BJD heading for landslide victory in Zilla Parishad elections in Odisha
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By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: The ruling BJD is heading for a landslide victory within the Zilla Parishad elections with the occasion main in no less than 270 ZP zones out of the 315 zones the place counting is being accomplished within the first part on Saturday.
Opposition BJP and Congress have fallen manner behind by main from solely 24 and 15 seats respectively whereas independents and others have established leads in solely six zones. While the tendencies have come as an enormous letdown for the BJP, significantly within the Western Odisha districts, the BJD has established leads in a majority of districts. The BJD efficiency of BJD has significantly improved in Kalahandi, Balangir, Nuapada, Sambalpur, Sundargarh, and Mayurbhabj districts the place the Opposition BJP had gained a majority of seats within the 2017 Zilla Parishad elections.
According to tendencies out there until now, BJP has not been in a position to lead in a single seat in 16 districts. The efficiency of Congress has additionally not improved although the occasion is placing up a struggle within the conventional stronghold of Southern Odisha.
In the 2017 ZP elections, BJD had gained 476 ZP zones whereas the BJP and Congress had gained from 297 and 60 zones respectively. The BJD had gained 651 ZP zones within the 2012 elections.
