Bhubaneswar: The latest trends in Lok Sabha elections results in Odisha indicate that the BJD is leading in 14 seats and BJP in the remaining seven seats. Puri is witnessing a close fight between BJP’s Sambit Patra and BJD’s Pinaki Mishra. In Kendrapara, BJD is well ahead of BJP with Anubhav Mohanty leading by around 40,000 votes.
Of the seven women candidates fielded by BJD, five – Pramila Bisoyi, Manjulata Mandal, Rajashree Mallick, Sarmistha Sethi and Chandrani Murmu – are leading in their respective constituencies. Espousing the cause of women, BJD president Naveen Patnaik had promised to send 33 per cent women to Parliament and keeping with it the regional party had given tickets to seven women candidates for Lok Sabha polls.
Aska: BJD’s Pramila Bisoyi leading by over 80,000 votes.
Balasore: BJD’s Rabindra Kumar Jena leading by over 3,000 votes
Berhampur: BJD’s Chadrashekhar Sahu leading by over 43,000 votes
Bhadrak: BJD’s Manjulata Mandal leading by around 5,000 votes
Bhubaneswar: BJP’s Aparajita Sarangi leading by around 8,000 votes
Balangir: BJP’s Sangeeta Kumari Singhdeo leading by around 20,000 votes
Cuttack: BJD’s Bhartruhari Mahatab leading by around 20,000 votes
Dhenkanal: BJD’s Mahesh Sahoo leading by around 10,000 votes
Jagatsinghpur: BJD’s Rajashree Mallick leading by around 57,000 votes
Jajpur: BJD’s Sarmistha Sethi leading by around 7,000 votes
Kalahandi: BJP Odisha president Basanta Kumar Panda leading by around 20,000 votes
Kandhamal: BJD’s Achyutananda Samanta leading by around 4,000 votes
Kendrapara: BJD’s Anubhav Mohanty leading by around 40,000 votes
Keonjhar: BJD’s Chandrani Murmu leading by around 10,000 votes
Koraput: BJD’s Kausalya Hikaka leading by around 17,000 votes
Mayurbhanj: BJD’s Debashish Marndi leading by around 1,600 votes
Nabarangpur: BJD’s Ramesh Chandra Majhi leading by around 40,000 votes
Puri: BJP’s Sambit Patra leading by around 1,600 votes
Sambalpur: BJP’s Nitesh Ganga Deb leading by around 17,000 votes
Sundargarh: BJP’s Jual Oram leading by around 60,000 votes
