Lok Sabha Polls: BJP's Sambit Patra In A Tough Battle With BJD's Arup Patnayak In Odisha's Puri Seat | ABP News

"Bharatiya Janata Party's Sambit Patra faces a tough battle with BJD's Arup Patnayak in Odisha's Puri Lok Sabha seat. He was defeated in Puri by BJD's Pinaki Misra in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections from the same constituency. Voting for the sixth and penultimate phase of Lok Sabha polls is set to begin today in 58 constituencies in six states and two Union territories, including all seven seats in Delhi and the Jangal Mahal region in Bengal. Besides the national capital, polling will be held Saturday in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, all 10 seats of Haryana, eight seats each in Bihar and West Bengal, six seats in Odisha, four seats in Jharkhand, and one seat in Jammu and Kashmir. Simultaneously, polling will be held for 42 assembly constituencies in Odisha. 889 candidates from 8 states and UTs will contest elections in Phase 6 of Voting."