2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
Odisha Legislative Assembly election took place in April 2019, along with the 2019 Indian general election. The term of the assembly elected in 2014 had expired on 24 May 2019.
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All 147 Assembly Constituencies 74 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 73.20% ( 0.60%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The incumbent Biju Janata Dal headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the Indian National Congress were the major political parties in the election. Four sitting MP's from Biju Janata Dal joined BJP and INC because they were denied the party's ticket.
2019 Indian general election in the 21 constituencies of Odisha and 2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election was held in the first 4 phases of the 7 scheduled phases of 2019 Indian general election. MR. Surya Narayana patro is the current speaker of Odisha Vidhan sabha while the deputy charge is given to MR.Rajanikant Singh.
Election schedule
On March 10, the Election Commission of India announced the dates of the election. 2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election are scheduled to be held simultaneously with 2019 Indian general election in 4 phases: April 11, 18, 23, and 29. The counting of votes will be on May 23.[1]
Elections were cancelled in Patkura assembly constituency following the death of 83-year-old, six-time MLA and Biju Janata Dal candidate Bed Prakash Agarwalla. Later the Election Commission of India scheduled it on 19 May 2019. The Election Commission of India further decided to extend the completion of the election for 60 days in view of the devastation caused by Cyclone Fani. The date of poll is yet to be decided.[2]
Partywise election results summary
| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | |||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | Change | ||
| Biju Janata Dal | 1,05,71,727 | 44.71 | 146 | 112 | 5 | ||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 76,90,581 | 32.49 | 146 | 23 | 13  | ||
| Indian National Congress | 37,79,751 | 16.12 | 138 | 9 | 7 | ||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 70,119 | 0.30 | 5 | 1 |  | ||
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 1,93,155 | 0.82 | 107 | 0 | | ||
| Independents | 6,62,358 | 2.82 | – | 1 | 1 | ||
| None of the above | 2,45,425 | 1.05 | – | – | – | – | |
| Total | 2,36,06,647 | 100.00 | 147 | ||||
| Valid votes | 2,36,06,647 | 99.24 | |||||
| Invalid votes | 1,81,728 | 0.76 | |||||
| Votes cast / turnout | 2,37,88,375 | 73.20 | |||||
| Abstentions | 87,09,387 | 26.80 | |||||
| Registered voters | 3,24,97,762 | ||||||
| Source:[3][4][5][6][7] | |||||||
Winner
* Election in Patkura assembly constituency is due to be held.[2]*
References
- "Election Schedule" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 April 2019.
- May 6, Sujit kumar bisoyi | TNN | Updated; 2019; Ist, 20:23. "Odisha: ECI postpones Patkura assembly election in the aftermath of cyclone Fani | Odisha Election News - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- "Phase 1 List" (PDF).
- "Phase 2 List" (PDF).
- "Phase 3 List" (PDF).
- "Phase 4 List" (PDF).
- http://results.eci.gov.in/ac/en/partywise/partywiseresult-S18.htm?st=S18