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2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

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For Lok Sabha elections, see 2024 Indian general election in Odisha.
2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
← 2019 13 May – 1 June 2024 2029 →
All 147 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly
74 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout74.51% (Increase1.31%)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Mohan Charan Majhi (new image).jpg
NaveenPatnaik.jpg
Leader Mohan Charan Majhi Naveen Patnaik Sarat Pattanayak
Party BJP BJD INC
Leader since 2024 1996 2022
Leader's seat Keonjhar Hinjili
Kantabanji (lost) 		Nuapada (lost)
Seats before 23 112 9
Seats won 78 51 14
Seat change Increase 55 Decrease 61 Increase 5
Popular vote 10,064,827 10,102,454 3,331,319
Percentage 40.07% 40.22% 13.26%
Swing Increase 7.58 pp Decrease 4.49 pp Decrease 2.86 pp
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.

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. 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

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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

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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]

Phase wise schedule of 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly Election
Legislative assembly constituencies in Odisha
Poll Event Phase
1 2 3 4
Notification Date 18 April 26 April 29 April 7 May
Last Date for filing nomination 25 April 3 May 6 May 14 May
Scrutiny of nomination 26 Apr 4 May 7 May 15 May
Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination 29 April 6 May 9 May 17 May
Poll 13 May 20 May 25 May 1 June
Counting of Votes 4 June 2024

Parties and campaigns

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Alliance/Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Contested
Biju Janata Dal Naveen Patnaik 147
Bharatiya Janata Party Manmohan Samal[5] 147
Indian National Congress Sarat Pattanayak 145
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Ali Kishor Patnaik[6] 7[7]
Bahujan Samaj Party Tankadhar Bag[8] TBD
Communist Party of India Abhay Sahu[9] 11
Aam Aadmi Party Nishikanta Mohapatra[10] 48 (declared)[11]

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.[12] BJP's manifesto included 21 major points like the start of "Samrudh Krushak Niti" under which paddy crop would receive ₹3,100 (US$37) price per quintal and "Subhadra Yojana" which would allow ₹50,000 (US$600) 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.[13]

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 came into the good-books of 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,[14] with Prime Minister Narendra Modi even alleging that Pandian was secretly siphoning off money from the treasury of Puri's Jagannath Temple,[15] a charge which Pandian vehemently denied.[16] Patnaik refuted all rumours of Pandian being his successor.[17]

Candidates

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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.[18]

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$350,000). Highest assets were declared by Dilip Kumar Ray (BJP, Rourkela seat, ₹313 crore (US$38 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.[18] 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.[19]

Surveys and polls

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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.[22] However, Times Now predicted a clear win for BJD continuing their hold on the Odisha state government.[23]

Exit Polls
Polling agency BJP BJD INC
Axis My India[24] 62-80 62-80 5-8
Times Now - ETG[23] 30-38 100-115 4-7

Results and statistics

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BJP won 78 seats as compared to 23 from previous election whereas BJD won 51 as against to 115. 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.[19] In 2019, the MLAs with at least under graduate education was 73%; which reduced to 65%. The average age of the assembly is 51.[25] 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.[26]

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.[27] 5 MLAs have won from their respective constituencies with margin of less than a thousand votes.[28] Notably amongst them is Ananta Narayan Jena of BJD winning by 37 votes from Bhubaneswar Central.[29] Aswini Kumar Patra (former Cultural Minister, Jaleswar seat) and Arun Kumar Sahoo (former Education Minister, Nayagarh seat) won by 319 and 439 votes respectively.[30][31] Biswa Ranjan Mallick of BJD won from the Bari seat with the highest margin of 51,465 by winning 63.77% votes.[32]

Results by party

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Vote Share

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Vote share by party

  Biju Janata Dal (40.22%)
  Bharatiya Janata Party (40.07%)
  Indian National Congress (13.26%)
  Other (6.45%)
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
Bharatiya Janata Party 10,064,827 40.07 Increase7.5 147 78 Increase55
Biju Janata Dal 10,102,454 40.22 Decrease4.5 147 51 Decrease61
Indian National Congress 3,331,319 13.26 Decrease2.8 145 14 Increase5
NOTA 257,355 1.02 Decrease1.8
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 93,295 0.37 Increase0.07 7 1 Steady
Independents - - - 3 Increase2
Total 100% - 147 -
Source:[33]

Results by regions & districts

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Regions Seats
BJP BJD INC+ Others
Northern Odisha[a] 41 25 14 2 0
Central Odisha[b] 65 32 28 2 3
Southern Odisha[c] 41 21 9 11 0
Total 147 78 51 15 3
District Seats
BJP BJD INC+ Others
Bargarh 5 4 1 0 0
Jharsuguda 2 2 0 0 0
Sundargarh 7 2 3 2 0
Sambalpur 4 2 2 0 0
Deogarh 1 0 1 0 0
Kendujhar 6 3 3 0 0
Mayurbhanj 9 9 0 0 0
Balasore 8 4 4 0 0
Bhadrak 5 2 2 1 0
Jajpur 7 3 3 0 1
Dhenkanal 4 4 0 0 0
Angul 5 3 2 0 0
Subarnapur 2 1 1 0 0
Balangir 5 4 1 0 0
Nuapada 2 0 2 0 0
Nabarangpur 4 3 1 0 0
Kalahandi 5 1 3 1 0
Kandhamal 3 1 1 1 0
Boudh 2 2 0 0 0
Cuttack 9 2 4 1 2
Kendrapara 5 1 4 0 0
Jagatsinghpur 4 2 2 0 0
Puri 6 4 2 0 0
Khordha 8 3 5 0 0
Nayagarh 4 2 2 0 0
Ganjam 13 11 1 1 0
Gajapati 2 0 1 1 0
Rayagada 3 0 0 3 0
Koraput 5 2 0 3 0
Malkangiri 2 1 0 1 0
Total 147 78 51 15 3

Results by constituency

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Results table
Constituency Winner[34] Runner Up Margin Turnout
No. Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
Bargarh district
1 Padampur Barsha Singh Bariha BJD 91,995 43.53 Gobardhan Bhoy BJP 81,002 38.33 10,993 2,11,320
2 Bijepur Sanat Kumar Gartia BJP 93,161 47.52 Rita Sahu BJD 83,095 42.39 10,066 1,96,028
3 Bargarh Ashwini Kumar Sarangi BJP 77,766 46.34 Debesh Acharya BJD 72,994 43.5 4,772 1,67,820
4 Attabira (SC) Nihar Ranjan Mahananda BJP 99,487 55.17 Snehangini Chhuria BJD 70,577 39.14 28,910 1,80,319
5 Bhatli Irasis Acharya BJP 107508 54.65 Susanta Singh BJD 79616 40.47 27,892 1,96,714
Jharsuguda district
6 Brajarajnagar Suresh Pujari BJP 82,199 48.85 Alka Mohanty BJD 55,410 32.93 26,789 1,68,268
7 Jharsuguda Tankadhar Tripathy BJP 91,105 47.69 Dipali Das BJD 89,772 47.00 1,333 1,91,020
Sundergarh district
8 Talsara (ST) Bhabani Shankar Bhoi BJP 68,928 42.67 Binay Kumar Toppo BJD 51,739 32.03 17,189 1,61,533
9 Sundargarh (ST) Jogesh Kumar Singh BJD 86,398 48.15 Kusum Tete BJP 77,276 43.07 9,122 1,79,440
10 Biramitrapur (ST) Rohit Joseph Tirkey BJD 84,116 44.53 Shankar Oram BJP 77,232 40.89 6,884 1,88,898
11 Raghunathpali (SC) Durga Charan Tanti BJP 51,189 43.72 Archana Rekha Behera BJD 45,415 38.79 5,774 1,17,091
12 Rourkela Sarada Prashad Nayak BJD 64,660 46.46 Dillip Kumar Ray BJP 61,108 43.91 3,552 1,39,170
13 Rajgangpur (ST) C. S. Raazen Ekka INC 66,869 36.74 Anil Barwa BJD 56,685 31.14 10,184 1,82,030
14 Bonai (ST) Laxman Munda CPM 81,008 43.45 Bhimsen Chaudhary BJD 57,569 30.88 23,439 1,86,429
Sambalpur district
15 Kuchinda (ST) Rabi Narayan Naik BJP 95,716 51.83 Rajendra Kumar Chhatria BJD 63,496 34.39 32,220 1,84,661
16 Rengali (SC) Sudarshan Haripal BJD 73,420 45.45 Nauri Nayak BJP 70,208 43.46 3,212 1,61,528
17 Sambalpur Jayanarayan Mishra BJP 59,827 45.52 Rohit Pujari BJD 55,722 42.4 4,105 1,31,425
18 Rairakhol Prasanna Acharya BJD 61,716 38.23 Debendra Mohapatra BJP 56,436 35.16 4,960 1,61,424
Deogarh District
19 Deogarh Romanch Ranjan Biswal BJD 89,074 45.02 Subhash Chandra Panigrahi BJP 73,282 37.03 15,792 1,97,873
Keonjhar district
20 Telkoi (ST) Fakir Mohan Naik BJP 83,818 43.49 Madhaba Sardar BJD 74,379 38.59 9,439 1,92,719
21 Ghasipura Badri Narayan Patra BJD 82,516 43.96 Soumya Ranjan Patnaik Ind 68,705 36.6 13,811 1,87,707
22 Anandpur (SC) Abhimanyu Sethi BJD 71,651 39.67 Jayadev Jena INC 60,685 33.6 10,966 1,80,599
23 Patna (ST) Akhila Chandra Naik BJP 97,041 55.72 Jagannath Naik BJD 59,062 33.91 37,979 1,74,159
24 Keonjhar (ST) Mohan Charan Majhi BJP 87,815 47.05 Mina Majhi BJD 76,238 40.84 11,577 1,86,652
25 Champua Sanatan Mahakud BJD 1,03,120 56.45 Murali Manohar Sharma BJP 63,126 34.56 39,994 1,82,668
Mayurbhanj district
26 Jashipur (ST) Ganesh Ram Khuntia BJP 85,384 50.25 Chakradhar Hembram BJD 50,717 29.85 34,667 1,69,913
27 Saraskana (ST) Bhadav Hansdah BJP 59,387 37.79 Debashis Marndi BJD 45,735 29.11 13,652 1,57,136
28 Rairangpur (ST) Jalen Naik BJP 62,724 36.94 Raisen Murmu BJD 55,031 32.41 7,693 1,69,806
29 Bangriposi (ST) Sanjali Murmu BJP 87,801 49.93 Ranjita Marndi BJD 53,325 30.33 34,476 1,75,820
30 Karanjia (ST) Padma Charan Haibru BJP 65,357 43.48 Basanti Hembram BJD 35,858 23.85 29,499 1,50,319
31 Udala (ST) Bhaskar Madhei BJP 66,401 42.00 Srinath Soren BJD 59,884 37.88 6,517 1,58,081
32 Badasahi (SC) Sanatan Bijuli BJP 83,276 54.62 Anasuya Patra BJD 45,889 30.10 37,387 1,52,457
33 Baripada (ST) Prakash Soren BJP 78,272 48.39 Sananda Marandi BJD 48,887 30.22 29,385 1,61,757
34 Morada Krushna Chandra Mohapatra BJP 77,980 43.33 Preetinanda Kanungo BJD 44,710 24.84 33,270 1,79,978
Balasore district
35 Jaleswar Aswini Kumar Patra BJD 83,105 42.37 Brajamohan Pradhan BJP 82,786 42.21 319 1,96,131
36 Bhograi Goutam Buddha Das BJD 70,198 39.89 Satya Shiba Das INC 63,634 38.16 6,564 1,75,975
37 Basta Subasini Jena BJD 83,314 43.66 Bijan Nayak INC 62, 937 32.99 20,377 1,90,803
38 Balasore Manas Kumar Dutta BJP 89,360 50.9 Swarup Kumar Das BJD 60,734 34.59 28,626 1,75,560
39 Remuna (SC) Gobinda Chandra Das BJP 92,620 51.39 Bidyasmita Mahalik BJD 68,452 37.98 24,168 1,80,238
40 Nilgiri Santosh Khatua BJP 87,928 52.2 Sukanta Kumar Nayak BJD 68,089 40.42 19,839 1,68,447
41 Soro (SC) Madhab Dhada BJD 63,642 39.07 Parshuram Dhada BJP 62,840 38.57 802 1,62,905
42 Simulia Padma Lochan Panda BJP 90,676 49.54 Subasini Sahoo BJD 77,493 42.34 13,183 1,83,028
Bhadrak district
43 Bhandaripokhari Sanjib Kumar Mallick BJD 72,447 39.07 Niranjan Patnaik INC 70,896 38.23 1,551 1,85,437
44 Bhadrak Sitansu Sekhar Mohapatra BJP 82,282 42.29 Prafulla Samal BJD 66,214 34.03 16,068 1,94,582
45 Basudevpur Ashok Kumar Das INC 77,843 39.11 Bishnubrata Routray BJD 77,212 38.79 631 1,99,051
46 Dhamnagar (SC) Suryabanshi Suraj BJP 90,555 50.31 Sanjaya Kumar Das BJD 82,460 45.81 8,095 1,79,992
47 Chandabali Byomakesh Ray BJD 83,063 42.72 Manmohan Samal BJP 81,147 41.74 1,916 1,94,420
Jajpur district
48 Binjharpur (SC) Pramila Mallik BJD 74,185 48.84 Babita Mallick BJP 71,329 46.96 2,856 1,51,907
49 Bari Biswa Ranjan Mallick BJD 1,01,966 63.77 Umesh Chandra Jena BJP 50,501 31.58 51,465 1,59,903
50 Barchana Amar Kumar Nayak BJP 71,926 49.38 Varsha Priyadarshini BJD 65,616 45.05 6,310 1,45,667
51 Dharmasala Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo Ind 79,759 42.88 Pranab Kumar Balabantaray BJD 75,609 40.65 4,150 1,86,013
52 Jajpur Sujata Sahu BJD 86,049 47.92 Goutam Ray BJP 83,485 46.49 2,564 1,79,580
53 Korei Akash Dasnayak BJP 79,658 48.01 Sandhyarani Das BJD 74,012 44.61 5,646 1,65,925
54 Sukinda Pradeep Bal Samanta BJP 86,733 50.56 Pritiranjan Gharai BJD 77,156 44.98 9,577 1,71,536
Dhenkanal district
55 Dhenkanal Krushna Chandra Patra BJP 1,06,529 52.57 Sudhir Kumar Samal BJD 86,090 42.48 20,439 2,02,637
56 Hindol (SC) Simarani Nayak BJP 97,795 49.62 Mahesh Sahoo BJD 85.968 43.62 11,827 1,97,073
57 Kamakshyanagar Satrughan Jena BJP 84,589 49 Prafulla Kumar Mallick BJD 79,927 46.3 4,662 1,72,632
58 Parjanga Bibuti Bhusan Pradhan BJP 1,00,595 56.94 Nrusingha Charan Sahu BJD 68,433 38.74 32,162 1,76,669
Angul district
59 Pallahara Ashok Mohanty BJP 71,560 48.64 Mukesh Kumar Pal BJD 63,997 43.5 7,563 1,47,117
60 Talcher Braja Kishore Pradhan BJD 75,621 58.82 Kalandi Charan Samal BJP 43,499 38.83 32,122 1,28,565
61 Angul Pratap Chandra Pradhan BJP 88,868 52.03 Sanjukta Singh BJD 71,435 41.82 17,433 1,70,817
62 Chhendipada (SC) Agasti Behera BJP 93,629 52.58 Susanta Kumar Behera BJD 78,566 44.12 15,063 1,78,066
63 Athmallik Nalini Kanta Pradhan BJD 93,957 52.35 Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo BJP 77,804 43.35 16,153 1,79,491
Subarnapur district
64 Birmaharajpur (SC) Raghunath Jagadala BJP 85,680 48.19 Padmanabha Behera BJD 63,734 35.84 21,946 1,77,809
65 Sonepur Niranjan Pujari BJD 98,202 46.03 Pramod Kumar Mahapatra BJP 82,963 38.88 15,239 2,13,366
Balangir district
66 Loisingha (SC) Mukesh Mahaling BJP 83,313 44.32 Nihar Ranjan Behera BJD 65,123 34.64 18,190 1,87,992
67 Patnagarh Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo BJP 93,823 41.64 Saroj Kumar Meher BJD 92,466 41.04 1,357 2,25,308
68 Bolangir Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo BJD 85,265 45.69 Samarendra Mishra INC 71,856 38.51 13,409 1,86,609
69 Titlagarh Nabin Kumar Jain BJP 97,854 48.3 Tukini Sahu BJD 80,455 39.72 17,399 2,02,578
70 Kantabanji Laxman Bag BJP 90,876 44.57 Naveen Patnaik BJD 74,532 36.56 16,344 2,03,874
Nuapada district
71 Nuapada Rajendra Dholakia BJD 61,822 33.65 Ghasiram Majhi Ind 50,941 27.73 10,881 1,83,703
72 Khariar Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi BJD 93,246 46.89 Hitesh Kumar Bagartti BJP 83,628 42.05 9,618 1,98,876
Nabarangpur district
73 Umerkote (ST) Nityananda Gond BJP 70,170 43.35 Nabina Nayak BJD 59,797 36.94 10,373 1,61,858
74 Jharigam (ST) Narsing Bhatra BJP 76,748 42.33 Ramesh Chandra Majhi BJD 73,470 40.52 3,278 1,81,309
75 Nabarangpur (ST) Gouri Shankar Majhi BJP 90,895 45.35 Kausalya Pradhani BJD 65,801 32.83 25,094 2,00,439
76 Dabugam (ST) Manohar Randhari BJD 77,511 44.95 Lipika Majhi INC 56,056 32.51 21,455 1,72,428
Kalahandi district
77 Lanjigarh (ST) Pradip Kumar Dishari BJD 60,254 34.09 Balabhadra Majhi INC 53,753 30.41 6,501 1,76,768
78 Junagarh Dibya Shankar Mishra BJD 77,037 38.64 Manoj Kumar Meher BJP 75,699 37.97 1,338 1,99,354
79 Dharmagarh Sudhir Ranjan Pattjoshi BJP 87,890 41.84 Puspendra Singh Deo BJD 68,963 32.83 18,927 2,10,054
80 Bhawanipatna (SC) Sagar Charan Das INC 67,085 37.39 Pradipta Kumar Naik BJP 53,344 29.73 13,741
81 Narla Manorama Mohanty BJD 67,532 36.47 Bhakta Charan Das INC 62,327 33.66 5,205 1,85,154
Kandhamal district
82 Baliguda (ST) Chakramani Kanhar BJD 43,586 35.88 Upendra Pradhan INC 41,915 34.51 1,671 1,21,463
83 G. Udayagiri (ST) Prafulla Chandra Pradhan INC 53,530 37.06 Managobinda Pradhan BJP 45,673 31.62 7,857 1,44,451
84 Phulbani (ST) Uma Charan Mallick BJP 53,900 36.81 Jayashree Kanhar BJD 51,042 34.85 2,858 1,46,447
Boudh district
85 Kantamal Kanhai Charan Danga BJP 68,356 48.28 Mahidhar Rana BJD 61,207 43.23 7,149 1,41,575
86 Boudh Saroj Kumar Pradhan BJP 62,494 46.36 Pradip Kumar Amat BJD 59,729 44.31 2,765 1,34,799
Cuttack district
87 Baramba Bijaya Kumar Dalabehera Ind 86,018 46.51 Debiprasad Mishra BJD 62,539 33.81 23,479 1,84,945
88 Banki Devi Ranjan Tripathy BJD 69,214 41.31 Tusara Kanta Chakrabarty BJP 52,188 31.15 17,026 1,67,544
89 Athgarh Ranendra Pratap Swain BJD 86,006 49.46 Abhaya Kumar Barik BJP 82,422 47.40 3,584 1,73,881
90 Barabati-Cuttack Sofia Firdous INC 53,339 37.86 Purna Chandra Mahapatra BJP 45,338 32.18 8,001 1,40,887
91 Choudwar-Cuttack Souvic Biswal BJD 72,325 51.71 Nayan Kishore Mohanty BJP 54,509 38.97 17,816 1,39,878
92 Niali (SC) Chhabi Malik BJP 90,191 47.71 Pramod Kumar Mallick BJD 88,739 46.95 1,452 1,89,024
93 Cuttack Sadar (SC) Prakash Chandra Sethi BJP 79,542 48.49 Chandra Sarathi Behera BJD 75,733 46.17 3,809 1,64,034
94 Salepur Prasanta Behera BJD 87,701 45.75 Arindam Roy BJP 80,107 41.79 7,594 1,91,697
95 Mahanga Sarada Prasad Padhan Ind 88,632 42.86 Ankit Pratap Jena BJD 81,209 39.27 7,423 2,06,802
Kendrapara district
96 Patkura Arvind Mohapatra BJD 90,905 49.64 Tejeswar Parida BJP 77,083 42.09 13,822 1,83,132
97 Kendrapara (SC) Ganeswar Behera BJD 90,173 58.49 Geetanjali Sethi BJP 54,755 35.52 35,418 1,54,166
98 Aul Pratap Keshari Deb BJD 73,678 42.37 Debasmita Sharma INC 54,050 31.08 19,628 1,73,882
99 Rajanagar Dhruba Charan Sahoo BJD 81,237 46.46 Lalit Kumar Behera BJP 62,996 36.03 18,241 1,74,840
100 Mahakalapada Durga Prasan Nayak BJP 1,09,653 57.23 Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak BJD 76,127 39.73 33,526 1,91,611
Jagatsinghpur district
101 Paradeep Sampad Chandra Swain BJP 84,518 51.55 Geetanjali Routray INC 68,731 41.92 15,787 1,63,951
102 Tirtol (SC) Ramakanta Bhoi BJD 83,740 45.48 Rajkishore Behera BJP 55,245 30.01 28,495 1,84,113
103 Balikuda-Erasama Sarada Prasanna Jena BJD 93,517 46.04 Satya Sarathi Mohanty BJP 67,558 33.26 25,959 2,03,121
104 Jagatsinghpur Amarendra Das BJP 92,555 54.34 Prasanta Kumar Muduli BJD 70,417 41.34 22,138 1,70,334
Puri district
105 Kakatpur (SC) Tusharkanti Behera BJD 84,010 47.05 Baidhar Malik BJP 60,859 34.08 23,151 1,78,561
106 Nimapara Pravati Parida BJP 95,430 48.45 Dilip Kumar Nayak BJD 90,842 46.12 4,588 1,96,968
107 Puri Sunil Kumar Mohanty BJD 74,709 45.84 Jayanta Kumar Sarangi BJP 69,531 42.66 5,178 1,62,982
108 Brahmagiri Upasna Mohapatra BJP 95,783 51.53 Umakanta Samantaray BJD 85,953 46.25 9,830 1,85,862
109 Satyabadi Om Prakash Mishra BJP 87,294 53.33 Sanjay Kumar Das Burma BJD 69,586 42.52 17,708 1,63,672
110 Pipili Ashrit Pattanayak BJP 99,310 51.55 Rudra Pratap Maharathy BJD 84,148 43.68 15,162 1,92,653
Khurda District
111 Jayadev (SC) Naba Kishor Mallick BJD 76,790 52.02 Arabinda Dhali BJP 55,317 37.47 21,473 1,47,629
112 Bhubaneswar Central Ananta Narayan Jena BJD 53,759 47.68 Jagannath Pradhan BJP 53,722 47.65 37 1,12,754
113 Bhubaneswar North Susant Kumar Rout BJD 78,179 50.63 Priyadarshi Mishra BJP 66,836 43.28 11,343 1,54,427
114 Ekamra Bhubaneswar Babu Singh BJP 74,884 49.03 Ashok Chandra Panda BJD 69,861 45.74 5,023 1,52,727
115 Jatani Bibhuti Bhusan Balabantaray BJD 68,162 39.06 Biswaranjan Badajena BJP 42,941 24.61 25,221 1,74,518
116 Begunia Pradip Kumar Sahu BJD 90,964 57.45 Prakasha Chandra Bijuli BJP 43,150 27.25 47,814 1,58,346
117 Khurda Prasanta Kumar Jagadev BJP 80,564 44.30 Rajendra Kumar Sahoo BJD 71,966 39.57 8,598 1,81,850
118 Chilika Prithviraj Harichandan BJP 83,264 49.51 Raghunath Sahu BJD 78,698 46.80 4,536 1,68,161
Nayagarh district
119 Ranpur Surama Padhy BJP 81,439 52.27 Satyanarayan Pradhan BJD 65,895 42.29 15,544 1,55,815
120 Khandapada Dusmanta Kumar Swain BJP 75,557 50.72 Sabitri Pradhan BJD 68,214 45.79 7,343 1,48,964
121 Daspalla (SC) Ramesh Chandra Behera BJD 62,039 44.40 Raghab Malik BJP 55,743 38.89 6,296 1,39,737
122 Nayagarh Arun Kumar Sahoo BJD 81,959 48.74 Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh BJP 81,520 48.48 439 1,68,152
Ganjam district
123 Bhanjanagar Pradyumna Kumar Nayak BJP 83,822 51.06 Bikram Keshari Arukha BJD 67,498 41.11 16,324 1,64,171
124 Polasara Gokula Nanda Mallik BJP 85,737 53.33 Srikanta Sahu BJD 64,791 40.30 20,946 1,60,776
125 Kabisuryanagar Pratap Chandra Nayak BJP 80,995 55.79 Latika Pradhan BJD 50,822 35.00 30,173 1,45,188
126 Khalikote Purna Chandra Sethy BJP 80,230 53.82 Suryamani Baidya BJD 57,173 38.36 23,057 1,49,058
127 Chhatrapur Krushna Chandra Nayak BJP 74,983 48.00 Subash Chandra Behera BJD 63,545 40.68 11,438 1,56,217
128 Aska Saroj Kumar Padhi BJP 59,083 49.21 Manjula Swain BJD 51,024 42.50 8,059 1,20,067
129 Surada Nilamani Bisoyi BJP 83,625 54.71 Sanghamitra Swain BJD 54,401 36.25 28,224 1,52,847
130 Sanakhemundi Ramesh Chandra Jena INC 65,867 44.65 Sulakshana Geetanjali Devi BJD 55,205 37.42 10,662 1,47,529
131 Hinjili Naveen Patnaik BJD 66,459 46.85 Sisir Kumar Mishra BJP 61,823 43.59 4,636 1,41,844
132 Gopalpur Bibhuti Bhusan Jena BJP 72,071 50.11 Bikram Kumar Panda BJD 63,009 43.81 9,062 1,43,839
133 Berhampur K. Anil Kumar BJP 54,997 43.93 Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik BJD 36,288 28.99 18,709 1,25,181
134 Digapahandi Sidhant Mohapatra BJP 72,908 49.21 Biplab Patro BJD 56,061 37.84 16,847 1,48,167
135 Chikiti Manoranjan Dyan Samantara BJP 69,839 49.67 Chinmayananda Srirup Deb BJD 63,317 45.03 6,522 1,40,619
Gajapati district
136 Mohana (ST) Dasarathi Gomanga INC 62,117 34.64 Prasanta Kumar Mallik BJP 58,058 32.38 4,059 1,79,307
137 Paralakhemundi Rupesh Kumar Panigrahi BJD 56,027 37.58 Koduru Narayana Rao BJP 52,029 34.90 3,998 1,49,069
Rayagada district
138 Gunupur (ST) Satyajeet Gomango INC 77,637 47.80 Raghunath Gomango BJD 47,752 29.40 29,885 1,62,410
139 Bissam Cuttack (ST) Nilamadhab Hikaka INC 68,446 37.25 Jagannath Saraka BJD 59,043 32.13 9,403 1,83,770
140 Rayagada (ST) Kadraka Appala Swamy INC 87,482 45.81 Anusaya Majhi BJD 58,296 30.52 29,186 1,90,986
Koraput district
141 Lakshmipur (ST) Pabitra Saunta INC 59,447 41.77 Prabhu Jani BJD 38,185 26.83 21,262 1,42,303
142 Kotpad (ST) Rupa Bhatra BJP 75,275 42.13 Chandra Sekhar Majhi BJD 49,011 27.43 26,264 1,78,656
143 Jeypore Tara Prasad Bahinipati INC 69,592 41.89 Indira Nanda BJD 56,481 34.00 13,111 1,66,143
144 Koraput (SC) Raghuram Machhha BJP 46,805 31.82 Raghu Ram Padal BJD 44,281 30.11 2,524 1,47,073
145 Pottangi (ST) Rama Chandra Kadam INC 52,202 33.70 Prafulla Kumar Pangi BJD 50,283 32.46 1,919 1,54,922
Malkangiri district
146 Malkangiri (ST) Narasinga Madkami BJP 78,679 41.76 Mala Madhi INC 63,789 33.85 14,890 1,88,423
147 Chitrakonda (ST) Mangu Khilla INC 55,550 35.34 Dambaru Sisa BJP 46,391 29.52 9,159 1,57,176

Aftermath

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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.[35][36][37] 15 other ministers took oaths, including Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo and Pravati Parida as the Deputy CMs.[38]

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.[39]

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.[19] 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 polarization in the aftermath of communal riots between Hindus & Muslims in Sambalpur last year[40] 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.[41]

Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo, who was elected from the Dharmasala seat as an independent, rejoined the BJP.[42]

See also

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Notes

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  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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