Orissa Assembly Election Results in 2000

Elections to the 12th Legislative Assembly of Orissa were held in February 2000. 868 candidates from various political parties were in fray, contesting in a total of 147 Assembly constituencies, out of which 91 assembly seats were reserved for General candidates, 22 seats were reserved for Scheduled Caste candidates and 34 were reserved for candidates from Scheduled Tribes. 1,41,24,469 valid votes were cast in which the newly-formed Biju Janata Dal formed the government by winning 68 out of the 84 Assembly seats in which it contested. While the Congress lost its appeal among the masses, bagging only 26 Assembly seats, the BJP made a significant mark in the state by bagging an impressive 38 Assembly seats. The Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu and member of the UNICEF Executive Board M. M. Rajendran continued in the prestigious post of Governor of Orissa for the whole tenure of this Assembly. Sarat Kumar Kar was unanimously elected as the Speaker of the Orissa Vidhan Sabha during this period while Rama Chandra Panda was unanimously elected as the Deputy Speaker. Naveen Patnaik, President of the Biju Janata Dal was made the Chief Minister of Orissa during this period. Ramakanta Mishra of the Congress was recognized as the leader of Opposition in the Orissa Legislative Assembly.

The Naveen Patnaik-led government brought in some historic achievements in the state of Orissa. It was committed to a holistic development of women and children in the state, through a number of policies. A 50% reservation has been made for women in the Odisha Municipalities. The BJD has implemented a number of schemes for women and children, such as the ‘Mamata Yojna’, ‘Mission Shakti’, ‘Tupti’, ‘Nua Arunima’ and the crucial ‘Self Help Group Energy Franchisee Arrangement (SEFA) Program’.

Some of the most important legislations passed in the Orissa Vidhan Sabha during this period were:

• Western Orissa Development Council Act, 2000
• Orissa Public Libraries Act, 2001
• Orissa Education Act, 2000
• Orissa Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001
• Orissa Pani Panchayat Act, 2002
• Ancient Monuments Preservation (Amendment) Act, 2002
• Orissa Forest (Amendment) Act, 2000
• Orissa Municipal Corporation Act, 2003
• Orissa Hindu Religious Endowments (Amendment) Act, 2003
• Orissa Luxury Tax (Amendment) Act, 2002
• Orissa Self-Help Co-operative Act, 2001
• Orissa Appropriation Act, 2001

List of Successful Candidates in Orissa Assembly Election in 2000

A.C. No.	Constituency Name	Type A.C.	Winner Candidate	Gender	Party
1	Karanjia	(ST)	Padma Charan Haiburu	M	IND
2	Jashipur	(ST)	Bhanu Charan Naik	M	BJP
3	Bahalda	(ST)	Laxman Soren	M	BJP
4	Rairangpur	(ST)	Droupadi Murmu	F	BJP
5	Bangriposi	(ST)	Purusottam Naik	M	IND
6	Kuliana	(ST)	Sudam Marndi	M	JMM
7	Baripada	Gen	Kishore Dash	M	JMM
8	Baisinga	(ST)	Kandra Soren	M	BJP
9	Khunta	(ST)	Golak Naik	M	BJP
10	Udala	(ST)	Bhaskar Madhei	M	BJP
11	Bhograi	Gen	Dr. Kamala Das	F	BJD
12	Jaleswar	Gen	Jayanarayan Mohanty	M	INC
13	Basta	Gen	Raghunath Mohanty	M	BJD
14	Balasore	Gen	Jiban Pradip Dash	M	BJP
15	Soro	Gen	Kartik Mohapatra	M	INC
16	Simulia	Gen	Parsuram Panigrahi	M	BJD
17	Nilgiri	Gen	Pradipta Panda	M	CPM
18	Bhandaripokhari	(SC)	Ratha Das	M	BJD
19	Bhadrak	Gen	Biren Palei	M	INC
20	Dhamnagar	Gen	Manas Ranjan Mallik	M	IND
21	Chandbali	(SC)	Bishnu Charan Sethi	M	BJP
22	Basudevpur	Gen	Bijayshree Routray	M	BJD
23	Sukinda	Gen	Prafulla Chandra Ghadai	M	BJD
24	Korai	Gen	Ashok Kumar Das	M	JD(S)
25	Jajpur	(SC)	Suryamani Jena	M	BJD
26	Dharamsala	Gen	Kalpataru Das	M	BJD
27	Barchana	Gen	Amar Prasad Satpathy	M	BJD
28	Bari-Derabisi	Gen	Debasis Nayak	M	BJD
29	Binjharpur	(SC)	Pramila Mallik	F	BJD
30	Aul	Gen	Pratap Keshari Deb	M	BJD
31	Patamundai	(SC)	Tapash Kumar Das	M	BJD
32	Rajanagar	Gen	Nalini Kanta Mohanty	M	BJD
33	Kendrapara	Gen	Bed Prakash Agarwalla	M	BJP
34	Patkura	Gen	Trilochan Behera	M	AITC
35	Tirtol	Gen	Debashish Samantaray	M	BJD
36	Ersama	Gen	Damodar Rout	M	BJD
37	Balikuda	Gen	Umesh Chandra Swain	M	INC
38	Jagatsinghpur	(SC)	Bishnu Charan Das	M	BJD
39	Kissannagar	Gen	Pratap Jena	M	BJD
40	Mahanga	Gen	Sarat Kumar Kar	M	BJD
41	Salepur	(SC)	Kalandi Behera	M	BJD
42	Gobindpur	Gen	Panchanan Kanungo	M	BJD
43	Cuttack Sadar	Gen	Nibedita Pradhan	F	BJP
44	Cuttack City	Gen	Samir Dey	M	BJP
45	Choudwar	Gen	Bidhubhusan Praharaj	M	IND
46	Banki	Gen	Pravat Tripathy	M	BJD
47	Athagarh	Gen	Ranendra Pratap Swain	M	BJD
48	Baramba	Gen	Debi Mishra	M	BJD
49	Balipatna	(SC)	Raghab Chandra Sethi	M	BJD
50	Bhubaneswar	Gen	Biswabhusan Harichandan	M	BJP
51	Atni	Gen	Suresh Kumar Routray	M	INC
52	Pipili	Gen	Pradeep Maharathy	M	BJD
53	Nimapara	(SC)	Baidhar Malik	M	BJP
54	Kakatpur	Gen	Surendra Nath Naik	M	BJD
55	Satyabadi	Gen	Prasad Kumar Harichandan	M	INC
56	Puri	Gen	Maheswar Mohanty	M	BJD
57	Brahmagiri	Gen	Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra	M	INC
58	Chilka	Gen	Dr. Bibhuti Bhusan Harichandan	M	BJP
59	Khurda	Gen	Jyotirindra Nath Mitra	M	IND
60	Begunia	Gen	Prashanta Nanda	M	BJP
61	Ranpur	Gen	Ramakanta Mishra	M	INC
62	Nayagarh	Gen	Bhagabat Behera	M	BJD
63	Khandapada	Gen	Bijayalaxmi Pattnaik	F	BJD
64	Daspalla	Gen	Harihar Karan	M	INC
65	Aganathprasad	(SC)	Simanchala Behera	M	INC
66	Bhanjanagar	Gen	Bikram Keshari Arukha	M	BJD
67	Surada	Gen	Usha Rani Panda	F	INC
68	Aska	Gen	Debaraj Mohanty	M	BJD
69	Kavisuryanagar	Gen	Nityananda Pradhan	M	CPI
70	Kodala	Gen	Rama Krushna Patnaik	M	BJD
71	Khallikote	Gen	V.Sugnana Kumari Deo	F	BJD
72	Chhatrapur	Gen	Rama Chandra Panda	M	BJP
73	Hinjili	Gen	Naveen Patnaik	M	BJD
74	Gopalpur	(SC)	Rama Chandra Sethy	M	BJD
75	Berhampur	Gen	Dr. Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik	M	BJD
76	Chikiti	Gen	Usha Devi	F	BJD
77	Mohana	Gen	Surjya Narayana Patro	M	BJD
78	Ramagiri	(ST)	Haladhar Karji	M	INC
79	Parlakhemundi	Gen	Trinath Sahu	M	INC
80	Gunupur	(ST)	Ramurty Gamango	M	BJP
81	Bissam Cuttack	(ST)	Sarangadhar Kadraka	M	BJD
82	Rayagada	(ST)	Lalbihari Himirika	M	BJD
83	Laxmipur	(ST)	Bibhisana Majhi	M	BJD
84	Pottangi	(ST)	Jayaram Pangi	M	BJD
85	Koraput	Gen	Tara Prasad Bahinipati	M	INC
86	Malkangiri	(SC)	Arabinda Dhali	M	BJP
87	Chitrakonda	(ST)	Mamta Madhi	F	INC
88	Kotpad	(ST)	Basudev Majhi	M	INC
89	Jeypore	Gen	Rabi Narayan Nanda	M	BJD
90	Nowrangpur	Gen	Habibulla Khan	M	INC
91	Kodinga	(ST)	Sadan Nayak	M	INC
92	Dabugam	(ST)	Bhujabal Majhi	M	INC
93	Umarkote	(ST)	Parama Pujari	F	INC
94	Nawapara	Gen	Basanta Kumar Panda	M	BJP
95	Khariar	Gen	Durjyodhan Majhi	M	BJD
96	Dharamgarh	(SC)	Bira Sipka	M	BJD
97	Koksara	Gen	Roshni Singh Deo	F	BJD
98	Junagarh	Gen	Himanshu Shekhar Meher	M	BJP
99	Bhawanipatna	(SC)	Pradipta Kumar Naik	M	BJP
100	Narla	(ST)	Balabhadra Majhi	M	BJD
101	Kesinga	Gen	Dhaneswar Majhi	M	BJP
102	Baliguda	(ST)	Surendra Kanhar	M	BJP
103	Udayagiri	(ST)	Saluga Pradhan	M	BJD
104	Phulbani	(SC)	Bishnu Priya Behera	F	BJD
105	Boudh	Gen	Pradip Kumar Amat	M	IND
106	Titlagarh	(SC)	Jogendra Behera	M	BJD
107	Kantabanji	Gen	Santosh Singh Saluja	M	INC
108	Patnagarh	Gen	Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo	M	BJP
109	Saintala	Gen	Surendra Singh Bhoi	M	INC
110	Loisingha	Gen	Bal Gopal Mishra	M	BJP
111	Bolangir	Gen	Anang Udaya Singh Deo	M	BJD
112	Sonepur	(SC)	Kunduru Kushal	M	BJD
113	Binka	Gen	Niranjan Pujari	M	BJD
114	Birmaharajpur	Gen	Baishnaba Padhan	M	BJD
115	Athmallik	Gen	Nagendra Kumar Pradhan	M	BJD
116	Angul	Gen	Adwait Prasad Singh	M	BJD
117	Hindol	(SC)	Anjali Behera	F	BJD
118	Dhenkanal	Gen	Krushna Chandra Patra	M	BJP
119	Gondia	Gen	Nabin Nanda	M	BJD
120	Kamakhyanagar	Gen	Brahmananda Biswal	M	BJD
121	Pallahara	Gen	Dharmendra Pradhan	M	BJP
122	Talcher	(SC)	Mahesh Sahoo	M	BJP
123	Padampur	Gen	Bijaya Singh Bariha	M	BJD
124	Melchhamunda	Gen	Prakash Chandra Debta	M	INC
125	Bijepur	Gen	Ashok Kumar Panigrahy	M	BJD
126	Bhatli	(SC)	Bimbadhar Kuanr	M	BJP
127	Bargarh	Gen	Ananda Acharya	M	BJD
128	Sambalpur	Gen	Jaya Narayan Mishra	M	BJP
129	Brajarajnagar	Gen	Anup Kumar Sai	M	INC
130	Jharsuguda	Gen	Kishore Kumar Mohanty	M	BJD
131	Laikera	(ST)	Hemanand Biswal	M	INC
132	Kuchinda	(ST)	Rabinarayan Naik	M	BJP
133	Rairakhol	(SC)	Durjodhan Sohela	M	BJD
134	Deogarh	Gen	Subash Chandra Panigrahi	M	BJP
135	Sundargarh	Gen	Shankarsan Naik	M	BJP
136	Talsara	(ST)	Gajadhar Majhi	M	INC
137	Rajgangpur	(ST)	Mangala Kisan	M	BJD
138	Biramitrapur	(ST)	George Tirkey	M	JMM
139	Rourkela	Gen	Ajit Das	M	BJD
140	Raghunathpalli	(ST)	Shankar Oram	M	BJP
141	Bonai	(ST)	Dayanidhi Kisan	M	BJP
142	Champua	(ST)	Saharai Oram	M	IND
143	Patna	(ST)	Gourahari Naik	M	BJP
144	Keonjhar	(ST)	Mohan Charan Majhi	M	BJP
145	Telkoi	(ST)	Niladri Nayak	M	BJD
146	Ramchandrapur	Gen	Sri Badri Narayan Patra	M	IND
147	Anandapur	(SC)	Sri Mayadhar Jena	M	BJP

List of Participating Political Parties in Orissa Assembly Election in 2000

Partytype Abbreviation	Party
National Parties
1	BJP	Bharatiya Janata Party
2	BSP	Bahujan Samaj Party
3	CPI	Communist Party of India
4	CPM	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
5	INC	Indian National Congress
6	JD(S)	Janata Dal (Secular)
7	JD(U)	Janata dal (United)
8	NCP	Nationalist Congress Party
State Parties
9	AITC	All India Trinamool Congress
10	BJD	Biju Janata Dal
11	CPI(ML)(L)	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Lenninist) (Liberation)
12	FBL	All India Forward Bloc
13	JMM	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
14	RJD	Rashtriya Janata Dal
15	RSP	Revolutionary Socialist Party
16	SAP	Samata Party
17	SHS	Shivsena
18	SJP(R)	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
19	SP	Samajwadi Party
Registered(Unrecognised ) Parties
20	AJBP	Ajeya Bharat Party
21	BBM	Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangha
22	BOP	Bira Oriya Party
23	JKP	Jharkhand Party
24	OCP	Orissa Communist Party
25	PSSS	Proutist Sarva Samaj Samiti
26	SWJP	Samajwadi Jan Parishad
Independents
27	IND	Independent