Odisha Legislative Assembly election, 2014

Odisha Assembly Elections 2014

10 April, 17 April 2014

All 147 Assembly Constituencies 74 seats needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Leader Naveen Patnaik Jayadev Jena [1] Party BJD INC Alliance UPA Leader since 1996 Leader's seat Hinjili Anandpur (lost) Last election 2009 2009 Seats before 103 27 Seats won 117 16 Seat change 14 11 Popular vote 9,334,582 5,535,670 Percentage 43.4% 25.7%

Odisha District Map

CM before election Naveen Patnaik BJD CM elect Naveen Patnaik BJD

The Odisha Legislative Assembly election of 2014 was held in April 2014, concurrently with the Indian general election, 2014.^[2][3] The elections were held in the state in the first (10-Apr-2014) and second (17-Apr-2014) phases.^[4] The results were declared on 16 May 2014.^[5]

The ruling party, Biju Janata Dal gained majority, and incumbent Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik once again took oath as Chief Minister.^[6]

Results

 Results of the Odisha Legislative Assembly election, 2014^[6][7]

	Political Party	Seats won	Number of Votes	% of Votes	Seat change
	Biju Janata Dal	117	9,334,852	43.4	14
	Indian National Congress	16	5,535,670	25.7	11
	Bharatiya Janata Party	10	3,874,739	18.0	4
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1	80,274	0.4	1
	Samata Kranti Dal	1	86,539	0.4	1
	Independents	2	1,084,764	5.0	4
	Total	147

References

1. Dehury, Chinmaya (17 December 2013). "Hariprasad dodges questions on Jena's continuance as PCC chief". Odisha Sun Times. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
2. "GENERAL ELECTIONS - 2014 SCHEDULE OF ELECTIONS" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
3. "Lok Sabha elections begin April 7, counting on May 16". Indiatoday. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
4. "Lok Sabha elections: Odisha votes on April 10, 17". 5 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
5. "India votes in longest Lok Sabha polls from April 7 to May 12, counting on May 16". Hindustan Times. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
6. Prafulla Das (May 21, 2014). "Naveen Patnaik sworn-in as fourth time CM in Odisha". The Hindu. http://www.thehindu.com/. Retrieved May 23, 2014. External link in |publisher= (help)
7. Election Results on Election Commission of India website