REPUBLIC OF INDIA
STATE OF ORISSA
STATE ELECTION OF 17 FEBRUARY 2000
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Source: Election Commission of India website

Registered voters:                       24,188,320
Votes cast:                              14,293,780  59.1%
Invalid votes:                              169,311  01.2%
Valid votes:                             14,124,469  98.8%
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Party                                    Votes       %        Seats
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All-India Trinamool Congress (AITC)         110,056  00.8         1
Biju Janata Dal (BJD)                     4,151,895  29.4        68
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)              2,570,074  18.2        38
Communist Party of India                    172,398  01.2         1
Communist Party of India (Marxist)          109,256  00.8         1
Indian National Congress (INC)            4,770,654  33.8        26
Janata Dal (Secular)                        118,978  00.8         1
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)                301,725  02.1         3
Independents and others                   1,819,433  12.9         8
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Total                                    14,124,469             147
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