The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is an Indian regional political party with significant influence in the state of Odisha. It was founded by the former minister of mines and minerals of the Republic of India Naveen Patnaik on 26 December 1997 as a breakaway faction from the Janata Dal. The BJD is led by its founder as president of the party. The headquarters of the party is located in Forest Park,Bhubaneswar.
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.
Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency is a Lok Sabha constituency which covers the entire area of the state of Sikkim.
Selja Kumari is an Indian politician and a Member of the Lok Sabha,the lower house of Indian parliament. She is a member of the Indian National Congress and has served as the Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment and Tourism during Manmohan Singh's premiership.
Jual Oram is an Indian Politician who serving as Minister of Tribal Affairs since 2024. He also Member of the 17th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Sundargarh constituency of Odisha. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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.
Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha Constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (Parliamentary) Constituencies in Odisha state in Eastern India.
Bibhu Prasad Tarai is an Indian politician and leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a member of the Indian Parliament from Odisha in the 15th Loksabha. He represented Jagatsinghpur.
Jagatsinghpur is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jagatsinghpur district,Odisha.
Tirtol is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jagatsinghpur district,Odisha.
Paradeep is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jagatsinghpur district,Odisha.
The 2019 Indian general election for the 21 Parliamentary Constituencies were held in four phases to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha. The Legislative Assembly elections were held simultaneously with the General Elections in the state. Major political parties in the state were Biju Janata Dal,Indian National Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party.
Sarmistha Sethi is an Indian politician. She was elected to the Lok Sabha,lower house of the Parliament of India from Jajpur,Odisha in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Biju Janata Dal.
Chandrani Murmu is an Indian politician. She was elected to the Lok Sabha,lower house of the Parliament of India from Keonjhar,Odisha in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Biju Janata Dal. When first elected,Chandrani Murmu was the youngest Indian Member of Parliament.
Suresh Kumar Pujari is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,the lower house of the Parliament of India from Bargarh,Odisha in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. In 2024,he contested Vidhan Sabha election instead of Lok Sabha election,and was elected to Odisha Vidhan Sabha from Brajarajnagar constituency.
Manjulata Mandal is an Indian politician. She was elected to the Lok Sabha,the lower house of the Parliament of India,from Bhadrak,Odisha,in the 2019 Indian general election,as a member of the Biju Janata Dal.
Bisweshwar Tudu is an Indian politician from Odisha who served as the Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs and Jal Shakti in the Second Modi ministry from 7 July 2021 until 9 June 2024. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was also a Member of Parliament from Mayurbhanj constituency of Odisha in the 17th Lok Sabha and National Secretary of BJP.
Pratap Chandra Mohanty was a politician from Odisha,India. From Tirtol constituency,he was elected 4 times to the Odisha Legislative Assembly during the 3rd (1961),5th (1971),6th (1974),and 7th (1977) assembly elections. He was a cabinet minister in Odisha holding Revenue,Irrigation &Power,Commerce &Transport,Education &Youth Affairs portfolios in the 1970s. Pratap Chandra Mohanty was also detained under Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) for about one year during The Emergency. He was the president of Maa Sarala Temple Trust,Jagatsinghpur from 09 December 1957 to 26 October 1966.
Nityananda Samantaray was an Indian politician who belonged to Odisha. He was active in politics with Indian National Congress,and was elected to Odisha Legislative Assembly from Tirtol Assembly constituency in 1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election.
Prasanta Kumar Muduli is an Indian politician from Odisha. He was a three time elected Member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly from 2009 and 2014,representing Balikuda-Erasama Assembly constituency and in 2019 representing Jagatsinghpur Assembly constituency as a Member of the Biju Janata Dal.
