ODISHA ELECTIONS

VK Pandian, a close aide of former Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, resigned from politics following the BJD's loss to the BJP in state elections. Pandian expressed regret if he contributed to the defeat. Naveen Patnaik defended Pandian's integrity and cla...

NDA leaders including Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi, Minister Amit Shah, and others are likely to attend the event. After suffering a significant defeat in the State Assembly and Parliamentary elections, the 24-year tenure of BJD chief Nave...

JP MP Pratap Chandra Sarangi expressed joy over BJP's significant victory in the 2024 Assembly and Lok Sabha Elections in Odisha. The win ended Naveen Patnaik's reign as Odisha CM as BJP won 78 Assembly seats out of 147, and secured 20 out of 21 Lok...

Senior Congress leader Ajoy Kumar has accepted the verdict of the people of Odisha in the recent assembly election, winning 14 seats. He warned the people that they will lose their 'jal' (water), 'jungle' (forest) and 'pani' (water) as the BJP forms...

The BJD, which has been in power in Odisha since 2000, was stunned by the saffron surge in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The Naveen Patnaik-led party, which had won 113 seats in the assembly in the 2019 elections, managed to get only 51 seats, follo...

Naveen Patnaik, Manmohan Samal, BJD, and Congress faced defeats in the Odisha assembly elections, with significant losses in key constituencies like Kantabanji and Nuapada.

Naveen Patnaik Resign: After suffering a massive defeat in the State Assembly and Parliamentary elections, the 24-year-old tenure of Odisha CM and BJD chief Naveen Patnaik concluded as he submitted his resignation to the Odisha Governor Raghubar Das...

Following the Biju Janata Dal's unforeseen defeat in the Assembly polls, party supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik submitted his resignation to the Odisha Governor at Raj Bhavan in Bhubaneswar. BJD chief Naveen Patnaik served as the Chief Mini...

Odisha Assembly Election 2024 Winners List:​ Patnaik’s BJD has been a dominant player of state politics for over two decades, with the incumbent government presenting poverty alleviation and disaster management among its major achievements. Fondly c...

The BJP is leading in 79 assembly seats in Odisha, challenging the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in the state elections. The anti-incumbency factor against BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik is a key element in the BJP's strong performance. Jual Oram, Baijayant Pan...

BJP made Odia Asmita and Odia Pride the poll issue during the election campaign and that seems to be working in favour of the party. A major setback has also come for the BJD in the Lok Sabha elections with the party leading on only two seats in the...

The exit polls on Saturday predicted that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is expected to double its tally in Odisha in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The BJP is making an effort to enter the bastion of Biju Janata Dal.

Exit polls for the 2024 Odisha Assembly Elections will be released this evening. The election, held in four phases with vote counting on June 4, sees a primary contest between the BJD and BJP. The BJD, ruling since 2000, faces scrutiny over Naveen P...

The bureaucrat-turned-BJD leader also said that the party will form the government in the state with more than a three-fourth majority.

Polling commenced for six Lok Sabha constituencies and 42 assembly seats in Odisha amid tight security. Approximately 1 crore voters across 10,882 booths are eligible to cast their votes in the fourth and final round of simultaneous elections. Notab...

During a political event in Odisha's Balasore district, Rahul Gandhi highlighted how influential figures such as Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, and Albert Einstein drew inspiration from Mahatma Gandhi. He criticised Prime Minister Narendra ...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah confidently predicts Naveen Patnaik's exit as Odisha CM on June 4. BJP aims to secure over 75 assembly seats in the 147-member assembly, with Shah also forecasting victory in 17 out of 21 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha.

PM Modi is confident of BJP forming a government in Odisha, where assembly elections are being held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha polls. Modi said that he prioritised Odisha's welfare over personal relationships, and criticised the current bJD g...

The average assets per candidate contesting in the Odisha Assembly elections 2024 is Rs 2.89 crore. In 2019, the average assets per MLA candidate were Rs 1.69 crore.