Families of former CM, mother-son, and husband-wife, suffer loss in Odisha elections.

In the recent Lok Sabha and assembly elections in Odisha, the people have chosen to show the exit door to politicians and their families. The results were announced on Tuesday, and it was a shocking defeat for many powerful leaders and their loved ones.

Among the defeated candidates were BJD leader Pranab Prakash Das and his mother, Minister Sudam Marndi and his wife, and the children of two former Congress chief ministers. The BJD's organisational secretary, Pranab, suffered a loss in the Sambalpur Lok Sabha seat to Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan by a whopping 1,19,836 votes. Similarly, Pranab's mother Sandyarani also faced defeat in the Korai assembly seat, losing by a margin of 5,646 votes to BJP's candidate Akash Das Nayak.

Another BJD minister, Sudam Marndi, was also defeated in the Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha seat by BJP's Naba Charan Majhi, who won by a margin of 2,19,334 votes. In a surprising move, the BJD had nominated Sudam's wife Ranjita Marndi in his place for the Bangriposi assembly seat. However, she too suffered defeat at the hands of the BJP's Sanjali Murmu.

In a similar turn of events, former chief minister J B Patnaik's son, Pruthvi Ballav Patnaik, contested from the Begunia assembly seat on a Congress ticket. However, he could only secure the third position with 18,144 votes, a staggering 72,820 votes less than the winning BJD candidate. The BJP came in second place in the Begunia seat, which was once represented by Pruthvi's father in 1995 and 2004.

The elections also saw a humiliating defeat for former chief minister Hemananda Biswal's daughter, Amita, who was a Congress candidate in the Jharsuguda assembly seat. BJP's Tankadhar Tripathy emerged as the winner, followed by BJD's Dipali Das. Amita could only secure 5,775 votes.

However, amidst all the losses, there were a few silver linings for the Congress party. While senior leader and former union minister Bhakta Charan Das lost in the Narla assembly seat, his son Sagar Das managed to secure a win in the Bhawanipatna assembly segment. Additionally, former Odisha Congress president Niranjan Patnaik and his brother Soumya Ranjan Patnaik were also defeated in the Bhandaripokhari and Ghasipura assembly constituencies. Soumya, who is also the son-in-law of former CM JB Patnaik, faced defeat at the hands of the BJD candidates.

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