Odisha Legislative Assembly election, 2014

Odisha Assembly Elections 2014
India
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 Increase14 Decrease11
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 Dal1179,334,85243.4Increase 14
Indian National Congress165,535,67025.7Decrease 11
Bharatiya Janata Party103,874,73918.0Increase 4
Communist Party of India (Marxist)180,2740.4Increase 1
Samata Kranti Dal186,5390.4Increase 1
Independents21,084,7645.0Decrease 4
Total147

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. 1 2 Prafulla Das (May 21, 2014). "Naveen Patnaik sworn-in as fourth time CM in Odisha". The Hindu. thehindu.com/. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  7. ↑ Election Results on Election Commission of India website
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