, joined BJP post-elections. Hence it increased to 81 from 78 seats. Of the 147 MLAs elected, 11 are women (~7%) which has reduced from 14 MLAs from previous assembly. Out of these 11 women MLAs, 5 are from BJP, 5 from BJD and one from INC. [16] In 2019, the MLAs with at least under graduate education was 73%; which reduced to 65%. The average age of the assembly is 51. [22] Out of all the winning candidates, 85 have declared in their pre-poll affidavits to have criminal cases registered against them, as compared to 67 in previous assembly. Of these, 67 have serious criminal cases. [23]

97 incumbent MLAs contested for this election of which only 45 won. Although incumbency was a major campaign against BJD, 66 incumbent BJD MLAs contested the polls, of which 25 won. Naveen Patnaik the incumbent Chief Minister, won in the Hinjli constituency with a margin of 4,636 votes but lost in Kantabanji constituency with a margin of 16,344 votes. [24] 5 MLAs have won from their respective constituencies with margin of less than a thousand votes. [25] Notably amongst them is Ananta Narayan Jena of BJD winning by 37 votes from Bhubaneswar Central. [26] Aswini Kumar Patra (former Cultural Minister, Jaleswar seat) and Arun Kumar Sahoo (former Education Minister, Nayagarh seat) won by 319 and 439 votes respectively. [27] [28] Biswa Ranjan Mallick of BJD won from the Bari seat with the highest margin of 51,465 by winning 63.77% votes. [29] BJD won slightly higher vote share than BJP, but it was unable to convert it into seat numbers otherwise it would have got more seats in the assembly and again formed govt.

Results by party

Vote Share

Vote share by party
  1. Biju Janata Dal (40.2%)
  2. Bharatiya Janata Party (40.1%)
  3. Indian National Congress (13.3%)
  4. Other (6.45%)

Results by regions & districts

RegionsSeats
BJP BJD INC+Others
Northern Odisha [a] 41251420
Central Odisha [b] 65322823
Southern Odisha [c] 41219110
Total1477851153
DistrictSeats
BJP BJD INC+Others
Bargarh 54100
Jharsuguda 22000
Sundargarh 72320
Sambalpur 42200
Deogarh 10100
Kendujhar 63300
Mayurbhanj 99000
Balasore 84400
Bhadrak 52210
Jajpur 73301
Dhenkanal 44000
Angul 53200
Subarnapur 21100
Balangir 54100
Nuapada 20200
Nabarangpur 43100
Kalahandi 51310
Kandhamal 31110
Boudh 22000
Cuttack 92412
Kendrapara 51400
Jagatsinghpur 42200
Puri 64200
Khordha 83500
Nayagarh 42200
Ganjam 1311110
Gajapati 20110
Rayagada 30030
Koraput 52030
Malkangiri 21010
Total1477851153

Elected Members and Runners-up

Results table
ConstituencyWinner [31] Runner UpMargin
No.NameCandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%
Bargarh district
1 Padmapur Barsha Singh Bariha BJD 91,99543.53Gobardhan Bhoy BJP 81,00238.3310,993
2 Bijepur Sanat Kumar Gartia BJP 93,16147.52 Rita Sahu BJD 83,09542.3910,066
3 Bargarh Ashwini Kumar Sarangi BJP 77,76646.34 Debesh Acharjya BJD 72,99443.504,772
4 Attabira (SC) Nihar Ranjan Mahananda BJP 99,48755.17 Snehangini Chhuria BJD 70,57739.1428,910
5 Bhatli Irasis Acharjya BJP 1,07,50854.65 Susanta Sing BJD 79,61640.4727,892
Jharsuguda district
6 Brajarajnagar Suresha Pujhari BJP 82,19948.85 Alaka Mohanty BJD 55,41032.9326,789
7 Jharsuguda Tankadhar Tripathy BJP 91,10547.69 Dipali Das BJD 89,77247.001,333
Sundergarh district
8 Talsara (ST) Bhabani Sankar Bhoi BJP 68,92842.67Binaya Kumar Toppo BJD 51,73932.0317,189
9 Sundargarh (ST) Jogesh Kumar Singh BJD 86,39848.15 Kusum Tete BJP 77,27643.079,122
10 Biramitrapur (ST) Rohit Joseph Tirkey BJD 84,11644.53 Sankar Oram BJP 77,23240.896,884
11 Raghunathpali (SC) Durga Charan Tanti BJP 51,18943.72Archana Rekha Behera BJD 45,41538.795,774
12 Rourkela Sarada Prasad Nayak BJD 64,66046.46 Dilip Ray BJP 61,10843.913,552
13 Rajgangpur (ST) C. S. Raazen Ekka INC 66,86936.74Anil Barwa BJD 56,68531.1410,184
14 Bonai (ST) Laxman Munda CPM 81,00843.45Bhimsen Chaudhary BJD 57,56930.8823,439
Sambalpur district
15 Kuchinda (ST) Rabi Narayan Naik BJP 95,71651.83Rajendra Kumar Chhatria BJD 63,49634.3932,220
16 Rengali (SC) Sudarshan Haripal BJD 73,42045.45 Nauri Nayak BJP 70,20843.463,212
17 Sambalpur Jayanarayan Mishra BJP 59,82745.52 Rohit Pujari BJD 55,72242.404,105
18 Rairakhol(Redhakhol) Prasanna Acharjya BJD 61,71638.23Debendra Mohapatra BJP 56,43635.164,960
Deogarh District
19 Debagarh Romancha Ranjan Biswal BJD 89,07445.02 Subhash Chandra Panigrahi BJP 73,28237.0315,792
Keonjhar district
20 Telkoi (ST) Phakir Mohan Naik BJP 83,81843.49Madhaba Sardar BJD 74,37938.599,439
21 Ghasipura Badri Narayan Patra BJD 82,51643.96 Soumya Ranjan Patnaik Ind 68,70536.6013,811
22 Anandapur (SC) Abhimanyu Sethi BJD 71,65139.67 Jayadeba Jena INC 60,68533.6010,966
23 Swampatana (ST) Akhila Chandra Naik BJP 97,04155.72Jagannath Naik BJD 59,06233.9137,979
24 Keonjhar (ST) Mohan Charan Majhi BJP 87,81547.05Mina Majhi BJD 76,23840.8411,577
25 Champua Sanatan Mahakud BJD 1,03,12056.45Murali Manohar Sharma BJP 63,12634.5639,994
Mayurbhanj district
26 Jashipur (ST) Ganesh Ram Khuntia BJP 85,38450.25Chakradhar Hembram BJD 50,71729.8534,667
27 Saraskana (ST) Bhadav Hansdah BJP 59,38737.79Debashis Marndi BJD 45,73529.1113,652
28 Rairangpur (ST) Jalen Naik BJP 62,72436.94Raisen Murmu BJD 55,03132.417,693
29 Bangiriposi (ST) Sanjali Murmu BJP 87,80149.93Ranjita Marndi BJD 53,32530.3334,476
30 Karanjia (ST) Padma Charan Haibru BJP 65,35743.48 Basanti Hembram BJD 35,85823.8529,499
31 Udala (ST) Bhaskar Madhei BJP 66,40142.00Srinath Soren BJD 59,88437.886,517
32 Betanoti (SC) Sanatan Bijuli BJP 83,27654.62Anasuya Patra BJD 45,88930.1037,387
33 Baripada (ST) Prakash Soren BJP 78,27248.39 Sananda Marndi BJD 48,88730.2229,385
34 Moroda Krushna Chandra Mohapatra BJP 77,98043.33Preetinanda Kanungo BJD 44,71024.8433,270
Balasore district
35 Jaleswar Aswini Kumar Patra BJD 83,10542.37Brajamohan Pradhan BJP 82,78642.21319
36 Bhogorai Goutam Buddha Das BJD 70,19839.89Satya Shiba Das INC 63,63438.166,564
37 Basta Subasini Jena BJD 83,31443.66Bijan Nayak INC 62, 93732.9920,377
38 Baleswar Manas Kumar Dutta BJP 89,36050.90 Swarup Kumar Das BJD 60,73434.5928,626
39 Remuna (SC) Gobinda Chandra Das BJP 92,62051.39Bidyasmita Mahalik BJD 68,45237.9824,168
40 Nilgiri Santosh Khatua BJP 87,92852.20Sukanta Kumar Nayak BJD 68,08940.4219,839
41 Soro (SC) Madhab Dhada BJD 63,64239.07 Parshuram Dhada BJP 62,84038.57802
42 Simulia Padma Lochan Panda BJP 90,67649.54Subasini Sahoo BJD 77,49342.3413,183
Bhadrak district
43 Bhandaripokhari Sanjib Kumar Mallick BJD 72,44739.07 Niranjan Patnaik INC 70,89638.231,551
44 Bhadrak Sitansu Sekhar Mohapatra BJP 82,28242.29 Prafulla Samal BJD 66,21434.0316,068
45 Basudebapur Ashok Kumar Das INC 77,84339.11 Bishnubrata Routray BJD 77,21238.79631
46 Dhamanagar (SC) Surjyabansi Sethy BJP 90,55550.31Sanjaya Kumar Das BJD 82,46045.818,095
47 Chandabali Byomakesh Ray BJD 83,06342.72 Manmohan Samal BJP 81,14741.741,916
Jajpur district
48 Binjharpur (SC) Pramila Mallik BJD 74,18548.84Babita Mallick BJP 71,32946.962,856
49 Bari Biswa Ranjan Mallick BJD 1,01,96663.77Umesh Chandra Jena BJP 50,50131.5851,465
50 Barchana Amar Kumar Nayak BJP 71,92649.38 Varsha Priyadarshini BJD 65,61645.056,310
51 Dharmasala Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo Ind 79,75942.88 Pranab Kumar Balabantaray BJD 75,60940.654,150
52 Jajapur Sujata Sahu BJD 86,04947.92Goutam Ray BJP 83,48546.492,564
53 Korei Akash Dasnayak BJP 79,65848.01Sandhyarani Das BJD 74,01244.615,646
54 Sukinda Pradeep Bal Samanta BJP 86,73350.56 Pritiranjan Gharai BJD 77,15644.989,577
Dhenkanal district
55 Dhenkanal Krushna Chandra Patra BJP 1,06,52952.57 Sudhir Kumar Samal BJD 86,09042.4820,439
56 Hindol (SC) Simarani Nayak BJP 97,79549.62 Mahesh Sahoo BJD 85.96843.6211,827
57 Kamakhyanagar Satrughna Jena BJP 84,58949.00 Prafulla Kumar Mallik BJD 79,92746.304,662
58 Porjanga Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan BJP 1,00,59556.94 Nrusingha Charan Sahu BJD 68,43338.7432,162
Angul district
59 Pallahara Ashok Mohanty BJP 71,56048.64 Mukesh Kumar Pal BJD 63,99743.507,563
60 Talcher Braja Kishore Pradhan BJD 75,62158.82Kalandi Charan Samal BJP 43,49938.8332,122
61 Anugul Pratap Chandra Pradhan BJP 88,86852.03Sanjukta Singh BJD 71,43541.8217,433
62 Chhendipada (SC) Agasti Behera BJP 93,62952.58 Susanta Kumar Behera BJD 78,56644.1215,063
63 Athmallik Nalini Kanta Pradhan BJD 93,95752.35Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo BJP 77,80443.3516,153
Subarnapur district
64 Birmaharajpur (SC) Raghunath Jagadala BJP 85,68048.19 Padmanabha Behera BJD 63,73435.8421,946
65 Subarnapur Niranjan Pujari BJD 98,20246.03Pramod Ku. Mahapatra BJP 82,96338.8815,239
Balangir district
66 Loisinga (SC) Mukesh Mahalinga BJP 83,31344.32Nihar Ranjan Behera BJD 65,12334.6418,190
67 Patanagarh Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo BJP 93,82341.64 Saroj Kumar Meher BJD 92,46641.041,357
68 Bolangir Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo BJD 85,26545.69Samarendra Mishra INC 71,85638.5113,409
69 Titilagarh Nabin Kumar Jain BJP 97,85448.30 Tukuni Sahu BJD 80,45539.7217,399
70 Kantabanji Laxman Bag BJP 90,87644.57 Nabeen Patnaik BJD 74,53236.5616,344
Nuapada district
71 Nuapada Rajendra Dholakia BJD 61,82233.65Ghasiram Majhi Ind 50,94127.7310,881
72 Khariar Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi BJD 93,24646.89 Hitesh Kumar Bagartti BJP 83,62842.059,618
Nabarangpur district
73 Umerkote (ST) Nityananda Gond BJP 70,17043.35Nabina Nayak BJD 59,79736.9410,373
74 Jharigam (ST) Narsing Bhatra BJP 76,74842.33 Ramesh Chandra Majhi BJD 73,47040.523,278
75 Nabarangpur (ST) Gouri Shankar Majhi BJP 90,89545.35Kausalya Pradhani BJD 65,80132.8325,094
76 Dabugam (ST) Manohar Randhari BJD 77,51144.95Lipika Majhi INC 56,05632.5121,455
Kalahandi district
77 Lanjigarh (ST) Pradip Kumar Dishari BJD 60,25434.09 Balabhadra Majhi INC 53,75330.416,501
78 Junagarh Dibya Shankar Mishra BJD 77,03738.64Manoj Kumar Meher BJP 75,69937.971,338
79 Dharmagarh Sudhira Ranjan Pattajosi BJP 87,89041.84Puspendra Singh Deo BJD 68,96332.8318,927
80 Bhabanipatana (SC) Sagar Charan Das INC 67,08537.39 Pradipta Kumar Naik BJP 53,34429.7313,741
81 Narla Manorama Mohanty BJD 67,53236.47 Bhakta Charan Das INC 62,32733.665,205
Kandhamal district
82 Baliguda (ST) Chakramani Kanhar BJD 43,58635.88Upendra Pradhan INC 41,91534.511,671
83 Ghumusur Udayagiri (ST) Prafulla Chandra Pradhan INC 53,53037.06Managobinda Pradhan BJP 45,67331.627,857
84 Phulbani (ST) Uma Charan Mallick BJP 53,90036.81Jayashree Kanhar BJD 51,04234.852,858
Boudh district
85 Kantamal Kanhai Charan Danga BJP 68,35648.28 Mahidhar Rana BJD 61,20743.237,149
86 Boudh Saroj Kumar Pradhan BJP 62,49446.36 Pradip Kumar Amat BJD 59,72944.312,765
Cuttack district
87 Baramba Bijaya Kumar Dalabehera Ind 86,01846.51 Debiprasad Mishra BJD 62,53933.8123,479
88 Banki Debi Ranjan Tripathy BJD 69,21441.31Tusara Kanta Chakrabarty BJP 52,18831.1517,026
89 Athagarh Ranendra Pratap Swain BJD 86,00649.46Abhaya Kumar Barik BJP 82,42247.403,584
90 Cuttack City Sofia Firdous INC 53,33937.86Purna Chandra Mahapatra BJP 45,33832.188,001
91 Choudwar-Cuttack Souvic Biswal BJD 72,32551.71Nayan Kishore Mohanty BJP 54,50938.9717,816
92 Niali (SC) Chhabi Malik BJP 90,19147.71 Pramod Kumar Mallick BJD 88,73946.951,452
93 Cuttack Sadar (SC) Prakash Chandra Sethi BJP 79,54248.49 Chandra Sarathi Behera BJD 75,73346.173,809
94 Salipur Prasanta Behera BJD 87,70145.75 Arindam Roy BJP 80,10741.797,594
95 Mahanga Sarada Prasad Padhan Ind 88,63242.86Ankit Pratap Jena BJD 81,20939.277,423
Kendrapara district
96 Patkura Arabinda Mohapatra BJD 90,90549.64Tejeswar Parida BJP 77,08342.0913,822
97 Kendrapara (SC) Ganeswar Behera BJD 90,17358.49Geetanjali Sethi BJP 54,75535.5235,418
98 Aul Pratap Keshari Deb BJD 73,67842.37Debasmita Sharma INC 54,05031.0819,628
99 Rajanagar Dhruba Charan Sahoo BJD 81,23746.46Lalit Kumar Behera BJP 62,99636.0318,241
100 Mahakalapada Durga Prasan Nayak BJP 1,09,65357.23 Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak BJD 76,12739.7333,526
Jagatsinghpur district
101 Paradeep Sampad Chandra Swain BJP 84,51851.55Geetanjali Routray BJD 68,73141.9215,787
102 Tirtol (SC) Ramakanta Bhoi BJD 83,74045.48Rajkishore Behera BJP 55,24530.0128,495
103 Balikuda-Erasama Sarada Prasanna Jena BJD 93,51746.04Satya Sarathi Mohanty BJP 67,55833.2625,959
104 Jagatsinghpur Amarendra Das BJP 92,55554.34 Prasanta Kumar Muduli BJD 70,41741.3422,138
Puri district
105 Kakatapur (SC) Tusharkanti Behera BJD 84,01047.05Baidhar Malik BJP 60,85934.0823,151
106 Nimapara Pravati Parida BJP 95,43048.45Dilip Kumar Nayak BJD 90,84246.124,588
107 Puri Sunil Mohanty BJD 74,70945.84 Jayanta Kumar Sarangi BJP 69,53142.665,178
108 Bramhagiri Upasna Mohapatra BJP 95,78351.53 Umakanta Samantaray BJD 85,95346.259,830
109 Satyabadi Om Prakash Mishra BJP 87,29453.33 Sanjaya Kumar Dash Barma BJD 69,58642.5217,708
110 Pipili Asrit Pattanayak BJP 99,31051.55 Rudra Pratap Maharathy BJD 84,14843.6815,162
Khurda District
111 Jayadev (SC) Naba Kishor Mallick BJD 76,79052.02 Arabinda Dhali BJP 55,31737.4721,473
112 Bhubaneswar Central Ananta Narayana Jena BJD 53,75947.68Jagannath Pradhan BJP 53,72247.6537
113 Bhubaneswar North Susanta Kumara Rout BJD 78,17950.63Priyadarshi Mishra BJP 66,83643.2811,343
114 Ekamra Bhubaneswar Babu Singh BJP 74,88449.03 Ashok Chandra Panda BJD 69,86145.745,023
115 Jatani Bibhuti Bhusan Balabantaray BJD 68,16239.06Biswaranjan Badajena BJP 42,94124.6125,221
116 Begunia Pradip Kumar Sahu BJD 90,96457.45Prakasha Chandra Bijuli BJP 43,15027.2547,814
117 Khorda Prasanta Kumar Jagaddeba BJP 80,56444.30 Rajendra Kumar Sahoo BJD 71,96639.578,598
118 Chilika Pruthibiraj Harichandan BJP 83,26449.51Raghunath Sahu BJD 78,69846.804,536
Nayagarh district
119 Ranpur Surama Padhy BJP 81,43952.27Satyanarayan Pradhan BJD 65,89542.2915,544
120 Khandapada Dusmanta Kumar Swain BJP 75,55750.72Sabitri Pradhan BJD 68,21445.797,343
121 Daspalla (SC) Ramesh Chandra Behera BJD 62,03944.40Raghab Malik BJP 55,74338.896,296
122 Nayagarh Arun Kumar Sahoo BJD 81,95948.74 Pratyusa Rajeswari Sing BJP 81,52048.48439
Ganjam district
123 Bhanjanagar Pradyumna Kumar Nayak BJP 83,82251.06 Bikram Keshari Arukha BJD 67,49841.1116,324
124 Polasara Gokula Nanda Mallik BJP 85,73753.33 Srikanta Sahu BJD 64,79140.3020,946
125 Kabisurjyanagar Pratap Chandra Nayak BJP 80,99555.79 Latika Pradhan BJD 50,82235.0030,173
126 Khalikote Purna Chandra Sethy BJP 80,23053.82Surjyamani Baidya BJD 57,17338.3623,057
127 Chhatrapur Krushna Chandra Nayak BJP 74,98348.00 Subash Chandra Behera BJD 63,54540.6811,438
128 Asika Saroj Kumar Padhi BJP 59,08349.21Manjula Swain BJD 51,02442.508,059
129 Surada Nilamani Bisoyi BJP 83,62554.71Sanghamitra Swain BJD 54,40136.2528,224
130 Sanakhemundi Ramesh Chandra Jena INC 65,86744.65Sulakhyana Geetanjali Debi BJD 55,20537.4210,662
131 Hinjili Nabeen Patnaik BJD 66,45946.85Sisir Kumar Mishra BJP 61,82343.594,636
132 Gopalpur Bibhuti Bhusan Jena BJP 72,07150.11 Bikram Kumar Panda BJD 63,00943.819,062
133 Berhampur K. Anil Kumar BJP 54,99743.93Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik BJD 36,28828.9918,709
134 Digapahandi Sidhant Mohapatra BJP 72,90849.21Biplab Patro BJD 56,06137.8416,847
135 Chikiti Manoranjan Dyan Samantara BJP 69,83949.67Chinmayananda Srirup Deb BJD 63,31745.036,522
Gajapati district
136 Mohana (ST) Dasarathi Gomango INC 62,11734.64Prasanta Kumar Mallik BJP 58,05832.384,059
137 Paralakhemundi Rupesh Kumar Panigrahi BJD 56,02737.58Koduru Narayana Rao BJP 52,02934.903,998
Rayagada district
138 Gunupur (ST) Satyajeet Gomango INC 77,63747.80 Raghunath Gomango BJD 47,75229.4029,885
139 Bissam-Cuttack (ST) Nilamadhab Hikaka INC 68,44637.25 Jagannath Saraka BJD 59,04332.139,403
140 Rayagada (ST) Kadraka Appala Swamy INC 87,48245.81Anusaya Majhi BJD 58,29630.5229,186
Koraput district
141 Lakhmipur (ST) Pabitra Saunta INC 59,44741.77Prabhu Jani BJD 38,18526.8321,262
142 Kotpad (ST) Rupa Bhatra BJP 75,27542.13Chandra Sekhar Majhi BJD 49,01127.4326,264
143 Jayapur Tara Prasad Bahinipati INC 69,59241.89Indira Nanda BJD 56,48134.0013,111
144 Koraput (SC) Raghuram Machhha BJP 46,80531.82 Raghu Ram Padal BJD 44,28130.112,524
145 Pottangi (ST) Rama Chandra Kadam INC 52,20233.70Prafulla Kumar Pangi BJD 50,28332.461,919
Malkangiri district
146 Malkangiri (ST) Narasinga Madkami BJP 78,67941.76Mala Madhi INC 63,78933.8514,890
147 Chitrakonda (ST) Mangu Khilla INC 55,55035.34Dambaru Sisa BJP 46,39129.529,159

Aftermath

On 4 June 2024, BJP won 78 seats crossing the required majority mark of 74 and thus won the elections. Mohan Charan Majhi was declared to be the Chief Minister and was sworn in on 12 June to form the state government. [32] [33] [34] 15 other ministers took oaths, including Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo and Pravati Parida as the Deputy CMs. [35]

Pandian was single-handedly blamed by the rank-and-file of BJD for its spectacular loss in both state election and the simultaneously held Lok Sabha elections. Following this massive backlash, Pandian decided to quit active politics. [36]

BJD had nominated 34 women candidates, but only 5 could win. The Hindu reported that although these women candidates were from political families, winnability factor was ignored and strong anti-incumbency feeling amongst the voters played an important role against them. [16] Ganesh Gaigouria, visiting faculty of National Law School of India University, Bengaluru writing for Indian Express commented that major three reasons for loss of BJD in the elections were fear of bureaucratisation of the state administration under Pandian, religious polarisation following communal clashes in 2023 between Hindus & Muslims in Sambalpur [37] and identity politics over Odia Asmita (i.e. pride in being Odia) in the backdrop of the Tamil origin Pandian's prospects of becoming CM. Gaigouria argues that BJP successfully campaigned against BJD on these points and won the elections. [38]

Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo, Sarada Pradhan who were elected from the Dharmasala seat, Mahanga seat as independents, rejoined the BJP. [39]

See also

Notes

  1. Northern Division includes Sambalpur, Deogarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Bolangir, Sonepur, Sundargarh, Dhenkanal, Angul, and Keonjhar districts
  2. Central Division includes Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Jajpur, Balasore, Bhadrak, Puri, Khordha, Nayagarh, and Mayurbhanj districts
  3. Southern Division includes Ganjam, Gajapati, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Malkangiri, Kalahandi, Nuapada, Kandhamal, and Boudh districts

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