Bhubaneswar: The counting of votes for the 2024 Odisha Assembly Election is underway. A neck-on-neck battle between the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been predicted in Odisha for the 2024 Assembly Election.
3:30 PM Update:
12:00:
BJP: 75
BJD: 56
Congress: 13
CPI: 1
IND: 2
In Lok Sabha Constituency:
BJP: 19
BJD: 1
Congress: 1
9.00 am: In the counting of the postal ballot votes:
BJD leads by 08, BJP gets 02
Dipali Das leading in Jharsuguda
Counting starts in BJB College in Bhubaneswar
Odisha Vidhan Sabha- 15/147 (BJD- 12, BJP- 02, Congress- 01, Others- 00)
8.30 am: As per early trends, the BJD is leading in three seats-
Bhubaneswar Central: Ananta Narayan Jena
Sundargarh (ST): Jogesh Kumar Singh
Talsara (ST): Binaya Kumar Toppo
Odisha voted for the 147-member assembly in four phases – on May 13 for 28 seats, on May 20 for 35 seats, on May 25 for 42 seats, and on June 1 for the remaining 42 seats.