The BJD in Odisha headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Sunday retained the Pipili Assembly seat with its candidate Rudra Pratap Maharathy winning the bypolls by defeating his nearest rival BJP's Ashrit Pattnaik by 20,916 votes, the poll body said.
Ruling BJD candidate Rudra Pratap Maharathy won the Pipili by-poll on Sunday, defeating his nearest rival Ashrit Pattnaik of the BJP by over 20,000 votes, the Election Commission said.
Odisha s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Sunday won the bypoll to the Pipili Assembly constituency by 20,916 votes.BJD candidate Rudra Pratap Maharathy got 96,972 votes while BJP s Ashrit Pattanayak secured second position with 76,056 votes. .
Amid tight security and stringent Covid-19 measures, counting of votes for Odisha s Pipili Assembly bypoll began at 8 a.m. in Puri, officials said this morning.Counting of postal ballots started at 8 a.m. while the EVM votes counting began at .
Ahead of counting of votes for high-stake Bhabanipur bypoll, BJP candidate Priyanka Tibrewal wrote to Calcutta HC, seeking direction to authorities to implement preventive measures against possible post-poll violence.