2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

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All 147 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly 74 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	74.79% (1.59%)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Mohan Charan Majhi Naveen Patnaik Sarat Pattanayak Party BJP BJD INC Leader since 2024 1997 2022 Leader's seat Keonjhar(Won) Hinjili (Won) Kantabanji (Lost) Nuapada (lost) Seats before 23 112 9 Seats won '78 51 14 Seat change 58 61 5 Popular vote 10,064,827 10,102,454 3,331,319 Percentage 40.07% 40.22% 13.26% Swing 7.58 pp 4.49 pp 2.86 pp
Seats won partywise Seats won voteshare wise
Structure of the Odisha Legislative Assembly after the election
Chief Minister before election Naveen Patnaik BJD Elected Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi BJP

Legislative Assembly elections were held in the eastern coastal state of Odisha from 13 May to 1 June 2024 to elect the 147 members of the Odisha Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and results were declared on 4 June 2024 forming the 17th Assembly.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won a simple majority with 78 seats and created history by ending the 24 year rule of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and its leader Naveen Patnaik. Later the 3 independent MLAs joined to the BJP, increasing it to 81. The BJP state president Manmohan Samal, under whose leadership the election was fought, lost his election from Chandabali Seat. On 12th June 2024, Mohan Charan Majhi, the MLA from Keonjhar took oath as the 15th Chief Minister of the state, along with Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo and Pravati Parida as deputy chief ministers.