Bharatiya Janata Party – Odisha

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Bharatiya Janata Party – Odisha
ଭାରତୀୟ ଜନତା ପାର୍ଟି – ଓଡିଶା
Abbreviation BJP
President Manmohan Samal
Chairman Mohan Charan Majhi
(Chief Minister)
Founder
Founded6 April 1980
(45 years ago) (1980-04-06)
Split from Janata Party
Preceded by
Headquarters4R-3/2, Unit-3, Janpath, Bhubaneswar-751 001, Odisha [2]
Labour wing Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh [3]
Peasant's wing Bharatiya Kisan Sangh [4]
Colours  Saffron
ECI StatusNational Party
Alliance
Seats in  Lok Sabha
20 / 21
Seats in  Rajya Sabha
3 / 10
Seats in  Odisha Legislative Assembly
78 / 147
Election symbol
Lotus
Lotus flower symbol.svg
Party flag
BJP Flag.svg
Website
www.bjp.org/odisha

The Bharatiya Janata Party – Odisha (BJP Odisha) (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjədʒənət̪aːpaːrtiː] ⓘ ; 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]

Contents

Electoral performance

Lok Sabha Election

YearSeats won+/-Outcome
1998
7 / 21
 –Government
1999
9 / 21
Increase2.svg 2
2004
7 / 21
Decrease2.svg 2Opposition
2009
0 / 21
Decrease2.svg 7
2014
1 / 21
Increase2.svg 1Government
2019
8 / 21
Increase2.svg 7
2024
20 / 21
Increase2.svg 12

Legislative Assembly Election

YearSeats contestedSeats won+/-Voteshare (%)+/- (%)Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Janata Party |- style="text-align:center;" 1985 67
1 / 147
 –2.60%NewOpposition
1990 63
2 / 147
Increase2.svg 13.56%Increase2.svg 0.96
1995 144
9 / 147
Increase2.svg 77.88%Increase2.svg 4.32
2000 63
38 / 147
Increase2.svg 2918.20%Increase2.svg 10.32Government
2004 63
32 / 147
Decrease2.svg 617.11%Decrease2.svg 2.06
2009 147
6 / 147
Decrease2.svg 2615.05%Decrease2.svg 1.09Opposition
2014 147
10 / 147
Increase2.svg 418.0%Increase2.svg 2.95
2019 146
23 / 147
Increase2.svg 1332.5%Increase2.svg 14.5
2024 147
78 / 147
Increase2.svg 5540.07%Increase2.svg 7.57Government

Leadership

Chief minister

NoPortraitName Constituency Term of officeAssembly
1 shrii mohn crnn maajhii.jpg Mohan Charan Majhi Keonjhar 12 June 2024Incumbent1 year, 124 days 17th

Deputy chief minister

NoPortraitName Constituency TermAssembly Chief Minister
1 Dy CM KV Singh Deo.jpg Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo Patnagarh 12 June 2024Incumbent1 year, 124 days 17th Mohan Charan Majhi
2 Dy CM Pravati Parida.jpg Pravati Parida Nimapara

Opposition leaders in Legislative Assembly

NoPortraitName Constituency TermAssembly Chief Minister
1 Pradipta Kumar Naik.jpg Pradipta Kumar Naik Bhawanipatna 25 June 201930 July 20223 years, 35 days 16th Naveen Patnaik
2 Jayanarayan Mishra Sambalpur 30 July 20224 June 20241 year, 310 days

President

NoPortraitName [6] Term
1 The Governor of Andhra Pradesh, Shri Biswabhusan Harichandan.jpg Biswabhusan Harichandan 198019888 years
2 Debendra Pradhan 198819935 years
3 Bimbadhar Kuanr 199319963 years
(2) Debendra Pradhan 199619971 year
4 Jual Oram PIB (cropped).jpg Jual Oram 199719992 years
5 Image of Shri Manmohan Samal.png Manmohan Samal 199920045 years
(4) Jual Oram PIB (cropped).jpg Jual Oram 200420062 years
6 [7] Suresh Pujari 7-Nov-200622-Dec-20093 years, 45 days
(4) Jual Oram PIB (cropped).jpg Jual Oram 200920134 years
7 [8] Dy CM KV Singh Deo.jpg Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo 10-Mar-201314-Jan-20162 years, 310 days
8 [9] Basanta Kumar Panda.png Basanta Kumar Panda 14-Jan-201616-Jan-20204 years, 2 days
9 [10] Samir Mohanty.jpg Samir Mohanty16-Jan-202023-Mar-20233 years, 66 days
(5) Image of Shri Manmohan Samal.png Manmohan Samal 24-Mar-2023Present2 years, 204 days

See also

References

  1. ↑ "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 13 May 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ↑ State Office Archived 9 November 2023 at the Wayback Machine bjp.org
  3. ↑ Pragya Singh (15 January 2008). "Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India". live mint. Archived from the original on 3 November 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  4. ↑ Gupta, Sejuta Das (2019e). Class, Politics, and Agricultural Policies in Post-liberalisation India. Cambridge University Press. pp. 172–173. ISBN   978-1-108-41628-3. Archived from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  5. ↑ State Office Bearers odisha.bjp.org
  6. ↑ "State Presidents". Archived from the original on 6 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "Suresh Pujari new president of Orissa BJP". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 February 2023.
  8. ↑ "KV Singhdeo new president of Odisha BJP". Zee News. 10 March 2013. Archived from the original on 11 February 2023.
  9. ↑ "Basant Panda appointed new Orissa BJP president". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 11 February 2023.
  10. ↑ "Samir Mohanty elected Odisha BJP president". India Today. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023.
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