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His year reign is the second longest for a chief minister of any Indian state , after Pawan Kumar Chamling of Sikkim. He is the first president of the Biju Janata Dal since Patnaik is a writer and had for the most part of his youth been away from both politics and Odisha , but after his father Biju Patnaik 's demise, he entered politics in and the same year founded the Biju Janata Dal , named after Biju Patnaik , which won the state election with the BJP as its alliance and formed the government in which Patnaik became Chief Minister.

His mild mannerism, "Stand against corruption" and "Pro-poor policies" have resulted in the development of a huge support base in Odisha , which has voted him to power in the last five consecutive terms. Like his father, he has managed to control the bureaucracy and transformed it into a machine for the development of the state. After the death of his father Biju Patnaik , leader of the Janata Dal , [ 8 ] he was elected as a member to the 11th Lok Sabha in the by-election from Aska Parliamentary Constituency in Odisha , India.

BJP led NDA lost the general elections in , however, the coalition led by Naveen Patnaik emerged victorious in the state legislative elections and he continued as the Chief Minister. During this tenure, the friction between the ruling partners was getting more and more apparent, especially after the killing of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati [ 14 ] in the Kandhamal district of Odisha in — and also the active participation of Bajrang Dal in the riots that hit Kandhamal region.

The BJD won a resounding victory in both the Vidhan Sabha State Assembly as well as the Lok Sabha elections in , winning 14 out of 21 Lok Sabha seats and of the assembly seats and was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Odisha on 21 May for the third consecutive term. Patnaik won a huge victory in both the Indian general elections and the Legislative Assembly of Odisha elections in In spite of a strong BJP wave across the country, the Biju Janata Dal, under the leadership of Naveen Patnaik won as many as seats out of polls for 1 was deferred in the Legislative Assembly of Odisha and 12 out of 21 Lok Sabha seats in Indian general elections.

The Biju Janata Dal was voted out of power in the Odisha Legislative Assembly election as the party managed to win 51 seats in Legislative Assembly of Odisha , thus ending Patnaik's year rule in Odisha. Patnaik was himself defeated in Kantabanji constituency by 16, votes, marking his first electoral defeat. However, he did win the Hinjili seat with a reduced margin compared to previous elections.

In the general elections as well, the BJD failed to win any of the seats it contested.