June 4th 2024.
The results of the Odisha Assembly election have been announced by the Election Commission of India and it looks like the BJP has emerged as the clear winner. According to the latest updates, the BJP has won eight seats and is leading in an impressive 73 other constituencies out of the total 147 seats. The BJD, on the other hand, has managed to win only one seat and is currently leading in 47 constituencies. The Congress has also secured one seat and is ahead in 13 Assembly segments.
One of the major victories for the BJP was in the Chilika Assembly constituency, where their candidate Prithviraj Hairchandran defeated the BJD's Raghunath Sahu by 4,566 votes. Another significant win was in the Bargarh Assembly seat, where Ashwini Kumar Sarangi of the saffron party defeated his closest rival Debesh Acharya of the BJD by 4,772 votes. The BJP's Durga Prasad Tanti also emerged victorious in the Raghunathpalli Assembly segment, defeating his BJD opponent Archanarekha Behera by a margin of 5,774 votes. In the Jharsuguda Assembly seat, BJP's Tankadhar Tripathy defeated the BJD's Depali Das by a narrow margin of 1,333 votes.
However, the BJD also managed to secure some wins, with Sarada Prasad Nayak winning the Rourkela Assembly seat by defeating his BJP rival Dilip Kumar Ray by a margin of 3,552 votes. Meanwhile, the Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik was trailing behind the BJP's Laxman Bag by 3,283 votes in the Kantabanji Assembly seat. However, in the Hinjili seat, where Patnaik is also contesting, he was leading by 3,861 votes against his BJP rival Sisir Kumar Mishra.
In a surprising turn of events, Congress candidate Mangu Khilla won the Chitrakonda Assembly segment by defeating his nearest rival Dambaru Sisa of the BJP with a whopping 9,151 votes. But it's not just the BJP and BJD that have had some major upsets, as at least eight ministers in Naveen Patnaik's cabinet are also trailing in the election. These include Forest and Environment Minister Pradip Kumar Amat, Works Minister Prafulla Kumar Mallik, Higher Education Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak, Transport Minister Tukuni Sahu, Science and Technology Minister Ashok Chandra Panda, Finance Minister Bikram Keshari Arukha, Handlooms & Textiles Minister Rita Sahu and Women & Child Development Minister Basanti Hembram.
Other prominent BJD leaders who are currently trailing in the election include Debi Prasad Mishra, Kallikesh Narayan Singh Deo, Susanta Singh, Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik, Prafulla Samal, Snehangini Chhuria, Pushpendra Singh Deo, Ramesh Majhi, and Dibya Shankar Mishra. The CPI candidate is currently leading in one Assembly seat, while Independents are leading in three seats. These results are a clear indication of the changing political landscape in Odisha and the impact it will have on the state's governance in the coming years.
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