Election in Odisha – 2014 Results

 
Odisha is a state that is situated on the coast of Bay of Bengal. The capital of Odisha is Bhubaneshwar. The general election will take place on 10th April and 11th April. There are 21 parliamentary constituencies in the state.

 

Odisha General Elections – 2014

The date and schedule for the general elections in the state are as below:

 

List of Parliamentary Constituencies

Political parties in the state

The national level parties are:
BJP – Bharatiya Janata Party
BSP – Bahujan Samaj Party
CPI – Communist Party of India
CPM – Communist Party of India, Marxist
INC – Indian National Congress
NCP – Nationalist Congress Party
The regional level parties are
BJD – Biju Janata Dal
JMM – Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
AITC – All India Trinamool Congress
JD(U) – Janata Dal(United)
LJP – Lok Jan Shakti Party
RSP – Revolutionary Socialist Party
SP – Samajwadi Party
The unrecognized parties are:
AJSUP – AJSU Party
BJSH – Bharatiya Jan Shakti
BOP – Bira Oriya Party
CPI(ML)(L) – Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)
IJP – Indian Justice Party
JDP – Jharkhand Disom Party
JHKP – Jana Hitkari Party
JKP – Jharkhand Party
KOKD – Kosal Kranti Dal
KS – Kalinga Sena
LSP – Lok Satta Party
OCP – Odisha Communist Party
OMM – Odisha Mukti Morcha
RPD – Rashtriya Parivartan Dal
RPI – Republican Party of India
RPI(A) – Republican Party of India (A)
RWS – Rashtrawadi Sena
SAMO – Samruddha Odisha
SWJP – Samajwadi Jan Parishad

 

Administration Process

The constitutional head of the state is governor who is appointed by the President of India. Chief minister is the executive head of the state. He is responsible for running the government. State is divided into many districts for the reason of smooth administration. The rural areas comes under the Panchayats while the urban areas comes under the Municipality.

 

List of Chief Ministers of Odisha

 

Sl.No.	Name of Chief Ministers	From	To	Party
1	Harekrushna Mahatab	Apr 23, 1946	May 12, 1950	INC
2	Nabakrushna Choudhury	May 12, 1950	Feb 20, 1952	INC
3	Nabakrushna Choudhury	Feb 20, 1952	Oct 19, 1956	INC
4	Harekrushna Mahatab	Oct 19, 1956	Apr 6, 1957	INC
5	Harekrushna Mahatab	Apr 6, 1957	May 22, 1959	INC
6	Harekrushna Mahatab	May 22, 1959	Feb 25, 1961	INC
	(President’s rule)	Feb 25, 1961	Jun 23, 1961	N/A
7	Biju Patnaik	Jun 23, 1961	Oct 2, 1963	INC
8	Biren Mitra	Oct 2, 1963	Feb 21, 1965	INC
9	Sadashiva Tripathy	Feb 21, 1965	Mar 8, 1967	INC
10	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo	Mar 8, 1967	Jan 9, 1971	SWA
	(President’s rule)	Jan 11, 1971	Apr 3, 1971	N/A
11	Biswanath Das	Apr 3, 1971	Jun 14, 1972	Independent
12	Nandini Satpathy	Jun 14, 1972	Mar 3, 1973	INC
	(President’s rule)	Mar 3, 1973	Mar 6, 1974	N/A
13	Nandini Satpathy	Mar 6, 1974	Dec 16, 1976	INC
	(President’s rule)	Dec 16, 1976	Dec 29, 1976	N/A
14	Binayak Acharya	Dec 29, 1976	Apr 30, 1977	INC
	(President’s rule)	Apr 30, 1977	Jun 26, 1977	N/A
15	Nilamani Routray	Jun 26, 1977	Feb 17, 1980	JNP
	(President’s rule)	Feb 17, 1980	Jun 9, 1980	N/A
16	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik	Jun 9, 1980	Mar 10, 1985	INC
	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik	Mar 10, 1985	Dec 7, 1989	INC
17	Hemananda Biswal	Dec 7, 1989	Mar 5, 1990	INC
18	Biju Patnaik	Mar 5, 1990	Mar 15, 1995	JD
19	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik	Mar 15, 1995	Feb 17, 1999	INC
20	Giridhar Gamang	Feb 17, 1999	Dec 6, 1999	INC
21	Hemananda Biswal	Dec 6, 1999	Mar 5, 2000	INC
22	Naveen Patnaik	Mar 5, 2000	May 16, 2004	BJD
23	Naveen Patnaik	May 16, 2004	May 21, 2009	BJD
24	Naveen Patnaik	May 21, 2009	Incumbent	BJD

List of Governors of Odisha

 

Sl.No.	Name of Governors	From	To
1	Sir John Austen Hubback	Apr 1, 1936	Aug 11, 1938
2	George Townsend Boag (Acting)	Aug 11, 1938	Dec 7, 1938
3	Sir John Austen Hubback	Dec 8, 1938	Mar 31, 1941
4	Sir Howthorne Lewis	Apr 1, 1941	Mar 31, 1946
5	Sir Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi	Apr 1, 1946	Aug 14, 1947
6	Dr. Kailash Nath Katju	Aug 15, 1947	Jun 20, 1948
7	M.Asaf Ali	Jun 21, 1948	May 5, 1951
8	V.P. Menon(Acting)	May 6, 1951	Jul 17, 1951
9	M.Asaf Ali	Jul 18, 1951	Jun 6, 1952
10	Saiyid Fazl Ali	Jun 7, 1952	Feb 9, 1954
11	P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja	Feb 10, 1954	Sep 11, 1956
12	Bhim Sen Sachar	Sep 12, 1956	Jul 31, 1957
13	Yeshwant Narayan Sukthankar	Jul 31, 1957	Sep 15, 1962
14	Dr. Ajudhia Nath Khosla	Sep 16, 1962	Aug 5, 1966
15	Khaleell Ahommed (Acting)	Aug 5, 1966	Sep 11, 1966
16	Dr. Ajudhia Nath Khosla	Sep 12, 1966	Jan 30, 1968
17	Dr. Shaukatullah Shah Ansari	Jan 31, 1968	Sep 20, 1971
18	Sardar Jojendra Singh(Acting)	Sep 20, 1971	Jun 30, 1972
19	Justice Gatikrishna Mishra	Jul 1, 1972	Nov 8, 1972
20	Basappa Danappa Jatti	Nov 8, 1972	Aug 20, 1974
21	Justice Gatikrishna Mishra	Aug 21, 1974	Oct 25, 1974
22	Akbar Ali Khan	Oct 25, 1974	Apr 17, 1976
23	Justice Shiva Narayin Sankar (Acting)	Apr 17, 1976	Feb 7, 1977
24	Harcharan Singh Brar	Feb 7, 1977	Sep 22, 1977
25	Bhagwat Dayal Sharma	Sep 23, 1977	Apr 30, 1980
26	Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha	Apr 30, 1980	Sep 30, 1980
27	Justice S.K. Ray (Acting)	Oct 1, 1980	Nov 3, 1980
28	Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha	Nov 4, 1980	Jun 24, 1982
29	Justice R.N. Mishra (Acting)	Jun 25, 1982	Aug 31, 1982
30	Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha	Sep 1, 1982	Aug 17, 1983
31	Bishambhar Nath Pande	Aug 17, 1983	Nov 20, 1988
32	Prof. Saiyid Nurul Hasan	Nov 20, 1988	Feb 6, 1990
33	Yagya Datt Sharma	Feb 7, 1990	Feb 1, 1993
34	Prof. Saiyid Nurul Hasan	Feb 1, 1993	May 31, 1993
35	B. Satya Narayan Reddy	Jun 1, 1993	Jun 17, 1995
36	Gopala Ramanujam	Jun 18, 1995	Jan 30, 1997
37	K.V. Raghunatha Reddy	Jan 31, 1997	Feb 12, 1997
38	Gopala Ramanujam	Feb 13, 1997	Dec 13, 1997
39	K.V. Raghunatha Reddy	Dec 13, 1997	Apr 27, 1998
40	Dr. C. Rangarajan	Apr 27, 1998	Nov 14, 1999
41	M. M. Rajendran	Nov 15, 1999	Nov 17, 2004
42	Rameshwar Thakur	Nov 18, 2004	Aug 21, 2007
43	Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare	Aug 21, 2007	Mar 9, 2013
44	S. C. Jamir	Mar 9, 2013	Incumbent