Odisha: Assembly elections

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The Times of India May 17 2014

Odisha Assembly Elections 2014

At the time of going to press, BJD led in 20 LS seats and 117 assembly seats, an improvement over 14 LS seats and 103 assembly seats in 2009.

BJP was ahead in just two LS and 10 assembly seats. Congres was ahead in 16 assembly seats and failed to open its account in the Lok Sabha. In 2009, Congres had won six Lok Sabha and 27 assembly seats.

Speculation was rife that Patnaik might face a rebellion, having denied tickets to *Leads till 11.30pm several sitting LS and assembly members, but results proved otherwise.

When his performance and Odisha's backwardness was questioned by Modi, Sonia and Rahul, Patnaik dismissed them as “outsiders on a vote-shopping trip to Odisha“.