Puri Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The key contest in Puri Lok Sabha seat is about to happen between BJP’s Sambit Patra, Biju Janata Dal’s (BJD) Arup Patnaik and Congress’s Sucharita Mohanty. Puri falls in Odisha state, which has a whole of 21 Lok Sabha seats. Polling in Puri will happen within the sixth section on May 25.
Puri will see a triangular battle between BJP, Congress and BJD. However, a high-pitch battle is anticipated to happen between BJP’s Sambit Patra and BJD’s Arup Patnaik.
In the earlier election, Sambit Patra put up a robust battle towards BJD’s candidate Pinaki Misra however he didn’t win the seat. In Odisha, Lok Sabha and Assembly elections are happening concurrently.
The state’s 21 seats will vote in section 4 on May 13, the fifth on May 20, the sixth on May 25 and the seventh on June 1.
In 2019, the BJP received a whole of 8 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha, BJD grabbed 12 and one seat went to Congress.
Puri Lok Sabha Election 2019
In 2019, BJD’s Pinaki Misra defeated BJP’s Sambit Patra by a margin of simply 11,714 votes.
Earlier, there have been speculations that the BJP and BJD would possibly enter into alliance within the state, for each Lok Sabha and Assemly polls, but it surely did not occur.
Puri is likely one of the sizzling seats in Lok Sabha elections as town is traditionally and culturally vital because it residence to Jagannath Temple.
Puri Lok Sabha Election 2014
In 2014, BJD’s Pinaki Misra defeated Congress’ Sucharita Mohanty by a margin of two,63,361 votes. BJP’s Ashok Sahu was a distant third.
Odisha Assembly Election Result 2019
In Assembly elections, the Biju Janata Dal received a whole of 112 seats, BJP obtained 23 and Congress managed to win 9 seats.
