Odisha Election 2024 Result Live News Updates: Odisha witnessed simultaneous assembly elections alongside the Lok Sabha polls this year. Following the electoral showdown, both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik s Biju Janata Dal (BJD) are asserting their dominance, each claiming to have surpassed the majority mark in the state. Exit polls on the Odisha assembly elections and the Lok Sabha polls have thrown its weight behind the BJP predicting a major upset for BJD. The Odisha Assembly Election 2024 seeks to elect 147 members to the state Legislative Assembly. The BJD won 20 Lok Sabha seats in 2014 and 12 in 2019 out of 21. With nine members in the Rajya Sabha, it holds considerable influence. Voters are waiting to see whether Naveen Patnaik of the BJD will be able to secure the post of Odisha s Chief Minister for a record sixth time or the BJP, riding high on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi s popularity will be able to achieve its set target of 75 se