2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

2000 Orissa Legislative Assembly election

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All 147 seats in the Orissa Legislative Assembly 74 seats needed for a majority
Registered	24,188,320
Turnout	59.10%
Majority party Minority party Third party   BJP Leader Naveen Pattanaik Hemananda Biswal Party BJD BJP INC Alliance NDA NDA Leader's seat Hinjili Laikera Seats before New 9 80 Seats won 68 38 26 Seat change New 29 54 Popular vote 29.40% 18.20% 33.78%
CM before election Hemananda Biswal INC Elected CM Naveen Patnaik Biju Janata Dal (NDA)

Elections to the Orissa Legislative Assembly were held in February 2000 to elect members of the 147 constituencies in Orissa, India. The BJP and BJD fought election together as NDA. The National Democratic Alliance won the most seats and Naveen Pattanaik was appointed as the Chief Minister of Orissa.^[1][2] The number of constituencies was set as 147 by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.^[3]

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	BJD			Naveen Patnaik	84
	BJP			Jual Oram	63

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Indian National Congress			Hemananda Biswal	145

Party		Flag	Symbol	Contesting Seats
	TMC			36
	Communist Party of India			29
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)			15
	Janata Dal (Secular)			24
	JMM			21

Source: Election Commission of India^[4]

Party				Popular vote			Seats
Color	Flag	Name	Symbol	Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
		Indian National Congress		4,770,654	33.78	5.30	145	26	12
		Biju Janata Dal		4,151,895	29.40	(new)	84	68	(new)
		Bharatiya Janata Party		2,570,074	18.20	10.32	63	38	12
		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha		301,729	2.14	0.2	21	3	1
		Communist Party of India		172,398	1.22	0.49	29	1
		Janata Dal (Secular)		118,978	0.84	(new)	24	1	(new)
		Communist Party of India (Marxist)		109,256	0.77	0.11	15	1	1
		All India Trinamool Congress		110,056	0.78	(new)	36	1	(new)
	-	Independents	-	1,506,216	10.66	0.15	236	8	2
Total				-	100	-	-	147	-
Valid Votes				14,124,469	58.39
Invalid Votes				170,284	-
Total Votes polled / turnout				14,294,753	59.10
Abstentation				9,893,567	-
Total No. of Electors				24,188,320

Biju Janata Dal joined NDA (BJP's side). The BJD won 68 seats, BJP won 38 seats. Seats won by NDA = BJD + BJP = 68 + 38 = 106 (higher than 74 -- the magic number). Whereas Congress, which was in power earlier, won only 26 seats (not enough for forming govt), overthrowing Sri Hemananda Biswal from power. NDA formed govt and Sri Naveen Patnaik became the CM. He appointed many MLAs from both BJP & BJD as ministers.

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