BJD   Congress   BJP   Others
2004 Assembly  61  38  32  IND 8, JMM 4, OGP 2, CPI 1, CPM 1
 2009 Assembly  103  27  6  NCP 4, CPM 2, CPI 1, Others 4
2004 Lok Sabha  11  2  7  JMM 1
 2009 Lok Sabha  14  6  0

 CPI 1

The following map shows which part won which Lok Sabha constituency in Orissa. (It is from http://164.100.9.52/ge2009/Final.html.) The blue is where Congress won, the grey is where BJD won and the red is where CPI won.

Compared to 2004, Orissa is better of in 2009 with respect to its leverage with the center. 

  • In 2004 it had only 2 MPs from the ruling party, this time it has 6. I hope that leads to more ministers from Orissa, including one cabinet minister and one state minister. 
  • In 2004 BJD with its 11 MPs was part of NDA  and BJD was dependent on BJP support in the state to get majority; so the ruling party in the center could just ignore BJD MPs of Orissa as it had no hope of getting their support. In 2009 BJD has 14 MPs. Although BJD has said it will not support UPA, the UPA may still harbor hope that in a crunch it may need BJD and so it would not completely ignore BJD.
  • However, the fact that UPA has very good numbers in 2009, and NDA and Left have done bad, UPA does not desperately need BJD support or abstention. Thus BJD does not have that much bargaining power to demand some special goodies for Orissa in return for its support or abstention.
  • This win increases the stature of Naveen Patnaik further and he will be taken more seriously in Delhi.
  • Jay Panda, having become a Lok Sabha MP, will also have a higher stature now.