Odisha Exit Poll Result 2024: The key candidates from the state include — Pratap Sarangi (Balasore), Manju Lata Mandal (Bhadrak), Sarmistha Sethi (Jajpur), and Rajashree Mallick (Jagatsinghpur).
Odisha Exit Poll Result 2024 Live Updates: Exit polls have predicted a clean sweep for the BJP in Odisha as the voting for the last phase of Lok Sabha elections ended on Saturday. Today’s Chanakya has predicted 16 seats for the BJP and 4 for Biju Patnaik led BJD. Odisha, one of the states where Lok Sabha and Assembly polls were held simultaneously, witnessed a fierce fight between the former allies in the run up to the elections.
The key candidates from the state include — Pratap Sarangi (Balasore), Manju Lata Mandal (Bhadrak), Sarmistha Sethi (Jajpur), and Rajashree Mallick (Jagatsinghpur) alongside Odisha Assembly Speaker Pramila Mallik, Government Chief Whip Prashant Kumar Mudili, and Odisha ministers Sudam Marandi, Ashwini Patra, Pritiranjan Ghadai, Atanu S Nayak, Pratap Deb and T K Behera.
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Exit polls are surveys of voters conducted by agencies to gauge the results of an election, with the aim of forecasting the winner and understanding voter patterns. While they are not always accurate, they give a reasonable indication about an election.
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Odisha Election Exit Poll Result Live Updates: Surveys predict a clean sweep for BJP with 15-18 seats, BJD at 3-7
Potential friends to bitter foes – BJD, BJP covered the whole spectrum in Odisha
The simultaneous Assembly and Lok Sabha elections began in Odisha with an alliance between the BJP and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) seemingly on the cards. It ended on a note of bitter exchanges between the two main contenders, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi making personal remarks against BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in the final leg.
Will this be the push that takes the BJP over the finishing line in the state polls, in its bid to dislodge from power the 24-year-old Patnaik government, or will it backfire in a state where the CM still remains popular – this will be the question that will be decided on June 4.
Meanwhile, as polling neared the end in Odisha, the war of words focused increasingly on VK Pandian, a former bureaucrat who is from Tamil Nadu and is now the BJD’s top election strategist. Read more here
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First uploaded on: 01-06-2024 at 17:00 IST
