The ruling BJD continued its winning streak in the Odisha panchayat elections, securing 87.20 per cent of the Zilla Parishad zones by winning 743 of the 829 seats. The results are expected to be declared during the day, an SEC official said. The commission has completed the counting of votes in 829 seats, while that in the remaining 852 seats is underway.
While the rival BJP could manage to secure only 42 seats followed by Congress with 37 seats. Independent candidates won three seats while others got four seats. The saffron party had secured 297 ZP seats in 2017 elections, its tally has now come down to 42.
The ruling party, the BJP, is now all set to form the parishad in all the 30 districts of the state. The seats won by Independents and others, which were 17 in the previous election, have dipped to only seven in this election. The Congress, which had bagged 60 ZP seats in 2017, has now won only 37 seats.
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