2004 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

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2004 Orissa Legislative Assembly election
20 & 26 April 2004
All 147 seats in the Orissa Legislative Assembly
74 seats needed for a majority
Registered25,651,989
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Naveen Patnaik Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
Party BJD BJP INC
Alliance NDA NDA UPA
Leader's seat Hinjili Begunia
Seats before 74 48 9
Seats won 61 32 38
Seat change Decrease14 Decrease16 Increase29
Popular vote 27.36% 17.11 34.82%
CM before election

Naveen Patnaik
Biju Janata Dal (NDA)

 Elected CM

Naveen Patnaik
Biju Janata Dal (NDA)

Elections to the Orissa Legislative Assembly were held in April 2004 to elect members of the 147 constituencies in Orissa, India. The Bhartiya Janata Party and Biju Janata Dal fought election together as NDA. The National Democratic Alliance won the most seats and Naveen Patnaik was re-appointed as the Chief Minister of Orissa. The opposition Congress was headed by former CM Janaki Ballabh Pattnaik, who was unsuccessful.[1][2] The number of constituencies was set as 147 by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.[3]

Schedule

The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 29 February 2004.[4]

Poll event[5] Phase
1 2
Date of announcement 29 February 2004
Notification date 24 March 2004 31 March 2004
Last date for filing nomination 31 March 2004 7 April 2004
Scrutiny of nomination 2 April 2004 8 April 2004
Last date for withdrawal of nomination 5 April 2004 10 April 2004
Date of poll 20 April 2004 26 April 2004
Date of counting of votes 13 May 2004
No. of constituencies 77 70

Parties and alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

Seats where divided in 4:3 ratio.

Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
Biju Janata Dal Naveen Patnaik 84
Bharatiya Janata Party Jual Oram 63

  United Progressive Alliance

Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
Indian National Congress Janaki Ballabh Patnaik 133
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Shibu Soren 12
Odisha Gana Parishad - - Bijoy Mohapatra 4

Result

Source: Election Commission of India[6][7]
Party Popular vote Seats
Name Symbol Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
Indian National Congress 5,896,713 34.82 Increase1.04 133 38 Increase12
Biju Janata Dal 4,632,280 27.36 Decrease2.04 84 61 Decrease7
Bharatiya Janata Party 2,898,105 17.11 Decrease1.09 63 32 Decrease6
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 301,777 1.78 Decrease0.36 12 4 Increase1
Odisha Gana Parishad - 217,998 1.20 (new) 4 2 (new)
Communist Party of India 129,989 0.77 Decrease0.45 6 1 Steady
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 93,159 0.55 Decrease0.22 3 1 Steady
Independents - 2,065,650 12.20 Increase1.54 295 8 Steady
Total - 100 - - 147 -
Valid Votes 16,933,456 66.01
Invalid Votes 9,461 -
Total Votes polled / turnout 16,942,917 66.05
Abstentation 8,709,072 -
Total No. of Electors 25,651,989

Results by district

District Seats BJD BJP INC OTH
Angul 5 3 1 1 0
Balangir 6 3 1 1 1
Balasore 7 2 2 2 1
Bargarh 5 1 2 2 0
Bhadrak 5 1 1 3 0
Boudh 1 1 0 0 0
Cuttack 10 6 1 2 1
Deogarh 1 0 0 1 0
Dhenkanal 3 2 0 1 0
Gajapati 3 1 1 1 0
Ganjam 12 8 1 1 2
Jagatsinghpur 4 2 0 2 0
Jajpur 7 5 1 1 0
Jharsuguda 3 1 1 1 0
Kalahandi 6 3 3 0 0
Kandhamal 3 1 1 1 0
Kendrapara 5 3 0 1 1
Keonjhar 6 1 2 3 0
Khurda 6 3 2 1 0
Koraput 5 2 0 3 0
Malkangiri 2 0 1 1 0
Mayurbhanj 10 2 5 0 3
Nawapara 2 1 0 0 1
Nayagarh 4 1 1 0 2
Nowrangpur 4 1 1 2 0
Puri 6 3 1 1 1
Rayagada 3 0 0 3 0
Sambalpur 3 1 2 0 0
Subarnapur 3 2 0 1 0
Sundergarh 7 1 1 2 3
Total 147 61 32 38 16

Elected members

District Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin %
# Name[a] Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
Mayurbhanj 1 Karanjia (ST) Ajit Hembram BJD 38,405 41.02 Padma Haiburu INC 29,149 31.14 9,256 9.88
2 Jashipur (ST) Sambhunath Naik IND 22,831 25.92 Mangal Singh Mudi BJP 17,529 19.90 5,302 6.02
3 Bahalda (ST) Prahlad Purty JMM 20,041 25.11 Khelaram Mahali BJP 19,216 24.07 825 1.04
4 Rairangpur (ST) Droupadi Murmu BJP 29,295 32.66 Ram Chandra Murmu JMM 29,253 32.62 42 0.04
5 Bangriposi (ST) Chaitanya Majhi BJD 22,581 22.46 Ajen Murmu JMM 17,156 17.06 5,425 5.40
6 Kuliana (ST) Sananda Marndi BJP 44,775 40.71 Sudam Marndi JMM 41,020 37.30 3,755 3.41
7 Baripada Bimal Lochan Das JMM 44,463 35.26 Raj Kishore Dash BJP 30,397 24.10 14,066 11.16
8 Baisinga (ST) Pramila Giri BJP 37,382 34.59 Biram Majhi IND 35,220 32.59 2,162 2.00
9 Khunta (ST) Golak Bihari Naik BJP 44,333 41.37 Surendra Nath Majhi INC 34,362 32.06 9,971 9.31
10 Udala (ST) Bhaskar Madhei BJP 32,755 32.33 Ananga Senapati INC 26,839 26.49 5,916 5.84
Balasore 11 Bhograi Ananta Das BJD 57,589 41.03 Kartikeswar Patra IND 55,909 39.83 1,680 1.20
12 Jaleswar Aswini Kumar Patra BJP 84,930 51.61 Jayanarayan Mohanty INC 76,002 46.18 8,928 5.43
13 Basta Raghunath Mohanty BJD 76,316 55.83 Sanjiv Giri INC 40,206 29.41 36,110 26.42
14 Balasore Arun Dey OGP 73,291 47.36 Jiban Pradip Dash BJP 72,706 46.98 585 0.38
15 Soro Kartik Mahapatra INC 66,517 48.95 Birendra Mohan Biswal BJP 65,659 48.31 858 0.64
16 Simulia Padma Lochan INC 65,905 50.28 Parsuram Panigrahi BJD 62,065 47.35 3,840 2.93
17 Nilgiri Pratap Sarangi BJP 65,530 48.49 Pradipta Panda CPM 46,778 34.61 18,752 13.88
Bhadrak 18 Bhandari
Pokhari (SC)		 Ananta Sethi INC 61,221 49.33 Ratha Das BJD 59,675 48.09 1,546 1.24
19 Bhadrak Naren Pallai INC 66,016 50.57 Prafulla Samal BJD 61,204 46.88 4,812 3.69
20 Dhamnagar Manmohan Samal BJP 63,557 48.55 Jagannatha Rout INC 34,615 26.44 28,942 22.11
21 Chandbali (SC) Netrananda Mallick INC 54,474 39.86 Bishnu Charan Sethi BJP 52,999 38.78 1,475 1.08
22 Basudevpur Bijayshree Routray BJD 72,983 51.01 Madhabananda Mallick INC 67,091 46.89 5,892 4.12
Jajpur 23 Sukinda Prafulla C. Ghadai BJD 72,474 51.17 Sarat Rout INC 65,598 46.31 6,876 4.86
24 Korai Sanchita Mohanty BJP 67,888 55.18 Ashok Kumar Das JDS 48,709 39.59 19,179 15.59
25 Jajpur (SC) Parameswar Sethi BJD 64,480 55.25 Anchal Das INC 49,310 42.25 15,170 13.00
26 Dharamsala Kalpataru Das BJD 71,819 56.65 Kangali Charan Panda INC 52,559 41.46 19,260 15.19
27 Barchana Sitakanta Mohapatra INC 72,797 50.79 Goutam Ray BJD 68,109 47.52 4,688 3.27
28 Bari-Derabisi Debasis Nayak BJD 60,997 53.00 Kulamani Rout INC 51,181 44.48 9,816 8.52
29 Binjharpur (SC) Pramila Mallik BJD 60,678 55.44 Ashok Das INC 43,409 39.66 17,269 15.78
Kendrapara 30 Aul Pratap Keshari Deb BJD 61,869 53.08 Debendra Sharma INC 52,637 45.16 9,232 7.92
31 Patamundai (SC) Kishor Chandra Tarai BJD 65,000 56.53 Ganeswar Behera INC 49,981 43.47 15,019 13.06
32 Rajnagar Nalinikanta Mohanty INC 69,856 52.11 Krutibash Patra BJD 61,411 45.81 8,445 6.30
33 Kendrapara Utkal Keshari Parida OGP 60,848 50.96 Bedprakash Agrawalla BJP 56,283 47.14 4,565 3.82
34 Patkura Atanu Nayak BJD 62,769 49.57 Bijoy Mohapatra OGP 59,914 47.31 2,855 2.26
Jagatsinghpur 35 Tirtol Chiranjib Biswal INC 69,268 50.50 Debashish Samantaray BJD 65,254 47.57 4,014 2.93
36 Ersama Dr. Damodar Rout BJD 79,590 52.42 Ramesh Samantaray INC 59,285 39.05 20,305 13.37
37 Balikuda Umesh Chandra Swain INC 48,242 42.76 Raghunandan Das IND 39,520 35.03 8,722 7.73
38 Jagat
Singhpur (SC)		 Bishnu Charan Das BJD 64,284 51.72 Lakshman Mallick INC 57,028 45.88 7,256 5.84
Cuttack 39 Kissannagar Pratap Jena BJD 68,044 59.54 Gurupada Nanda INC 43,276 37.87 24,768 21.67
40 Mahanga Bikram Keshari Barma BJD 58,738 53.42 Sk Matlub Ali INC 49,878 45.36 8,860 8.06
41 Salepur (SC) Kalindi Behera BJD 57,248 52.96 Prakash Behera INC 48,502 44.87 8,746 8.09
42 Gobindpur Rabindra Kumar Mallick INC 66,248 50.65 Panchanan Kanungo BJD 61,958 47.37 4,290 3.28
43 Cuttack Sadar Pravat Ranjan Biswal IND 60,822 46.25 Nayan Kishore Mohanty BJP 47,113 35.83 13,709 10.42
44 Cuttack City Samir Dey BJP 58,908 52.73 Suresh Mohapatra INC 48,749 43.63 10,159 9.10
45 Choudwar Dharmananda Behera BJD 60,185 57.39 Kanhu Charan Lenka INC 30,391 28.98 29,794 28.41
46 Banki Debasis Pattnaik INC 58,106 49.38 Pravat Tripathy BJD 56,939 48.39 1,167 0.99
47 Athgarh Ranendra Pratap Swain BJD 70,720 52.40 Bichitra Nanda Muduli IND 32,068 23.76 38,652 28.64
48 Baramba Debiprasad Mishra BJD 70,441 62.63 Manoranjan Nayak INC 36,806 32.73 33,635 29.90
Khurda 49 Balipatna (SC) Sashi Bhusan Behera BJD 54,293 49.33 Benudhar Bhoi INC 41,688 37.88 12,605 11.45
50 Bhubaneswar Biswabhusan] BJP 1,23,671 69.24 Sarat Kumar Kar INC 37,774 21.15 85,897 48.09
51 Jatni Sarat Patkaray BJD 61,608 49.59 Suresh Kumar Routray INC 57,578 46.34 4,030 3.25
Puri 52 Pipli Pradeep Maharathy BJD 65,039 52.08 Judhistir Samantaray INC 54,427 43.58 10,612 8.50
53 Nimapara (SC) Baidhar Mallick BJP 61,421 45.51 Rabindra Kumar Sethy INC 37,179 27.54 24,242 17.97
54 Kakatpur Surendra Nath Naik BJD 61,858 46.31 Satyabrat Patra IND 46,833 35.07 15,025 11.24
55 Satyabadi Ramaranjan Baliarsingh IND 52,201 42.51 Prasad Harichandan INC 48,807 39.74 3,394 2.77
56 Puri Maheswar Mohanty BJD 70,809 53.61 Uma Ballav Rath INC 54,387 41.17 16,422 12.44
57 Brahmagiri Lalatendu Mohapatra INC 70,493 50.01 Sanjay Das Burma BJD 65,213 46.27 5,280 3.74
Khurda 58 Chilka Bibhuti B. Harichandan BJP 72,545 52.81 Debendra Mansingh INC 60,916 44.34 11,629 8.47
59 Khurda Jyotirindra Nath Mitra BJD 59,801 49.70 Dillip Srichandan INC 53,580 44.53 6,221 5.17
60 Begunia Janaki Ballav Patnaik INC 59,658 47.41 Prasant Jagadev BJD 57,657 45.82 2,001 1.59
Nayagarh 61 Ranpur Surama Padhy BJP 58,259 48.13 Ramakanta Mishra INC 54,190 44.77 4,069 3.36
62 Nayagarh Arun Kumar Sahoo BJD 52,414 49.24 Sitakanta Mishra INC 49,829 46.81 2,585 2.43
63 Khandapara Bijayalaxmi Pattnaik IND 30,997 31.30 Banamali Dash BJD 26,524 26.78 4,473 4.52
64 Daspalla Rudra Madhab Ray IND 33,849 34.20 Sukanta Panigrahi BJP 28,840 29.14 5,009 5.06
Ganjam 65 Jaganath
Prasad (SC)		 Madhaba Nanda Behera BJD 57,489 62.55 Kabiraj Behera INC 34,418 37.45 23,071 25.10
66 Bhanjanagar Bikram Keshari Arukha BJD 52,697 52.71 B. Dand Pani Patro INC 47,271 47.29 5,426 5.42
67 Suruda Kishore Singh Deo BJP 54,510 56.94 Somanath Rath INC 27,815 29.05 26,695 27.89
68 Aska Saroj Kumar Padhy IND 24,761 30.49 Prasanta Swain INC 23,416 28.83 1,345 1.66
69 Kabisuryanagar Ladu Kishore Swain BJD 54,673 51.22 Nityananda Pradhan CPI 40,757 38.18 13,916 13.04
70 Kodala Niranjan Pradhan BJD 61,029 55.91 Kumudini Patnaik INC 41,017 37.57 20,012 18.34
71 Khallikote V. Sugnana Deo BJD 63,351 57.58 Kishor Pallai INC 43,150 39.22 20,201 18.36
72 Chatrapur Nagireddy N. Reddy CPI 58,162 52.56 Rama Chandra Panda BJP 45,624 41.23 12,538 11.33
73 Hinjili Naveen Patnaik BJD 62,968 72.72 Udayanath Nayak INC 20,326 23.47 42,642 49.25
74 Gopalpur (SC) Dr. Trinath Behera INC 52,646 53.55 Gopal K. Behera BJD 40,018 40.71 12,628 12.84
75 Berhampur Ramesh C. Patnaik BJD 48,281 42.32 Bikram Kumar Panda INC 45,626 39.99 2,655 2.33
76 Chikiti Usha Devi BJD 54,953 49.85 Chintamani Samantra INC 49,580 44.97 5,373 4.88
Gajapati 77 Mohana Srujya Narayan Patro BJD 52,632 47.60 Udaya Narayan Dev INC 51,702 46.75 930 0.85
78 Ramagiri (ST) Bharat Paik BJP 33,542 37.41 Haladhara Karji INC 26,053 29.06 7,489 8.35
79 Parlakhemundi Trinath Sahu INC 37,453 43.52 Koduru Narayana Rao IND 32,872 38.20 4,581 5.32
Rayagada 80 Gunupur (ST) Hemabati Gamang INC 41,111 41.45 Ramurty Gamango BJP 21,203 21.38 19,908 20.07
81 Bissam
Cuttack (ST)		 Dambarudhar Ulaka INC 47,739 46.86 Sarangadhar Kadraka BJD 34,672 34.03 13,067 12.83
82 Rayagada (ST) Ulaka Rama Chandra INC 59,807 53.00 Lal Bihari Himirika BJD 40,057 35.50 19,750 17.50
Koraput 83 Lakshmipur (ST) Anantaram Majhi INC 45,224 46.66 Kamal Lochan Saunta BJD 30,577 31.55 14,647 15.11
84 Pottangi (ST) Jayaram Pangi BJD 52,208 47.12 Ramachandra Kadam IND 28,606 25.82 23,602 21.30
85 Koraput Tara Prasad Bahinipati INC 47,720 47.34 Gupta Prasad Das BJD 38,617 38.31 9,103 9.03
Malkangiri 86 Malkangiri (SC) Nimai Chandra Sarkar INC 57,713 45.72 Arabinda Dhali BJP 57,460 45.52 253 0.20
87 Chitrakonda (ST) Prahalad Dora BJP 38,340 41.97 Mamata Madhi INC 36,056 39.47 2,284 2.50
Koraput 88 Kotpad (ST) Basudev Majhi INC 52,702 47.13 Sadan Naik BJP 48,967 43.79 3,735 3.34
89 Jeypore Rabi Narayan Nanda BJD 63,141 55.54 Raghunath Patnaik INC 43,118 37.93 20,023 17.61
Nowrangpur 90 Nowrangpur Habibulla Khan INC 50,742 49.31 Jayadev Parida BJP 39,273 38.17 11,469 11.14
91 Kodinga (ST) Sadan Nayak INC 44,942 44.12 Mohan Majhi BJP 42,348 41.57 2,594 2.55
92 Dabugam (ST) Ramesh Ch. Majhi BJD 56,755 46.91 Bhujabal Majhi INC 42,200 34.88 14,555 12.03
93 Umarkote (ST) Dharmu Gond BJP 48,346 38.29 Jagabandhu Majhi IND 35,696 28.27 12,650 10.02
Nawapara 94 Nawapara Rajendra Dholakia IND 41,679 36.86 Basanta Kumar Panda BJP 39,384 34.83 2,295 2.03
95 Khariar Duryodhan Majhi BJD 61,956 54.18 Deb Singh Deo INC 38,811 33.94 23,145 20.24
Kalahandi 96 Dharamgarh (SC) Bira Sipka BJD 52,567 48.25 Bhisma Sunani INC 38,951 35.75 13,616 12.50
97 Koksara Pushpendra Singh Deo BJD 54,270 52.77 Surendra Pattjoshi OGP 23,945 23.28 30,325 29.49
98 Junagarh Himansu Sekhar Meher BJP 39,150 36.36 Hemanta Kumar Panda IND 13,168 12.23 25,982 24.13
99 Bhawanipatna (SC) Pradipta Kumar Naik BJP 53,733 49.24 Anam Naik INC 45,164 41.39 8,569 7.85
100 Narla (ST) Balabhadra Majhi BJD 51,002 49.53 Kumarmani Sabar INC 38,307 37.20 12,695 12.33
101 Kesinga Dhaneswar Majhi BJP 48,525 44.85 Bhupinder Singh INC 47,932 44.30 593 0.55
Kandhamal 102 Balliguda (ST) Karendra Majhi BJP 38,987 35.42 Sahura Mallick INC 37,076 33.68 1,911 1.74
103 Udayagiri (ST) Ajayanti Pradhan INC 54,248 48.76 Saluga Pradhan BJD 40,749 36.62 13,499 12.14
104 Phulbani (SC) Padmanabha Behera BJD 58,074 50.56 Radhakanta Digal INC 41,943 36.51 16,131 14.05
Boudh 105 Boudh Pradip Kumar Amat BJD 41,475 38.73 Sujit Kumar Padhi INC 30,439 28.43 11,036 10.30
Balangir 106 Titilagarh (SC) Jogendra Behera BJD 49,689 48.27 Ashima Mahananda INC 41,593 40.41 8,096 7.86
107 Kantabanji Haji Md. Ayub Khan IND 39,532 40.68 Santosh Singh Saluja INC 31,144 32.05 8,388 8.63
108 Patnagarh Kanak Vardhan Deo BJP 56,988 55.78 Bibekananda Meher INC 36,168 35.40 20,820 20.38
109 Saintala Kalikesh Narayan Deo BJD 32,059 33.58 Surendra Singh Bhoi INC 28,877 30.25 3,182 3.33
110 Loisingha Narasingha Mishra INC 31,487 29.70 Aakash Mishra IND 27,571 26.00 3,916 3.70
111 Bolangir Ananga Udaya Deo BJD 62,769 56.26 Md. Muzaffar H. Khan INC 37,886 33.96 24,883 22.30
Subarnapur 112 Sonepur (SC) Binod Patra INC 46,655 42.09 Kunduru Kushal BJD 45,976 41.48 679 0.61
113 Binka Niranjan Pujhari BJD 54,298 41.05 Ashok Kumar Pujari INC 40,286 30.46 14,012 10.59
114 Birmaharajpur Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo BJD 51,379 54.04 Kartik Prasad Taria INC 36,760 38.67 14,619 15.37
Angul 115 Athmallik Nagendra Pradhan BJD 55,130 45.77 Amarnath Pradhan INC 54,252 45.04 878 0.73
116 Angul Rajani Kant Singh BJD 61,298 44.73 Sangram K. Mishra INC 42,849 31.27 18,449 13.46
Dhenkanal 117 Hindol (SC) Anjali Behera BJD 47,130 48.22 Trinath Behera INC 41,676 42.64 5,454 5.58
118 Dhenkanal Sudhir Kumar Samal INC 53,477 49.71 Krushna Patra BJP 48,011 44.63 5,466 5.08
119 Gondia Saroj Kumar Samal BJD 42,421 37.75 Nabin Nanda SP 31,365 27.91 11,056 9.84
Angul 120 Kamakhyanagar Prafulla Kumar Mallik BJD 53,351 44.84 Satrughan Jena IND 24,769 20.82 28,582 24.02
121 Pallahara Nrusingha Sahu INC 73,907 53.20 Debendra Pradhan BJP 58,378 42.02 15,529 11.18
122 Talcher (SC) Mahesh Sahoo BJP 65,561 45.95 Akrura Sahoo INC 54,196 37.99 11,365 7.96
Bargarh 123 Padampur Satya Bhusan Sahu INC 63,330 51.27 Bijaya Bariha BJD 60,200 48.73 3,130 2.54
124 Melchhamunda Mohammad Rafique BJP 43,819 38.98 Prakash Chandra Debta INC 43,548 38.74 271 0.24
125 Bijepur Subal Sahu INC 66,407 53.97 Ashok Km. Panigrahy BJD 44,489 36.16 21,918 17.81
126 Bhatli (SC) Bimbadhar Kuanr BJP 43,622 42.08 Ripunath Seth INC 43,456 41.92 166 0.16
127 Bargarh Ananda Acharya BJD 55,137 42.10 Sadhu Nepak INC 50,995 38.94 4,142 3.16
Sambalpur 128 Sambalpur Jayanarayan Mishra BJP 64,597 52.10 Durga S. Patanaik INC 48,835 39.39 15,762 12.71
Jharsuguda 129 Brajarajnagar Anup Kumar Sai INC 40,407 39.13 Suresh Pujari BJP 39,261 38.02 1,146 1.11
130 Jharsuguda Kishore Mohanty BJD 61,295 52.04 Naba Das INC 50,136 42.57 11,159 9.47
131 Laikera (ST) Brundaban Majhi BJP 48,081 46.73 Hemananda Biswal INC 46,737 45.42 1,344 1.31
Sambalpur 132 Kuchinda (ST) Rabi Narayan Naik BJP 47,143 49.40 Sovaram Padhan INC 42,558 44.60 4,585 4.80
133 Rairakhol (SC) Sanatan Bisi BJD 36,260 38.55 Rama K. Mahananda INC 24,465 26.01 11,795 12.54
Deogarh 134 Deogarh Nitesh Ganga Deb INC 62,487 51.19 Subash Panigrahi BJP 48,606 39.82 13,881 11.37
Sundergarh 135 Sundargarh Shankarsan Naik BJP 54,956 50.12 Kishore C. Patel INC 45,994 41.95 8,962 8.17
136 Talsara (ST) Gajadhar Majhi INC 43,396 46.69 Baikuntha Kalo BJP 42,437 45.66 959 1.03
137 Rajgangpur (ST) Gregory Minz INC 59,165 50.79 Mangala Kisan BJD 48,116 41.30 11,049 9.49
138 Biramitrapur (ST) Nihar Surin JMM 37,753 43.01 George Tirkey IND 27,728 31.59 10,025 11.42
139 Rourkela Sarada Nayak BJD 72,343 58.51 Nihar Ray INC 46,438 37.56 25,905 20.95
140 Raghunathpali (ST) Halu Mundary JMM 35,521 33.07 Purnima Kerketta BJP 34,809 32.41 712 0.66
141 Bonai (ST) Laxman Munda CPM 37,890 40.17 Bhima Choudhury BJP 32,163 34.10 5,727 6.07
Keonjhar 142 Champua (ST) Dhanurjay Sidu INC 38,050 39.02 Duryodhan Pingua BJP 28,757 29.49 9,293 9.53
143 Patna Gourahari Naik BJP 42,744 38.75 Satyabrata Naik INC 36,124 32.75 6,620 6.00
144 Keonjhar (ST) Mohan Majhi BJP 46,146 40.14 Madhab Sardar INC 35,144 30.57 11,002 9.57
145 Telkoi (ST) Niladri Nayak BJD 49,048 37.92 Prana Ballav Nayak INC 46,289 35.79 2,759 2.13
146 Ramchandrapur Niranjan Patnaik INC 54,884 38.98 Badri Narayan Patra IND 54,402 38.63 482 0.35
147 Anandapur (SC) Jayadev Jena INC 69,032 54.15 Mayadhar Jena BJP 43,826 34.38 25,206 19.77

Analysis & Govt Formation

Assembly was dissolved early almost a year ahead & election were called in line with 2004 Indian general election. NDA lost the general election but won 2004 Orissa Assembly election. Mr. Patnaik resigned on 15 May 2004 paving way for new govt.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik along with 14 Cabinet Ministers and 7 Minister of State were administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor M. M. Rajendran at the Raj Bhavan, Bhubaneswar on 16 May 2004. No. of Ministers for BJD & BJP were divided on 2:1 ratio where BJD had the larger share of representation in the ministry with 14 ministers including the Chief Minister while the BJP had eight.[8][9]

Notes

  1. SC and ST indicate constituencies reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes respectively.

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