BJP storms Odisha, set to end Naveen Patnaik's 24-year hold on state
If the BJP does manage to win 74 seats needed to secure a majority in the 147-member Odisha Assembly, it would mark the first time that they would form the government in the state.
Kotpad Assembly Election Results 2024
19:15 PM
BJP's RUPU BHATRA wins Kotpad with 75275 votes
18:50 PM
BJP's RUPU BHATRA inches towards victory
17:57 PM
BJP's RUPU BHATRA inches towards victory with 73054 votes
17:54 PM
BJP's RUPU BHATRA secures comfortable lead with 73054
17:51 PM
BJP's RUPU BHATRA inches towards victory
17:46 PM
BJP's RUPU BHATRA inches towards victory with 73054 votes
Kotpad Assembly Constituency
Kotpad constituency is one of the 147 seats that make up the Odisha assembly. In the previous 2019 Odisha assembly elections, BJD candidate Padmini Dian had won from the Kotpad seat, polling 62248 votes. INC candidate Chandra Sekhar Majhi was the runner up with 59617 votes. Located in the Odishas Koraput district, the Kotpad constituency is a ST category seat and, as of the 2019 election, had 204073 voters.
Past Kotpad Assembly Election Results
2019
WINNER
padmini dian
Number of Votes 62,248
Winning Party Voting %37.1
Winning Margin %1.6
Other Candidates - Kotpad Assembly Constituency
- NamePartyVotes
chandra sekhar majhi
INC
59,617
khageswar pujari
BJP
35,366
mangalsai majhi
BSP
3,766
nota
NOTA
3,564
neelakantha pujari
IND
3,225