The ruling Biju Janata Dal has completely swept elections to Panchayati Raj Institutions by taking healthy lead in 764 out of 852 zilla parishad (ZP) seats, which accounts for close to 90% seats, a rare feat in India’s electoral politics.
By Monday evening, of total 854 ZP seats, the BJD had either won or taken lead in 762 seats while BJP and Congress were trailing with 46 and 36 seats respectively.
