The campaigning for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha polls will end on Tuesday.
Asserting that national parties will lose ground in Odisha, BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik on Monday claimed both BJP and Congress might face a debacle in the state after the 2014 elections.
Repolling in 22 booths, spread over eight Assembly segments in Odisha, will be conducted on April 17, the day when the second phase of elections will be held in the coastal belt of the state, officials said.
Accusing BJD government in Odisha of being `neck-deep in corruption`, Trinamool Congress leader Soumen Mahapatra Monday said besides mining and other scams, the state suffered from misrule in the last 14 years as all promises on development turned out to be hollow.
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday made a scathing attack on the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) party in Odisha by saying that it was only benefiting a few industries and sacrificing the interests of the common people.
Andhra Pradesh CPI(M) on Sunday appealed to the working class to extend its support to the party candidates in the elections.
As many as 186 candidates for 77 assembly seats which are going to polls in Odisha in the second phase on April 17 have declared criminal cases against them, according to a report of Odisha Election Watch (OEW).
As the last phase of Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha drew closer, political heavyweights crisscrossed the constituencies going to polls on April 17.
Campaigning for the second and last phase of simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state Assembly in Odisha to be held April 17 picked up Saturday, with several parties making efforts to woo voters.
The voter turn out during yesterday`s first phase polling for 10 Lok Sabha constituencies and 70 Assembly seats in Odisha was 74.48 percent as against the previous election (2009) ratio of 65.5 percent, official sources said.
BJP on Thursday exuded confidence of getting an edge over the ruling BJD and opposition Congress after today`s brisk polling in parts of southern and western Odisha.
Braving intense heat and defying extremist threats, about 67 percent of the electorate Thursday cast their ballot in simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state assembly in Odisha, officials said.
About 67 percent of the electorate Thursday cast their ballot in simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state assembly in Odisha, officials said.
The Odisha Police have taken a carrot and stick approach to prevent Maoists from creating violence during the first phase of simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls on Thursday.
Odisha is holding Assembly polls along with General Elections, and political pundits are predicting the Naveen Patnaik’s Biju Janata Dal will get a comfortable win for a fourth term in office.
With over 50 of the 70 Assembly seats going to polls Wednesday in Maoist-hit areas of Odisha, the Election Commission has stepped up security measures with 156 companies of central paramilitary forces and around 27,000 policemen besides three helicopters.
The first of the two-phase simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly election in Odisha will be held tomorrow to elect representatives from 10 Parliamentary and 70 Assembly constituencies.
The first of the two-phase simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly election in Odisha will be held on Thursday to elect representatives from 10 Parliamentary and 70 Assembly constituencies.