The Biju Janata Dal 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 statesman,politician and writer serving as the current and 15 Chief Minister of Odisha representing the Hinjili Assembly constituency since 2000. He is the longest-serving chief minister of Odisha and as of 2024,one of the longest-serving chief ministers of any Indian state,holding the post for over two decades,and only the second Indian chief Minister after Pawan Chamling to win five consecutive terms as Chief Minister of an Indian state. 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.
Bijayananda Patnaik was an Indian politician,aviator and businessman. He served as the 3rd Chief Minister of the State of Odisha from 1990 to 1995 and from 1961 to 1963. He was also the 14th Steel and mines and 1st Coal Union Minister of India from 1979 to 1980 and from 1977 to 1979 and a member of Lok Sabha from Kendrapara from 1977 to 1985. He was the father of Naveen Patnaik,who is the current CM of Odisha and currently the longest serving CM of Odisha.
Mahameghabahan Aira Kharabela Swain was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He had represented the Balasore constituency of Odisha and was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party. He is the founder of the new political party Utkal Bharat.
Dilip Ray is an Indian politician and hotelier from the state of Odisha. He was formerly Union Minister of Steel,Coal and Parliamentary Affairs. Ray is the only Odia parliamentarian to be part of the Ministry of three Prime Ministers. He is the founder and CMD of Mayfair Group of Hotels,largely based in eastern India.
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.
Sidhant Mohapatra,popularly known as Munna Bhai,is an Indian actor and politician who appears predominantly in Odia cinema. Mohapatra has also won seven Odisha State Film Awards back-to-back,from 2000 to 2006,and a Filmfare Awards East award.
Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India. This constituency came into existence in 2008,following the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.
Shashi Bhusan Behera is an Indian politician from the Biju Janata Dal party. He is the Finance and excise minister of Odisha State. He was a former member of Rajya Sabha and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Odisha. Former General Secretary and Vice–President of State Yuva Biju Janata Dal,President Orissa Dalit Sena,Vice President Samatamancha,State Executive Member H.M.S.,General Secretary All Orissa Kaibarta Mahasangha,Founder Secretary of Cuttack Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital. Elected Member of National Telephone Advisory Committee in 2001 to 2002.
Bijepur is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Odisha. This constituency includes Bijepur block,Gaisilat block and Barpali block.
Deogarh is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Debagarh district.
Ghasipura is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendujhar district. Area of this constituency include Ghatgaon,Ghatagaon block,Ghasipura block and 2 GPs of Anandapur block.
Korei is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jajpur district,Odisha.
Khandapada is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Nayagarh district,Odisha.
The Aama Odisha Party (AOP) was a state political party of the Indian state of Odisha led by Soumya Ranjan Patnaik. It was founded on 26 November 2013. Aama Odisha Party was allotted pot symbol by the Election Commission of India.
Choudwar Cuttack is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Cuttack district,Odisha,India.
Bijoy Mohapatra is a politician from Odisha. A leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party,he was Irrigation Minister of Odisha from 1990 to 1995 in the Biju Patnaik cabinet. He was the most powerful minister in Biju Patnaik's cabinet. He was four times MLA from Patkura Constituency of Kendrapara district. He won four straight elections in 1980,1985,1990 and 1995.
Kumudini Patnaik is an Indian Politician and was elected to the Lok Sabha the lower house of Indian Parliament from Aska,Odisha in 2000 in a bye election as a member of the Biju Janata Dal. But she was expelled from the Biju Janata Dal and she later joined the Congress but lost the Aska seat to Harihar Swain in 2004 and later quit the Congress and joined the BJP.
Sarat Kumar Kar was a politician and writer from Odisha,India. He was a member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) political party.
Lokdal or Lok Dal is an Indian political party based on agriculture policies,founded by former prime minister of India Charan Singh. It was founded on 26 September 1979 by merging Janata Party (Secular),Socialist Party and Orissa Janata Party. Charan Singh was elected president of Lok Dal and Raj Narain,its working president.
