2004 Orissa Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Orissa Legislative Assembly were held in April 2004 to elect members of the 147 constituencies in Orissa, India. The Bhartiya Janata Party and Biju Janata Dal fought election together as NDA. The National Democratic Alliance won the most seats and Naveen Patnaik was re-appointed as the Chief Minister of Orissa. The opposition Congress was headed by former CM Janaki Ballabh Pattnaik, who was unsuccessful. The number of constituencies was set as 147 by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.

Schedule

The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 29 February 2004.

Parties and alliances

Result

Elected members

Govt Formation

BJD & BJP fought togetherly as NDA. BJD won 61 seats, BJP won 32 seats. NDA seats = BJD + BJP = 61 + 32 = 93.. NDA formed govt again. CM Naveen Pattanaik appointed several MLAs from both BJP & BJD as ministers.
The opposed alliance was UPA, which consisted of Congress, OGP, Communist.