Politics

The Congress Party, which is fighting a survival battle and now threatens to replace the BJP as the No. 2 party in the ongoing Panchayat Polls, is at the 3rd spot with 30 seats. Interestingly, 25 out of these 30 seats are from South Odisha.

The ruling BJD's victory march continues unabated for the second consecutive day, as the party has comfortably surpassed its 2017 tally of 476 Zilla Parishad Zones by leading/winning in 533 seats out of 608 trends received so far.

While counting was held across 315 Zilla Parishad zones of Odisha on Day 1 yesterday, results were declared for 256 zones so far.

As counting of recently-concluded Panchayat Polls in Odisha is underway, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is heading towards a clean sweep in several districts.

In a shocking development, people of Kotia have rejected all political parties of Odisha by rooting for the Independent Candidate.

As per the State Election Commission, BJD is leading in 270 seats, BJP is leading in 24, Congress is leading in 15 and others in 06 seats.

Voting in the fifth and final phase of the Panchayat elections in Odisha is underway on Thursday. Polling is being held in 13,514 polling booths in 975 Gram Panchayats of 48 blocks in 25 districts.

An average voter turnout of 79% was recorded in the fourth phase of the Panchayat polls in Odisha, informed the State Election Commission (SEC) on Wednesday.

Maharashtra cabinet minister and senior NCP leader Nawab Malik reached the Enforcement Directorate's Mumbai office this morning.

Odisha has registered 73% voting in the fourth phase of the polling in the three-tier panchayat elections, informed the State Election Commission (SEC) on Tuesday.