2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
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All 147 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly
74 seats needed for a majority
Registered24,188,320
Turnout59.10%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Naveen Patnaik Hemananda Biswal
Party BJD BJP INC
Leader's seat Hinjili Laikera
Seats before New 9 80
Seats won 68 38 26
Seat change New Increase29 Decrease54
Popular vote 29.40% 18.19% 33.78%
CM before election

Hemananda Biswal
INC

Elected CM

Naveen Patnaik
BJD

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 Naveen Patnaik 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]

  1. ^ Satyasundar Barik (21 September 2021). "Naveen Patnaik — an election-ready politician". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  2. ^ "List Of Honourable Chief Minister (YearWise)". odishaassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  3. ^ "DPACO (1976) - Archive Delimitation Orders". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 December 2020.