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Elections to the Orissa Legislative Assembly were held in April 2004 to elect members of the 147 constituencies in Orissa, 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 re-appointed as the Chief Minister of Orissa. The opposition Congress was headed by former CM Janaki Ballabh Pattnaik, who was unsuccessful.[1][2] The number of constituencies was set as 147 by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.[3]
Schedule
The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 29 February 2004.[4]
| Poll event[5] | Phase | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||
| Date of announcement | 29 February 2004 | ||
| Notification date | 24 March 2004 | 31 March 2004 | |
| Last date for filing nomination | 31 March 2004 | 7 April 2004 | |
| Scrutiny of nomination | 2 April 2004 | 8 April 2004 | |
| Last date for withdrawal of nomination | 5 April 2004 | 10 April 2004 | |
| Date of poll | 20 April 2004 | 26 April 2004 | |
| Date of counting of votes | 13 May 2004 | ||
| No. of constituencies | 77 | 70 | |
Parties and alliances
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats | |
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| Biju Janata Dal | 
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Naveen Patnaik | 84 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 
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Jual Oram | 63 | |
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats | |
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| Indian National Congress | 
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Janaki Ballabh Patnaik | 133 | |
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 
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Shibu Soren | 12 | |
| Odisha Gana Parishad | 
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Bijoy Mohapatra | 4 | |
Result
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| Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
| Color | Flag | Name | Symbol | Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− |
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Indian National Congress |
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5,896,713 | 34.82 |  1.04
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133 | 38 | 12
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Biju Janata Dal |
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4,632,280 | 27.36 |  2.04
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84 | 61 | 7
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Bharatiya Janata Party |
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2,898,105 | 17.11 | 1.09
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63 | 32 | 6
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Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |
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301,777 | 1.78 | 0.36
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12 | 4 | 1
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| - | Odisha Gana Parishad | - | 217,998 | 1.20 | (new) | 4 | 2 | (new) | |
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Communist Party of India | 
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129,989 | 0.77 | 0.45
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6 | 1 | 
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Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 
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93,159 | 0.55 | 0.22
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3 | 1 |
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| - | Independents | - | 2,065,650 | 12.20 | 1.54
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295 | 8 |
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| Total | - | 100 | - | - | 147 | - | |||
| Valid Votes | 16,933,456 | 66.01 | |||||||
| Invalid Votes | 9,461 | - | |||||||
| Total Votes polled / turnout | 16,942,917 | 66.05 | |||||||
| Abstentation | 8,709,072 | - | |||||||
| Total No. of Electors | 25,651,989 | ||||||||
Elected members
Govt Formation
BJD & BJP fought togetherly as NDA. BJD won 61 seats, BJP won 32 seats. NDA seats = BJD + BJP = 61 + 32 = 93. (93>74—magic number). NDA formed govt again. CM Naveen Pattanaik appointed several MLAs from both BJP & BJD as ministers.
The opposed alliance was UPA, which consisted of Congress, OGP, Communist. (UPA = 38+2+2 = 42)
See also
References
- ^ Satyasundar Barik (21 September 2021). "Naveen Patnaik — an election-ready politician". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ "List Of Honourable Chief Minister (YearWise)". odishaassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ "DPACO (1976) - Archive Delimitation Orders". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ "General Election Schedule 2004".
- ^ "Counting of votes for AP assembly begins". 11 May 2004.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2004 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2004 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
