2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

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All 147 Assembly Constituencies
74 seats needed for a majority
Turnout73.80%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Naveen Patnaik Jayadev Jena [1] Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo
Party BJD INC BJP
Alliance - UPA NDA
Leader since 1996 2013 2013
Leader's seat Hinjili (won) Anandapur (lost) Patnagarh (won)
Seats before 103 27 6
Seats won 117 16 10
Seat change Increase14 Decrease11 Increase4
Popular vote 93,34,582 55,35,670 38,74,739
Percentage 43.4% 25.7% 18%

Seatwise Result Map of the election

Structure of the Odisha Legislative Assembly after the election

Chief Minister before election

Naveen Patnaik
BJD

Elected Chief Minister

Naveen Patnaik
BJD

The 2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election was held in April 2014, concurrently with the general election.[2][3] The elections were held in the state in two phases.[4] The results were declared on 16 May 2014.[5]

The ruling party, Biju Janata Dal, upon gaining majority of seats formed the government again, with incumbent Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, continuing office for another term.[6]

  1. ^ Dehury, Chinmaya (17 December 2013). "Hariprasad dodges questions on Jena's continuance as PCC chief". Odisha Sun Times. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "GENERAL ELECTIONS - 2014 SCHEDULE OF ELECTIONS" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Lok Sabha elections begin April 7, counting on May 16". Indiatoday. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Lok Sabha elections: Odisha votes on April 10, 17". 5 March 2014. Archived from the original on 10 April 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. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  6. ^ Prafulla Das (May 21, 2014). "Naveen Patnaik sworn-in as fourth time CM in Odisha". The Hindu. thehindu.com/. Archived from the original on May 23, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2014.