05 June,2024 08:31 AM IST | Bhubaneswar | Agencies
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was heading towards majority in the Odisha Assembly election as it won 51 seats and was leading in 27 other constituencies in the 147-member Odisha Assembly on Tuesday, according to the Election Commission of India.
The Biju Janata Dal which has been in power in Odisha since 2000 has won 38 seats and was leading in 13 other constituencies, it said.
Odisha Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik retained the Hinjili Assembly seat by defeating BJP's Sisir Kumar Mishra by 4,636 votes, according to the Election Commission of India.
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Patnaik got 66,459 votes while Mishra received 61,823 votes, it said. Congress candidate Rajani Kanta Padhi came third with 5,380 votes.
The Congress won nine seats and was ahead in five Assembly segments. Independent candidates won in three assembly segments. They were Himansu Sekhar Sahu (Dharmasala), Bijay Kumar Dalbehera (Baramba) and Sarada Prasad Pradhan (Mahanga).
BJP candidate Prithviraj Hairchandran won the Chilika Assembly constituency defeating his nearest BJD rival Raghunath Sahu by 4,566 votes while saffron party candidate Ashwini Kumar Sarangi won the Bargarh Assembly seat by defeating his nearest rival Debesh Acharya of BJD by 4,772 votes.BJP's Durga Prasad Tanti won the Raghunathpalli assembly segment by a margin of 5,774 votes defeating his nearest rival Archanarekha Behera of BJD.The saffron party's Tankadhar Tripathy won the Jharsuguda assembly segment by defeating his nearest rival Depali Das of BJD by 1,333 votes.
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