Elections 2019

Bhubaneswar: The Election Commission on Sunday announced that the bypolls for three Rajya Sabha seats of Odisha will be held on July 5. These three seats were vacated by Dr Achyutananada Samata, Pratap Keshari Deb and Soumya Ranjan Patnaik…
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Bhubaneswar: The newly elected legislators will take the oath of office and secrecy on Friday as the members of the Odisha Legislative Assembly here. Pro-tem Speaker Amar Prasad Sathpathy will administer the oath. The swearing-in…
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Prof. Ganeshi Lal on Sunday extended an invitation to Biju Janata Dal chief Naveen Patnaik to form the next government in the state. This comes after the BJD chief met Ganeshi Lal at Raj Bhawan here and…
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New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday appointed Narendra Modi to the office of Prime Minister of India. The President has also requested Modi to advise him about the names of others to be appointed members of the Union Council…
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Bhubaneswar: In a first, Naveen Patnaik will take oath as chief minister outside the Raj Bhavan. The sworn-in ceremony of BJD which will form the government for the fifth straight term will be held at the Idco Exhibition Ground. Sources…
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Bhubaneswar: BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik, who led his party to a grand victory for the fifth consecutive time in Odisha will take oath of office and secrecy on May 29. Ahead of the oath taking, the CM will be elected as BJD’s legislature…
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Professor Ganeshi Lal on Friday accepted the resignation tendered by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and his Council of Ministers as to enable the formation of new Council of Ministers following the results of the…
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Bhubaneswar: Anti-incumbency failed to deter BJD from winning the polls as the party managed to keep its vote base intact. Statistics showed BJD which returned to power for the record fifth term of increasing its vote share in assembly…
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New Delhi: While many celebrity candidates contested from various constituencies across India, only a few ended victorious in the end. Results for 2019 elections were declared on Thursday and the BJP-led NDA emerged triumphant by winning…
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Bhubaneswar: Election results came as a shocker for many heavyweight politicians in the state who were eyeing for another term. A number of former ministers of ruling BJD failed to secure their seats while several other heavyweights of BJP…
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Niranjan Patnaik today resigned from his post. The development came a day after the party was routed in the general election and slipped to the third position. Patnaik who…
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Phulbani: By scoring a massive victory from Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency in the General Election-2019, BJD leader Dr Achyuta Samanta has defeated his nearest rival with a huge margin of 1,49,216 votes. While, a total five candidates…
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Puri: Pinaki Mishra from Biju Janta Dal (BJD) beat Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) spokesperson Sambit Patra by a margin of 11714 votes in the results of 2019 elections declared on Thursday. Puri’s sitting MP Pinaki Mishra had won…
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Bhubaneswar: The results of 2019 elections were declared on Thursday and BJD, yet again registered a thumping victory both in the Assembly and Lok Sabha seats. Riding on the incumbency wave, BJD won in the state for the fifth consecutive…
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik is heading towards a landslide victory in 2019 Assembly polls. While the popular schemes like PITHA, KALIA, BIJU YUVA BAHINI played well ahead of the election, his ‘Women’…
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