Odisha Assembly Elections

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Odisha assembly elections

Counting of votes will be held on May 23. There are 21 Lok Sabha and 147 assembly seats in the state. (Representational Image)

Odisha gears up for second phase of Lok Sabha, Assembly polls

Out of the total electorate of 76,93,123, there are 37,47,493 women voters. At least 605 electors belong to the third gender.

18 Apr 2019 7:20 AM

'Jayasheela Poojaari Ulthuru of Kundapura came to the polling booth in an ambulance to cast his vote,' tweeted National Joint General Secretary (Org), BJP, B L Santhosh. (Photo: @blsanthosh | Twitter)

LS polls, Phase 2: K'taka voter comes to polling booth in an ambulance

Votes were to be held in 97 seats, but Vellore and Triputa East were kept out due to corruption, security concerns.

18 Apr 2019 7:05 AM

“It does not matter to which party I belong. My only aspiration is to serve the people of my state,” Rajeshwari said. (Photo: ANI)

Former BJD MP Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh joins BJP

She was inducted into BJP in the presence of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

23 Mar 2019 5:34 PM

Kajal is also the president of Transgender Association of Jajpur and has been working for transgender rights as well as on local issues. (Photo: ANI)

Approached many parties but no one entertained me: BSP's transgender candidate

Kajal Nayak will contest from Korei assembly seat for upcoming assembly elections in Odisha.

17 Mar 2019 10:54 AM

Briefing media persons after the meeting, Mr Mishra said while the Centre was planning to hold simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and 11 state Assemblies, Odisha must be included in the “one nation, one poll” proposal. (Representational image)

BJD urges EC for joint polls in Odisha

He said separate election would cost around Rs 1,000 crore to the state exchequer.

06 Sep 2018 2:05 AM

Odisha Cong first list for 2019 polls by August-end

AICC president Rahul Gandhi has appointed V.D. Satheesan chairman of the screening committee for Odisha Congress.

25 Jun 2018 6:26 AM

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik (Photo: PTI)

Odisha CM rules out alliance with Cong and BJP

Patnaik rubbished the speculations regarding chances of political alliance of the ruling BJD with the BJP or Congress.

18 Feb 2018 7:06 AM

Odisha: BJP strives for Amit Shah’s ‘Mission 120 plus’ target

Patnaik, it was learnt, has been taking regular updates from BJD cadre in Bijepur.

20 Nov 2017 2:19 AM

Odisha chief minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik welcomes Congress veteran and former Leader of the Opposition in Odisha Assembly Bhupinder Singh into his party.

Odisha politics abuzz with poaching manoeuvres

The BJP, under the stewardship of Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan, appears to be well ahead of others in wooing leaders of rival parties.

23 Oct 2017 1:36 AM

Leaders huddle up at Naveen Patnaik’s house

A political resolution was adopted at the state executive meeting to corner the government over the series of issues.

05 Oct 2017 4:50 AM

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