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All 147 seats in theOrissa Legislative Assembly 74 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 24,188,320 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 59.10% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to theOrissa Legislative Assembly were held in February 2000 to elect members of the 147 constituencies inOrissa, India. TheBJP andBJD fought election together asNDA. TheNational Democratic Alliance won the most seats andNaveen Pattanaik was appointed as theChief Minister of Orissa.[1][2] The number of constituencies was set as 147 by the recommendation of theDelimitation 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) | .png) | _election_symbol_-_Hammer_Sickle_and_Star.svg) | 15 | |
| Janata Dal (Secular) | _Flag.png) |  | 24 | |
| JMM |  |  | 21 | |
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| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
| Indian National Congress | 4,770,654 | 33.78 | –5.30 | 26 | +12 | |
| Biju Janata Dal | 4,151,895 | 29.40 | New | 68 | New | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 2,570,074 | 18.20 | +10.32 | 38 | +12 | |
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 301,729 | 2.14 | +0.20 | 3 | –1 | |
| Communist Party of India | 172,398 | 1.22 | –0.49 | 1 | Steady | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 162,184 | 1.15 | +0.65 | 0 | 0 | |
| Janata Dal (Secular) | 118,978 | 0.84 | New | 1 | New | |
| Trinamool Congress | 110,056 | 0.78 | New | 1 | New | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 109,256 | 0.77 | +0.11 | 1 | +1 | |
| Janata Dal (United) | 48,135 | 0.34 | New | 0 | New | |
| Nationalist Congress Party | 34,986 | 0.25 | New | 0 | New | |
| Samajwadi Party | 20,480 | 0.14 | New | 0 | New | |
| Shiv Sena | 18,794 | 0.13 | New | 0 | New | |
| Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh | 6,815 | 0.05 | New | 0 | New | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation | 4,198 | 0.03 | –0.02 | 0 | 0 | |
| Samata Party | 3,732 | 0.03 | –0.29 | 0 | 0 | |
| Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | 3,051 | 0.02 | –1.34 | 0 | 0 | |
| Samajwadi Jan Parishad | 2,412 | 0.02 | New | 0 | New | |
| Rashtriya Janata Dal | 2,078 | 0.01 | New | 0 | New | |
| Bira Oriya Party | 1,520 | 0.01 | New | 0 | New | |
| Proutist Sarva Samaj Samiti | 1,341 | 0.01 | –0.05 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jharkhand Party | 1,209 | 0.01 | –0.03 | 0 | 0 | |
| All India Forward Bloc | 795 | 0.01 | +0.01 | 0 | 0 | |
| Odisha Communist Party | 630 | 0.00 | –0.16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ajeya Bharat Party | 559 | 0.00 | New | 0 | New | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 294 | 0.00 | New | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 1,506,216 | 10.66 | +0.15 | 8 | +2 | |
| Total | 14,124,469 | 100.00 | – | 147 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 14,124,469 | 98.81 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 170,284 | 1.19 | ||||
| Total votes | 14,294,753 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 24,188,320 | 59.10 | ||||
| Source:Election Commission of India[4] | ||||||
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 SriHemananda Biswal from power. NDA formed govt and SriNaveen Patnaik became the CM. He appointed many MLAs from both BJP & BJD as ministers.
