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The Election Commission today announced the dates for the assembly elections in Odisha..
Assembly elections will be held along with Lok Sabha elections in Odisha in four phases, the Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced today..
He said that the assembly polls will be held alongside general elections in 4th, 5th, 6th and seventh phases on May 13, May 20, May 25, and June 1, respectively..
In the last assembly polls in 2019, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) got a brute majority of 112 seats giving Naveen Patnaik a fifth term in power..
Meanwhile, the EC has also announced dates to hold Lok Sabha elections for 21 seats in Odisha..
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