Bharatiya Janata Party, 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.[5]

Bharatiya Janata Party Odisha
ଭାରତୀୟ ଜନତା ପାର୍ଟି, ଓଡିଶା
AbbreviationBJP
PresidentManmohan Samal
ChairmanMohan Charan Majhi
(Chief Minister)
Founder
Founded6 April 1980 (1980-04-06)
Split fromJanata Party
Preceded by
Headquarters4R-3/2, Unit-3, Janpath, Bhubaneswar-751 001, Odisha[2]
Labour wingBharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[3]
Peasant's wingBharatiya Kisan Sangh[4]
Colours  Saffron
ECI StatusRegistered
Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
20 / 21
Seats in Rajya Sabha
1 / 10
Seats in Odisha Legislative Assembly
79 / 147
Election symbol
Lotus
Party flag
Website
www.bjp.org/odisha

Electoral performance

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

Legislative Assembly Election
YearSeats contestedSeats won+/-Voteshare (%)+/- (%)Outcome
198567
1 / 147
 – 2.60%New Opposition
199063
2 / 147
 13.56% 0.96
1995144
9 / 147
 77.88% 4.32
200063
38 / 147
 2918.20% 10.32 Government
200463
32 / 147
 617.11% 2.06
2009147
6 / 147
 2615.05% 1.09 Opposition
2014147
10 / 147
 418.0% 2.95
2019146
23 / 147
 1332.5% 14.5
2024147
78 / 147
 5540.07% 7.57Government

Leadership

Chief minister
No Portarit Name Constituency Term of office Assembly
1 Mohan Charan Majhi Keonjhar 12 June 2024 Incumbent 18 days 17th

Opposition leaders in Legislative Assembly
Main article: List of leaders of the opposition in the Odisha Legislative Assembly
No Portarit 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[6] 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[7] Suresh Pujari 7-Nov-2006 2009 3 years
(4) Jual Oram 2009 2013 4 years
7[8] Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo 10-Mar-2013 14-Jan-2016 2 years, 310 days
8[9] Basanta Kumar Panda 14-Jan-2016 16-Jan-2020 4 years, 2 days
9[10] Samir Mohanty 16-Jan-2020 23-Mar-2023 3 years, 66 days
(5) Manmohan Samal 24-Mar-2023 Present 1 year, 98 days

See also

References
  1. "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 13 May 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. State Office Archived 9 November 2023 at the Wayback Machine bjp.org
  3. Pragya Singh (15 January 2008). "Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India". live mint. Archived from the original on 3 November 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  4. Gupta, Sejuta Das (2019e). Class, Politics, and Agricultural Policies in Post-liberalisation India. Cambridge University Press. pp. 172–173. ISBN 978-1-108-41628-3. Archived from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  5. State Office Bearers odisha.bjp.org
  6. "State Presidents". Archived from the original on 6 March 2023.
  7. "Suresh Pujari new president of Orissa BJP". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 February 2023.
  8. "KV Singhdeo new president of Odisha BJP". Zee News. 10 March 2013. Archived from the original on 11 February 2023.
  9. "Basant Panda appointed new Orissa BJP president". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 11 February 2023.
  10. "Samir Mohanty elected Odisha BJP president". India Today. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023.
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