Biju Janata Dal is leading in 11 seats followed by 9 by the BJP in Odisha, as the counting for votes is underway on Thursday.
Aparajta Sarangi of BJP is ahead of Arup Mohan Patnaik of BJD by a margin of 1,89,477 votes in Bhubaneswar.
In Jagatsinghpur, Rajashree Mallick of BJD is ahead Bibhu Prasad Rai of BJD with a margin of 2,76,394 votes.
Leading lawyer Pinaki Misra of BJD is ahead of Dr Sambit Patra of the BJP in Puri with 2,63,361 votes.
In Sundargarh, BJP’s Jual Oram is ahaed of Congress’ George Tirkey by 18,829 votes.
