BJD chief and Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik tendered his resignation to the Governor on Wednesday. He reached Raj Bhavan in the morning and met Governor Raghubar Das. The results of the Odisha Assembly elections were declared by the EC on June 4. Naveen Patnaik's BJD won 51 seats and lost the power after 24 years. Its main competitor BJP won 78 seats. Odisha has 147 assembly seats and a majority of 74 seats is required to form the government. The Congress won 14 seats.
Voting for assembly seats was held in four phases starting from May 13. Out of total of 147 seats, 28 constituencies went to polls in the first phase on May 13. 35 constituencies went to polls on May 20. Rest two phases went to polls on May 25 (42 constituencies) and June 1 (42 constituencies). 24 seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and another 33 for Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the Odisha Assembly. The term of the present Odisha Assembly is from June 25, 2019, to June 24, 2024.
Naveen Patnaik won his seat from Hinjli by a thin margin of 4,636 votes. Lok Sabha elections for 21 seats were also held simultaneously in Odisha with BJP sweeping the state by winning 20 out of total 21 seats. Remaining one seat was clinched by the Congress party. BJD failed to win even one Lok Sabha seat in the state. Some prominent candidates who won Lok Sabha elections include, Dharmendra Pradhan, Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Jual Oram, Baijayany Panda, Sambit Patra, among others.
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