Bharatiya Janata Party, Odisha
Bharatiya Janata Party, Odisha (or BJP Odisha) (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː] ⓘ; lit. 'Indian People's Party'), is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Odisha. Its head office is situated at the 4R-3/2, Unit-3, Janpath, Bhubaneswar-751 001 Odisha. The current President of BJP Odisha is Manmohan Samal.[5]
Bharatiya Janata Party, Odisha ଭାରତୀୟ ଜନତା ପାର୍ଟି, ଓଡିଶା | |
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| Abbreviation | BJP |
| Leader | Jayanarayan Mishra (Leader of the Opposition) |
| President | Manmohan Samal |
| Founder | |
| Founded | 6 April 1980 |
| Split from | Janata Party |
| Preceded by |
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| Headquarters | 4R-3/2, Unit-3, Janpath, Bhubaneswar-751 001, Odisha[2] |
| Labour wing | Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[3] |
| Peasant's wing | Bharatiya Kisan Sangh[4] |
| Colours | Saffron |
| Alliance | |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 8 / 21
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| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 1 / 10
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| Seats in Odisha Legislative Assembly | 22 / 147
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| Election symbol | |
Lotus | |
| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
| www | |
Electoral performance
Lok Sabha Election
| Year | Seats won | +/- | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 7 / 21 |
– | Government |
| 1999 | 9 / 21 |
 2 | |
| 2004 | 7 / 21 |
 2 |
Opposition |
| 2009 | 0 / 21 |
7 | |
| 2014 | 1 / 21 |
1 |
Government |
| 2019 | 8 / 21 |
7 |
Legislative Assembly Election
| Year | Seats contested | Seats won | +/- | Voteshare (%) | +/- (%) | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 67 | 1 / 147 | – | 2.60% | New | Opposition |
| 1990 | 63 | 2 / 147 | 1 | 3.56% | 0.96 | |
| 1995 | 144 | 9 / 147 | 7 | 7.88% | 4.32 | |
| 2000 | 63 | 38 / 147 | 29 | 18.20% | 10.32 |
Government |
| 2004 | 63 | 32 / 147 | 6 | 17.11% | 2.06 | |
| 2009 | 147 | 6 / 147 | 26 | 15.05% | 1.09 |
Opposition |
| 2014 | 147 | 10 / 147 | 4 | 18.0% | 2.95 | |
| 2019 | 146 | 23 / 147 | 13 | 32.5% | 14.5 |
Leadership
Leader of the Opposition
| No | Portarit | Name | Constituency | Term | Assembly | Chief Minister | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Pradipta Kumar Naik | Bhawanipatna | 25 June 2019 | 30 July 2022 | 3 years, 35 days | 16th | Naveen Patnaik |
| 2 |  |
Jayanarayan Mishra | Sambalpur | 30 July 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 87 days | ||
President
| No | Portrait | Name[6] | Term | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Biswabhusan Harichandan | 1980 | 1988 | 8 years |
| 2 | Debendra Pradhan | 1988 | 1993 | 5 years | |
| 3 | Bimbadhar Kuanr | 1993 | 1996 | 3 years | |
| (2) | Debendra Pradhan | 1996 | 1997 | 1 year | |
| 4 |  |
Jual Oram | 1997 | 1999 | 2 years |
| 5 | Manmohan Samal | 1999 | 2004 | 5 years | |
| (4) | |
Jual Oram | 2004 | 2006 | 2 years |
| 6[7] | Suresh Pujari | 7-Nov-2006 | 2009 | 3 years | |
| (4) | |
Jual Oram | 2009 | 2013 | 4 years |
| 7[8] |  |
Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo | 10-Mar-2013 | 14-Jan-2016 | 2 years, 310 days |
| 8[9] |  |
Basanta Kumar Panda | 14-Jan-2016 | 16-Jan-2020 | 4 years, 2 days |
| 9[10] |  |
Samir Mohanty | 16-Jan-2020 | 23-Mar-2023 | 3 years, 66 days |
| 10 | Manmohan Samal | 24-Mar-2023 | Present | 215 days | |
References
- "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- State Office bjp.org
- Pragya Singh (15 January 2008). "Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India". live mint. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- Gupta, Sejuta Das (2019e). Class, Politics, and Agricultural Policies in Post-liberalisation India. Cambridge University Press. pp. 172–173. ISBN 978-1-108-41628-3.
- State Office Bearers odisha.bjp.org
- "State Presidents".
- "Suresh Pujari new president of Orissa BJP". The Times of India.
- "KV Singhdeo new president of Odisha BJP". Zee News. 10 March 2013.
- "Basant Panda appointed new Orissa BJP president". The Economic Times.
- "Samir Mohanty elected Odisha BJP president". India Today.
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