The minor reshuffle in Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik s cabinet comes after two ministers of Patnaik cabinet resigned and one minister was assassinated recently.
Dipali Das secured 94,326 votes, while the BJP nominee managed 51,931 votes. Congress candidate Tarun Pandey is in the third place with 4,133 votes, he said.
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Ruling Biju Janata Dal candidate Dipali Das was ahead of her BJP rival Tankadhar Tripathy by 15,751 votes after the sixth round of counting in the by-election to Odisha s Jharsuguda assembly seat on Saturday, an election official said. India News | BJD Leads over 15,000 Votes in Jharsuguda By-poll.
Biju Janta Dal (BJD) Vice President Debi Prasad Mishra on Saturday took a swipe at the Bharatiya Janata Party over the result of Jharsuguda assembly bypolls, saying people replied to BJP s drama over the death of late Health Minister Naba Kishor Das.
The ruling BJD in Odisha retained the Jharsuguda assembly seat today, as its candidate Dipali Das defeated her nearest BJP rival Tankadhar Tripathy by 48,721 votes, an election official said.