The Biju Janata Dal (; BJD) is an Indian

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with great influence in the

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Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...

. It was founded by the former minister of mines and minerals of the Republic of India

Naveen Patnaik Naveen Patnaik (born 16 October 1946) is an Indian politician serving as the current and 14th Chief Minister of Odisha. He is also the president of the Biju Janata Dal, a writer and has authored three books. He is the longest-serving chief min ...

on 26 December 1997 as a breakaway faction from the

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. The BJD is led by its founder as president of the party. The headquarters of the party is located in Forest Park, Bhubaneswar.

Electoral record

The BJD won nine seats in the 1998 general election and Naveen was named Minister for Mines. In the 1999 general elections, the BJD won 10 seats. The party won a majority of seats in the

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in the 2000 and 2004 elections in alliance with the

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(BJP). The BJD won 11

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seats in the 2004 elections. In the aftermath of the 2008 Kandhamal riots, the BJD parted ways with the BJP in the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections held in 2009, citing communalism and differences in seat sharing. During the election, BJD won 14 seats and secured a strong 108 legislative seats out of 147 seats in the 2009 Odisha legislative elections. Biju Janata Dal won a huge victory in the 2014 general election, securing 20 of the 21 Odishan

seats and 117 of the 147

seats. They were re-elected to power in Odisha in

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, winning 112 of the 147 seats in the Odisha state assembly; however, their seats in the Lok Sabha were reduced to 12. In 2022, BJD clean swept elections of Panchayat & urban local bodies in the state.

Leadership

The highest decision-making body of the party is its Core Committee. *

– Founder, National Chairperson, Leader of the party in the

. *Smt. Pramila Mallick - Speaker, Odisha Legislative Assembly. *

Pinaki Misra Pinaki Misra (born 23 October 1959) is an Indian politician from the Biju Janata Dal party; he is the current Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Puri. In 1996 he contested as the Congress candidate for Puri Lok Sabha seat and won over B ...

– Leader of the party in the

. *

Prasanna Acharya Prasanna Acharya (born 8 August 1949) is a politician from Odisha, India who sits in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament. He is a member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) political party. Career Acharya was a member of the n ...

– Leader of the party in the

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. * Bhartruhari Mahtab – Member in the

. * Niranjan Pujari - Minister of Finance, Excise in Government of Odisha. * Pranab Prakash Das – General Secretary (Organisation). * Sanjay Das Burma – General Secretary (headquarters). *

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, Party Treasurer and General Secretary Biju Sramika Samukhya. * Byomokesh Ray - Biju Yuba Janata Dal. *Devi Ranjan Tripathy- Biju Chhatra Janata Dal. *Snehangini Chhuria- Biju Mahila Janata Dal.

Electoral performance

Indian general elections

State legislative assembly elections

List of party leaders

Presidents

Legislative leaders

List of union cabinet ministers

List of union ministers of state (independent charge)

List of chief ministers

Chief Ministers of Odisha

List of union ministers of state

Notes

References

External links

* {{Authority control State political parties in Odisha Political parties established in 1997 1997 establishments in Orissa Regionalist parties in India Janata Parivar Janata Dal Political parties in India