Panchayat Polls In Odisha

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.

Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal is heading towards a landslide victory in the three-tire panchayat polls leaving opposition BJP and Congress far behind as counting on Monday revealed the Naveen Patnaik-led party had expanded its strong grip

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.

Despite opposition from the Odisha government, the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh Saturday conducted gram panchayat polls in Kotia area of Koraput district, the region on which both the states have been staking their claim.

The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Andhra Pradesh government on a petition seeking contempt action against its state officials for notifying Panchayat polls in three villages controlled by 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.

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.

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.

Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal is heading towards a landslide victory in the three-tire panchayat polls leaving opposition BJP and Congress far behind as counting on Monday revealed the Naveen Patnaik-led party had expanded its strong grip

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.

Despite opposition from the Odisha government, the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh Saturday conducted gram panchayat polls in Kotia area of Koraput district, the region on which both the states have been staking their claim.

The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Andhra Pradesh government on a petition seeking contempt action against its state officials for notifying Panchayat polls in three villages controlled by 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.

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.