Naveen Patnaik is an Indian politician and writer,who served as the 14th Chief Minister of Odisha from 5 March 2000 to 12 June 2024. His 24-year reign is the second longest for a chief minister of any Indian state,after Pawan Kumar Chamling of Sikkim. He is the first president of the Biju Janata Dal since 1997. He served as the Union Minister of Steel and Mines from 1998 to 2000 and a member of the Lok Sabha from Aska from 1997 to 2000.
Padmapur is a town and a notified area in Bargarh district in the Indian state of Odisha. It is also a Subdivisional Headquarter and area wise biggest subdivision of Bargarh District.
Prasanna Acharya is an Indian politician from Odisha,India. He is a former member of parliament in the Rajya Sabha. He is a member of the Biju Janata Dal.
The Government of Odisha and its 30 districts consists of an executive,led by the Governor of Odisha,a judiciary,and a legislative branch.
The politics of Odisha are part of India's federal parliamentary representative democracy,where the union government exercises sovereign rights. Certain powers are reserved to the states,including Odisha. The state has a multi-party system,in which the two main parties are the nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the regional,socialist Biju Janata Dal (BJD). The Indian National Congress (INC) has also significant presence.
Nabarangpur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India. It was one of the safe seat of Indian National Congress as Khagapati Pradhani represented this seat for a record 9 times from 1967 to 1998.
Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha parliamentary constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India.
Raghubar Das is an Indian politician who has served as the 26th governor of Odisha since 2023. Das has previously served as the sixth chief minister of Jharkhand from 2014 to 2019. He belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and has twice served as the president of Jharkhand BJP.
Padampur is a Assembly constituency of Bargarh district in Odisha State.
Bargarh is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bargarh district. Area of this constituency includes Bargarh,Bargarh block and part of Barpali block.
Bhatli (Koshali) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bargarh district,Odisha,India.
Attabira is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bargarh district,Odisha.
Paikmal is a town and Notified Area Council(NAC) in Bargarh district of Odisha state in eastern India.
Gopalpur is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district,Odisha.
Pipili is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Puri district,Odisha.
Prabhas Kumar Singh is an Indian politician. He was Member of Parliament for Bargarh constituency in Odisha,which he represented in the 16th Lok Sabha from 2014 to 2019. He is a member of the Biju Janata Dal. He was elected in 2014 by a margin of 11,178 votes,or 1.01% of the votes cast.
Bhandarpuri is a village in Bargarh district in the Indian state of Odisha.
The 2019 Odisha assembly election,held between April 11 and April 29,was the 16th quinquennial legislative assembly election to elect 147 MLAs to the 16th legislative assembly of Odisha. Covering 147 constituencies across four phases,the polls coincided with the Lok Sabha elections. Vote counting for the assembly election took place on May 23,concluding before the previous Odisha Assembly's term expiration on June 11.
Bijaya Ranjan Singh Bariha was an Indian politician and former minister from Odisha. He served as a member of the legislative assembly (MLA) for Padampur Assembly constituency of Padmapur,Odisha. He was a senior leader of the Biju Janata Dal.
Ashwini Kumar Sarangi is an Indian politician from Odisha. He is a Member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly from 2024,representing Bargarh Assembly constituency as a Member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
