BJP says 'Modi vs none' campaign worked well

Majority of the exit polls have projected that BJP would win more than half of the total 21 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha and the BJD getting reduced to a single digit.

The prediction throws a major surprise as in 2014, the BJD had bagged 20 Lok Sabha seats in the state while the saffron party had one seat of Union Minister Jual Oram in its kitty.

In the Assembly election, Naveen Patnaik’s party is ahead as per the exit polls forecast.

Last time, BJD had secured 117 seats in the 147 member Odisha Assembly. The BJP could win only 10 seats in the assembly while Congress had 16 MLAs.