Dharamsala, Jajpur, Korei, Sukinda Assembly Elections Results 2019 in Odisha: BJD Wins All 4 Constituencies
Results of 2014: In these 4 seats, the electoral contest was completely dominated by the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), whose candidates had emerged victorious in all of the above constituencies the last assembly polls.
Dharamsala, Jajpur, Korei and Sukinda were among the 147 constituencies being contested in the ongoing Odisha assembly elections 2019. These four constituencies went to polls in the fourth phase of the elections, scheduled on April 29. All the four seats have been won by the ruling Biju Janata Dal.
In these 4 seats, the electoral contest was in 2014 also completely dominated by the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), whose candidates had emerged victorious in all of the above constituencies the last assembly polls. All of these four constituencies fall under the general category.
Dharamsala, Jajpur, Korei, Sukinda Assembly Elections 2019: Candidates, Poll Dates, Results Of Odisha Vidhan Sabha Seats
Dharamsala
| Congress Candidate | Smrutirekha Pahi |
| BJD Candidate | Pranab Kumar Balabantaray |
| BJP Candidate | Tusar Parida |
| Past Winner (Current MLA) | Pranab Kumar Balabantaray - BJD |
| Poll Date | April 29 |
Jajpur
| Congress Candidate | Santosh Kumar Nanda |
| BJD Candidate | Pranab Prakash Das |
| BJP Candidate | Gautam Ray |
| Past Winner (Current MLA) | Pranab Prakash Das - BJD |
| Poll Date | April 29 |
Korei
| Congress Candidate | Bandita Parida |
| BJD Candidate | Ashok Bal |
| BJP Candidate | Biswajit Nayak |
| Past Winner (Current MLA) | Akash Das Nayak - BJD |
| Poll Date | April 29 |
Sukinda
| Congress Candidate | Sarat Rout |
| BJD Candidate | Pritiranjan Ghadai |
| BJP Candidate | Pradeep Balasamata |
| Past Winner (Current MLA) | Pritiranjan Ghadai - BJD |
| Poll Date | April 29 |
Voting for the Odisha assembly elections 2019 commenced on April 11, when the first phase of the contest was held. As per the scheduled prepared by the polling body, the state will elect its MLAs in four phases, ending on April 29. Results will be declared on May 23. In the last assembly elections, the government of Naveen Patnaik was re-elected to power, with the BJD winning 107 of the 147 vidhan sabha seats, whereas, the Congress and the BJP were restricted to 16 and 10 constituencies, respectively.
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