Odisha result 2019 HIGHLIGHTS: Naveen Patnaik retains CM's chair for fifth term; BJP makes massive gains
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Odisha, which has been the Biju Janata Dal's bastion for the past two decades, is set to stay that way for five more years.
Trends indicate that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will win a fifth term in office, with the BJD leading in over 100 seats in the 147-member assembly.
The BJD has also forged ahead in the Lok Sabha elections in the state, leading in around two-thirds of the seats.
The elections for the 147 Assembly seats and 21 Lok Sabha seats were conducted in four phases on April 11, 18, 23 and 29. The state witnessed a three-way fight between the ruling BJD, the Congress and BJP.
In the 2014 elections, the BJP had won a single parliamentary seat and 10 of the 147 assembly seats. Patnaik has refrained from forming a pre-poll alliance with either of the national parties. He has also distanced himself from the anti-BJP third front.
Celebrations begin for BJD as the party inches closer to comfortable victory
Assembly result trends:
BJD leading on 94 seats, BJP on 28 seats, Congress on 12 seats, CPI-M on 1 seat, JMM on 1 seat and Independent on 1 seat.
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BJP parliamentary board meeting to be held later today
BJP parliamentary board meeting to be held later today. PM Modi to meet BJP workers at party office at 5:30 pm today, reports news agency ANI.
Assembly trends: Pranab Prakash Das leading in Jajpur
BJD candidate from Jajpur Assembly segment Pranab Prakash Das is leading by over 3,000 votes.
Meanwhile in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, it's celebration time for YSRCP
Naveen Patnaik leading in both Hinjili and Bijepur
Naveen Patnaik is leading in Hinjili Assembly segment by 5,698 votes.
Now, Patra takes the lead
BJP's Sambit Patra is leading now by 1,184 votes in Puri Lok Sabha seat.
BJP's Aprajita Sarangi leading in Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha seat
BJP's Aprajita Sarangi is leading in Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha seat by 1,699 votes.
Lok Sabha trends:
BJD - 11
BJP - 9
Congress - 1
Assembly trends:
BJD leading in 64 seats
BJP -18
Congress-6
Early trends suggest BJP crossing halfway mark on its own, Sushma Swaraj congratulates Narendra Modi
BJD state office at Bhubaneswar wears a tense look
Assembly trends: Congress opens its account
BJD - 46
BJP - 13
Congress - 2
Union Minister Jual Oram trailing by 269 votes in Sundargarh Lok Sabha seat
Lok Sabha: Samit Patra trailing
BJP national spokesperson and Puri Lok Sabha candidate Sambit Patra is trailing by 394 votes.
Men watch result proceedings on a cellphone outside counting centre. (Photo|Express)
Men watch result proceedings on a cellphone outside counting centre. (Photo|Express)
Lok Sabha trends:
1. Aska - Pramila Bisoyi, BJD leading by 2,01,629 votes
2. Balasore - Pratap Sarangi, BJP leading by 36,671 votes
3. Bargarh - Suresh Pujari, BJP leading by 58,835 votes
4. Berhampur - Chandra Sekhar Sahu, BJD leading by 89,229 votes
5. Bhadrak - Manjulata Mandal, BJD leading by 29,589 votes
6. Bhubaneswar - Aparajita Sarangi, BJP leading by 19,139
7. Balangir - Sangeeta Singhdeo, BJP leading by 3672 votes
8. Cuttack - Bhatruhari Mahtab, BJD leading by 89,313 votes
9. Dhenkanal - Mahesh Sahoo, BJD leading by 35,117 votes
10. Jagatsinghpur - Rajashree Mallick, BJD leading 2,24,857
11. Jajpur - Sarmistha Sethi, BJD leading by 1,02,989 votes
12. Kalahandi - Basanta Kumar Panda, BJP leading by 1,13,149 votes
13. Kandhamal - Achyuta Samanta, BJD leading by 1,21,583 votes
14. Kendrapara - Anubhav Mohanty, BJD leading by 1,13,149 votes
15. Keonjhar - Chandrani Murmu, BJD leading by 63,786 votes
16. Koraput - Kausalya Hikaka, BJD leading by 3467 votes
17. Mayurbhanj - Bishweswar Tudu, BJP leading by 18,716 votes
18. Nabarangpur - Ramesh Majhi, BJD leading by 45,450 votes
19. Puri - Pinaki Mishra, BJD leading by 9467 votes
20. Sambalpur - Nitesh Ganga Deb, BJP leading by 9539 votes
BJD gains ground in Lok Sabha seats
The Biju Janata Dal is leading in 10/21 Lok Sabha seats.
Odisha Congress Bhawan at Bhubaneswar wears a deserted look
Assembly result update:
BJD posts win in six assembly seats in Odisha, leads in 107 seats.
BJP leads in 22 seats and Congress in 9 seats.
Chandrababu Naidu, former CM of Andhra congratulates Naveen Patnaik for BJD's thumping victory
Lok Sabha trends:
BJP candidate Aparajita Sarangi leading in Bhubaneswar and Pramila Bisoi of BJD is leading in Aska.
Lok Sabha trends:
BJP is leading in Nawarangpur and Dhenkanal. BJP candidate Rudra Narayan Pani leads by 63 votes in Dhenkanal, whereas Balabhadra Majhi leads by over 500 votes.
Exit poll predictions likely to come true?
Going by the early trends, it seems the exit poll prediction are liekly to be correct for Odisha. While the BJD is leading in the Assembly constituencies, the Lok Sabha seats look saffron.
Assembly results
BJP takes lead in eight seats, BJP close second at 4.
Counting underway in Odisha
BJD's Pramila Mallick wins
Senior leader and former minister Pramila Mallick, a strong woman face of BJD, wins by over 21,000 votes from Binjharpur assembly seat.
BJD's Pramila Mallick wins
Senior leader and former minister Pramila Mallick, a strong woman face of BJD, wins by over 21,000 votes from Binjharpur assembly seat.
BJD's Pramila Mallick wins
Senior leader and former minister Pramila Mallick, a strong woman face of BJD, wins by over 21,000 votes from Binjharpur assembly seat.
Now, BJD takes lead in Lok Sabha
BJD takes lead in 9 Lok Sabha seats.
BJP to sweep Odisha Lok Sabha?
BJP candidate from Balangir Lok Sabha seat Sangeeta Singhdeo is leading.
BJP takes the lead
BJP leading in two Lok Sabha seats, Congress in one.
Want to thank women for voting in large numbers: Naveen Patnaik
Odisha CM & BJD chief Naveen Patnaik: I'd like to express deep gratitude to people of our state who showered their blessings on BJD.I'd also like to thank leaders&workers of the party who worked hard.I want to thank particularly women of Odisha who came out in large no. to vote for us
Lok Sabha update:
BJP leading in one seat.
Postal ballot over, EVM counting begins
Postal ballot counting underway
After a delay of almost 15 minutes, postal ballot counting began in Bhubaneswar.
BJP makes huge dent in Lok Sabha seats. BJD retains the Assembly comfortably.
BJD sweeps Lok Sabha seats, BJD storms back to Assembly.
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Counting delayed in Bhubaneswar
Counting of votes gets delayed in Bhubaneswar by at least 15 minutes.
Counting to go on through out the night
Average counting rounds for each constituency is around 35. 30 to 40% rounds still remaining. Counting and data updation will continue through out the night: CEO Surendra Kumar
2019 elections will put Odisha in the map of national politics
In a few hours from now, there would be a clear picture on who is going to form the Government at the Centre and in Odisha. The actual results of General Elections 2019 may or may not turn out according to exit polls projections. But in any case, 2019 elections will be a defining moment for the State.
Counting underway in Odisha
Aska Congress candidate shot dead hours before counting
The Congress candidate for Aska Assembly constituency, Manoj Jena, was critically injured in an attack in Berhampur on Wednesday evening. He was returning to Bhubaneswar from Berhampur along with his friend Santosh Jena in a car when near Lanjipalli bypass, two motorcycle-borne youths opened fire at him.
Ex-President Pranab Mukherjee sends wishes to Naveen Patnaik
With counting to start in minutes, officials getting frisked at entrance of counting centre in BJB College
Counting of votes to be held in 63 centres in Odisha
Counting of votes for the 21 Lok Sabha seats and 146 Assembly segments in Odisha will be held at 63 different centres across the state amidst tight security. The counting of votes will start from 8 am on Thursday and will be conducted in around 2,500 tables.
Each counting hall will have at least seven tables each for Assembly and Lok Sabha seats and three officials including a supervisor, a counting assistant and a micro observer will be engaged for each table to ensure free and fair counting of votes.
Congress in Odisha concedes defeat before counting of votes
A day before the counting of votes, Odisha Congress president Niranjan Patnaik Wednesday conceded that the party will not be able to form a government on its own in the state and may lose opposition status also.
The Congress had in 2014 bagged only 16 out of the total 147 seats in Odisha Assembly and had failed to open its account in the Lok Sabha polls.
Puri Lok Sabha constituency witnesses a tough fight. BJP candidate Sambit Patra is leading by only 1154 votes against BJD's Pinaki Mishra as per the latest trends.
Result update:
BJD's Lok Sabha candidate for Dhenkanal Mahesh Sahu leads by 24,000 votes against BJP candidate Rudra narayan Pany.
BJP candidate Bhabani Shankar Bhoi leads by 16,073 votes in Talsara Assembly segment.
BJD candidate Ranendra Pratap Swain leading in Athagarh by over 30,000 votes.
BJP candidate Prakash Soren leading in Baripada Assembly segment by over 13,000 votes.
Naveen returns wishes to Modi on BJP's landslide Lok Sabha victory
Congress President Rahul Gandhi: I had said that during the campaign 'janta maalik hai' and today people have clearly given their decision. I congratulate the PM and BJP. "I respect the decision and congratulate Smriti Irani ji,"said Gandhi.
BJD candidate Amar Prasad Satpathy wins from Barchana assembly segment.
BJD candidate Minakshi Mahanta wins from Champua assembly seat.
BJD nominee Sadashiv Pradhani wins from Nabarangpur assembly seat.
BJD candidate and Rural Development Minister Bikram Keshari Arukh wins from Bhanjanagar assembly segment.
Patra takes the lead!
Sambit Patra leads by 4,740 votes in Puri Lok Sabha seat.
Amidst flower shower, victorious Amit Shah arrives at BJP headquarters
Niranjan Patnaik, Jay Panda trailing
Odisha Congress president Niranjan Patnaik is trailing in both the Assembly seats - Bhandaripokhari and Ghasipura -- he contested from. Minister Prafulla Samal is leading in Bhandaripokhari, while minister Badri Narayan Patra is leading in Ghasipura.
BJP's Jay Panda trailing by 45027 votes from Odisha's Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency.
Niranjan Patnaik, Jay Panda trailing
Odisha Congress president Niranjan Patnaik is trailing in both the Assembly seats - Bhandaripokhari and Ghasipura -- he contested from. Minister Prafulla Samal is leading in Bhandaripokhari, while minister Badri Narayan Patra is leading in Ghasipura.
BJP's Jay Panda trailing by 45027 votes from Odisha's Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency.
Narendra Modi congratulates Naveen Patnaik
Assembly trends:
BJD leader Raghunandan Das is leading in Balikuda-Ersama Assembly segment by 5,627 votes. Congress candidate Lalatendu Mohapatra trailing.
Assembly trends:
BJD leader Raghunandan Das is leading in Balikuda-Ersama Assembly segment by 5,627 votes. Congress candidate Lalatendu Mohapatra trailing.
In Bhubaneswar, BJP's Aprajita Sarangi leading by 5,334 votes over BJD's Arup Patnaik
Baijayant Jay Panda of BJP trailing
In Kendrapara LS seat, one of the most-watched in Odisha, Baijayant Jay Panda of BJP is trailing by 37,675 votes.
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BJP's firebrand leader Pratap Sarangi trailing
BJD candidate from Balasore Lok Sabha seat Rabindra Kumar Jena leading by 4,119 votes. BJP's firebrand leader Pratap Sarangi trailing.
Superstar Rajinikanth congratulates Narendra Modi on landslide victory
Too much traffic to handle?
The Election Commission website is currently down, likely owing to heavy traffic.
Education Minister, W&CD minister leading
Higher Education Minister Ananta Das is leading in Bhograi Assembly seat by 1,800 votes. W&CD minister Prafulla Samal leading by 688 votes in Bhandaripokhari Assembly segment.