Jajpur Election Result 2024 Live Updates: BJP's Rabindra Narayan Behera Has Won This Lok Sabha Seat
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Jajpur Lok Sabha Election Result 2024 Live Updates: With the counting of votes for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections underway, the results for one of the biggest elections in the world are finally being declared.
Over seven thousand candidates are in the electoral fray to gain the mandate of over 900 million eligible voters across 543 constituencies spread across 28 states and 9 union territories. The voting for these parliamentary elections were held in seven phases from 19 April to 1 June 2024. Now, it is time for the results.
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Live Updates of Jajpur Lok Sabha Election Results 2024
The polling for Jajpur was held in Phase 7 on 1 June.
The key candidates for the 2024 General Elections in Jajpur are Rabindra Narayan Behera (BJP) and Sarmistha Sethi (BJD).
As per the latest trends of counting of votes for 2024 Lok Sabha elections, BJP's Rabindra Narayan Behera Has Won This Lok Sabha Seat
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Jajpur seat was won by BJD candidate Sarmistha Sethi, while BJP candidate Amiya Kanta Mallick had come in second place.
In 2014's General Elections, Jajpur constituency was won by BJD candidate Rita Tarai and Congress candidate Asok Das was the runner-up.
Assembly seats that fall under Jajpur parliamentary constituency include Binjharpur, Bari, Barchana, Dharmasala, Jajpur, Korei, Sukinda.
Jajpur is one of the Lok Sabha seats of Odisha.
Odisha Lok Sabha Elections 2024
Along with the Lok Sabha polls on 21 seats, Odisha also underwent Assembly elections for its 147 seats. The polling here held in four phases, which also saw instances of violence in certain parts of the state.
State's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is contesting on all 21 seats, where they are being challenged by BJP. Congress, too, has fielded candidates on 20 seats while its INDIA bloc partner JMM is contesting on the remaining one seat.
BJD won 12 seats, BJP won eight seats, and Congress won one seat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, BJD swept by winning 20 seats and BJP won the remaining seat.
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