Elections 2024: In Odisha, All Eyes On Hinjili
Berhampur ,(Odishabarta) With the Election Commission of India (ECI) announcing simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha, all eyes are now on Hinjili Assembly constituency in Ganjam district from where Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik won five times in a row since 2000.
The Lok Sabha and the Assembly elections in Odisha will be held in four phases May 13, 20, 25 and June 1.2024
The important Lok Sabha constituencies in the state are Sambalpur, Bhubaneswar, Sundergarh, Mayurbhanj, Puri and Koraput while key Assembly seats are Sambalpur, Chandbali, Jajpur, and Jeypore.
Naveen Patnaik won the Hinjili Assembly seat five times since 2000. Though Mr Patnaik has been elected from the seat in five Vidhan Sabha polls there has been a decline in his vote share. In the last three polls held in 2009, 2014 and 2019, the BJD’s vote share was 76 per cent, 73 per cent and 66 per cent.
