Bhubaneswar, May 14: The Biju Janata Dal and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today claimed of winning maximum seats in the general and assembly polls in Odisha.
The polling was held on Monday in four Lok Sabha constituencies and 28 Assembly segments.
BJD leader V K Pandian claimed that their party will secure at least 24 of the 28 assembly seats in the phase 1 elections.
"BJD is sweeping the elections whether it is first, second, third or fourth phase. In the first phase, BJD is winning a minimum of 24 out of 28 seats," Pandian said.
The regional party in 2019 had won 20 of the 28 assembly seats while BJP got 4 assembly seats followed by Congress 3 and an Independent.
However, Pandian did not give any figures on the Lok Sabha seats.
"I will not speak on Lok Sabha results. It is a big thing. However, we will definitely perform better than 2019," he said.
On the other hand, BJP Odisha election In-charge Vijaypal Singh Tomar claimed that the saffron party will win all four Lok Sabha constituencies and 18 out of 28 Assembly seats.
Tomar said BJP will win at least 16 of the 21 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha.
