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Four-time MP Pinaki Misra has been appointed as the BJD's Parliamentary Party Leader. The regional party-led by Naveen Patnaik had won 12 seats in the Lok Sabha Elections 2019. Pinaki Misra had won from his Puri parliamentary constituency by defeating BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra by a margin of 11,700 votes in Lok Sabha Elections 2019. This is the third consecutive win for Pinaki Misra from Puri, as he had won the seat during 2009 and 2014 elections as well.