Election 2019

Bhubaneswar: The contest went down the wires. In the end, sitting BJD MP Pinaki Mishra defeated his nearest rival, the BJP's Sambit Patra, by a margin of only 11,700 votes. The counting…

Here’s a look at some eminent politicians who lost the elections. Rahul Gandhi lost to Smriti Irani in Amethi by over 54,000 votes. However, Rahul will still be seen in Lok Sabha, as he…

Sambalpur: The victory of BJP MP candidates Suresh Pujari and Nitesh Ganga Deb from Bargarh and Sambalpur, respectively, has not only reestablished its hold over the western districts of…

Bhubaneswar: Two veteran Congress leaders have managed to give the party a saving grace in the face of its near rout in Odisha, where it lost its foothold with a sloppy show in the Lok Sabha…

The exit polls had correctly predicted a landslide for the ruling BJP at the Centre. Yet a large section of the populace dismissed it, as none could read the strong undercurrent for Modi.…

Bhubaneswar: Senior Congress leader Niranjan Patnaik, who on Friday resigned as president of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) following the party's miserable performance in…

Bhubaneswar: While Sangeeta Singhdeo is heading for a victory in Balangir Lok Sabha seat, her husband and BJP legislature party leader KV Singhdeo has lost the Patnagarh Assembly seat, which…

Bhubaneswar: Former bureaucrats and BJP candidate Aparajita Sarangi has upset the BJD’s applecart by winning the Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha constituency. She defeated ex-Mumbai police…

New Delhi: Narendra Modi is only the third Prime Minister in independent India to return to power for a second term with full majority in Lok Sabha. The country's first Prime Minister…

Bhubaneswar: In a shocker for BJD, minister and outgoing Puri MLA Maheswar Mohanty Mohanty has lost the election to BJP's Jayanta Sarangi. The five-time MLA lost to his rival by a margin…