Bhubaneswar, Jun 4: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading in 19 of the 21 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha, election officials said on Wednesday.

Biju Janata Dal (BJD candidate is leading in one seat and Congress nominee in one constituency.

Union Minister and BJP candidate Dharmendra Pradhan is leading from the Sambalpur Lok Sabha seat by 1,03, 265 votes over his nearest BJD rival Pranab Prakash Das.

BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra is also leading by 77,227 votes over his nearest rival Arup Patnaik of the BJD in Puri Lok Sabha seat.

BJP candidate Aparajita Sarangi is leading over her nearest rival Manmath Routray of the BJD by over 24,000 votes in the Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha constituency.

BJP national vice-president Baijayant Panda is leading over his nearest rival Ansuman Mohanty of the BJD by over 12,000 votes in Kendrapara constituency.

Similarly, the BJP candidates are ahead in Berhampur, Aska, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Sambalpur, Sundergarh, Bargarh, Bolangir, Nabarangpur and Kalahandi Lok Sabha seats.

Congress candidate Saptagiri Ulaka is leading in Koraput by over 50,000 votes over his nearest rival Kausalya Hikaka of the BJD.

BJD nominee Sarmistha Sethi is leading in Jajpur by 9,982 votes from nearest rival Rabindra Narayan Behera of the BJP.

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