2000 Orissa Legislative Assembly election|
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| Registered | 24,188,320 |
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| Turnout | 59.10% |
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Majority party
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Minority party
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Third party
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| Leader
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Naveen Pattanaik
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Hemananda Biswal
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| Party
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BJD
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BJP
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INC
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| Alliance
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NDA
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NDA
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| Leader's seat
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Hinjili
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Laikera
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| Seats before
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New
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9
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80
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| Seats won
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68
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38
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26
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| Seat change
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New
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29
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54
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| Popular vote
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29.40%
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18.20%
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33.78%
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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]
Parties and alliances
Others
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– |
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| 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 |
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| Valid votes | 14,124,469 | 98.81 | |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 170,284 | 1.19 | |
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| Total votes | 14,294,753 | 100.00 | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 24,188,320 | 59.10 | |
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| Source: Election Commission of India[4] |
Elected members
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.
See also
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