Union Minister and BJP candidate Dharmendra Pradhan leads by 1,03,425 votes in the Sambalpur Lok Sabha seat in Odisha with 4,53,716 votes. He is against Biju Janata Dal's Pranab Prakash Das who is at 3,50,291 votes, followed by Congress candidate Nagendra Kumar Pradhan with 66,793 votes. Pradhan serves as the Minister of Education, and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. He has previously held key positions in the Ministry of Steel and Petroleum & Natural Gas, with a political career spanning Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
