Odisha Assembly Election Result highlights: BJP wins Jharsuguda, marching towards majority mark with lead in 72 seats

Odisha Assembly Election Result highlights: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is getting closer to the majority mark with a lead in 72 out of the 147 seats.

Odisha Assembly Election Result highlights: BJP moving closer to majority mark in Odisha (AFP)

Odisha Assembly Election Result highlights: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJD) is marching ahead of the Biju Janta Dal (BJD) in the Odisha Assembly Election 2024 as it extends its leads to 72 seats. Votes are being counted and results are scheduled to be announced later today, Check full coverage of the 2024 Elections by Hindustan Times....Read More

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• 4 Jun 2024, 06:37:18 PM IST

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live: BJP wins 14 seats, leads in 66, BJD gets 7 seats

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live: The BJP won 14 Assembly seats in Odisha on Tuesday and was leading in 66 other constituencies, according to the Election Commission of India.

  The Biju Janata Dal won seven seats and was leading in 42 constituencies out of the 147 Assembly seats, it said.

  The Congress won one seat and was ahead in 13 Assembly segments.

• 4 Jun 2024, 05:54:32 PM IST

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live: BJP wins 8 seats, leading in 73

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live: The BJP won eight Assembly seats in Odisha and was leading in 73 other constituencies, according to the Election Commission of India.

  The BJD won one seat and was leading in 47 constituencies out of the 147 Assembly seats, it said.

  The Congress won one seat and was ahead in 13 Assembly segments.

• 4 Jun 2024, 03:41:18 PM IST

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live: Check battle in Koraput

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live: Congress candidate Saptagiri Ulaka is leading in Koraput by 51,119 votes over his nearest rival Kausalya Hikaka of the BJD.

• 4 Jun 2024, 03:05:26 PM IST

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live: BJP gets first victory

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live: BJP registers its first victory in Odisha Assembly. Its candidate Tankadhar Tripathy wins by 1,022 votes defeating BJD's Dipali Das, daughter of former health minister Naba Das in Jharsuguda assembly seat.

• 4 Jun 2024, 01:14:54 PM IST

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live: What is vote share of BJP?

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live: BJP vote share in Odisha Assembly election- 40.59, BJD- 40.16

• 4 Jun 2024, 12:20:02 PM IST

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live: BJP inching towards majority mark, leadding in 72 seats

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live: The BJP is progressing closer and closer to the majority mark in the Odisha assembly election. The saffron party has increased its lead to 72 while the BJD is ahead in 47 seats. The Congress is ahead in 13 seats.

• 4 Jun 2024, 11:52:10 AM IST

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live: Niranjan Patnaik ahead in Bhandaripokhari

  Congress's Niranjan Patnaik is leading in Bhandaripokhari by 490 votes.

  NIRANJAN PATNAIK: 8154 votes secured

  SANJIB KUMAR MALLICK (BJD): 7664 votes

• 4 Jun 2024, 11:35:13 AM IST

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live: Patnaik leading in both seats

  CM Naveen Patnaik is leading in Hinjili (by 1163 votes) and trailing in Kantabanji. BJP's Laxman Bag is ahead in Kantabanji by 1158 votes.

• 4 Jun 2024, 11:08:17 AM IST

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024: Lead in 64 for BJP, 44 for BJD

  

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024: As per ECI data, the BJD is leading in 44 and the BJP is ahead in 64 seats.

• 4 Jun 2024, 10:34:59 AM IST

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024: List of leading candidates from key constituencies

  Kantabanji: NAVEEN PATNAIK (BJD)

  Digapahandi: BIPLAB PATRO (BJD)

  Nayagarh: ARUNA KUMAR SAHOO (BJD)

  Brajarajnagar: SURESH PUJARI (BJP)

  Jharsuguda: DIPALI DAS (BJD)

  Rourkela: DILIP KUMAR RAY (BJP)

  Pipili: ASHRIT PATTANAYAK (BJP)

  Anandpur: ABHIMANYU SETHI (BJD)

  Keonjhar: MOHAN CHARAN MAJHI (BJP)

• 4 Jun 2024, 10:26:03 AM IST

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live: CM Naveen Patnaik ahead in Kantabanji

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live: As per early trends, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is leading from the Kantabanji seat.

• 4 Jun 2024, 09:52:35 AM IST

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live: BJP now ahead in 18 seats

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live: Per latest data, the BJP is leading in 18 sheats of the Odisha Assembly while the BJD is ahead in 13. The Congress is leading in two seats-

  Angul: Bharatiya Janata Party Pratap, Chandra Pradhan

  Athamallik: Biju Janata Dal, Nalini Kanta Pradhan

  Bargarh: Bharatiya Janata Party ,Ashwini Kumar Sarangi

  Bari: Biju Janata Dal, Biswaranjan Mallick

  Bhawanipatna (SC): Indian National Congress, Sagar Charan Das

  Bhubaneswar Central: Biju Janata Dal, Ananta Narayan Jena

  Bissam Cuttack (ST): Biju Janata Dal, Jagannath Saraka

  Bolangir: Bharatiya Janata Party, Gopalji Panigrahi

  Brahmagiri: Bharatiya Janata Party, Upasna Mohapatra

  Brajarajnagar: Bharatiya Janata Party, Suresh Pujari

  Chilika: Bharatiya Janata Party, Prithiviraj Harichandan

  Chitrakonda (ST)" Bharatiya Janata Party, Dambaru Sisa

  Deogarh: Biju Janata Dal, Romancha Ranjan Biswal

  Dharamgarh: Bharatiya Janata Party, Sudhir Ranjan Pattjoshi

  Dhenkanal: Bharatiya Janata Party, Krushna Chandra Patra

  Ghasipura: Independent, Narendra Nath Nayak

  Gunupur (ST): Indian National Congress ,Satyajeet Gomango

  Jharsuguda: Biju Janata Dal, Dipali Das

  Kamakhyanagar: Bharatiya Janata Party, Satrughan Jena

  Kantamal: Bharatiya Janata Party, Kanhai Charan Danga

  Keonjhar (ST): Bharatiya Janata Party, Mohan Charan Majhi

  Kuchinda (ST): Bharatiya Janata Party, Rabi Narayan Naik

  Narla: Biju Janata Dal, Manorama Mohanty

  Nuapada: Bharatiya Janata Party, Abhinandan Panda

  Phulbani (ST): Biju Janata Dal, Jayashree Kanhar

  Puri: Bharatiya Janata Party, Jayanta Kumar Sarangi

  Raghunathpali (SC): Biju Janata Dal, Archana Rekha Behera

  Rajgangpur (ST): Biju Janata Dal, Anil Barwa

  Rayagada (ST): Biju Janata Dal, Anusaya Majhi

  Rourkela: Bharatiya Janata Party, Dilip Kumar Ray

  Sonepur: Biju Janata Dal, Niranjan Pujari

  Sundargarh (ST): Bharatiya Janata Party, Kusum Tete

  Talsara (ST): Biju Janata Dal, Binaya Kumar Toppo

  Titlagarh: Bharatiya Janata Party, Nabin Kumar Jain

• 4 Jun 2024, 09:06:25 AM IST

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live: BJD ahead in 3, BJP gains lead in Tankadhar

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live: Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Tankadhar Tripathy is ahead in the Jharsuguda seat. Biju Janata Dal (BJD) candidates are leading in Bhubaneswar Central, Sundargarh and Talsara seats.

• 4 Jun 2024, 08:47:47 AM IST

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live: BJD leading in 3 seats

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live: As per early trends, the BJD is leading in three seats-

  Bhubaneswar Central: Ananta Narayan Jena

  Sundargarh (ST): Jogesh Kumar Singh

  Talsara (ST): Binaya Kumar Toppo

• 4 Jun 2024, 08:33:40 AM IST

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live: Security increased to maintain law and order

  Security measures have been beefed up, with 60 companies of the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) and Odisha Armed Police Force deployed at counting centres, along with another 89 CAPF companies, to maintain law and order after the results are announced.

  (Source: PTI)

• 4 Jun 2024, 08:03:50 AM IST

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live: Counting begins

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live: Vote counting for the 147-member Odisha Legislative Assembly has started.

• 4 Jun 2024, 07:37:17 AM IST

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live: Counting begins in a few minutes

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live: A few minutes remaining. The counting of votes for the Odisha Assembly Election will begin at 8 am today.

• 4 Jun 2024, 07:15:14 AM IST

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live Updates: Shah targetted Patnaik's aide VK Pradhan during campaign

  During his election campaign in Odisha, Home Minister Amit Shah targeted former bureaucrat and the Chief Minister's close aide VK Pandian, alleging that Patnaik was trying to impose a Tamil CM on the people of Odisha.

  “The people of Odisha sacrificed their lives and fought valiantly against Samrat Ashoka. But today, Naveen babu is trying to impose a Tamil CM on the people. People tolerated Naveen Babu but we will not tolerate this Tamil babu in your name,” Shah said in a public meeting. Read the story here.

• 4 Jun 2024, 06:58:35 AM IST

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live Updates: Free electricity, unemployment allowance promised by Congress

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live Updates: The Congress in its manifesto promised a pension of ₹2,000 per month for farmers, 200 units of free electricity and unemployment allowance of ₹3,000 per month.

• 4 Jun 2024, 06:46:34 AM IST

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live Updates: What BJP has promised to the people of Odisha?

  In its election manifesto, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has promised

  • 1.5 lakh government jobs
  • Pension of ₹3,000 per month to the elderly, physically challenged, widows and destitute
  • ₹3,100 minimum support price for paddy procurement
  • ₹50,000 cash voucher to women
  • ₹5,000 to each tribal student every year
  • Creating 25 lakh ‘lakhpati didis’
  • A pension of ₹2,000 per month for farmers
  • 200 units of free electricity
  • Unemployment allowance of ₹3,000 per month.

  Read more details here.

• 4 Jun 2024, 06:40:49 AM IST

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live Updates: Counting begins at 8 am

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live Updates: The counting of votes for the Odisha Assembly Election 2024 begins at 8 am. Stay tuned for the real-time updates from different constituencies.

• 4 Jun 2024, 06:33:49 AM IST

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live Updates: As per report, 65 MLAs in Odisha Assembly have criminal charges against them

  According to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Odisha Election Watch (OEW), 65 MLAs of the Odisha Legislative Assembly have criminal charges against them. Of them, 47 legislators have serious criminal charges.

  “It is seen that out of 146 MLAs, whose affidavits were analysed by ADR, 65 sitting MLAs (45%) of the total MLAs in the state, had declared criminal cases against themselves while 47 sitting MLAs (32%) have declared serious criminal cases”, an official statement released by ADR said.

  Of the MLAs with serious cases, two have declared cases related to murder and 11 have declared attempt to murder cases against them. Twelve MLAs have declared cases related to crime against women, the report stated.

• 4 Jun 2024, 06:21:50 AM IST

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live Updates: BJP likely to improve its vote share

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live Updates: The India Today-Axis My India exit poll has predicted that the BJP can secure up to 42 per cent of votes, an increase of around 9.51 percentage points from its 32.49 per cent vote share in the 2019 Assembly Election. The Congress could secure up to 12 per cent of votes.

• 4 Jun 2024, 06:16:38 AM IST

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live Updates: What Exit poll has predicted for Congress in the Odisha Assembly

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live Updates: As per predictions, it will be a tight contest between the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Odisha, with each likely to win between 62-80 seats. The Indian National Congress (INC) is likely to be a distant third with five to eight seats.

• 4 Jun 2024, 06:02:37 AM IST

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live Updates: 153 poll-related cases, 139 arrests in Odisha

  Till Monday, the Odisha Police registered 153 election-related cases, including violation of the Model Code of Conduct. The police arrested 139 people for their alleged involvement in the violation of law and MCC.

  Since January 2024, the police have executed 34,602 warrants.

  The Odisha police also arrested 1283 history sheeters and absconders and booked 11 persons under NSA. Besides, 281 illegal arms, 143 cartridges, 123 bombs, and 10186 other explosives were seized. The police busted three illegal arms manufacturing units during the election period.

  Valued at approximately ₹280 crore, elction-related seizures in the state were more than six times compared to 2019. This included ₹20.52 crore in cash, ₹42.33 crore worth of liquor and ₹78.82 crore worth of drugs and other items.

  (Source: PTI)

• 4 Jun 2024, 05:53:23 AM IST

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live Updates: What happened in the last election

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live Updates: In 2019, the BJD formed the government as it emerged as the single largest party with 112 seats. The BJP won 23 seats while nine went to the Congress. One seat each was won by the CPI (M) and Independents.

  BJD: 112

  BJP: 23

  INC: 09

  CPI (M): 1

  Independent: 1

• 4 Jun 2024, 05:40:09 AM IST

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live Updates: Over 15,000 supervisors, assistants appointed

  The PTI has reported that 5,777 counting supervisors, 5,233 counting assistants, 5,396 micro observers, and 124 special observers have been appointed for the counting day. Vote counting is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. today.

• 4 Jun 2024, 05:36:32 AM IST

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live Updates: Exit poll suggests 62-80 seats each for BJP, BJD

  As per the India Today-Axis My India exit poll, both BJP and BJD are likely to win 62-80 seats this time.

  Read: Odisha assembly election: Exit poll predicts nail-biting contest between BJD, BJP

• 4 Jun 2024, 05:31:50 AM IST

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live Updates: 74.44% turnout recorded, up from last time

  This time, over 2.5 crore voters exercised their franchise, with a turnout of 74.44 per cent, up from 73.09 per cent recorded in 2019. Gender-wise, 75.55 per cent of women and 73.37 per cent of men voted in the 2024 state election.

• 4 Jun 2024, 05:30:17 AM IST

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live Updates: Polling was done in six phases

  The voting for the 147-member assembly was held in four phases:

  Phase 1: May 13 (for 28 seats)

  Phase 2: May 20 (for 35 seats)

  May 25 (for 42 seats)

  June 1 (42 seats)

• 4 Jun 2024, 05:29:20 AM IST

  Odisha Assembly Election Result 2024 Live Updates: Counting of votes to begin at 8 am

  Welcome to our live coverage of the Odisha Assembly Election result. As counting of votes begins at 8 am, all the latest information and key details will be shared here. Stay tuned.