What is the Equation of Odisha Assembly Election? Strong challenge in front of Naveen Patnaik!
At present political excitement is at its peak in the entire country regarding the lok sabha elections. General elections for the 18th lok sabha are scheduled in April-May. Along with the general elections, assembly elections are also to be held in Odisha. Last time too, along with the lok sabha, Legislative assembly elections were held in odisha in four phases between 11 and 29 April. The tenure of the current odisha Legislative assembly is ending in june this year. There are a total of 147 seats in the odisha Legislative assembly and the majority figure to gain power here is 74. There are total 21 lok sabha seats in Odisha.
Hence along with lok sabha, this time the elections of odisha Legislative assembly are going to be very interesting. There is a big reason for this. Biju Janata Dal chief naveen patnaik has been in power in odisha for five consecutive terms. naveen patnaik did not data-face any significant challenge in odisha in the last five assembly elections. Along with Biju Janata Dal, congress and bjp are very active in the politics of Odisha. Despite this, since 2000, both congress and later bjp have failed to present a strong challenge to naveen patnaik in Odisha.
Furthermore this time the political situation in odisha is completely different. For the first time in two and a half decades, it seems that the journey of assembly elections is not going to be easy for naveen Patnaik's party. This time, there seems to be a possibility of naveen Patnaik's political dominance getting a tough challenge from BJP. BJP's performance in the 2019 lok sabha and Legislative assembly elections in odisha was commendable in terms of political influence. After that, bjp started focusing more on increasing its support base here. Along with West Bengal, a lot of attention has been paid by the top leadership of the party to widen the base of bjp in Odisha.