2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

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2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly elections were held in the eastern coastal state of Odisha from 13 May to 1 June 2024 to elect the 147 members of the Odisha Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and results were declared on 4 June 2024, leading to the formation of the 17th Assembly. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 78 seats, securing a simple majority in the assembly and ending the 24-year tenure of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) government led by Naveen Patnaik. Following the election, the BJP extended its legislative footprint when all three independent MLAs extended their support to the party. Manmohan Samal, the BJP's state president who steered the party's election campaign in Odisha, was defeated in the Chandabali constituency. On 12 June 2024, Mohan Charan Majhi, the MLA from Keonjhar, was sworn in as the 15th Chief Minister of Odisha. Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo and Pravati Parida were sworn in concurrently as deputy chief ministers.

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