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Four of 21 Lok Sabha seats and 28 of the 147 assembly segments in Odisha are simultaneously voting on Monday, May 13, the first of the four-phase elections in the state. Similarly, in Andhra Pradesh, voting is being held simultaneously in all 175 assembly seats.
Andhra Pradesh is witnessing a triangular contest involving the ruling Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP), the Congress-led INDIA bloc and the NDA, comprising the BJP, Chandrababu Naidu-led Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Pawan Kalyan-led Jana Sena Party (JSP).
In Odisha, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) of the Naveen Patnaik, Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party are contesting in all the constituencies, while nominees of some small and regional parties along with independent candidates are in the fray.
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