Bhubaneswar, June 4: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading ahead in both Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha according to early trends.
The BJP is leading on 17 seats, while the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the Congress are ahead in two seats each out of the 21 Lok Sabha constituencies in Odisha, the Election Commission of India (ECI) data revealed.
Several BJP heavyweights like Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan from Sambalpur, party national spokesperson Sambit Patra from Puri, national Vice President Baijayant Panda from Kendrapara, ex-Union Minister Pratap Chandra Sarangi from Balasore and Aparajita Sarangi from Bhubaneswar are leading from begining of the counting.
The early trends for the Assembly elections to 147 seats showed the opposition BJP is leading in 57 seats, followed by the BJD in 38 and the Congress in 6 seats.
While CM Patnaik is leading in both Hinjili and Kantabanji Assembly constituencies, many senior BJD leaders and ministers are trailing the BJP candidates in their respective seats.
