Results for: Odisha Elections 2024

Anjani Soren, daughter of JMM patriarch Shibu Soren, is leading the party’s revival efforts in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district. Despite defections and short tenure in politics, Soren remains determined to make JMM a force in the region. She is contesting both the Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha and Saraskana Assembly seats with support from the Congress. Soren believes the arrest of her brother, Hemant Soren, has resonated with voters, and she aims to keep the JMM flag flying high among the poor and unemployed.

The penultimate phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha is set to take place on May 25. This phase will determine the fate of politicians in six Lok Sabha and 42 Assembly seats. Both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) are engaged in a fierce campaign to outsmart each other. Key candidates and constituencies to watch include Sambalpur, Puri, Cuttack, and Bhubaneswar.

As the simultaneous Assembly and Lok Sabha elections approach in Odisha, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is aggressively pushing its poll plank of ‘Odia Asmita’ (pride). Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president J.P. Nadda have launched a campaign targeting the rise of V.K. Pandian, a Tamil Nadu-born former IAS officer seen as the potential successor to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The BJP has been raking up issues related to Pandian’s non-Odia origin, which has drawn sharp criticism from the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD). The Congress has also joined the attack, with Rahul Gandhi mentioning Pandian’s name in a public meeting. The BJP has released a booklet portraying Pandian as a symbol of corruption and mismanagement, while the BJD has defended him, calling the attacks politically motivated and an attempt to import an ‘outsider’ into the state.