2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

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All 147 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly
74 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout74.51% (Increase1.31%)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
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Leader Mohan Charan Majhi Naveen Patnaik Sarat Pattanayak
Party BJP BJD INC
Leader since 2024 1996 2022
Leader's seat Keonjhar Hinjili
Kantabanji (lost)
Nuapada (lost)
Seats before 23 112 9
Seats won 78 51 14
Seat change Increase 55 Decrease 61 Increase 5
Popular vote 10,064,827 10,102,454 3,331,319
Percentage 40.07% 40.22% 13.26%
Swing Increase 7.58 pp Decrease 4.49 pp Decrease 2.86 pp


Structure of the Odisha Legislative Assembly after the election

Chief Minister before election

Naveen Patnaik
BJD

Elected Chief Minister

Mohan Charan Majhi
BJP

Legislative Assembly elections were held in the eastern coastal state of Odisha from 13 May to 1 June 2024 to elect the 147 members of the Odisha Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and results were declared on 4 June 2024 forming the 17th Assembly.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won a simple majority with 78 seats and created history by ending the 24 year rule of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and its leader Naveen Patnaik. On 12th June 2024, Mohan Charan Majhi, the MLA from Keonjhar took oath as the 15th Chief Minister of the state, along with Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo and Pravati Parida as deputy chief ministers.