Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Sambit Patra is set to win against Biju Janata Dal (BJD) candidate Arup Mohan Patnaik in Puri Lok Sabha constituency of Odisha as per latest trends from the election commission. He is currently ahead of BJD's Patnaik by over 1 lakh votes.
According to latest trends from the Election Commission, BJP's national spokesperson Patra has taken an insurmountable lead of 1,04,402 votes against BJD's Patnaik and is on the course of his maiden victory. Earlier in 2019, Patra had lost Puri Lok Sabha election to BJD's Pinaki Misra.
Patra is also well ahead of Indian National Congress's Jayanarayan Pattanayak by a margin of 6,02,417 votes.
Here are the latest trends from the Puri Lok Sabha constituency:
Trends at 7 pm: Patra takes an insurmountable lead of 1.04 lakh over BJD's Patnaik.
Trends at 2 pm: BJP's national spokesperson Patra is leading BJD's Patnaik by 67,853 votes.
Trends at 1 pm: Patra is leading BJD's Patnaik by 53064 votes.
Trends at 12 noon: BJD's Patnaik trails behind BJP's national spokesperson Patra by 38039 votes.
Trends at 11 am: BJP's Patra is leading over BJD's Patnaik by 26,807 votes.
Trends at 10 am: BJP's Patra leading over BJD's Patnaik by 6536 votes.
Trends at 9 am: BJP's Patra leads ahead of BJD's Patnaik
About Puri constituency
In 2019, BJD won the Puri Lok Sabha seat with its candidate Pinaki Misra defeating BJP’s national spokesperson Sambit Patra.
Puri is one of the 21 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state of Odisha. It is a General Category parliament seat falling under the coastal region of Odisha.
The Puri Lok Sabha constituency has seven Assembly segments under it – Puri, Pipli, Satyabadi, Brahmagiri, Chilka, Ranpur and Nayagarh.
In 2019, the parliamentary seat has predominantly witnessed a fierce contest between the BJD’s Pinaki Misra and BJP’s Sambit Patra. BJD’s Pinaki Misra had defeated BJP’s Sambit Patra by 11714 votes. Misra had polled 5,38,321 (47.40%) votes while votes polled for BJP’s Patra stood at 5,26,607 (46.37%).
Misra had won the seat four times– first in 1996 on an INC ticket. He had held the seat for the BJD consecutively from 2009 to 2019.
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