Assembly Election Results 2024: TDP’s Chandrababu Naidu To Be CM, BJP Leads In Odisha

GUWAHATI: Counting of votes for the Assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha began today, June 4 at 8 am. Andhra Pradesh went to polls on May 13 for 25 Lok Sabha and 175 Assembly seats. Andhra Pradesh went to polls on May 13 for 25 Lok Sabha and 175 Assembly seats.

N Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is set for a comeback in Andhra Pradesh, trends in the counting of votes for the state's Assembly polls show. The party contested the polls in alliance with BJP and Pawan Kalyan's JanaSena Party.

The party has announced that Mr Naidu will take oath as the Chief Minister on June 9 and PM Modi will attend the ceremony. Celebrations have begun at the party headquarters. The ruling YSR Congress is trailing far behind with gains on only 24 seats. 

In Odisha, BJP has crossed the halfway mark while Naveen Patnaik's ruling BJD is trailing. Congress has won its first seat from Odisha's Chitrakonda. The trend shows that BJP is leading in 80 seats, ruling BJD is leading in 49 seats and congress is leading in 15, INDI Alliance 3.

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The Odisha Assembly polls seek to elect 147 members to the state's Legislative Assembly. The state voted for the Lok Sabha Elections and the assembly polls simultaneously from May 13 to June 1, over four phases.

The ruling Biju Janata Dal had been eyeing another term in the state under Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who has held the post for over 24 years.

The BJD is contesting on 147 seats, BJP on 147 seats, Indian National Congress on 145 seats, Communist Party of India (Marxist) on 7 seats. However, he is trailing in 47 Assembly seats. The party is likely to be defeated by the BJP after remaining in power for 27 years.

The BJP has won the Chilika Assembly seat in Odisha and is currently leading on 80. The party had fielded Prithviraj Harichandran in Chilika.

In Andhra Pradesh, Assembly Elections were held on May 13, along with the Lok Sabha polls. Seeking another term, the YSRCP contested on all 174 seats alone, while the TDP fielded candidates on 144 seats. Pawan Kalyan-led Jana Sena Party (JSP) contested on 21 seats and the BJP on 10 seats. Key contenders include Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy (YSRCP), TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu, JSP's Pawan Kalyan.