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,
Odisha's five Lok Sabha seats and 35 Assembly seats to go for polls in the fifth phase today. The fate of total 305 candidates would be sealed by the voters. The results of the elections will be declared on June 4.
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.
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.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Polling is underway in 96 constituencies in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections. As well as voting for Andhra Pradesh and Odisha Assembly polls are also underway.
Lok Sabha Elections Phase 4: Sporadic incidents of violence marred the fourth phase of Lok Sabha polls in the eight parliamentary constituencies of West Bengal as TMC and BJP workers clashed in various areas under Birbhum and Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha seats.
Odisha Assembly Elections 2024: In the previous elections, the BJD won three out of four Lok Sabha constituencies and secured victory in 20 out of 28 assembly segments. Naveen Patnaik-led BJD once again seeking people's votes to retain power in the state.
Meanwhile, angry over the change of candidate by the Congress leadership, supporters of the dropped candidate ransacked the party’s district office in the town, police said. Sujit Mohapatra alleged that he was dropped by the party after he filed nomination papers for the assembly elections.
Grappling with financial constraints and contending against a well-funded opposition, former Congress MLA in Odisha, Debendra Sharma, has voiced his worries regarding the insufficient financial backing from the Congress party. He pointed to the freezing of party accounts by the IT department.
Odisha Assembly polls 2024: Former Indian Hockey skipper Prabodh Tirkey was replaced by Debendra Bhitaria in Talsara, while Upendra Pradhan replaced Surada Pradhan in Baliguda. Similarly, Bipin Bihari Swain took the place of Chiranjeevi Bisoyi in Kabisuryanagar.
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.
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.
The assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh are scheduled to take place on May 13 and the counting of votes is scheduled for June 4. Meanwhile, Assembly elections will be held along with Lok Sabha elections in Odisha in four phases.
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