Elections to the Orissa Legislative Assembly were held in April 2004 to elect members of the 147 constituencies in Orissa, India. The Bhartiya Janata Party and Biju Janata Dal fought election together as NDA. The National Democratic Alliance won the most seats and Naveen Patnaik was re-appointed as the Chief Minister of Orissa. The opposition Congress was headed by former CM Janaki Ballabh Pattnaik, who was unsuccessful. The number of constituencies was set as 147 by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.

Schedule The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 29 February 2004.

Poll event Phase 1 2 Date of announcement 29 February 2004 Notification date 24 March 2004 31 March 2004 Last date for filing nomination 31 March 2004 7 April 2004 Scrutiny of nomination 2 April 2004 8 April 2004 Last date for withdrawal of nomination 5 April 2004 10 April 2004 Date of poll 20 April 2004 26 April 2004 Date of counting of votes13 May 2004 No. of constituencies 77 70

Parties and alliances

Seats where divided in 4:3 ratio. PartyFlagSymbolLeaderContesting SeatsBiju Janata DalNaveen Patnaik 84Bharatiya Janata PartyJual Oram 63

PartyFlagSymbolLeaderContesting SeatsIndian National CongressJanaki Ballabh Patnaik133Jharkhand Mukti MorchaShibu Soren12 Odisha Gana Parishad - -Bijoy Mohapatra4

Result +Source: Election Commission of IndiaPartyPopular voteSeatsNameSymbolVotes%±ppContestedWon+/−Indian National Congress5,896,713 34.821.041333812Biju Janata Dal4,632,280 27.362.0484617Bharatiya Janata Party2,898,105 17.111.09 63 32 6Jharkhand Mukti Morcha301,777 1.780.361241Odisha Gana Parishad -217,9981.20(new)42(new)Communist Party of India129,9890.770.45 6 1Communist Party of India (Marxist) 93,1590.550.22 31Independents -2,065,650 12.201.54 295 8Total-100--147-Valid Votes 16,933,456 66.01Invalid Votes9,461 -Total Votes polled / turnout16,942,917 66.05Abstentation8,709,072 -Total No. of Electors25,651,989 Results by district +DistrictSeatsBJDBJPINCOTHAngul53110Balangir63111Balasore72221Bargarh51220Bhadrak51130Boudh11000Cuttack106121Deogarh10010Dhenkanal32010Gajapati31110Ganjam128112Jagatsinghpur42020Jajpur75110Jharsuguda31110Kalahandi63300Kandhamal31110Kendrapara53011Keonjhar61230Khurda63210Koraput52030Malkangiri20110Mayurbhanj102503Nawapara21001Nayagarh41102Nowrangpur41120Puri63111Rayagada30030Sambalpur31200Subarnapur32010Sundergarh71123Total14761323816

Elected members