Assembly elections

Pandian ‘Outsider’ factor to hurt BJD in Odisha! BJP to get 62-80 Assembly seats: Axis My India poll

June 2, 2024June 4, 2024Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar, June 2: The BJP will likely gain political ground in Odisha with India Today-Axis My India exit predicting 62 to 80 seats for the party in the 147-seat Assembly. The Biju Janata Dal (BJD), led by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, may see its tally fall considerably and is likely to get 62 to 80 […]

Odisha: BJP releases 2nd list of 21 Assembly candidates; Ex-Union Minister Dilip Ray to contest from Rourkela

April 16, 2024April 17, 2024Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar, April 16: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday announced the second list of candidates featuring 21 candidates for the ensuing Assembly elections in Odisha. Former Union Minister Dilip Ray has been named as the party’s candidate from Rourkela constituency. The party has changed its candidates in two Assembly seats – Ranpur and Pottangi. […]

Ahead of simultaneous Assembly & Lok Sabha polls, Election Commission to visit Odisha from February 15

February 8, 2024February 9, 2024Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar, February 8: Ahead of simultaneous Assembly and Lok Sabha elections, the Election Commission (EC) will visit Odisha between February 15 and February 17 to review the preparedness of the State for the elections. It is usual for the EC to tour States ahead of Assembly or Lok Sabha elections to meet political parties, senior […]

Exit Polls predict advantage BJP in Rajasthan, Congress too in sweepstakes to form Govt

November 30, 2023December 3, 2023Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar, November 30: The exit polls on Thursday reinforced the perception of a hard contest in Rajasthan, with differences in their prediction of the winner in the crucial Hindi heartland state that has a nearly three-decade tradition of not repeating an incumbent government. While three exit polls predicted the BJP to be the clear winner, […]

Assembly Election 2023: Exit poll results to be out today after 5.30 PM

November 30, 2023December 3, 2023Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar, November 30: The exit polls will begin at 5:30 PM onwards once the voting in the last phase of the Telangana elections finishes. The exit polls will also attempt to indicate election results in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Telangana. The BJP and the Congress are the main players in three States – Madhya […]

Former BJD MLA Jitu Mitra back in party after BJP stint

March 11, 2019March 11, 2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar: Five years after he left the BJD for the BJP ahead of the 2014 general and Assembly elections, former Khurda MLA Jotindra Nath (Jitu) Mitra went back to the BJD on Monday. Elected twice to the Assembly, first as an Independent candidate in 2000 and on BJD ticket in 2004, Mitra had resigned from […]