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  Assembly Election Results: How many seats needed to form govt in Andhra, Odisha, Sikkim, Arunachal?

  India | June 02, 2024 6:27 IST

  Assembly Election Results 2024: BJD's Naveen Patnaik has been the Odisha CM since 2000 while YSRCP leader Jagan Mohan Reddy is trying to wrest power in Andhra Pradesh for the second consecutive time. The SKM and the BJP are the ruling parties in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh respectively.

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  Patnaik reacts to BJP's jibe over 'controlling hand' after his video with Pandian goes viral

  India | May 28, 2024 20:53 IST

  The verbal spat started after a video of VK Pandian holding mic for Naveen Patnaik went viral. In the video, Naveen Patnaik's hand could be seen shivering when Pandian grabs and hides it.

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  Odisha: Six Lok Sabha seats to go to polls in the sixth phase today, key candidates in fray

  India | May 28, 2024 13:56 IST

  Odisha has a total of 21 Lok Sabha seats. So far voting has been concluded in 9 seats. Out of remaining 12, 6 seats are going to polls today (May 25). In the last phase rest of the six seats will go to polls. The results will be declared on June 4.

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  'Will observe fast for three days': Sambit Patra apologises for his remark on Lord Jagannath

  India | May 21, 2024 7:32 IST

  BJP leader Sambit Patra faced criticism for calling Lord Jagannath a 'devotee' of PM Modi. Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik condemned this as an insult to the revered deity and urged the BJP to keep religion separate from politics.

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  Odisha Assembly Elections 2024: Voting concludes for 35 seats, CM eyes sixth successive win

  India | May 28, 2024 13:59 IST

  Odisha Assembly Elections 2024: In the second phase, the fifth at the national level, 5 parliamentary constituencies — Aska, Kandhamal, Bargarh, Bolangir, and Sundargarh — and 35 associated assembly seats will vote. These are spread across nine districts, including Maoist-hit areas of Kandhamal,

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  Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Odisha to have double-engine govt for first time, says PM Modi

  India | May 28, 2024 14:00 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a roadshow in Odisha's Puri on Monday for the Lok Sabha Elections. He addressed an election rally in Dhenkanal where he said that the state will have the double-engine government for the first time.

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  Odisha: EC orders deployment of 2,000 central forces personnel after violence in Ganjam

  India | May 16, 2024 23:11 IST

  On Wednesday night, a BJP worker named Dilip Kumar Pahana was brutally beaten in a pre-poll violence. Later he succumbed to his injuries during treatment at MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Odisha.

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  Odisha: BJP worker killed, 7 others injured in clash with BJD supporters, CM condemns violence

  India | May 16, 2024 12:22 IST

  Lok Sabha and Assembly elections are being held simultaneously in Odisha. Polling will be held in the 35 Assembly seats and 5 Lok Sabah constituencies on May 20.

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  Congress won't be able to sit in Opposition as well: PM Modi in Odisha's Kandhamal

  India | May 11, 2024 12:54 IST

  PM Narendra Modi said that the BJP will form a double-engine government in Odisha for the first time. He also attacked Congress over its recent remarks on Pakistan.

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  PM Modi confident of double-engine govt in Odisha: 'Have come to invite for swearing-in of BJP’s CM'

  India | May 06, 2024 11:09 IST

  Odisha is going to Lok Sabha and Assembly elections simultaneously this month. PM Narendra Modi addressed an election rally in Behrampur and exuded confidence in forming the BJP government in the state.

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  'BJP-BJD are married, working for select few': Rahul takes 'Uncle ji' dig at PM Modi in Odisha

  India | April 28, 2024 17:32 IST

  Rahul Gandhi, while addressing a rally in Odisha, alleged that the BJP and BJD are fighting against each other in the elections but are working together.

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  Puri Lok Sabha Election 2024: Will BJP's Sambit Patra, who put up a close fight in 2019, defeat BJD?

  India | May 05, 2024 0:02 IST

  Hot seats in Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The city that houses the famous Jagannath Temple, is set to witness a triangular contest between BJP, Congress and BJD. In the last three Lok Sabha polls, the seat has been claimed by the BJD which considers it as its stronghold.

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  BJD fields Lekhasri Samantasinghar from Balasore Lok Sabha seat, names 9 assembly candidates

  India | April 11, 2024 20:32 IST

  Odisha Assembly elections will be held along with the Lok Sabha polls in four phases on May 13, 20, 25 and June 1. The results of both elections will be declared on June 4.

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  Sundargarh Lok Sabha Election 2024: BJP's 5-time MP Jual Oram to take on BJD's Dilip Tirkey

  India | April 26, 2024 12:11 IST

  Hot seats in Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Polling in the Sundargarh constituency in Odisha will take place in the fifth phase on May 20. The state has a total of 21 Lok Sabha seats. The key contest in majority of seats is likely to be held between the BJP and the BJD.

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  BJD releases list of candidates for 5 Lok Sabha constituencies, 27 Assembly seats in Odisha

  India | April 04, 2024 6:26 IST

  Simultaneous elections to 147 Assembly seats and 21 Lok Sabha constituencies will be held in Odisha in four phases from May 13. BJD chief and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced the names of 27 candidates for assembly elections and five for Lok Sabha polls on April 3.

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  Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Bhartruhari Mahtab and Sidhant Mohapatra, ex-BJD MPs, join BJP

  India | March 28, 2024 16:31 IST

  Lok Sabha elections are due to be held in seven phases beginning April 19. Odisha will vote both for General and Assembly elections in the last four phases simultaneously.

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  Bhartruhari Mahtab, BJD's six-time MP from Cuttack in Odisha, resigns from party

  India | March 22, 2024 21:09 IST

  The development comes hours after the Bhartiya Janta Party announced that it will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha and the Assembly polls in the state which means there will be no alliance between the BJP and Naveen Patnaik-led BJD.

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  Odisha Elections 2024: BJP to contest polls alone, no alliance with Naveen Patnaik-led BJD

  India | March 22, 2024 19:00 IST

  BJP to contest both Lok Sabha elections and the Odisha Assembly polls without alliance with Naveen Patnaik's BJP.

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  Naveen Patnaik’s BJD to hold meeting today eyeing alliance with BJP as tie-up possibility lingers

  India | March 14, 2024 6:49 IST

  As the possibility of BJD-BJP alliance lingers ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has called a meeting of the party leaders to hold a discussion on the matter. State BJP leaders held a meeting with Amit Shah on Wednesday night, sources said.

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  BJP hints at contesting LS, Assembly polls alone as talks with BJD near dead end over seat sharing

  India | March 09, 2024 8:04 IST

  BJP Odisha president Manmohan Samal said that they had visited Delhi to hold discussions with the central leaders on the party’s preparations for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in the state in which there were no talks over alliance.