Bharatiya Janata Party, Odisha
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Bharatiya Janata Party Odisha ଭାରତୀୟ ଜନତା ପାର୍ଟି, ଓଡିଶା | |
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| Abbreviation | BJP |
| President | Manmohan Samal |
| Chairman | Jayanarayan Mishra |
| Founder | |
| Founded | 6 April 1980 |
| Split from | Janata Party |
| Preceded by |
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| Headquarters | 4R-3/2, Unit-3, Janpath, Bhubaneswar-751 001, Odisha[2] |
| Labour wing | Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[3] |
| Peasant's wing | Bharatiya Kisan Sangh[4] |
| Colours | Saffron |
| ECI Status | Registered |
| Alliance | |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 20 / 21
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| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 1 / 10
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| Seats in Odisha Legislative Assembly | 79 / 147
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| Election symbol | |
Lotus | |
| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
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Bharatiya Janata Party, Odisha (or BJP Odisha) (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː] ; lit. 'Indian People's Party'), is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Odisha. Its head office is situated at the 4R-3/2, Unit-3, Janpath, Bhubaneswar-751 001 Odisha. The current President of BJP Odisha is Manmohan Samal.[5]
Electoral performance[edit]
Lok Sabha Election[edit]
| Year | Seats won | +/- | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 7 / 21
|
– | Government |
| 1999 | 9 / 21
|
 2
| |
| 2004 | 7 / 21
|
 2
|
Opposition |
| 2009 | 0 / 21
|
7
| |
| 2014 | 1 / 21
|
1
|
Government |
| 2019 | 8 / 21
|
7
| |
| 2024 | 20 / 21
|
12
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Legislative Assembly Election[edit]
| Year | Seats contested | Seats won | +/- | Voteshare (%) | +/- (%) | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 67 | 1 / 147 |
– | 2.60% | New | Opposition |
| 1990 | 63 | 2 / 147 |
1 |
3.56% | 0.96
| |
| 1995 | 144 | 9 / 147 |
7 |
7.88% | 4.32
| |
| 2000 | 63 | 38 / 147 |
29 |
18.20% | 10.32
|
Government |
| 2004 | 63 | 32 / 147 |
6 |
17.11% | 2.06
| |
| 2009 | 147 | 6 / 147 |
26 |
15.05% | 1.09
|
Opposition |
| 2014 | 147 | 10 / 147 |
4 |
18.0% | 2.95
| |
| 2019 | 146 | 23 / 147 |
13 |
32.5% | 14.5
| |
| 2024 | 147 | 78 / 147 |
55 |
40.07% | 7.57 |
Government |
Leadership[edit]
Opposition leaders in Legislative Assembly[edit]
| No | Portarit | Name | Constituency | Term | Assembly | Chief Minister | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
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Pradipta Kumar Naik | Bhawanipatna | 25 June 2019 | 30 July 2022 | 3 years, 35 days | 16th | Naveen Patnaik |
| 2 | 
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Jayanarayan Mishra | Sambalpur | 30 July 2022 | June 2024 | 1 year, 310 days | ||
President[edit]
| No | Portrait | Name[6] | Term | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
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Biswabhusan Harichandan | 1980 | 1988 | 8 years |
| 2 | Debendra Pradhan | 1988 | 1993 | 5 years | |
| 3 | Bimbadhar Kuanr | 1993 | 1996 | 3 years | |
| (2) | Debendra Pradhan | 1996 | 1997 | 1 year | |
| 4 | 
|
Jual Oram | 1997 | 1999 | 2 years |
| 5 | Manmohan Samal | 1999 | 2004 | 5 years | |
| (4) |
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Jual Oram | 2004 | 2006 | 2 years |
| 6[7] | Suresh Pujari | 7-Nov-2006 | 2009 | 3 years | |
| (4) |
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Jual Oram | 2009 | 2013 | 4 years |
| 7[8] | 
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Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo | 10-Mar-2013 | 14-Jan-2016 | 2 years, 310 days |
| 8[9] | 
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Basanta Kumar Panda | 14-Jan-2016 | 16-Jan-2020 | 4 years, 2 days |
| 9[10] | 
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Samir Mohanty | 16-Jan-2020 | 23-Mar-2023 | 3 years, 66 days |
| (5) |  |
Manmohan Samal | 24-Mar-2023 | Present | 1 year, 76 days |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 13 May 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ State Office Archived 9 November 2023 at the Wayback Machine bjp.org
- ^ Pragya Singh (15 January 2008). "Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India". live mint. Archived from the original on 3 November 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ Gupta, Sejuta Das (2019e). Class, Politics, and Agricultural Policies in Post-liberalisation India. Cambridge University Press. pp. 172–173. ISBN 978-1-108-41628-3. Archived from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
- ^ State Office Bearers odisha.bjp.org
- ^ "State Presidents". Archived from the original on 6 March 2023.
- ^ "Suresh Pujari new president of Orissa BJP". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 February 2023.
- ^ "KV Singhdeo new president of Odisha BJP". Zee News. 10 March 2013. Archived from the original on 11 February 2023.
- ^ "Basant Panda appointed new Orissa BJP president". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 11 February 2023.
- ^ "Samir Mohanty elected Odisha BJP president". India Today. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023.