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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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
National Democratic Alliance[edit | edit source]
Seats where divided in 4:3 ratio.
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biju Janata Dal | 
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Naveen Patnaik | 84 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | File:BJP flag.svg | 
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Jual Oram | 63 | |
United Progressive Alliance[edit | edit source]
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats | |
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| Indian National Congress | 
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Janaki Ballabh Patnaik | 133 | |
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 
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Shibu Soren | 12 | |
| Odisha Gana Parishad | - | - | Bijoy Mohapatra | 4 | |
Result[edit | edit source]
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| Party | Popular vote | Seats | ||||||
| Color | Name | Symbol | Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− |
| Indian National Congress |
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5,896,713 | 34.82 |  1.04
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133 | 38 | 12
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| Biju Janata Dal |
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4,632,280 | 27.36 |  2.04
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84 | 61 | 7
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| Bharatiya Janata Party | File:Lotos flower symbol.svg | 2,898,105 | 17.11 | 1.09
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63 | 32 | 6
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| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |
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301,777 | 1.78 | 0.36
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12 | 4 | 1
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| Odisha Gana Parishad | - | 217,998 | 1.20 | (new) | 4 | 2 | (new) | |
| Communist Party of India | 
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129,989 | 0.77 | 0.45
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6 | 1 | 
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| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 
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93,159 | 0.55 | 0.22
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3 | 1 |
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| Independents | - | 2,065,650 | 12.20 | 1.54
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295 | 8 |
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| 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 | |||||||
Elected members[edit | edit source]
Analysis & Govt Formation[edit | edit source]
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]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Satyasundar Barik (21 September 2021). "Naveen Patnaik — an election-ready politician". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ↑ "List Of Honourable Chief Minister (YearWise)". odishaassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ↑ "DPACO (1976) - Archive Delimitation Orders". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ↑ "General Election Schedule 2004".
- ↑ "Counting of votes for AP assembly begins". 11 May 2004.
- ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2004 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
- ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2004 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ↑ "Naveen sworn in as Orissa CM". The Times of India. 16 May 2004. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
- ↑ "22-member BJD-BJP ministry in Orissa sworn-in". Hindustan Times.