Bhubaneswar/UNI: Ruling BJD Candidate Dipali Das won the byelection to Jharsuguda Assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Tankadhar Tripathy of BJP by a record margin of 48, 619 votes.
Uniindia: Bhubaneswar, May 13 (UNI) Ruling BJD Candidate Dipali Das won the byelection to Jharsuguda Assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Tankadhar Tripathy of BJP by a record margin of 48, 619 votes.
The mid-summer temperature hovering around 40 degree Celsius failed to deter the two top politicians of Odisha from campaigning for their candidates of the Jharsuguda Assembly by-election on Sunday.
For the ruling BJD, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik sought support for party candidate Deepali Das.
Counting for the by-poll to Padampur assembly constituency in Odisha's Bargarh district will start on Thursday at 8 a.m.Briefing media persons here, Odisha's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sushil Kumar Lohani said postal ballots will be counted .
Over 80 per cent polling was recorded in by-poll to Padampur assembly constituency in Odisha's Bargarh district, an Election Commission official said.As per preliminary reports, the total voter turnout was little more than 80 per cent, which is .