2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
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The Odisha Legislative Assembly election of 2009 took place in April 2009, concurrently with the Indian general election, 2009. The elections were held in the state in the first (2009-04-16) and second (2009-04-23) phases. The results were declared on 2009-05-16. Despite having recently separated from the Bharatiya Janata Party after an 11-year partnership, the Biju Janata Dal retained power in the Odisha State Assembly with a more convincing majority. Party chief Naveen Patnaik was formally re-elected as the BJD Legislature party leader on 2009-05-19,[2] thus paving the way for his third consecutive term as the Chief Minister of Odisha.
Previous Assembly
In the 2004 Orissa Assembly election, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) had swept the state with the BJD winning 61 seats and the BJP winning 32 seats, giving the alliance comfortable majority in the 147 member house. This was the second consecutive term for the BJD-BJP combine after they first formed the Government in 2000.[3] The Naveen Patnaik Government had been sworn in at the Bhubaneswar Raj Bhavan by Governor M.M.Rajendran on 16 May 2009.[4]
Background
With the tenure of the Orissa Assembly scheduled to expire on 2009-06-29, the Election Commission of India announced[5] on 2009-03-02 that the elections to the Orissa Assembly would be held at the same time as the general election. The election in each Assembly constituency (AC) was held in the same phase as the election to the corresponding Parliamentary constituency that the AC falls under.
As seat-sharing discussions got underway between allies, after 11 years of partnership and nearly two full terms as the Orissa state Government, the BJD snapped ties with the BJP in Mar 2009, blaming the latter for the violence against Christians in 2008.[6] Thereafter, the BJP withdrew support to Government and Governor Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare asked Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to prove his majority in the Orissa Assembly.[7] Naveen Patnaik then won a controversial trust vote on 11 May 2009, after the opposition Congress and BJP legislators walked out of the Assembly in protest in the manner the vote was being conducted.[8]
The BJD then declared that they support neither Congress nor BJP.[9] Though they decided to contest the 2009 elections in partnership with the Left Front and Nationalist Congress Party, the BJD did not officially join the Third Front.[10]
Schedule of election
Poll Event | Phase 1 | Phase 2 |
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Announcement & Issue of Press Note | Monday, 02 Mar 2009 | |
Issue of Notification | Monday, 23 Mar 2009 | Saturday, 28 Mar 2009 |
Last Date for filing Nominations | Monday, 30 Mar 2009 | Saturday, 04 Apr 2009 |
Scrutiny of Nominations | Tuesday, 31 Mar 2009 | Monday, 06 Apr 2009 |
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature | Thursday, 02 Apr 2009 | Wednesday, 08 Apr 2009 |
Date of Poll | Thursday, 16 Apr 2009 | Thursday, 23 Apr 2009 |
Counting of Votes on | Saturday, 16 May 2009 | |
Date of election being completed | Thursday, 28 May 2009 | |
Constituencies Polling on this day | 70 | 77 |
Source: Election Commission of India[5] |
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Results
Government formation
Despite fighting against both BJP & Congress, the BJD emerged victorious with more than two-thirds majority in the 147 member Legislative Assembly. Naveen Patnaik was sworn in for his third consecutive term by Governor M.C. Bhandare on 2009-05-21 at the Bhubaneswar Raj Bhavan.[11]
Number of seats
Template:Orissa state assembly elections results, 2009
Number of candidates
See also
- State Assembly elections in India, 2009
- Indian general election in Orissa, 2009
- Legislative Assembly election results of Orissa
References
- ^ a b "ECI Analysis - Assembly Election" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
- ^ "Naveen named Legislature Party Leader". The Hindu. 2009-05-20. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- ^ "25-member Naveen ministry takes office". The Indian Express. 2000-03-06. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- ^ "Naveen Ministry sworn in". The Hindu. 2004-05-17. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- ^ a b "General Elections to Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 2 March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 19, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
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- ^ Das, Prafulla (2009-03-09). "Naveen Patnaik asked to seek confidence vote on March 11". The Hindu. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- ^ Das, Prafulla (2009-03-12). "Naveen wins trust vote". The Hindu. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- ^ "BJD not to support Cong-led or BJP-led govt at Centre: Naveen". The Hindu. 2009-03-14. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- ^ "BJD, Left and NCP join hands in Orissa". Rediff.com. 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- ^ "Naveen Patnaik begins third term as Orissa CM". NDTV. 2009-05-21. Retrieved 2009-10-27.