Odisha Panchayat Elections

A former Odisha Cabinet minister and son of a ruling Biju Janata Dal MLA lost in the panchayat elections while a college student, a vegetable vendor and a dentist won in the three-tier rural polls in the state.

With BJD winning a landslide victory in the just concluded three-tier panchayat election in state, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said massive mandate for party has increased its commitment for "seva" (service) to people.

The ruling BJD won 268 Zilla Parishad seats of the 300 declared so far with the counting for the panchayat polls continuing for the second day on Sunday, officials said.

A total of 78.6 per cent of 56.53 lakh voters have exercised their franchise in the third phase of Odisha panchayat polls, an SEC official said on Monday.

Odisha has registered 78.3 per cent voting in the second phase of the polling for the three-tier panchayat elections, an official at the State Election Commission (SEC) said on Saturday.

Days ahead of the three-tier panchayat polls in Odisha, residents of a tribal-dominated village in Sundergarh district reportedly organised "oral and written entrance tests" for all the sarpanch candidates to boost their confidence.

Keeping in view the timing of the upcoming panchayat elections in Odisha, the state government on Thursday said students of Classes 1-7 will come to schools from February 28 and not 14th of this month as was announced earlier.

The State Election Commission (SEC) of Odisha on Tuesday announced the schedule for the three-tier panchayat elections that will be held in five phases starting from February 16.

The ruling BJD in Odisha Saturday announced that it will nominate at least 40 per cent candidates from the Other Backward Caste (OBC) category for the approaching elections to panchayats and urban local bodies.

Ruling Biju Janata Dal President Naveen Patnaik on Friday decided his party will field candidates from Other Backward Castes (OBC) for 27 per cent of seats in the forthcoming three-tier panchayat elections in Odisha.

With BJP focussing on expanding its base in Oisha ahead of the 2019 elections, party president Amit Shah is set to embark on a three-day tour of the state from tomorrow.

With one eye on the 2019 Lok Sabha General elections, and another firmly set on Odisha, the BJP's National Executive meeting started in Odisha capital Bhubaneswar on Saturday to draw up a strategy to increase its political footprint through the country across all levels - "from panchayat to parliament" - and kick-start its campaign for Odisha. Lead...

Emboldened by its impressive performance during the panchayat elections, the BJP's national executive began this afternoon in the Odisha capital Bhubaneswar. This is the party's biggest, and loudest push to edge out its one-time ally, the Biju Janata Dal, and capture power in the state which goes to polls in 2019, along with the Lok Sabha General e...

IIT graduates, post graduates, engineering graduates, PhD and law graduates have emerged victorious in panchayat polls in Kendrapara district this time.

Drones have been deployed in Maoist-hit Malkangiri district of Odisha for aerial surveillance during the fourth phase of panchayat elections today to ensure smooth voting.

A former Odisha Cabinet minister and son of a ruling Biju Janata Dal MLA lost in the panchayat elections while a college student, a vegetable vendor and a dentist won in the three-tier rural polls in the state.

With BJD winning a landslide victory in the just concluded three-tier panchayat election in state, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said massive mandate for party has increased its commitment for "seva" (service) to people.

The ruling BJD won 268 Zilla Parishad seats of the 300 declared so far with the counting for the panchayat polls continuing for the second day on Sunday, officials said.

A total of 78.6 per cent of 56.53 lakh voters have exercised their franchise in the third phase of Odisha panchayat polls, an SEC official said on Monday.

Odisha has registered 78.3 per cent voting in the second phase of the polling for the three-tier panchayat elections, an official at the State Election Commission (SEC) said on Saturday.

Days ahead of the three-tier panchayat polls in Odisha, residents of a tribal-dominated village in Sundergarh district reportedly organised "oral and written entrance tests" for all the sarpanch candidates to boost their confidence.

Keeping in view the timing of the upcoming panchayat elections in Odisha, the state government on Thursday said students of Classes 1-7 will come to schools from February 28 and not 14th of this month as was announced earlier.

The State Election Commission (SEC) of Odisha on Tuesday announced the schedule for the three-tier panchayat elections that will be held in five phases starting from February 16.

The ruling BJD in Odisha Saturday announced that it will nominate at least 40 per cent candidates from the Other Backward Caste (OBC) category for the approaching elections to panchayats and urban local bodies.

Ruling Biju Janata Dal President Naveen Patnaik on Friday decided his party will field candidates from Other Backward Castes (OBC) for 27 per cent of seats in the forthcoming three-tier panchayat elections in Odisha.

With BJP focussing on expanding its base in Oisha ahead of the 2019 elections, party president Amit Shah is set to embark on a three-day tour of the state from tomorrow.

With one eye on the 2019 Lok Sabha General elections, and another firmly set on Odisha, the BJP's National Executive meeting started in Odisha capital Bhubaneswar on Saturday to draw up a strategy to increase its political footprint through the country across all levels - "from panchayat to parliament" - and kick-start its campaign for Odisha. Lead...

Emboldened by its impressive performance during the panchayat elections, the BJP's national executive began this afternoon in the Odisha capital Bhubaneswar. This is the party's biggest, and loudest push to edge out its one-time ally, the Biju Janata Dal, and capture power in the state which goes to polls in 2019, along with the Lok Sabha General e...

IIT graduates, post graduates, engineering graduates, PhD and law graduates have emerged victorious in panchayat polls in Kendrapara district this time.

Drones have been deployed in Maoist-hit Malkangiri district of Odisha for aerial surveillance during the fourth phase of panchayat elections today to ensure smooth voting.