Odisha Election Results 2024: Following BJD's defeat in the assembly poll, Naveen Patnaik steps down as chief minister of Odisha

Live results for the Odisha Lok Sabha election: The Election Commission of India reported that, as of today, counting was complete, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had secured 78 seats in the 147-member House, giving it a majority in the Odisha Assembly. With 51 Assembly seats won by the BJD, which has ruled Odisha since 2000, and 14 Assembly seats gained by the Congress. In the 2019 Assembly elections, the BJD secured 113 seats, BJP garnered 23 seats, and Congress secured 9 seats.

In the meantime, BJD has won one seat and BJP has won 20 of the 21 available seats in the Odisha Lok Sabha elections.

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The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, said on the social networking platform X: "Thank you, Odisha! It's a huge win for honoring Odisha's distinctive culture and sound government. The BJP is committed to achieving the aspirations of the people and elevating Odisha to unprecedented levels of development. Preliminary estimates for the Assembly poll show that the BJD and BJP received 40.18% and 39.96% of the vote, respectively.

After 28 rounds of voting, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is now 16,344 votes behind the BJP's Laxman Bag in Kantabanji. In addition to his traditional base of Hinjili, from which he won by a margin of 4782 votes, Patnaik selected Kantabanji as his second seat. Nine ministers in Patnaik's cabinet, together with many BJD

Odisha Election Results 2024: The ruling BJD has 50 seats and is leading on one, while the BJP has 74 seats and a majority. Readers can follow Indian Express for real-time updates on the Lok Sabha Elections of 2024 as well as the live blog for the most recent information on the assembly and Lok Sabha elections in Odisha.