Tag: Election 2024 Highlights

Senior party leader Mohan Majhi will be BJP's first Chief Minister in the State. The decision was taken by central observers Rajnath Singh and Bhupender Yadav. The saffron party had appointed both the Union Ministers to oversee the selection of the new Chief Minister.

Following the oath-taking ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his cabinet, key portfolios were allocated. Amit Shah retained the Home Ministry, while other senior leaders like Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, and S Jaishankar kept their previous ministries.

VK Pandian, once influential during the BJD regime, retired from politics following the party's significant electoral defeat. Post-retirement, security measures at his Bhubaneswar residence were removed, including barricades and round-the-clock guards. Pandian also faced accusations of misusing power without holding key positions.

The Kantabanji Assembly seat is now the most talked-about segment in Odisha where five-term Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was handed out a crushing defeat by Laxman Bag with a margin of 16,344 votes. 

I assure that it will be a people’s government,” said BJP leader Pradeep Panigrahi, who won the Berhampur Lok Sabha seat

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to form the next government after its resounding victory in the 2024 elections- both in Assembly and Lok Sabha segments. The BJP won 78 Assembly seats out of 147 and 20 Lok Sabha seats out of 21.

CEO Nikunja Dhal said, "The overall turnout, (excluding postal ballots) in 2019 was recorded at 73.09 per cent while the polling per cent in 2024 was 74.44 per cent.”

Earlier in the day, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik presided over the Cabinet meeting and recommended the Governor for dissolution of the Legislative Assembly till the formation of a newly-elected legislature.

Hundreds of BJYM workers from various parts of the state converged in front of the DGP office, clamouring for action against the main accused. They alleged that Chandbali MLA Byomakesh Ray was behind the attack on their leader Avilash Panda. 

As per reports, the exit poll by India Today-Axis predicted that the BJP is expected to acquire 51 per cent of the votes in Lok Sabha elections. Many wonder about the factors responsible for the BJP’s spectacular electoral gains.   

However, CEO Nikunja Bihari Dhal said that the number of violent incidents during the 2024 General Elections in Odisha has reduced in comparison to the 2019 General Elections.

According to the Exit Poll of India Today-Axis, the BJP may land with 62 to 80 Assembly seats while the same number of seats may be won by the ruling party. Congress was predicted to get 5 to 8 seats.

Khageswar is now under scanner over allegations of distribution of cash among voters. The raid was conducted after the Election Commission of India (ECI) received such allegations against Khageswar.

Avilash was returning after campaigning for the party candidates in Chandbali. A group of the ruling party workers assaulted Panda near Sasikadeipur. He sustained injuries in his head. Following the incident, the BJP workers filed a complaint at the Bansada Police Station. 

In response to Patnaik’s statement on Pandian, the state unit of the BJP slammed the CM and the ruling party.