Politics of Orissa
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Politics in Orissa takes place within a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic, where the Union Government of India exercises sovereign rights with certain powers reserved to the states of India including Orissa. The state has a multi-party system where the two main parties are the centrist and secularist Indian National Congress (INC) and the regional socialist party Biju Janata Dal (BJD). The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has increased in recent years. The Governor of Orissa is appointed by the Union Government and can, in some circumstances, dismiss the state government.
[edit] Chief Ministers
Since independence, the Chief Ministers of Orissa have been:
| # | Name | Party | Took Office | Left Office |
| 1 | Harekrushna Mahatab | Indian National Congress | 15-08-1947 | 12-05-1950 |
| 2 | Nabakrushna Choudhury | Indian National Congress | 12-05-1950 | 15-10-1956 |
| 3 | Harekrushna Mahatab | Indian National Congress | 15-10-1956 | 25-02-1961 |
| 4 | Bijayananda Pattanaik | Indian National Congress | 28-06-1961 | 02-10-1963 |
| 5 | Biren Mitra | Indian National Congress | 02-10-1963 | 21-02-1965 |
| 6 | Sadashiva Tripathy | Indian National Congress | 02-10-1965 | 08-03-1967 |
| 7 | Rajendra Narayan Singhdeo | Swatantra Party | 08-03-1967 | 11-01-1971 |
| 8 | Biswanath Das | 03-04-1971 | 14-06-1972 | |
| 9 | Nandini Satpathy | 14-06-1972 | 03-03-1973 | |
| 10 | Nandini Satpathy | 06-03-1973 | 16-12-1976 | |
| 11 | Binayaka Acharya | 29-12-1976 | 25-06-1977 | |
| 12 | Nilamani Routray | Janata Party | 25-06-1977 | 17-02-1980 |
| 13 | Janaki Ballabh Pattanaik | Indian National Congress | 09-06-1980 | 07-12-1989 |
| 14 | Hemananda Biswal | Indian National Congress | 07-12-1989 | 05-03-1990 |
| 15 | Biju Pattanaik | Janata Dal | 05-03-1990 | 15-03-1995 |
| 16 | Janaki Ballabh Pattanaik | Indian National Congress | 15-03-1995 | 15-02-1999 |
| 17 | Giridhar gomango | Indian National Congress | 15-02-1999 | 06-12-1999 |
| 18 | Hemananda Biswal | Indian National Congress | 06-12-1999 | 05-03-2000 |
| 19 | Navin Pattanaik | Biju Janata Dal | 05-03-2000 |
[edit] Elections
The most recent election was held in 2004. Biju Janata Dal lost seven seats but remained the largest party in the state. Their coaliton allies, the BJP, also lost six seats, but the coalition retained a majority of 11. The oppositon INC was the main beneficiary, gaining twelve seats and displacing the BJP as the second largest party.
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