New faces to dominate new House in orissa
New faces are set to dominate the state Assembly as about half of the newly elected legislators would be stepping into the 147-member House for the first time.
At least 72 new MLAs are making their maiden entry in the Assembly though some of them had earlier fought electoral battles unsuccessfully.
The maximum number of 49 first timers belong to the ruling BJD, led by chief minister Naveen Patnaik.
The regional party swept the polls posting a landslide victory by grabbing a lion's share of 103 seats in the Assembly.
The Opposition Congress, the strength of which dwindled to 27 this time from 38 in 2004, would send at least 14 new faces.
Similarly, BJP that contested the elections alone after the collapse of its eleven-year-long alliance with Naveen Patnaik-led BJD and saw only six of its candidates victorious would have three newcomers in the 14th Assembly.
The lone CPI MLA, Adikanda Sethi, who has won from Chhatrapur constituency, has also tasted his first electoral victory in Assembly elections after the Left party entered into a seat-sharing arrangement with BJD.
New faces are set to dominate the state Assembly as about half of the newly elected legislators would be stepping into the 147-member House for the first time.
At least 72 new MLAs are making their maiden entry in the Assembly though some of them had earlier fought electoral battles unsuccessfully.
The maximum number of 49 first timers belong to the ruling BJD, led by chief minister Naveen Patnaik.
The regional party swept the polls posting a landslide victory by grabbing a lion's share of 103 seats in the Assembly.
The Opposition Congress, the strength of which dwindled to 27 this time from 38 in 2004, would send at least 14 new faces.
Similarly, BJP that contested the elections alone after the collapse of its eleven-year-long alliance with Naveen Patnaik-led BJD and saw only six of its candidates victorious would have three newcomers in the 14th Assembly.
The lone CPI MLA, Adikanda Sethi, who has won from Chhatrapur constituency, has also tasted his first electoral victory in Assembly elections after the Left party entered into a seat-sharing arrangement with BJD.
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