President - Naveen Patnaik
Symbol - Conch

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. It was founded in 1997.

BJD won 9 seats in the 1998 general elections and Naveen was named the Minister for 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. However the BJD parted ways with the BJP for both the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections 2009 citing differences in seat sharing.Currently in the 15th Lok Sabha BJD has 14 members .

Head Office

Naveen Nivas,
Aerodrome Gate,
Bhubaneswar-751009
(Orissa).