Odisha assembly election, Feb 2000

147 assembly constituencies in Odisha, 58.39% turnout.

Seats

147

Candidates

868

59 women, 13 elected

Turnout

58.39%

1.41 cr of 2.42 cr

Leading party

BJD

68 of 147 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Odisha

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
BJD Biju Janata Dal	68	+68	84	41,51,895	29.40%	—
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	38	+29	63	25,70,074	18.20%	+10.32
INC Indian National Congress	26	-54	145	47,70,654	33.78%	-5.30
IND Independent	8	+2	236	15,06,216	10.66%	+0.16
JMM Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	3	-1	21	3,01,729	2.14%	+0.19
CPI Communist Party of India	1	0	29	1,72,398	1.22%	-0.49
JD(S)JD(S)	1	+1	24	1,18,978	0.84%	—
AITC All India Trinamool Congress	1	+1	36	1,10,056	0.78%	—
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1	+1	15	1,09,256	0.77%	+0.11
BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	0	0	105	1,62,184	1.15%	+0.65
JD(U)JD(U)	0	0	8	48,135	0.34%	—
NCP Nationalist Congress Party	0	0	31	34,986	0.25%	—
SP Samajwadi Party	0	0	14	20,480	0.14%	—
SHS Shiv Sena	0	0	16	18,794	0.13%	—
BBM BBM	0	0	8	6,815	0.05%	—
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)	0	0	6	4,198	0.03%	-0.02
SAP SAP	0	0	4	3,732	0.03%	-0.30
SJPR SJPR	0	0	4	3,051	0.02%	-1.34
SWJP SWJP	0	0	1	2,412	0.02%	—
RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal	0	0	4	2,078	0.01%	—
BOP BOP	0	0	3	1,520	0.01%	—
PSSS PSSS	0	0	3	1,341	0.01%	-0.05
JKP JKP	0	0	4	1,209	0.01%	-0.03
FBL All India Forward Bloc	0	0	1	795	0.01%	0.00
OCP OCP	0	0	1	630	0.00%	-0.16
AJBP AJBP	0	0	1	559	0.00%	—
RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party	0	0	1	294	0.00%	—

BJD68 (46%)
BJP38 (26%)
INC26 (18%)
IND8 (5%)
JMM3 (2%)
CPI1 (1%)
Others3 (2%)

BJD68
BJP38
INC26
IND8
JMM3
CPI1
Others3

BJD68
BJP38
INC26
IND8
JMM3
CPI1
JD(S)1
AITC1
Others1

Constituency performance

From the 147 results in Odisha

Closest contest

JALESWAR

won by 609 (0.42%)

Biggest victory

BARAMBA

won by 67,599 (69.50%)

Highest turnout

RAJNAGAR

74.27%

Lowest turnout

ROURKELA

40.66%

Seat change

Against Odisha's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1995), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained29 (20%)
Changed hands118 (80%)

29 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 118 changed hands.

India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.

Vote share & turnout trend

Odisha, every Vidhan Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

All 147 seats, alphabetical · showing 101–147 of 147

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
MELCHHAMUNDA	INCPRAKASH CHANDRA DEBTA	INDMURARI PRASAD MISHRA	11,16111.18%	67.6%
MOHANA	BJDSURJYA NARAYANA PATRO	INCPRASANTA CHANDRA SWAIN	19,69822.29%	54.1%
NARLA	BJDBALABHADRA MAJHI	INCKUMAR MANI SABAR	9,70913.33%	50.6%
NAWAPARA	BJPBASANTA KUMAR PANDA	INCPREM KUMAR AZAD	26,45230.05%	58.3%
NAYAGARH	BJDBHAGABAT BEHERA	INCSITAKANTA MISHRA	30,08832.05%	60.4%
NILGIRI	CPMPRADIPTA PANDA	INDDAMODAR MAHAPATRA	17,73515.02%	67.2%
NIMAPARA	BJPBAIDHAR MALIK	INCRABINDRA KUMAR SETHY	24,60022.00%	65.8%
NOWRANGPUR	INCHABIBULLA KHAN	BJPSUBAS CHANDRA DASH	21,60422.69%	65.7%
PADAMPUR	BJDBIJAYA SINGH BARIHA	INCSATYA BHUSAN SAHU	8,4968.31%	63.4%
PALLAHARA	BJPDHARMENDRA PRADHAN	INDDR. NRUSINGHA CHARAN SAHOO	9,8799.01%	62.0%
PARLAKHEMUNDI	INCTRINATH SAHU	BJPVENKATA RAMANA	12,94416.33%	52.1%
PATAMUNDAI	BJDTAPASH KUMAR DAS	INCGANESWAR BEHERA	7,6707.55%	57.1%
PATKURA	AITCTRILOCHAN BEHERA	BJDATANU SABYASACHI NAYAK	36,25033.91%	65.3%
PATNA	BJPGOURAHARI NAIK	INDKANHU CHARAN NAIK	34,31539.54%	61.6%
PATNAGARH	BJPKANAK VARDHAN SINGH DEO	INCRAJANI PRUSTY	30,55941.83%	51.8%
PHULBANI	BJDBISHNU PRIYA BEHERA	INCABHIMANYU BEHERA	10,46910.85%	58.2%
PIPLI	BJDPRADEEP MAHARATHY	INCYUDHISTIR SAMANTARAY	22,72620.80%	70.3%
POTTANGI	BJDJAYARAM PANGI	INCRAMA CHANDRA KADAM	29,51431.14%	56.9%
PURI	BJDMAHESWAR MOHANTY	INDUMABALLAV RATH	23,40320.12%	56.8%
RAGHUNATHPALI	BJPSHANKAR ORAM	INCANIL MINZ	15,27215.99%	53.9%
RAIRAKHOL	BJDDURJODHAN SOHELA	INCABHIMANYU KUMAR	4,1785.23%	53.6%
RAIRANGPUR	BJPDROUPADI MURMU	INCLAXMAN MAJHI	4,5686.21%	58.6%
RAJGANGPUR	BJDMANGALA KISAN	INCDAMAYANTI ROUDIA	13,65514.17%	56.0%
RAJNAGAR	BJDNALINI KANTA MOHANTY	INCBIJAY PRADHAN	51,83443.60%	74.3%
RAMAGIRI	INCHALADHAR KARJI	BJPBHARAT PAIK	4,0685.12%	57.6%
RAMCHANDRAPUR	INDSRI BADRI NARAYAN PATRA	INCSRI NIRANJAN PATNAIK	8,2327.23%	68.8%
RANPUR	INCRAMAKANTA MISHRA	BJPSURAMA PADHY	1,3571.30%	62.9%
RAYAGADA	BJDLALBIHARI HIMIRIKA	INCULAKA RAMACHANDRA	8,70810.96%	47.6%
ROURKELA	BJDAJIT DAS	INDSARADA PRASAD NAYAK	34,01828.79%	40.7%
SAINTALA	INCSURENDRA SINGH BHOI	BJDJAGNESWAR	8,24010.28%	55.7%
SALEPUR	BJDKALANDI BEHERA	INCPRAKASH CHANDRA BEHERA	26,08729.59%	62.7%
SAMBALPUR	BJPJAYA NARAYAN MISHRA	INCANAND JENA	15,78114.18%	50.7%
SATYABADI	INCPRASAD KUMAR HARICHANDAN	INDRAMARANJAN BALIARSINGH	1,4521.40%	65.6%
SIMULIA	BJDPARSURAM PANIGRAHI	INCPADMA LOCHAN PANDA	2,9302.58%	66.3%
SONEPUR	BJDKUNDURU KUSHAL	INCACHYUTANANDA BISWAL	6,4167.91%	50.1%
SORO	INCKARTIK MOHAPATRA	BJPSK. SALIMUDDIN MOHAMMED	18,11315.80%	63.8%
SUKINDA	BJDPRAFULLA CHANDRA GHADAI	INCJAYAKRISHNA BEHURA	33,18927.58%	69.8%
SUNDARGARH	BJPSHANKARSAN NAIK	INCKISHORE CHANDRA PATEL	11,70812.58%	59.9%
SURUDA	INCUSHA RANI PANDA	BJPANANTA NARAYAN SINGH DEO	4,9775.75%	51.5%
TALCHER	BJPMAHESH SAHOO	INCARJUN BEHERA	32,63129.16%	54.6%
TALSARA	INCGAJADHAR MAJHI	BJPINDRAMANI KALO	4,0755.21%	58.5%
TELKOI	BJDNILADRI NAYAK	INCPRANA BALLAV NAYAK	14,43815.28%	55.5%
TIRTOL	BJDDEBASHISH SAMANTARAY	INCBASANTA KUMAR BISWAL	4,2703.71%	66.2%
TITILAGARH	BJDJOGENDRA BEHERA	INCDAMBARUDHAR CHHATRIA	8,78611.54%	49.8%
UDALA	BJPBHASKAR MADHEI	INCRABANESWAR MADHEI	25,24930.98%	58.0%
UDAYAGIRI	BJDSALUGA PRADHAN	INCNAGARJUN PRADHAN	3,6553.92%	58.3%
UMARKOTE	INCPARAMA PUJARI	BJPDHARMU GOND	7,5997.64%	58.8%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Odisha alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.

Who won the Odisha assembly election, Feb 2000?

Biju Janata Dal won 68 of 147 seats in Odisha, short of a majority on its own.

What was the voter turnout in the Odisha assembly election, Feb 2000?

Turnout was 58.39% — 1.41 cr of 2.42 cr registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does Odisha have?

Odisha has 147 assembly seats.