Bharatiya Janata Party – Odisha

Bharatiya Janata Party – Odisha
Bharatiya Janata Party – Odisha
Abbreviation	BJP
Leader	Mohan Charan Majhi; (Chief Minister);
President	Manmohan Samal
General Secretary	Manas Mohanty; (Organization)
Founder	Atal Bihari Vajpayee; Lal Krishna Advani; Murli Manohar Joshi; Nanaji Deshmukh; K. R. Malkani; Sikandar Bakht; Vijay Kumar Malhotra; Vijaya Raje Scindia; Bhairon Singh Shekhawat; Shanta Kumar; Ram Jethmalani; Jagannathrao Joshi;
Founded	6 April 1980; (46 years ago)
Headquarters	4R-3/2, Unit-3, Janpath, Bhubaneswar-751 001, Odisha
Colours	Saffron
ECI status	National Party
Seats in Rajya Sabha	4 / 10
Seats in Lok Sabha	20 / 21
Seats in Odisha Legislative Assembly	78 / 147
Election symbol
	Lotus;
Party flag
Website
	www.bjp.org/odisha
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The Bharatiya Janata Party – Odisha (BJP Odisha) (BJP; [bʱaːɾët̪iːjë dʒënët̪aː paːrtiː] ^ⓘ; lit. 'Indian People's Party'), is the state affiliate unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party operating in Odisha. Its head office is situated at 4R-3/2, Unit-3, Janpath, Bhubaneswar-751 001, Odisha. The state unit's leadership is headed by State President Manmohan Samal, while Mohan Charan Majhi serves as the first Chief Minister from the party following the 2024 state assembly elections.

AbbreviationBJP

LeaderMohan Charan Majhi
(Chief Minister)

PresidentManmohan Samal

General SecretaryManas Mohanty
(Organization)

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Year	Election	Seats won	Change (+/-)	Electoral outcome
1984	8th Lok Sabha	0 / 21		Opposition
1989	9th Lok Sabha	0 / 21		Opposition
1991	10th Lok Sabha	0 / 21		Opposition
1996	11th Lok Sabha	0 / 21		Opposition
1998	12th Lok Sabha	7 / 21	7	Government
1999	13th Lok Sabha	9 / 21	2	Government
2004	14th Lok Sabha	7 / 21	2	Opposition
2009	15th Lok Sabha	0 / 21	7	Opposition
2014	16th Lok Sabha	1 / 21	1	Government
2019	17th Lok Sabha	8 / 21	7	Government
2024	18th Lok Sabha	20 / 21	12	Government

Year	Assembly	Seats		Change (+/-)	Vote share	Swing	Electoral outcome
Year	Assembly	Contested	Won	Change (+/-)	Vote share	Swing	Electoral outcome
1985	8th	67	1 / 147		2.60%	New party	Opposition
1990	9th	63	2 / 147	1	3.56%	0.96%	Opposition
1995	10th	144	9 / 147	7	7.88%	4.32%	Opposition
2000	11th	63	38 / 147	29	18.20%	10.32%	Coalition Government
2004	12th	63	32 / 147	6	17.11%	2.06%	Coalition Government
2009	13th	147	6 / 147	26	15.05%	1.09%	Opposition
2014	14th	147	10 / 147	4	18.00%	2.95%	Opposition
2019	15th	146	23 / 147	13	32.50%	14.50%	Opposition
2024	16th	147	78 / 147	55	40.07%	7.57%	Majority Government

#	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office			Assembly	Chief Minister
1		Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo	Patnagarh	12 June 2024	Incumbent	2 years, 100 days	17th	Mohan Charan Majhi
2		Pravati Parida	Nimapara	12 June 2024	Incumbent	2 years, 100 days	17th	Mohan Charan Majhi

#	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office			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	16th	Naveen Patnaik

Lok Sabha	Election year	Constituency	Name of elected MP	Notes
18th Lok Sabha	2024	Asika	Anita Subhadarshini
		Baleshwar	Pratap Chandra Sarangi
		Baragada	Pradeep Purohit
		Brahmapur	Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy
		Bhadrak	Avimanyu Sethi
		Bhubaneswar	Aparajita Sarangi
		Balangir	Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
		Kataka	Bhartruhari Mahtab	Served as the Pro-tem Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha
		Dhenkanal	Rudra Narayan Pany
		Jagatsinghpur	Bibhu Prasad Tarai
		Jajpur	Rabindra Narayan Behera
		Kalahandi	Malvika Devi
		Kandhamal	Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi
		Kendrapada	Baijayant Panda
		Kendujhar	Ananta Nayak
		Mayurbhanj	Naba Charan Majhi
		Nabarangpur	Balabhadra Majhi
		Puri	Sambit Patra
		Sambalpur	Dharmendra Pradhan	Appointed Union Cabinet Minister of Education
		Sundaragada	Jual Oram	Appointed Union Cabinet Minister of Tribal Affairs
17th Lok Sabha	2019	Balasore	Pratap Chandra Sarangi	Served as Minister of State for MSME, Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries
		Bargarh	Suresh Pujari
		Bhubaneswar	Aparajita Sarangi
		Bolangir	Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
		Kalahandi	Basanta Kumar Panda
		Mayurbhanj	Bisweshwar Tudu	Served as Minister of State for Tribal Affairs and Jal Shakti
		Sambalpur	Nitesh Gangadeb
		Sundargarh	Jual Oram
16th Lok Sabha	2014	Sundargarh	Jual Oram	Served as Union Cabinet Minister of Tribal Affairs
15th Lok Sabha	2009	None (No seats won)
14th Lok Sabha	2004	Balasore	Kharabela Swain
		Bolangir	Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
		Deogarh	Dharmendra Pradhan
		Keonjhar	Ananta Nayak
		Nabarangpur	Parsuram Majhi
		Kalahandi	Bikram Keshari Deo
		Sundargarh	Jual Oram
13th Lok Sabha	1999	Balasore	Kharabela Swain
		Berhampur	Anadi Charan Sahu
		Bolangir	Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
		Deogarh	Debendra Pradhan
		Kalahandi	Bikram Keshari Deo
		Keonjhar	Ananta Nayak
		Mayurbhanj	Salkhan Murmu
		Nabarangpur	Parsuram Majhi
		Sundargarh	Jual Oram	Served as Union Cabinet Minister of Tribal Affairs
12th Lok Sabha	1998	Balasore	Kharabela Swain	First ever Lok Sabha seat won by BJP in Balasore
		Bolangir	Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo	First ever Lok Sabha seat won by BJP in Bolangir
		Deogarh	Debendra Pradhan	Served as Minister of State for Surface Transport
		Kalahandi	Bikram Keshari Deo	First ever Lok Sabha seat won by BJP in Kalahandi
		Keonjhar	Upendra Nath Nayak	First ever Lok Sabha seat won by BJP in Keonjhar
		Mayurbhanj	Salkhan Murmu	First ever Lok Sabha seat won by BJP in Mayurbhanj
		Sundargarh	Jual Oram	First ever Lok Sabha seat won by BJP in Sundargarh
7th to 11th	1980–1996	None (No seats won)

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Bharatiya Janata Party – Odisha

Abbreviation	BJP
Leader	Mohan Charan Majhi (Chief Minister)
President	Manmohan Samal
General Secretary	Manas Mohanty (Organization)
Founder	Atal Bihari Vajpayee Lal Krishna Advani^[1] Murli Manohar Joshi^[2] Nanaji Deshmukh^[3] K. R. Malkani^[4] Sikandar Bakht^[5] Vijay Kumar Malhotra Vijaya Raje Scindia^[6] Bhairon Singh Shekhawat^[7] Shanta Kumar Ram Jethmalani Jagannathrao Joshi
Founded	6 April 1980 (46 years ago) (1980-04-06)
Headquarters	4R-3/2, Unit-3, Janpath, Bhubaneswar-751 001, Odisha^[8]
Colours	Saffron
ECI status	National Party
Seats in Rajya Sabha	4 / 10
Seats in Lok Sabha	20 / 21
Seats in Odisha Legislative Assembly	78 / 147
Election symbol
Lotus
Party flag

Website
www.bjp.org/odisha
Politics of India Political parties Elections

#	Name^[9]	Term of office
1	Biswabhusan Harichandan	12 April 1980	24 February 1988	7 years, 318 days
2	Debendra Pradhan	24 February 1988	15 May 1993	5 years, 80 days
3	Bimbadhar Kuanr	15 May 1993	12 June 1996	3 years, 28 days
(2)	Debendra Pradhan	12 June 1996	18 May 1997	340 days
4	Jual Oram	18 May 1997	14 November 1999	2 years, 180 days
5	Manmohan Samal	14 November 1999	18 May 2004	4 years, 186 days
(4)	Jual Oram	18 May 2004	7 November 2006	2 years, 173 days
6	Suresh Pujari	7 November 2006	22 December 2009	3 years, 45 days
(4)	Jual Oram	22 December 2009	10 March 2013	3 years, 78 days
7	Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo	10 March 2013	14 January 2016	2 years, 310 days
8	Basanta Kumar Panda	14 January 2016	16 January 2020	4 years, 2 days
9	Samir Mohanty	16 January 2020	23 March 2023	3 years, 66 days
(5)	Manmohan Samal	24 March 2023	Incumbent	3 years, 180 days