2000 Orissa Legislative Assembly election

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All 147 seats in the Orissa Legislative Assembly 74 seats needed for a majority
Registered	24,188,320
Turnout	59.10%
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Naveen Pattanaik Hemananda Biswal Party BJD BJP INC Alliance NDA NDA Leader's seat Hinjili Laikera Seats before New 9 80 Seats won 68 38 26 Seat change New 29 54 Popular vote 29.40% 18.20% 33.78%
CM before election Hemananda Biswal INC Elected CM Naveen Patnaik Biju Janata Dal (NDA)

Elections to the Orissa Legislative Assembly were held in February 2000 to elect members of the 147 constituencies in Orissa, India. The BJP and BJD fought election together as NDA. The National Democratic Alliance won the most seats and Naveen Pattanaik was appointed as the Chief Minister of Orissa.^[1][2] The number of constituencies was set as 147 by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.^[3]

Parties and alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

As per prepoll alliance, seats where divided into 4:3 ratio.

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Biju Janata Dal			Naveen Patnaik	84
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Jual Oram	63

  United Progressive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Indian National Congress			Hemananda Biswal	145

Others

Party		Flag	Symbol	Contesting Seats
	Trinamool Congress			36
	Communist Party of India			29
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)			15
	Janata Dal (Secular)			24
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha			21

Results

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	4,770,654	33.78	–5.30	26	+12
	Biju Janata Dal	4,151,895	29.40	New	68	New
	Bharatiya Janata Party	2,570,074	18.20	+10.32	38	+12
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	301,729	2.14	+0.20	3	–1
	Communist Party of India	172,398	1.22	–0.49	1	Steady
	Bahujan Samaj Party	162,184	1.15	+0.65	0	0
	Janata Dal (Secular)	118,978	0.84	New	1	New
	Trinamool Congress	110,056	0.78	New	1	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	109,256	0.77	+0.11	1	+1
	Janata Dal (United)	48,135	0.34	New	0	New
	Nationalist Congress Party	34,986	0.25	New	0	New
	Samajwadi Party	20,480	0.14	New	0	New
	Shiv Sena	18,794	0.13	New	0	New
	Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh	6,815	0.05	New	0	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation	4,198	0.03	–0.02	0	0
	Samata Party	3,732	0.03	–0.29	0	0
	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	3,051	0.02	–1.34	0	0
	Samajwadi Jan Parishad	2,412	0.02	New	0	New
	Rashtriya Janata Dal	2,078	0.01	New	0	New
	Bira Oriya Party	1,520	0.01	New	0	New
	Proutist Sarva Samaj Samiti	1,341	0.01	–0.05	0	0
	Jharkhand Party	1,209	0.01	–0.03	0	0
	All India Forward Bloc	795	0.01	+0.01	0	0
	Odisha Communist Party	630	0.00	–0.16	0	0
	Ajeya Bharat Party	559	0.00	New	0	New
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	294	0.00	New	0	New
	Independents	1,506,216	10.66	+0.15	8	+2
Total		14,124,469	100.00	–	147	0
Valid votes		14,124,469	98.81
Invalid/blank votes		170,284	1.19
Total votes		14,294,753	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		24,188,320	59.10
Source: Election Commission of India[4]

Elected members

Analysis & Govt Formation

Due to poor handling of 1999 Odisha cyclone and rise in corruption & criminal cases etc. led to rise of unpopularity of Congress, which eventually led to their dismissal performance in 2000 election.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik along with 14 Cabinet Ministers, 6 Minister of State with Independent Charges and 4 Minister of State were administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor M. M. Rajendran at the Raj Bhavan, Bhubaneswar on 5 March 2000. The BJD had the larger share of representation in the ministry with 16 ministers including the Chief Minister while the BJP had 9.

See also

• List of constituencies of the Odisha Legislative Assembly
• 2000 elections in India

References