2009 Orissa Legislative Assembly election
All 147 Assembly Constituencies
74 seats needed for a majority
| Majority party | Minority party | Third party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leader | Naveen Patnaik | Bhupendra Singh | Biswabhusan Harichandan |
| Party | BJD | INC | BJP |
| Alliance | Third Front (India) | UPA | NDA |
| Leader since | 1996 | ||
| Leader's seat | Hinjili | Narla (won) | Bhubaneswar (lost) |
| Last election | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 |
| Seats before | 61 | 38 | 32 |
| Seats won | 103 | 27 | 6 |
| Seat change | Increase 42 | Decrease 11 | Decrease 26 |
| Popular vote | 6,903,641 | 5,169,559 | 2,674,067 |
| Percentage | 38.86% | 29.10% | 15.05% |
| Swing | Increase 11.50% | Decrease 5.72% | Decrease 1.61% |
The 2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election took place in April 2009, concurrently with the general election. The elections were held in the state in two phases. The results were declared on 16 May. Despite having recently separated from the Bharatiya Janata Party after an eleven-year partnership, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) retained power in the Odisha State Assembly with a more convincing majority. Party chief Naveen Patnaik was formally re-elected as the BJD Legislature party leader on 19 May,[2] thus paving the way for his third consecutive term as the Chief Minister of Odisha.
Previous Assembly
[edit ]In the 2004 Orissa Assembly election, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) had swept the state with the BJD winning 61 seats and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) winning 32 seats, giving the alliance comfortable majority in the 147-member house. This was the second consecutive term for the BJD-BJP combine after they first formed the government in 2000.[3] The Naveen Patnaik government had been sworn in at the Bhubaneswar Raj Bhavan by Odisha Governor M. M. Rajendran in May 2004.[4]
Background
[edit ]With the tenure of the Orissa Assembly scheduled to expire on 29 June 2009, the Election Commission of India announced[5] on 2 March that year that the elections to the Assembly would be held alongside the general election. The election in each Assembly constituency (AC) was held in the same phase as the election to the corresponding Parliamentary constituency that the AC fell under.
Seat-sharing discussions got underway between allies, after eleven years of partnership and nearly two full terms as the Orissa state government, the BJD snapped ties with the BJP in March 2009, blaming the latter for the 2008 violence against Christians.[6] Thereafter, the BJP withdrew support to Government and Governor Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare asked Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to prove his majority in the Orissa Assembly.[7] Naveen Patnaik then won a controversial trust vote on 11 March 2009, after the opposition Congress and BJP legislators walked out of the Assembly in protest in the manner the vote was being conducted.[8]
The BJD then declared that they support neither Congress nor BJP.[9] Though they decided to contest the 2009 elections in partnership with the Left Front and Nationalist Congress Party, the BJD did not officially join the Third Front.[10]
Schedule of election
[edit ]| Poll Event | Phase 1 | Phase 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Announcement & Issue of Press Note | Monday, 02 Mar 2009 | |
| Issue of Notification | Monday, 23 Mar 2009 | Saturday, 28 Mar 2009 |
| Last Date for filing Nominations | Monday, 30 Mar 2009 | Saturday, 04 Apr 2009 |
| Scrutiny of Nominations | Tuesday, 31 Mar 2009 | Monday, 06 Apr 2009 |
| Last date for withdrawal of Candidature | Thursday, 02 Apr 2009 | Wednesday, 08 Apr 2009 |
| Date of Poll | Thursday, 16 Apr 2009 | Thursday, 23 Apr 2009 |
| Counting of Votes on | Saturday, 16 May 2009 | |
| Date of election being completed | Thursday, 28 May 2009 | |
| Constituencies Polling on this day | 70 | 77 |
| Source: Election Commission of India [5] | ||
Number of candidates
[edit ]Results
[edit ]| Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Color | Flag | Name | Symbol | Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− |
| Biju Janata Dal | 6,903,641 | 38.86 | Increase11.5 | 129 | 103 | Increase42 | |||
| Indian National Congress | 5,169,559 | 29.10 | Decrease5.72 | 147 | 27 | Decrease11 | |||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 2,674,067 | 15.05 | Decrease2.06 | 145 | 6 | Decrease26 | |||
| Nationalist Congress Party | 237,528 | 1,34 | (new) | 8 | 4 | (new) | |||
| Communist Party of India | 89,852 | 0.51 | Decrease0.14 | 5 | 1 | Steady | |||
| - | Independents | - | 1,537,859 | 8.66 | Decrease3.54 | 372 | 6 | Decrease2 | |
| Total | - | 100 | - | - | 147 | - | |||
| Valid Votes | 17,765,071 | 65.33 | |||||||
| Invalid Votes | 8,118 | - | |||||||
| Total Votes polled / turnout | 17,773,189 | 65.35 | |||||||
| Abstentation | 9,421,675 | - | |||||||
| Total No. of Electors | 27,194,864 | ||||||||
Elected members
[edit ]Government formation
[edit ]Despite fighting against both BJP & Congress, the BJD emerged victorious with more than two-thirds majority in the 147 member Legislative Assembly. Naveen Patnaik was sworn in for his third consecutive term by Governor M.C. Bhandare on 2009年05月21日 at the Bhubaneswar Raj Bhavan.[13]
See also
[edit ]- State Assembly elections in India, 2009
- Indian general election in Orissa, 2009
- Legislative Assembly election results of Orissa
References
[edit ]- ^ a b "ECI Analysis - Assembly Election" (PDF). Election Commission of India . Retrieved 2014年03月14日.
- ^ "Naveen named Legislature Party Leader". The Hindu . 2009年05月20日. Archived from the original on 2009年06月06日. Retrieved 2009年10月27日.
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- ^ "Naveen Ministry sworn in". The Hindu . 2004年05月17日. Retrieved 2009年10月27日.
- ^ a b "General Elections to Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 2 March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 19, 2009. Retrieved 2009年10月07日.
- ^ Karan, Jajati (2009年03月19日). "Kandhamal riots forced BJD to snap ties with BJP". CNN-IBN. Archived from the original on 2009年03月22日. Retrieved 2009年10月27日.
- ^ Das, Prafulla (2009年03月09日). "Naveen Patnaik asked to seek confidence vote on March 11". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 2009年03月10日. Retrieved 2009年10月27日.
- ^ Das, Prafulla (2009年03月12日). "Naveen wins trust vote". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 2009年03月16日. Retrieved 2009年10月27日.
- ^ "BJD not to support Cong-led or BJP-led govt at Centre: Naveen". The Hindu. 2009年03月14日. Retrieved 2009年10月27日.
- ^ "BJD, Left and NCP join hands in Orissa". Rediff.com. 2009年04月03日. Retrieved 2009年10月27日.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2004 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
- ^ "Naveen Patnaik begins third term as Orissa CM". NDTV.com. Archived from the original on 2017年07月09日. Retrieved 2025年09月07日.