The BJP made inroads in Odisha to form its first Government in the State by defeating longest serving Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik-led BJD Government as it also gained massively in the Lok Sabha elections held simultaneously.

The BJP crossed the majority mark of 74 while the BJD was on 50 followed by Congress 14, and others in the 147 Assembly. Of the total of 21 Lok Sabha seats in the State, the BJP won 19 Lok Sabha seats followed by one each the BJD and the Congress.

In 2019 the BJP had won 8 while the BJD was the largest party with 12 Lok Sabha seats.

Narendra Modi reacted to the BJP's win in Odisha and posted on social media thanking Odisha for a  'resounding victory for good governance'. 'BJP will leave no stone unturned in fulfilling the dreams of people and taking Odisha to new heights of progress,' wrote Modi while expressing pride and thanking 'all hardworking party Karyakartas' for their efforts. Union Minister and BJP candidate Dharmendra Pradhan was leading by over one lakh votes in the Sambalpur Lok Sabha seat while BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra was leading in the Puri Lok Sabha seat.

BJD candidate Sarmistha Sethi was leading in the Jajpur Lok Sabha seat, while Congress nominee Saptagiri Ulaka was leading in the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

It is hard to overstate the impact of the loss on the BJD and Patnaik, who has been the Chief Minister of the State since 2000 and was widely seen as remaining very popular, especially at the State level.

Making the BJP's achievement bigger is the fact that it went into the elections without a Chief Ministerial candidate, banking largely on the popularity of Modi.

It is also a vindication of the party's decision to go alone in the State. Reports had suggested that Patnaik's party, which had supported the BJP in Parliament on several occasions despite not being in an alliance with it, was in talks for joining the NDA. Discussions had, however, eventually fallen through.