- Orissa state assembly elections, 2009
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Orissa Assembly Elections 2009 2004 ← 16 April, 23 April 2009 → 2014 All 147 Assembly Constituencies Turnout 65.32%[1] Majority party Minority party Leader Naveen Patnaik Bhupender Singh Party BJD Congress Alliance TF UPA Leader since 1996 Leader's seat Hinjili Narla Last election 2004 2004 Seats before 61 38 Seats won 103 27 Seat change +42 -11 Popular vote 6,903,641 5,169,559 Percentage 38.86% 29.10% Swing +11.50% -5.72%
Orissa District Map
CM before election
CM-elect
The Orissa Legislative Assembly election of 2009 took place in April 2009, concurrently with the Indian general election, 2009. The elections were held in the state in the first (2009-04-16) and second (2009-04-23) phases. The results were declared on 2009-05-16. Despite having recently separated from the Bharatiya Janata Party after a 11-year partnership, the Biju Janata Dal retained power in the Orissa State Assembly with a more convincing majority. Party chief Naveen Patnaik was formally re-elected as the BJD Legislature party leader on 2009-05-19,[2] thus paving the way for his third consecutive term as the Chief Minister of Orissa.
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Previous Assembly
In the 2004 Orissa Assembly election, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) had swept the state with the BJD winning 61 seats and the BJP winning 32 seats, giving the alliance comfortable majority in the 147 member house. This was the second consecutive term for the BJD-BJP combine after they first formed the Government in 2000.[3] The Naveen Patnaik Government had been sworn in at the Bhubaneswar Raj Bhavan by Governor M.M.Rajendran on 16 May 2009.[4]
Background
With the tenure of the Orissa Assembly scheduled to expire on 2009-06-29, the Election Commission of India announced[5] on 2009-03-02 that the elections to the Orissa Assembly would be held at the same time as the general election. The election in each Assembly constituency (AC) was held in the same phase as the election to the corresponding Parliamentary constituency that the AC falls under.
As seat-sharing discussions got underway between allies, after 11 years of partnership and nearly two full terms as the Orissa state Government, the BJD snapped ties with the BJP in Mar 2009, blaming the latter for the violence against Christians in 2008.[6] Thereafter, the BJP withdrew support to Government and Governor Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare asked Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to prove his majority in the Orissa Assembly.[7] Naveen Patnaik then won a controversial trust vote on 11 May 2009, after the opposition Congress and BJP legislators walked out of the Assembly in protest in the manner the vote was being conducted.[8]
The BJD then declared that they support neither Congress nor BJP.[9] Though they decided to contest the 2009 elections in partnership with the Left Front and Nationalist Congress Party, the BJD did not officially join the Third Front.[10]
Schedule of election
Poll Event Phase 1 Phase 2 Announcement & Issue of Press Note Monday, 02 Mar 2009 Issue of Notification Monday, 23 Mar 2009 Saturday, 28 Mar 2009 Last Date for filing Nominations Monday, 30 Mar 2009 Saturday, 04 Apr 2009 Scrutiny of Nominations Tuesday, 31 Mar 2009 Monday, 06 Apr 2009 Last date for withdrawal of Candidature Thursday, 02 Apr 2009 Wednesday, 08 Apr 2009 Date of Poll Thursday, 16 Apr 2009 Thursday, 23 Apr 2009 Counting of Votes on Saturday, 16 May 2009 Date of election being completed Thursday, 28 May 2009 Constituencies Polling on this day 70 77 Source: Election Commission of India[5] Results
Government formation
Despite fighting against both BJP & Congress, the BJD emerged victorious with more than two-thirds majority in the 147 member Legislative Assembly. Naveen Patnaik was sworn in for his third consecutive term by Governor M.C. Bhandare on 2009-05-21 at the Bhubaneswar Raj Bhavan.[11]
Number of seats
Party Flag Seats Won Seats Change Popular Vote Vote Share Swing Biju Janata Dal 103 +42 6,903,641 38.86% +11.50% Indian National Congress 27 -11 5,169,559 29.10% -5.72% Bharatiya Janata Party 6 -26 2,674,067 15.05% -2.06% Independent 6 -2 1,536,745 8.65% -3.55% Nationalist Congress Party 4 +4 237,528 1.34% +1.34% Communist Party of India 1 +0 89,852 0.51% -0.26% Source: Election Commission of India [1] [2] Number of candidates
Party Type Code Party Name Number of
candidatesTotal National Parties BJP Bharatiya Janata Party 145 423 BSP Bahujan Samaj Party 114 CPI Communist Party of India 5 CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist) 4 INC Indian National Congress 147 NCP Nationalist Congress Party 8 State Parties BJD Biju Janata Dal 129 161 JMM Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 32 State Parties -
Other StatesAITC All India Trinamool Congress 5 86 JD(U) Janata Dal (United) 10 LJP Lok Jan Shakti Party 8 RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party 18 SP Samajwadi Party 45 Unrecognised or
Unregistered PartiesAJSU All Jharkhand Students Union 4 247 BJSH Bharatiya Jan Shakti 3 BOP Bira Oriya Party 1 CPI(ML)(L) Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation 17 IJP Indian Justice Party 5 JDP Jharkhand Disom Party 6 JHKP Jana Hitkari Party 7 JKP Jharkhand Party 1 KOKD Kosal Kranti Dal 18 KS Kalinga Sena 36 LSP Lok Satta Party 1 OCP Orissa Communist Party 2 OMM Orissa Mukti Morcha 8 RPD Rashtriya Parivartan Dal 16 RPI Republican Party of India 5 RPI(A) Republican Party of India (Athavale) 13 RWS Rashtrawadi Sena 4 SAMO Samruddha Odisha 99 SWJP Samajwadi Jan Parishad 1 Independents n/a Independents 371 371 Total: 1288 Source: Election Commission of India[1] See also
- State Assembly elections in India, 2009
- Indian general election in Orissa, 2009
- Legislative Assembly election results of Orissa
References
- ^ a b "ECI Analysis - Assembly Election". Election Commission of India. http://eci.nic.in/analysis/. Retrieved 2009-10-23.[dead link]
- ^ "Naveen named Legislature Party Leader". The Hindu. 2009-05-20. http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/20/stories/2009052051870300.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- ^ "25-member Naveen ministry takes office". The Indian Express. 2000-03-06. http://www.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/20000306/ina06029.html. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- ^ "Naveen Ministry sworn in". The Hindu. 2004-05-17. http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2004/05/17/stories/2004051706810102.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- ^ a b "General Elections to Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and Sikkim". Election Commission of India. 2 March 2009. http://eci.nic.in/press/current/pn020309.pdf. Retrieved 2009-10-07.[dead link]
- ^ Karan, Jajati (2009-03-19). "Kandhamal riots forced BJD to snap ties with BJP". CNN-IBN. http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kandhamal-riots-forced-bjd-to-snap-ties-with-bjp/88069-37.html. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- ^ Das, Prafulla (2009-03-09). "Naveen Patnaik asked to seek confidence vote on March 11". The Hindu. http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/09/stories/2009030957180100.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- ^ Das, Prafulla (2009-03-12). "Naveen wins trust vote". The Hindu. http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/12/stories/2009031258220100.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- ^ "BJD not to support Cong-led or BJP-led govt at Centre: Naveen". The Hindu. 2009-03-14. http://www.hindu.com/holnus/000200903140954.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- ^ "BJD, Left and NCP join hands in Orissa". Rediff.com. 2009-04-03. http://www.rediff.com/election/2009/apr/03loksabhapoll-pawar-to-skip-third-front-rally.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- ^ "Naveen Patnaik begins third term as Orissa CM". NDTV. 2009-05-21. http://www.ndtv.com/ndtvfuture/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20090094335. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
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