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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

NIRANJAN PATNAIK: 8154 votes secured

SANJIB KUMAR MALLICK (BJD): 7664 votes

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.

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

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)

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

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

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.

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

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)

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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)