2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
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Elections to the Odisha Legislative Assembly were held in February 2000 to elect members of the 147 constituencies in Odisha, India. The Bhartiya Janata Party and Biju Janata Dal fought election together as NDA. The National Democratic Alliance won the most seats and Nabeen Pattanaik was appointed as the Chief Minister of Odisha.[1][2] The number of constituencies was set as 147 by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.[3]
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All 147 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly 74 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 24,188,320 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 59.10% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Result
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Indian National Congress | 4,770,654 | 33.77 | 26 | –54 | |
| Biju Janata Dal | 4,270,813 | 30.24 | 69 | New | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 2,570,074 | 18.19 | 38 | +29 | |
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 301,729 | 2.14 | 3 | –1 | |
| Communist Party of India | 281,654 | 1.99 | 2 | 0 | |
| All India Trinamool Congress | 110,056 | 0.78 | 1 | New | |
| Others | 314,186 | 2.22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 1,506,216 | 10.66 | 8 | +2 | |
| Total | 14,125,382 | 100.00 | 147 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 14,125,382 | 98.82 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 169,311 | 1.18 | |||
| Total votes | 14,294,693 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 24,188,320 | 59.10 | |||
| Source: ECI[4] | |||||
Biju Janata Dal joined NDA (BJP's side). The BJD won 69 seats, BJP won 38 seats. Seats won by NDA = BJD + BJP = 69 + 38 = 107 (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. So NDA formed govt. and Sri Nabeen Pattanaik became the CM. He appointed many MLAs from both BJP & BJD as ministers.
Elected members
By-polls
| Year | Constituency | Reason for by-poll | Winning candidate | Party | |
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| 2001 | Rairakhol | Death of Durjodhan Sohela | Sanatan Bisi[5] | Biju Janata Dal | |
See also
References
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