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Indian political party Political party in India
Bharatiya Janata Party Odisha ଭାରତୀୟ ଜନତା ପାର୍ଟି, ଓଡିଶା
AbbreviationBJP
PresidentManmohan Samal
ChairmanMohan Charan Majhi
(Chief Minister)
Founder
Founded6 April 1980
(44 years ago) (1980-04-06)
Split fromJanata Party
Preceded by
Headquarters4R-3/2, Unit-3, Janpath, Bhubaneswar-751 001, Odisha
Labour wingBharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
Peasant's wingBharatiya Kisan Sangh
Colours  Saffron
ECI StatusRegistered
Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha20 / 21
Seats in Rajya Sabha1 / 10
Seats in Odisha Legislative Assembly79 / 147
Election symbol
Lotus
Party flag
Website
www.bjp.org/odisha

Bharatiya Janata Party, Odisha (or BJP Odisha) (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː] ; lit. 'Indian People's Party'), is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Odisha. Its head office is situated at the 4R-3/2, Unit-3, Janpath, Bhubaneswar-751 001 Odisha. The current President of BJP Odisha is Manmohan Samal.

Electoral performance

Lok Sabha Election

Year Seats won +/- Outcome
1998 7 / 21  – Government
1999 9 / 21 Increase 2
2004 7 / 21 Decrease 2 Opposition
2009 0 / 21 Decrease 7
2014 1 / 21 Increase 1 Government
2019 8 / 21 Increase 7
2024 20 / 21 Increase 12

Legislative Assembly Election

Year Seats contested Seats won +/- Voteshare (%) +/- (%) Outcome
1985 67 1 / 147  – 2.60% New Opposition
1990 63 2 / 147 Increase 1 3.56% Increase 0.96
1995 144 9 / 147 Increase 7 7.88% Increase 4.32
2000 63 38 / 147 Increase 29 18.20% Increase 10.32 Government
2004 63 32 / 147 Decrease 6 17.11% Decrease 2.06
2009 147 6 / 147 Decrease 26 15.05% Decrease 1.09 Opposition
2014 147 10 / 147 Increase 4 18.0% Increase 2.95
2019 146 23 / 147 Increase 13 32.5% Increase 14.5
2024 147 78 / 147 Increase 55 40.07% Increase 7.57 Government

Leadership

Chief minister

No Portrait Name Constituency Term of office Assembly
1 Mohan Charan Majhi Keonjhar 12 June 2024 Incumbent 205 days 17th

Deputy chief minister

No Portrait Name Constituency Term Assembly Chief Minister
1 Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo Patnagarh 12 June 2024 Incumbent 205 days 17th Mohan Charan Majhi
2 Pravati Parida Nimapara

Opposition leaders in Legislative Assembly

Main article: List of leaders of the opposition in the Odisha Legislative Assembly
No Portrait Name Constituency Term Assembly Chief Minister
1 Pradipta Kumar Naik Bhawanipatna 25 June 2019 30 July 2022 3 years, 35 days 16th Naveen Patnaik
2 Jayanarayan Mishra Sambalpur 30 July 2022 4 June 2024 1 year, 310 days

President

No Portrait Name Term
1 Biswabhusan Harichandan 1980 1988 8 years
2 Debendra Pradhan 1988 1993 5 years
3 Bimbadhar Kuanr 1993 1996 3 years
(2) Debendra Pradhan 1996 1997 1 year
4 Jual Oram 1997 1999 2 years
5 Manmohan Samal 1999 2004 5 years
(4) Jual Oram 2004 2006 2 years
6 Suresh Pujari 7-Nov-2006 2009 3 years
(4) Jual Oram 2009 2013 4 years
7 Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo 10-Mar-2013 14-Jan-2016 2 years, 310 days
8 Basanta Kumar Panda 14-Jan-2016 16-Jan-2020 4 years, 2 days
9 Samir Mohanty 16-Jan-2020 23-Mar-2023 3 years, 66 days
(5) Manmohan Samal 24-Mar-2023 Present 1 year, 285 days

See also

References

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  2. State Office Archived 9 November 2023 at the Wayback Machine bjp.org
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  5. State Office Bearers odisha.bjp.org
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  7. "Suresh Pujari new president of Orissa BJP". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 February 2023.
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