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The Biju Janata Dal is a regional party of the Indian state of Orissa led by Naveen Patnaik, son of former state chief minister Biju Patnaik

History

Naveen took over his father's Lok Sabha seat in 1996 as a member of the Janata Dal. In 1997, Naveen split from Janata Dal over its failure to ally with the BJP, and formed the BJD in December 1997. The BJD has participated in several ruling coalitions with the Bharatiya Janata Party both at the Centre and in Orissa. The BJD, however, was one of the main professedly secular parties of the National Democratic Alliance.

Electoral Record

BJD won 9 seats in the 1998 general elections and Naveen was named the minister of mines. In the 1999 general elections, BJD won 10 seats. The party won a majority of seats in the state legislative assembly in the 2000 and 2004 elections in alliance with BJP. The party won 11 Lok Sabha seats in the 2004 elections.

Rule

Naveen Patnaik stepped down as minister of mines in 2000 after the BJD-BJP victory in the state elections and took over the reigns of Chief Ministership for the state. Patnaik won a second term as Chief Minister in 2004 state elections.

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