Biju Janata Dal
Biju Janata Dal ( BJD , Oriya : ବିଜୁ ଜନତା ଦଳ) is an Indian party that is present in the state of Odisha .
history
The party was founded on December 15, 1997 by Naveen Patnaik , son of the eponymous former Chief Minister of Orissa Biju Patnaik . He has been party chairman since then. Almost 30 years earlier, Biju Patnaik and the Utkal Congress had tried to found a regional party for Orissa, but it failed. The BJD was a spin-off from the Janata Dal (JD) party after the JD party leadership refused to negotiate a coalition with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the run-up to the upcoming parliamentary election . From 1998 to 2009, the Biju Janata Dal was a member of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance . Before the 2009 election , she joined the party alliance known as the Third Front . The party is considered to be social liberal and social democratic and is located in the political center.
Seats
In the state of Odisha she leads the government with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. In the 2014 general election , the party achieved its greatest success to date, winning 20 of a total of 21 Lok Sabha constituencies in Odisha.
Election results
The following table shows the election results (seats won) in the all-India parliamentary elections and in elections to the parliament of Odisha. Odisha is divided into 21 Lok Sabha constituencies.
| year | choice | voting share |
Seats in parliament |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 |
 Election for Lok Sabha in 1998
|
1.00% |
9/543 |
| 1999 |
Election for Lok Sabha 1999
|
1.20% |
10/543 |
| 2000 | Parliamentary election in Orissa 2000 | 29.40% |
68/147 |
| 2004 |
Election for Lok Sabha 2004
|
1.30% |
11/543 |
| 2004 | Parliamentary election in Orissa 2004 | 27.36% |
61/147 |
| 2009 |
Election for Lok Sabha 2009
|
1.59% |
14/543 |
| 2009 | Orissa General Election 2009 | 38.86% |
103/147 |
| 2014 |
Election for Lok Sabha 2014
|
1.7% |
20/543 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biju's son splits JD in Orissa. rediff.com, December 15, 1997, accessed December 18, 2014 .
- ^ Election Results - Full Statistical Reports. Indian Election Commission, accessed on October 15, 2014 (English, election results of all Indian elections to the Lok Sabha and the parliaments of the states since independence).