# Elections in Odisha

"none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see [[WP:SDNONE]] Elections in Odisha are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The Assembly of Odisha creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the state legislature to the conduct of state level elections need to be approved by the Parliament of India. In addition, the state legislature may be dismissed by the Parliament according to Article 356 of the Indian Constitution and President's rule may be imposed.

## Main Political Parties

* BJD: Biju Janta Dal
* BJP: Bharatiya Janata Party
* INC: Indian National Congress
* CPI: Communist Party of India
* CPI(M): Communist Party of India (Marxist)
* AIFB: All India Forward Bloc
* Swatantra Party
* Janata Party
* Janata Dal

## Lok Sabha Elections

| Lok Sabha | Year | 1st Party | 2nd Party | 3rd Party | Others | Total Seats |
| 1st | 1951 | INC 11 | GP 6 | SP 1 | CPI 1,IND 1 | 20 |
| 2nd | 1957 | INC 7 | GP 7 | PSP 2 | CPI 1,IND 3 | 20 |
| 3rd | 1962 | INC 14 | GP 4 | PSP 1 | SP 1 | 20 |
| 4th | 1967 | SWP 8 | INC 6 | PSP 4 | SSP 1,IND 1 | 20 |
| 5th | 1971 | INC 15 | SWP 3 | CPI 1 | UC 1 | 20 |
| 6th | 1977 | JP 15 | INC 5 | CPI(M) 1 | | 21 |
| 7th | 1980 | INC 20 | JP 1 | | | 21 |
| 8th | 1984 | INC 20 | JP 1 | | | 21 |
| 9th | 1989 | JD 16 | INC 3 | CPI(M) 1 | CPI 1 | 21 |
| 10th | 1991 | INC 13 | JD 6 | CPI(M) 1 | CPI 1 | 21 |
| 11th | 1996 | INC 16 | JD 4 | SP 1 | | 21 |
| 12th | 1998 | BJD 9 | BJP 7 | INC 5 | | 21 |
| 13th | 1999 | BJD 10 | BJP 9 | INC 2 | | 21 |
| 14th | 2004 | BJD 11 | BJP 7 | INC 2 | JMM 1 | 21 |
| 15th | 2009 | BJD 14 | INC 6 | CPI 1 | | 21 |
| 16th | 2014 | BJD 20 | BJP 1 | | | 21 |
| 17th | 2019 | BJD 12 | BJP 8 | INC 1 | | 21 |
| 18th | 2024 | BJP 20 | INC 1 | | | 21 |

## Legislative Assembly election results of Odisha
### 1952

Chief Minister(s): Nabakrushna Choudhury, Harekrushna Mahatab (Both INC)
Vote(%) :
| Party | Party | Contested | Won | Vote(%) |
| | Indian National Congress | 135 | 67 | 37.87% |
| | Ganatantra Parishad | 58 | 31 | 20.50% |
| | Socialist Party | 79 | 10 | 11.77% |
| | Communist Party of India | 33 | 7 | 5.62% |
| | All India Forward Bloc | 2 | 1 | 0.35% |
| | Independent | 204 | 24 | 22.94% |
| Total | Total | | 140 | |

### 1957

Chief Minister: Harekrushna Mahatab (INC)
Popular Vote :
| Party | Party | Contested | Won | +/− | % | ±pp |
| | Indian National Congress | 140 | 56 | 11 | 38.26% | 0.39 |
| | Ganatantra Parishad | 108 | 51 | 20 | 28.74% | 8.24 |
| | Praja Socialist Party | 46 | 11 | new | 10.4% | new |
| | Communist Party of India | 43 | 9 | 2 | 8.4% | 2.78 |
| | Independent | 171 | 13 | 11 | 14.21% | 8.73 |
| Total | Total | | 140 | | | |

### 1961

Chief Minister(s): Biju Patnaik, Biren Mitra, Sadashiva Tripathy (All from INC)
Popular Vote :
| Party | Party | Contested | Won | +/− | % | ±pp |
| | Indian National Congress | 140 | 82 | 26 | 43.28% | 5.02 |
| | Ganatantra Parishad | 121 | 37 | 14 | 22.34% | 6.4 |
| | Praja Socialist Party | 43 | 10 | 1 | 10.99% | 0.59 |
| | Communist Party of India | 35 | 4 | 5 | 7.98% | 0.42 |
| | Independent | 187 | 7 | 6 | 14.54% | 0.33 |
| Total | Total | | 140 | | | |

### 1967

Chief Minister: Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo, Swatantra Party
Popular Vote :
| Party | Party | Contested | Won | +/− | % | ±pp |
| | Swatantra Party | 101 | 49 | new | 22.58% | new |
| | Orissa Jana Congress | 47 | 26 | new | 13.47% | new |
| | Praja Socialist Party | 33 | 21 | 11 | 12.26% | 1.27 |
| | Indian National Congress | 141 | 31 | 51 | 30.66% | 12.62 |
| | Communist Party of India | 31 | 7 | 3 | 5.26% | 2.72 |
| | Samyukta Socialist Party | 9 | 2 | new | 1.52% | new |
| | Communist Party of India (M) | 10 | 1 | new | 1.16% | new |
| | Independent | 212 | 3 | 4 | 12.55% | 1.99 |
| Total | Total | | 140 | | | |

### 1971

Popular Vote :
| Party | Party | Contested | Won | +/− | % | ±pp |
| | Indian National Congress (R) | 129 | 51 | new | 28.18% | new |
| | Swatantra Party | 115 | 36 | 13 | 17.44% | 5.14 |
| | Utkal Congress | 139 | 33 | new | 23.99% | new |
| | Praja Socialist Party | 50 | 4 | 17 | 6.08% | 6.18 |
| | Communist Party of India | 29 | 4 | 3 | 4.79% | 0.47 |
| | All India Jharkhand Party | 14 | 4 | new | 1.64% | new |
| | Communist Party of India (M) | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1.20% | 0.04 |
| | Orissa Jana Congress | 66 | 1 | 26 | 5.16% | 8.31 |
| | Indian National Congress (O) | 50 | 1 | new | 1.81% | new |
| | Independent | 190 | 4 | 1 | 7.55% | 5.00 |
| Total | Total | | 140 | | | |

### 1974

Popular Vote :
| Party | Party | Contested | Won | +/− | % | ±pp |
| | Indian National Congress | 135 | 69 | 18 | 37.44% | 9.26 |
| | Utkal Congress | 95 | 35 | 2 | 26.45% | 2.46 |
| | Swatantra Party | 56 | 21 | 15 | 12.08% | 5.36 |
| | Communist Party of India | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4.87% | 0.08 |
| | Socialist Party | 17 | 2 | new | 1.77% | new |
| | Communist Party of India (M) | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1.18% | 0.02 |
| | Orissa Jana Congress | 42 | 1 | | 1.17% | 3.99 |
| | Jharkhand Party | 12 | 1 | new | 0.60% | new |
| | Independent | 299 | 7 | 3 | 13.06% | 5.51 |
| Total | Total | | 146 | | | |

### 1977

Chief Minister: Nilamani Routray, JP
Popular Vote :
| Party | Party | Contested | Won | +/− | % | ±pp |
| | Janata Party | 147 | 110 | new | 49.17% | new |
| | Indian National Congress | 146 | 26 | 43 | 31.02% | 6.42 |
| | Communist Party of India | 25 | 1 | 6 | 3.57% | 1.3 |
| | Communist Party of India (M) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0.88% | 0.3 |
| | Independent | 264 | 9 | 2 | 14.37% | 1.31 |
| Total | Total | | 147 | | | |

### 1980

Chief Minister: Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, INC
Popular Vote :
| Party | Party | Contested | Won | +/− | % | ±pp |
| | Indian National Congress | 147 | 118 | 92 | 47.78% | 16.76 |
| | Janata Party (Secular) | 110 | 13 | new | 19.49% | new |
| | Communist Party of India | 27 | 4 | 3 | 5.09% | 1.52 |
| | Janata Party | 31 | 3 | 107 | 4.14% | 45.03 |
| | Indian National Congress (U) | 98 | 2 | new | 7.03% | new |
| | Independent | 248 | 7 | 2 | 11.88% | 2.49 |
| Total | Total | | 147 | | | |

### 1985

Chief Minister(s): Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, Hemananda Biswal (All from INC)
Popular Vote :
| Party | Party | Contested | Won | +/− | % | ±pp |
| | Indian National Congress | 147 | 117 | 1 | 51.08% | 3.3 |
| | Janata Party | 140 | 21 | 18 | 30.61% | 26.47 |
| | Communist Party of India | 27 | 1 | 3 | 3.31% | 1.78 |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party | 67 | 1 | 1 | 2.6% | 1.24 |
| | Independent | 374 | 7 | | 10.5% | 1.38 |
| Total | Total | | 147 | | | |

### 1990

Chief Minister: Biju Patnaik, JD
Popular Vote :
| Party | Party | Contested | Won | +/− | % | ±pp |
| | Janata Dal | 139 | 123 | new | 53.69% | new |
| | Indian National Congress | 145 | 10 | 107 | 29.78% | 21.3 |
| | Communist Party of India | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2.98% | 0.33 |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party | 63 | 2 | 1 | 3.56% | 0.96 |
| | Communist Party of India (M) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0.84% | |
| | Independent | 389 | 6 | 1 | 7.36% | 3.14 |
| Total | Total | | 147 | | | |

### 1995

Chief Minister(s): Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, Giridhar Gamang, Hemananda Biswal (All from INC)
Popular Vote :
| Party | Party | Contested | Won | +/− | % | ±pp |
| | Indian National Congress | 146 | 80 | 70 | 39.08% | 9.3 |
| | Janata Dal | 146 | 46 | 77 | 35.73% | 17.96 |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party | 144 | 9 | 7 | 7.88% | 4.32 |
| | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 16 | 4 | new | 1.94% | new |
| | Communist Party of India | 21 | 1 | 4 | 1.71% | 1.27 |
| | Jharkhand People's Party | 4 | 1 | new | 0.17% | new |
| | Independent | 682 | 6 | | 10.51% | 3.15 |
| Total | Total | | 147 | | | |

### 2000

Chief Minister: Naveen Patnaik, BJD
Popular Vote :
| Party | Party | Contested | Won | +/− | % | ±pp |
| | Biju Janata Dal | 84 | 68 | new | 29.40% | new |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party | 63 | 38 | 29 | 18.20% | 10.32 |
| | Indian National Congress | 145 | 26 | 54 | 33.78% | 5.3 |
| | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 21 | 3 | 1 | 2.14% | 0.2 |
| | Communist Party of India | 29 | 1 | | 1.22% | 0.49 |
| | Janata Dal (Secular) | 24 | 1 | new | 0.84% | new |
| | Trinamool Congress | 36 | 1 | new | 0.78% | new |
| | Communist Party of India (M) | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0.77% | |
| | Independent | 236 | 8 | 2 | 10.66% | 0.51 |
| Total | Total | | 147 | | | |

### 2004

Chief Minister: Naveen Patnaik, BJD
Popular Vote :
| Party | Party | Contested | Won | +/− | % | ±pp |
| | Biju Janata Dal | 84 | 61 | 7 | 27.36% | 2.04 |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party | 63 | 32 | 6 | 17.11% | 1.09 |
| | Indian National Congress | 134 | 38 | 12 | 34.82% | 1.04 |
| | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1.78% | 0.36 |
| | Odisha Gana Parishad | 4 | 2 | new | 1.29% | new |
| | Communist Party of India | 6 | 1 | | 0.77% | 0.45 |
| | Communist Party of India (M) | 3 | 1 | | 0.55% | 0.22 |
| | Independent | 295 | 8 | | 12.20% | |
| Total | Total | | 147 | | | |

### 2009

Chief Minister: Naveen Patnaik, BJD
Popular Vote :
| Party | Party | Contested | Won | +/− | % | ±pp |
| | Biju Janata Dal | 130 | 103 | 42 | 38.86 | 11.50 |
| | Indian National Congress | 145 | 27 | 11 | 29.1 | 5.72 |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party | 147 | 6 | 26 | 15.03 | 2.06% |
| | Nationalist Congress Party | | 4 | new | 1.34 | new |
| | Communist Party of India | | 1 | | 0.51 | 0.26 |
| | Independent | | 6 | 2 | 8.65 | – |
| Total | Total | – | 147 | | | |

### 2014

Chief Minister: Naveen Patnaik, BJD
Popular Vote :
| Party | Party | Won | +/− | % |
| | Biju Janata Dal | 117 | 14 | 43.4 |
| | Indian National Congress | 16 | 11 | 25.7 |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party | 10 | 4 | 18.0 |
| | Communist Party of India (M) | 1 | 1 | 5.0 |
| | Samata Kranti Dal | 1 | 1 | 0.4 |
| | Independent | 2 | 4 | 0.4 |
| | NOTA | 147 | | 1.3 |
| Total | Total | | | 100.00 |

### 2019

Chief Minister: Naveen Patnaik, BJD
Popular Vote :
| Party | Party | Contested | Won | +/− | % | ±pp |
| | Biju Janata Dal | 146 | 112 | 5 | 44.7 | 1.3 |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party | 146 | 23 | 13 | 32.5 | 14.5 |
| | Indian National Congress | 138 | 9 | 7 | 16.12 | 9.6 |
| | Communist Party of India (M) | 145 | 1 | | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| | Independent | 305 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| | NOTA | – | – | – | 1.05 | 2.18 |
| Total | Total | | 146 | | 100% | |

### 2024

Chief Minister: Mohan Charan Majhi, BJP
Popular Vote :
| Party | Party | Contested | Won | +/− | % | ±pp |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party | 147 | 78 | 55 | 40.07 | 7.5 |
| | Biju Janata Dal | 147 | 51 | 61 | 40.22 | 4.5 |
| | Indian National Congress | 145 | 14 | 5 | 13.26 | 2.8 |
| | Communist Party of India (M) | | 1 | | 0.37 | 0.7 |
| | Independent | | 3 | 2 | – | – |
| | NOTA | – | – | – | 1.02 | 1.8 |
| Total | Total | | 147 | - | 100% | - |