Odisha Assembly Election Trends
The results for the 146 of the 147 Assembly constituencies in Odisha that went to the polls in a four-phase election are being announced on Thursday, May 23, 2019.
Voting for the 146/147 seats happened from April 11, 2019 to April 29, 2019 in 4 phases
Elections for the 146 seats in Odisha’s Legislative Assembly and 21 Lok Sabha seats were conducted in four phases.
It was a three-cornered fight in the coastal State, with BJD, BJP and Congress being the key contenders.
The BJD has not entered any pre-poll arrangement with the BJP or Congress
It has also stayed away from the Opposition party meets
It has kept its cards close to its chest on the possible post-poll alliance
The BJD has crossed the 100 seat mark in Odisha, leading in 112 out of the 146 seats. BJP is ahead in 21 seats. Congress bagged 11 while the CPI(M) and JMM managed to bag one seat each.
Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister of Odisha who is seeking for a fifth term in office is winning both from Bijepur and Hinjili. He for the first time contested from two seats in the assembly elections.
In Bijepur he is winning by a margin of 1991 votes against BJP's Sanat Kumar Gartia. While in Hinjili he is leading by 3681 votes against Pitambar Acharya of BJP.
Odisha Lok Sabha Election Trends
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