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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%82_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B2" title="बीजू जनता दल – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="बीजू जनता दल" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biju_Janata_Dal" title="Biju Janata Dal – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Biju Janata Dal" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biju_Janata_Dal" title="Biju Janata Dal – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Biju 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href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%82_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B2" title="बिजू जनता दल – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="बिजू जनता दल" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%8A%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%AB" title="ビジュ・ジャナタ・ダル – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ビジュ・ジャナタ・ダル" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biju_Janata_Dal" title="Biju Janata Dal – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Biju Janata Dal" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%AC%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%9C%E0%AD%81_%E0%AC%9C%E0%AC%A8%E0%AC%A4%E0%AC%BE_%E0%AC%A6%E0%AC%B3" title="ବିଜୁ ଜନତା ଦଳ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ବିଜୁ ଜନତା ଦଳ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%9C%E0%A9%82_%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE_%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%B2" title="ਬੀਜੂ ਜਨਤਾ ਦਲ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਬੀਜੂ ਜਨਤਾ ਦਲ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a 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title="ᱵᱤᱡᱩ ᱡᱚᱱᱚᱛᱟ ᱫᱚᱞ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱵᱤᱡᱩ ᱡᱚᱱᱚᱛᱟ ᱫᱚᱞ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biju_Janata_Dal" title="Biju Janata Dal – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Biju Janata Dal" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biju_Janata_Dal" title="Biju Janata Dal – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Biju Janata Dal" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biju_Janata_Dal" title="Biju Janata Dal – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Biju Janata Dal" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9C%E0%AF%81_%E0%AE%9C%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="பிஜு ஜனதா தளம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="பிஜு ஜனதா தளம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%9C%E0%B1%82_%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%BE_%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%B3%E0%B1%8D" title="బిజూ జనతా దళ్ – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="బిజూ జనతా దళ్" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" 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style="line-height:1.3em;">BJD</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">President</th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Naveen_Patnaik" title="Naveen Patnaik">Naveen Patnaik</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> Leader</th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Sasmit_Patra" title="Sasmit Patra">Sasmit Patra</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Naveen_Patnaik" title="Naveen Patnaik">Naveen Patnaik</a><sup id="cite_ref-Kaminsky_Long_2011_p._97_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaminsky_Long_2011_p._97-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Frontline_1998_p.35_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frontline_1998_p.35-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">26 December 1997<span class="noprint"> (27 years ago)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1997-12-26</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Split from</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label" style="line-height:1.3em;">6R/3, Unit-6, Forest Park, <a href="/wiki/Bhubaneswar" title="Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a>, India</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Student_wing" title="Student wing">Student wing</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">Biju Chhatra Janata Dal</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Youth_wing" title="Youth wing">Youth wing</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">Biju Yuva Janata Dal</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_wing" title="Women's wing">Women's wing</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">Biju Mahila Janata Dal</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Labour wing</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">Biju Shramik Samukhya</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Peasant's wing</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">Biju Krushak Janata Dal</td></tr><tr><th 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dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-top:0.3em; border-top:2px solid #70A548;"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_India" title="Politics of India">Politics of India</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_India" title="List of political parties in India">Political parties</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_India" title="Elections in India">Elections</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Biju Janata Dal</b> (<b>BJD</b>) is an Indian <a href="/wiki/Regionalism_(politics)" title="Regionalism (politics)">regional</a> <a href="/wiki/Political_party" title="Political party">political party</a> with significant influence in the state of <a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a>. It was founded by the former <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Mines_(India)#List_of_Ministers" title="Ministry of Mines (India)">minister of mines and minerals of the Republic of India</a> <a href="/wiki/Naveen_Patnaik" title="Naveen Patnaik">Naveen Patnaik</a> on 26 December 1997 as a breakaway faction from the <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Times_of_India_2019_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Times_of_India_2019-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The BJD is led by its founder as president of the party. The headquarters of the party is located in Forest Park, <a href="/wiki/Bhubaneswar" title="Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elections">Elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biju_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The BJD won nine seats in the <a href="/wiki/1998_Indian_general_election" title="1998 Indian general election">1998 general election</a> and Naveen was named <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Mines_(India)" title="Ministry of Mines (India)">Minister for Mines</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/1999_Indian_general_election" title="1999 Indian general election">1999 general elections</a>, the BJD won 10 seats. The party won a majority of seats in the <a href="/wiki/Odisha_Legislative_Assembly" title="Odisha Legislative Assembly">Odisha Legislative Assembly</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Odisha" title="Elections in Odisha">2000 and 2004 elections</a> in alliance with the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> (BJP). The BJD won 11 <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> seats in the 2004 elections. In the aftermath of the <a href="/wiki/2008_Kandhamal_violence" title="2008 Kandhamal violence">2008 Kandhamal riots</a>, the BJD parted ways with the BJP in the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections held in 2009, citing communalism and differences in seat sharing. During the election, BJD won 14 seats and secured a strong 108 legislative seats out of 147 seats in the <a href="/wiki/2009_Odisha_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election">2009 Odisha legislative elections</a>. Biju Janata Dal won a huge victory in the <a href="/wiki/2014_Indian_general_election_in_Odisha" title="2014 Indian general election in Odisha">2014 general election</a>, securing 20 of the 21 Odishan <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> seats and 117 of the 147 <a href="/wiki/Odisha_Legislative_Assembly" title="Odisha Legislative Assembly">Odisha Legislative Assembly</a> seats.<sup id="cite_ref-Moneycontrol_2019_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moneycontrol_2019-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were re-elected to power in Odisha in <a href="/wiki/2019_Odisha_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election">2019</a>, winning 112 of the 147 seats in the Odisha state assembly; however, their seats in the Lok Sabha were reduced to 12.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2022, BJD clean swept elections of Panchayat & urban local bodies in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2024, they lost all their <a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Odisha" title="2024 Indian general election in Odisha">Lok Sabha seats</a> and also lost the <a href="/wiki/2024_Odisha_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election">assembly election</a>, with the BJP winning both. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leadership">Leadership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biju_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The highest decision-making body of the party is its Core Committee. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Naveen_Patnaik" title="Naveen Patnaik">Naveen Patnaik</a> - Founder, National Chairperson, Leader of the Party in the <a href="/wiki/Odisha_Legislative_Assembly" title="Odisha Legislative Assembly">Odisha Legislative Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinaki_Misra" title="Pinaki Misra">Pinaki Misra</a> - ex Leader of the Party in the <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prasanna_Acharya" title="Prasanna Acharya">Prasanna Acharya</a> - Leader of the Party in the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niranjan_Pujari" title="Niranjan Pujari">Niranjan Pujari</a> - Former Minister of Finance, Excise in Government of Odisha</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pranab_Prakash_Das" title="Pranab Prakash Das">Pranab Prakash Das</a> - General Secretary (Organisation)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Kumar_Das_Burma" title="Sanjay Kumar Das Burma">Sanjay Kumar Das Burma</a> - General Secretary (Headquarters)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subhash_Chandra_Singh" title="Subhash Chandra Singh">Subhash Chandra Singh</a> - <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cuttack" title="Cuttack">Cuttack</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Party Treasurer and General Secretary of the Biju Sramika Samukhya</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dr_Byomokesh_Ray&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dr Byomokesh Ray (page does not exist)">Dr Byomokesh Ray</a> - President, Biju Yuba Janata Dal</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devi_Ranjan_Tripathy" title="Devi Ranjan Tripathy">Devi Ranjan Tripathy</a> - President, Biju Chhatra Janata Dal</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snehangini_Chhuria" title="Snehangini Chhuria">Snehangini Chhuria</a> - President, Biju Mahila Janata Dal</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_performance">Electoral performance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biju_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Electoral performance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indian_general_elections">Indian general elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biju_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Indian general elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lok_Sabha.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Lok_Sabha.svg/25px-Lok_Sabha.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Lok_Sabha.svg/38px-Lok_Sabha.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Lok_Sabha.svg/50px-Lok_Sabha.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="261" data-file-height="120" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> Elections </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Year </th> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Lok Sabha </th> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Party leader </th> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Seats contested </th> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Seats won </th> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Change in seats </th> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Percentage of votes </th> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Vote swing </th> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Popular vote </th> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Outcome </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Indian_general_election" title="1998 Indian general election">1998</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/12th_Lok_Sabha" title="12th Lok Sabha">12th</a> </td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Naveen_Patnaik" title="Naveen Patnaik">Naveen Patnaik</a> </td> <td>12 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">9 / 543</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #70A548; color:inherit; width: 2%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 9 </td> <td>1.00% </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>3,669,825 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Government </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1999_Indian_general_election" title="1999 Indian general election">1999</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/13th_Lok_Sabha" title="13th Lok Sabha">13th</a> </td> <td>12 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">10 / 543</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #70A548; color:inherit; width: 2%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td>1.20% </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.20% </td> <td>4,378,536 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2004_Indian_general_election" title="2004 Indian general election">2004</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/14th_Lok_Sabha" title="14th Lok Sabha">14th</a> </td> <td>12 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">11 / 543</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #70A548; color:inherit; width: 2%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td>1.30% </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.10% </td> <td>5,082,849 </td> <td style="background:#FFA07A;">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Indian_general_election" title="2009 Indian general election">2009</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/15th_Lok_Sabha" title="15th Lok Sabha">15th</a> </td> <td>18 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">14 / 543</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #70A548; color:inherit; width: 3%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3 </td> <td>1.59% </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.29% </td> <td>6,612,552 </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Others </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_Indian_general_election" title="2014 Indian general election">2014</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/16th_Lok_Sabha" title="16th Lok Sabha">16th</a> </td> <td>21 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">20 / 543</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #70A548; color:inherit; width: 4%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 6 </td> <td>1.73% </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.14% </td> <td>9,489,946 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_Indian_general_election" title="2019 Indian general election">2019</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/17th_Lok_Sabha" title="17th Lok Sabha">17th</a> </td> <td>21 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">12 / 543</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #70A548; color:inherit; width: 2%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 8 </td> <td>1.68% </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.05% </td> <td>10,174,021 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election" title="2024 Indian general election">2024</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/18th_Lok_Sabha" title="18th Lok Sabha">18th</a> </td> <td>21 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 543</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #70A548; color:inherit; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 12 </td> <td>1.46% </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.22% </td> <td>9,413,379 </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no">Lost </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_legislative_assembly_elections">State legislative assembly elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biju_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: State legislative assembly elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_Odisha.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Seal_of_Odisha.png/25px-Seal_of_Odisha.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="29" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Seal_of_Odisha.png/38px-Seal_of_Odisha.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Seal_of_Odisha.png/50px-Seal_of_Odisha.png 2x" data-file-width="242" data-file-height="277" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Odisha_Legislative_Assembly" title="Odisha Legislative Assembly">Odisha Legislative Assembly</a> Elections<sup id="cite_ref-OD_Results_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OD_Results-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Year </th> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Assembly </th> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Party leader </th> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Seats contested </th> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Seats won </th> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Change in seats </th> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Percentage of votes </th> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Vote swing </th> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Popular vote </th> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Outcome </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_Odisha_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election">2000</a> </td> <td>12th </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Naveen_Patnaik" title="Naveen Patnaik">Naveen Patnaik</a> </td> <td>84 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">68 / 147</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #70A548; color:inherit; width: 46%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 68 </td> <td>29.40% </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>4,151,895 </td> <td rowspan="5" style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Government </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2004_Odisha_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2004 Odisha Legislative Assembly election">2004</a> </td> <td>13th </td> <td>84 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">61 / 147</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #70A548; color:inherit; width: 41%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 7 </td> <td>27.36% </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2.04% </td> <td>4,632,280 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Odisha_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election">2009</a> </td> <td>14th </td> <td>129 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">103 / 147</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #70A548; color:inherit; width: 70%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 42 </td> <td>38.86% </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 11.50% </td> <td>6,903,641 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_Odisha_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election">2014</a> </td> <td>15th </td> <td>147 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">117 / 147</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #70A548; color:inherit; width: 80%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 14 </td> <td>43.35% </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4.49% </td> <td>9,335,159 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_Odisha_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election">2019</a> </td> <td>16th </td> <td>146 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">112 / 147</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #70A548; color:inherit; width: 76%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 5 </td> <td>44.71% </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1.36% </td> <td>10,475,697 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Odisha_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election">2024</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/17th_Odisha_Assembly" title="17th Odisha Assembly">17th</a> </td> <td>147 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">51 / 147</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #70A548; color:inherit; width: 35%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 61 </td> <td>40.22% </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4.49% </td> <td>10,102,454 </td> <td style="background:#FFA07A;">Opposition </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_party_leaders">List of party leaders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biju_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: List of party leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presidents">Presidents</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biju_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Presidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">No. </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Name<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth–Death)</span> </th> <th colspan="3" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Term in office </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Assumed office </th> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Left office </th> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Time in office </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NaveenPatnaik.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/NaveenPatnaik.jpg/100px-NaveenPatnaik.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/NaveenPatnaik.jpg/150px-NaveenPatnaik.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/NaveenPatnaik.jpg/200px-NaveenPatnaik.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="306" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Naveen_Patnaik" title="Naveen Patnaik">Naveen Patnaik</a></b><br /><small>(<abbr title="born in">b.</abbr> 1946)</small> </td> <td>26 December 1997 </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td>27 years, 52 days </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legislative_leaders">Legislative leaders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biju_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Legislative leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_union_cabinet_ministers">List of union cabinet ministers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biju_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: List of union cabinet ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">No. </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Name<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth–Death)</span> </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Portfolio </th> <th colspan="3" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Term in office </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Elected constituency<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(House)</span> </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India"><span style="background-color: #70A548; color: #000000;">Prime Minister</span></a> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Assumed office </th> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Left office </th> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Time in office </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">1 </th> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NaveenPatnaik.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/NaveenPatnaik.jpg/100px-NaveenPatnaik.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/NaveenPatnaik.jpg/150px-NaveenPatnaik.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/NaveenPatnaik.jpg/200px-NaveenPatnaik.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="306" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Naveen_Patnaik" title="Naveen Patnaik">Naveen Patnaik</a></b><br /><small>(<abbr title="born in">b.</abbr> 1946)</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Steel" title="Ministry of Steel">Ministry of Steel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Mines_(India)" title="Ministry of Mines (India)">Mines</a> </td> <td>19 March 1998 </td> <td>13 October 1999 </td> <td>1 year, 208 days </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Aska_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Aska Lok Sabha constituency">Aska</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Mines_(India)" title="Ministry of Mines (India)">Ministry of Mines and Minerals</a> </td> <td>13 October 1999 </td> <td>4 March 2000 </td> <td>143 days </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">2 </th> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arjun_Charan_Sethi_Image.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Arjun_Charan_Sethi_Image.jpg/100px-Arjun_Charan_Sethi_Image.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Arjun_Charan_Sethi_Image.jpg/150px-Arjun_Charan_Sethi_Image.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Arjun_Charan_Sethi_Image.jpg/200px-Arjun_Charan_Sethi_Image.jpg 2x" data-file-width="602" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Arjun_Charan_Sethi" title="Arjun Charan Sethi">Arjun Charan Sethi</a></b><br /><small>(1941–2020)</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Water_Resources,_River_Development_and_Ganga_Rejuvenation" title="Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation">Ministry of Water Resources</a> </td> <td>27 May 2000 </td> <td>22 May 2004 </td> <td>3 years, 361 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bhadrak_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency">Bhadrak</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a>)</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_union_ministers_of_state_(independent_charge)"><span id="List_of_union_ministers_of_state_.28independent_charge.29"></span>List of union ministers of state (independent charge)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biju_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: List of union ministers of state (independent charge)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">No. </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Name<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth–Death)</span> </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Portfolio </th> <th colspan="3" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Term in office </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Elected constituency<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(House)</span> </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India"><span style="background-color: #70A548; color: #000000;">Prime Minister</span></a> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Assumed office </th> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Left office </th> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Time in office </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">1 </th> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dilip_Kumar_Ray.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Dilip_Kumar_Ray.jpg/100px-Dilip_Kumar_Ray.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Dilip_Kumar_Ray.jpg/150px-Dilip_Kumar_Ray.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Dilip_Kumar_Ray.jpg/200px-Dilip_Kumar_Ray.jpg 2x" data-file-width="206" data-file-height="272" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Ray" title="Dilip Ray">Dilip Kumar Ray</a></b><br /><small>(<abbr title="born in">b.</abbr> 1954)</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Coal" title="Ministry of Coal">Ministry of Coal</a> </td> <td>20 March 1998 </td> <td>13 October 1999 </td> <td>1 year, 207 days </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Odisha" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Odisha">Odisha</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a>)</small> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Steel" title="Ministry of Steel">Ministry of Steel</a> </td> <td>13 October 1999 </td> <td>27 May 2000 </td> <td>227 days </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brajakishore_Tripathy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Brajakishore_Tripathy.jpg/100px-Brajakishore_Tripathy.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Brajakishore_Tripathy.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="153" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Braja_Kishore_Tripathy" title="Braja Kishore Tripathy">Braja Kishore Tripathy</a></b><br /><small>(<abbr title="born in">b.</abbr> 1947)</small> </td> <td>27 May 2000 </td> <td>22 May 2004 </td> <td>3 years, 361 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Puri_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Puri Lok Sabha constituency">Puri</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a>)</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_chief_ministers">List of chief ministers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biju_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: List of chief ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Chief_Ministers_of_Odisha">Chief Ministers of Odisha</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biju_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Chief Ministers of Odisha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_of_Odisha" title="List of chief ministers of Odisha">List of chief ministers of Odisha</a></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">No. </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Name<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth–Death)</span> </th> <th colspan="3" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Term in office </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black"><a href="/wiki/Odisha_Legislative_Assembly" title="Odisha Legislative Assembly"><span style="background-color: #70A548; color: #000000;">Assembly</span></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Odisha" title="Elections in Odisha"><span style="background-color: #70A548; color: #000000;">Election</span></a>)</span> </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Elected constituency </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Ministry </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Assumed office </th> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Left office </th> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Time in office </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="5">1 </th> <td rowspan="5"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NaveenPatnaik.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/NaveenPatnaik.jpg/100px-NaveenPatnaik.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/NaveenPatnaik.jpg/150px-NaveenPatnaik.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/NaveenPatnaik.jpg/200px-NaveenPatnaik.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="306" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="5"><b><a href="/wiki/Naveen_Patnaik" title="Naveen Patnaik">Naveen Patnaik</a></b><br /><small>(<abbr title="born in">b.</abbr> 1946)</small> </td> <td>5 March 2000 </td> <td>15 May 2004 </td> <td rowspan="5">24 years, 98 days </td> <td>12th<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/2000_Odisha_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election">2000</a>)</span> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Hinjili_Assembly_constituency" title="Hinjili Assembly constituency">Hinjili</a> </td> <td>Patnaik I </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 May 2004 </td> <td>21 May 2009 </td> <td>13th<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/2004_Odisha_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2004 Odisha Legislative Assembly election">2004</a>)</span> </td> <td>Patnaik II </td></tr> <tr> <td>22 May 2009 </td> <td>20 May 2014 </td> <td>14th<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/2009_Odisha_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election">2009</a>)</span> </td> <td>Patnaik III </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 May 2014 </td> <td>28 May 2019 </td> <td>15th<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/2014_Odisha_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election">2014</a>)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Naveen_Patnaik_ministry" title="Fourth Naveen Patnaik ministry">Patnaik IV</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>29 May 2019 </td> <td>11 June 2024 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/16th_Odisha_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="16th Odisha Assembly">16th</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/2019_Odisha_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election">2019</a>)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Naveen_Patnaik_ministry" title="Fifth Naveen Patnaik ministry">Patnaik V</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_union_ministers_of_state">List of union ministers of state</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biju_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: List of union ministers of state"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">No. </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Name<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth–Death)</span> </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Portfolio </th> <th colspan="3" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Term in office </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Elected constituency<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(House)</span> </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Cabinet Minister </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India"><span style="background-color: #70A548; color: #000000;">Prime Minister</span></a> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Assumed office </th> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Left office </th> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Time in office </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dilip_Kumar_Ray.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Dilip_Kumar_Ray.jpg/100px-Dilip_Kumar_Ray.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Dilip_Kumar_Ray.jpg/150px-Dilip_Kumar_Ray.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Dilip_Kumar_Ray.jpg/200px-Dilip_Kumar_Ray.jpg 2x" data-file-width="206" data-file-height="272" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Ray" title="Dilip Ray">Dilip Kumar Ray</a></b><br /><small>(<abbr title="born in">b.</abbr> 1954)</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Parliamentary_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)">Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs</a> </td> <td>22 May 1998 </td> <td>22 October 1999 </td> <td>1 year, 153 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Odisha" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Odisha">Odisha</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a>)</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madan_Lal_Khurana" title="Madan Lal Khurana">Madan Lal Khurana</a> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Rangarajan_Kumaramangalam" title="Rangarajan Kumaramangalam">P. R. Kumaramangalam</a> </p> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Pramod_Mahajan" title="Pramod Mahajan">Pramod Mahajan</a> </p> </td> <td style="background-color:#FF9933; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FF9933; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_leaders_of_the_opposition">List of leaders of the opposition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biju_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: List of leaders of the opposition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Leaders_of_the_Opposition_in_the_Odisha_Legislative_Assembly">Leaders of the Opposition in the Odisha Legislative Assembly</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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style="font-size:85%;">(Birth–Death)</span> </th> <th colspan="3" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Term in office </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black"><a href="/wiki/Odisha_Legislative_Assembly" title="Odisha Legislative Assembly"><span style="background-color: #70A548; color: #000000;">Assembly</span></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Odisha" title="Elections in Odisha"><span style="background-color: #70A548; color: #000000;">Election</span></a>)</span> </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Elected constituency </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Assumed office </th> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Left office </th> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Time in office </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NaveenPatnaik.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/NaveenPatnaik.jpg/100px-NaveenPatnaik.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/NaveenPatnaik.jpg/150px-NaveenPatnaik.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/NaveenPatnaik.jpg/200px-NaveenPatnaik.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="306" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Naveen_Patnaik" title="Naveen Patnaik">Naveen Patnaik</a></b><br /><small>(<abbr title="born in">b.</abbr> 1946)</small> </td> <td>20 June 2024 </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td>241 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/17th_Odisha_Assembly" title="17th Odisha Assembly">17th</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/2024_Odisha_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election">2024</a>)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hinjili_Assembly_constituency" title="Hinjili Assembly constituency">Hinjili</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_deputy_leaders_of_the_opposition">List of deputy leaders of the opposition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biju_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: List of deputy leaders of the opposition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Deputy_Leaders_of_the_Opposition_in_the_Odisha_Legislative_Assembly">Deputy Leaders of the Opposition in the Odisha Legislative Assembly</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biju_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Deputy Leaders of the Opposition in the Odisha Legislative Assembly"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">No. </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Name<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth–Death)</span> </th> <th colspan="3" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Term in office </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black"><a href="/wiki/Odisha_Legislative_Assembly" title="Odisha Legislative Assembly"><span style="background-color: #70A548; color: #000000;">Assembly</span></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Odisha" title="Elections in Odisha"><span style="background-color: #70A548; color: #000000;">Election</span></a>)</span> </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Elected constituency </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#70A548;color:black"><a href="/wiki/List_of_leaders_of_the_opposition_in_the_Odisha_Legislative_Assembly" title="List of leaders of the opposition in the Odisha Legislative Assembly"><span style="background-color: #70A548; color: #000000;">Leader of the Opposition</span></a> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Assumed office </th> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Left office </th> <th style="background-color:#70A548;color:black">Time in office </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Prasanna_Acharya.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Prasanna_Acharya.jpeg/100px-Prasanna_Acharya.jpeg" decoding="async" width="100" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Prasanna_Acharya.jpeg/150px-Prasanna_Acharya.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Prasanna_Acharya.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="165" data-file-height="199" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Prasanna_Acharya" title="Prasanna Acharya">Prasanna Acharya</a></b><br /><small>(<abbr title="born in">b.</abbr> 1949)</small> </td> <td>20 June 2024 </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td>241 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/17th_Odisha_Assembly" title="17th Odisha Assembly">17th</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/2024_Odisha_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election">2024</a>)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rairakhol_Assembly_constituency" title="Rairakhol Assembly constituency">Rairakhol</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Naveen_Patnaik" title="Naveen Patnaik">Naveen Patnaik</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biju_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span 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href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Party_(India)" title="National People's Party (India)">National People's Party</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">State parties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_Jharkhand_Students_Union" title="All Jharkhand Students Union">AJSU Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_India_Forward_Bloc" title="All India Forward Bloc">All India Forward Bloc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_India_Majlis-e-Ittehadul_Muslimeen" title="All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen">All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_India_N.R._Congress" title="All India N.R. Congress">All India N.R. Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_India_United_Democratic_Front" title="All India United Democratic Front">All India United Democratic Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apna_Dal_(Soneylal)" title="Apna Dal (Soneylal)">Apna Dal (Soneylal)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asom_Gana_Parishad" title="Asom Gana Parishad">Asom Gana Parishad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharat_Rashtra_Samithi" title="Bharat Rashtra Samithi">Bharat Rashtra Samithi</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Biju Janata Dal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodoland_People%27s_Front" title="Bodoland People's Front">Bodoland People's Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)_Liberation" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation">Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desiya_Murpokku_Dravida_Kazhagam" title="Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam">Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goa_Forward_Party" title="Goa Forward Party">Goa Forward Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill_State_People%27s_Democratic_Party" title="Hill State People's Democratic Party">Hill State People's Democratic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Lok_Dal" title="Indian National Lok Dal">Indian National Lok Dal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">Indian Union Muslim League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_People%27s_Front_of_Tripura" title="Indigenous People's Front of Tripura">Indigenous People's Front of Tripura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_National_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="Jammu and Kashmir National Conference">Jammu and Kashmir National Conference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_People%27s_Democratic_Party" title="Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party">Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janasena_Party" title="Janasena Party">Janasena Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(Secular)" title="Janata Dal (Secular)">Janata Dal (Secular)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">Janata Dal (United)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jannayak_Janta_Party" title="Jannayak Janta Party">Jannayak Janta Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janta_Congress_Chhattisgarh" title="Janta Congress Chhattisgarh">Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (J)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jharkhand_Mukti_Morcha" title="Jharkhand Mukti Morcha">Jharkhand Mukti Morcha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(M)" title="Kerala Congress (M)">Kerala Congress (M)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lok_Janshakti_Party_(Ram_Vilas)" title="Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)">Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra_Navnirman_Sena" title="Maharashtra Navnirman Sena">Maharashtra Navnirman Sena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharashtrawadi_Gomantak_Party" title="Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party">Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizo_National_Front" title="Mizo National Front">Mizo National Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naam_Tamilar_Katchi" title="Naam Tamilar Katchi">Naam Tamilar Katchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naga_People%27s_Front" title="Naga People's Front">Naga People's Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Congress_Party" title="Nationalist Congress Party">Nationalist Congress Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Congress_Party_%E2%80%93_Sharadchandra_Pawar" title="Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar">Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Democratic_Progressive_Party" title="Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party">Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_of_Arunachal" title="People's Party of Arunachal">People's Party of Arunachal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Democratic_Front_(Meghalaya)" title="People's Democratic Front (Meghalaya)">People's Democratic Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">Rashtriya Janata Dal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Lok_Janshakti_Party" title="Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party">Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Lok_Samta_Party" title="Rashtriya Lok Samta Party">Rashtriya Lok Samta Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Loktantrik_Party" title="Rashtriya Loktantrik Party">Rashtriya Loktantrik Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Goans_Party" title="Revolutionary Goans Party">Revolutionary Goans Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(India)" title="Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)">Revolutionary Socialist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Party" title="Samajwadi Party">Samajwadi Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiromani_Akali_Dal" title="Shiromani Akali Dal">Shiromani Akali Dal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiv_Sena" title="Shiv Sena">Shiv Sena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiv_Sena_(UBT)" title="Shiv Sena (UBT)">Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikkim_Democratic_Front" title="Sikkim Democratic Front">Sikkim Democratic Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikkim_Krantikari_Morcha" title="Sikkim Krantikari Morcha">Sikkim Krantikari Morcha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">Telugu Desam Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tipra_Motha_Party" title="Tipra Motha Party">Tipra Motha Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinamool_Congress" title="Trinamool Congress">Trinamool Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Democratic_Party_(Meghalaya)" title="United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)">United Democratic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Party,_Liberal" title="United People's Party, Liberal">United People's Party, Liberal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voice_of_the_People_Party_(Meghalaya)" title="Voice of the People Party (Meghalaya)">Voice of the People Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viduthalai_Chiruthaigal_Katchi" title="Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi">Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuvajana_Sramika_Rythu_Congress_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party">Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zoram_Nationalist_Party" title="Zoram Nationalist Party">Zoram Nationalist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zoram_People%27s_Movement" title="Zoram People's Movement">Zoram People's Movement</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unrecognized<br />parties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ahila_India_Naadalum_Makkal_Katchi" title="Ahila India Naadalum Makkal Katchi">Ahila India Naadalum Makkal Katchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_India_Rajakulathor_Peravai" title="All India Rajakulathor Peravai">All India Rajakulathor Peravai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akali_Dal_(Waris_Punjab_De)" title="Akali Dal (Waris Punjab De)">Akali Dal (Waris Punjab De)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambedkarite_Party_of_India" title="Ambedkarite Party of India">Ambedkarite Party of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amma_Makkal_Munnettra_Kazagam" class="mw-redirect" title="Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam">Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gana_Suraksha_Party" title="Gana Suraksha Party">Gana Suraksha Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Unity_Centre_of_India_(Communist)" title="Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)">Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apna_Dal_(Kamerawadi)" title="Apna Dal (Kamerawadi)">Apna Dal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azad_Samaj_Party_(Kanshi_Ram)" title="Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)">Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahujan_Mukti_Party" title="Bahujan Mukti Party">Bahujan Mukti Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharipa_Bahujan_Mahasangh" title="Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh">Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Tribal_Party" title="Bharatiya Tribal Party">Bharatiya Tribal Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Marxist_Party" title="Communist Marxist Party">Communist Marxist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congress_(Secular)" title="Congress (Secular)">Congress (Secular)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Azad_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Azad Party">Democratic Azad Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Socialist_Party_(Prabodh_Chandra)" title="Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra)">Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desiya_Makkal_Sakthi_Katchi" title="Desiya Makkal Sakthi Katchi">Desiya Makkal Sakthi Katchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goa_Vikas_Party" title="Goa Vikas Party">Goa Vikas Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gondwana_Ganatantra_Party" title="Gondwana Ganatantra Party">Gondwana Ganatantra Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorkha_Janmukti_Morcha" title="Gorkha Janmukti Morcha">Gorkha Janmukti Morcha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamro_Sikkim_Party" title="Hamro Sikkim Party">Hamro Sikkim Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindustan_Janta_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindustan Janta Party">Hindustan Janta Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindustani_Awam_Morcha" title="Hindustani Awam Morcha">Hindustani Awam Morcha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ikkjutt_Jammu" title="Ikkjutt Jammu">Ikkjutt Jammu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indhiya_Jananayaga_Katchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi">Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_League" title="Indian National League">Indian National League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_Apni_Party" title="Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party">Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_People%27s_Conference" title="Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference">Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_Workers_Party" title="Jammu and Kashmir Workers Party">Jammu and Kashmir Workers Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Adhikar_Party_(Loktantrik)" title="Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)">Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jannayak_Janta_Party" title="Jannayak Janta Party">Jannayak Janta Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jansatta_Dal_(Loktantrik)" title="Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik)">Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jharkhand_Party" title="Jharkhand Party">Jharkhand Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Pragnyavantha_Janatha_Party" title="Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party">Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khun_Hynniewtrep_National_Awakening_Movement" title="Khun Hynniewtrep National Awakening Movement">Khun Hynniewtrep National Awakening Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(B)" title="Kerala Congress (B)">Kerala Congress (Balakrishna Pillai)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(Jacob)" title="Kerala Congress (Jacob)">Kerala Congress (Jacob)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(Thomas)" title="Kerala Congress (Thomas)">Kerala Congress (Thomas)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kongunadu_Makkal_Desia_Katchi" title="Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi">Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lok_Insaaf_Party" title="Lok Insaaf Party">Lok Insaaf Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loktantrik_Janata_Dal" title="Loktantrik Janata Dal">Loktantrik Janata Dal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahan_Dal" title="Mahan Dal">Mahan Dal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makkal_Needhi_Maiam" title="Makkal Needhi Maiam">Makkal Needhi Maiam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marumalarchi_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marxist_Co-ordination_Committee" title="Marxist Co-ordination Committee">Marxist Co-ordination Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Secular_Conference" title="National Secular Conference">National Secular Conference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NISHAD_Party" title="NISHAD Party">NISHAD Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pattali_Makkal_Katchi" title="Pattali Makkal Katchi">Pattali Makkal Katchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puratchi_Bharatham_Katchi" title="Puratchi Bharatham Katchi">Puratchi Bharatham Katchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puthiya_Needhi_Katchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Puthiya Needhi Katchi">Puthiya Needhi Katchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puthiya_Tamilagam" title="Puthiya Tamilagam">Puthiya Tamilagam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raijor_Dal" title="Raijor Dal">Raijor Dal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Lok_Morcha" title="Rashtriya Lok Morcha">Rashtriya Lok Morcha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Samaj_Paksha" title="Rashtriya Samaj Paksha">Rashtriya Samaj Paksha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_India_(Athawale)" title="Republican Party of India (Athawale)">Republican Party of India (Athawale)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_of_Kerala_(Bolshevik)" title="Revolutionary Socialist Party of Kerala (Bolshevik)">Revolutionary Socialist Party of Kerala (Bolshevik)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(Leninist)" title="Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist)">Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Janata_Party_(Rashtriya)" title="Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)">Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiv_Sangram" title="Shiv Sangram">Shiv Sangram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiromani_Akali_Dal_(Amritsar)" title="Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)">Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikkim_National_People%27s_Party" title="Sikkim National People's Party">Sikkim National People's Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_India" title="Social Democratic Party of India">Social Democratic Party of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Unity_Centre_of_India_(Communist)" title="Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)">Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suheldev_Bharatiya_Samaj_Party" title="Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party">Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swabhimani_Paksha" title="Swabhimani Paksha">Swabhimani Paksha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swatantra_Bharat_Paksh" title="Swatantra Bharat Paksh">Swatantra Bharat Paksh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Maanila_Congress_(Moopanar)" title="Tamil Maanila Congress 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